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News & Reports
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Wildlandfire.com
Headlines |
Click the WLF News Search option for our News Page using Google News with several customized
scripts and current event categories. Other options for breaking fire news
are also available including the Hot List Forum and WildWeb Dispatch. |
National
Fire Situation Report
~~ pdf format |
The daily Situation report listing fire summary, large
fires, and resources being used. |
| pdf
archive ; html archive
Prior to 6/30/07 |
| National GACC
Website Portal |
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Fire Intelligence by GACC: Situation Report &
Morning News |
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| NIFC's
Fire News |
National Interagency Fire Center's fire news - and Large
Fire Map, during fire season only. |
| NPS Morning
Report |
Daily reports from - the National Park Service. |
| USFS Morning
Report |
Fire summary - during the season - updated each morning from
U.S. Forest Service Fire & Aviation Management |
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Wildlandfire News & Fire
Information |
This page provides links to our wildlandfire.com Hot List
Forum of breaking fire news, the WildWeb Dispatch page, the
Google wildland fire news search, fire maps and scanners, and more. |
| Practical:
The
Paperboy |
Comprehensive, searchable listing of around 5,000 newspapers
worldwide, Internet news services, media resources, and online magazines.
For digging deeper. |
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Weather
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NICC:
National Weather Service |
Quick links to all National Weather Service area forecasts.
. .and much more. |
CA Fire
Weather North Zone &
CA Fire Weather South
Zone |
Fire Weather Predictive Service Forecasts from CWCG
Northern Area (Redding) and Southern Area (Riverside). |
| Regional
Satellite & Radar Imagery |
Nice site, click a button for your region; USA only. From
College of DuPage Next Generation Weather Lab. |
| NOAA
Satellite Services |
A super site for checking fire locations and smoke patterns! |
| GOES 8 & 10 main
page |
Western hemisphere satellite weather images main page. See
also the link below. |
| GOES
8 Interactive |
To see animated smoke plumes of specific North American
fires, click the link, set controls on Show an "Animation" and
Quality: "100%". Then click the state or region you want to view
close up. (Do not click the large blue "Animate image below"
button.) It takes a few moments to load. There's also
GOES West. |
| NASA GHCC |
NASA Global Hydrology & Climate Center (world wide
satellite images). |
| RAWS |
(Interagency) Remote Automated Weather Stations. |
| ROMAN Real Time
RAWS |
Info: Maps, weather summary, wind speeds, Rh, precip, etc. |
| National Fire Weather
Page |
Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches |
| MesoWest |
Weather summaries from around the US. Click on a location
and get current conditions. Choose a fire and get current conditions near
that location. Useful easy-to-access site for basic current
information. |
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Intellicast |
Main page for US and world weather forecasts, radar, &
satellite images. |
| NOAA |
Enter your location, get your forecast. |
| The Weather Channel |
More weather. |
| Lightning
Explorer |
From Global Atmospherics, a nice site. |
| Fire
Danger Map |
Fire danger from the Wildland Fire Assessment System (WFAS). |
| Fire
Potential Map |
Fire potential from the WFAS. |
| Drought
Monitor Map |
Monitors drought. From the National Drought Mitigation
Center. |
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Geographic
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| MS Terraserver |
Microsoft Terraserver page. View and print satellite
images/topo maps of most US areas. |
| Current
Earthquake Activity |
Seismicity maps of recent earthquake activity in the USA or
around the world. |
| GEOMAC |
From the Geospatial Multi-Agency Coordination Group. Click
the GEOMAC button on the left to go to current wildland fire sit maps. |
|
Detected Large Incidents Map |
From NIFC |
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Detected
Hot Spot Map |
From NOAA |
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Maptech Mapserver |
Maptech free online mapper. Topo, nautical, aero charts,
& navphotos. Printable. Sometimes slow. |
| MapQuest |
Online travel planner, address finder, route mapper.
Printing options. |
| Google Maps |
Excellent new mapping utility and travel planner -
versatile. |
| California Road
Closure Site |
Enter the road number and see if it is closed to traffic due
to wildfire or anything else. |
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Federal Pages
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| Find
a USFS Employee |
Search for US Forest Service employees, find their email
address, work location, and telephone numbers. |
| Find
a DOI Employee |
Same as above, except ya can find Department of Interior/
BLM/ NPS employees, among others. |
| NWCG Sit /
209 |
NWCG sit report and 209, requires password to enter. |
Type
I IIM Teams (National) &
Type II IIM Teams
(Regional) &
Area Command &
Fire Use Management Teams |
Find out where the Teams are fighting fire.
Links to National Type I Interagency Incident Management Teams and GACCs
page.
Links to Type II Interagency Incident Management Teams page.
Links to Area Command website page.
Links to Fire Use Management Teams (FUMT) page. |
| Mobilization
Info |
IIMT, Area Command and Buying Team rotation schedules,
National Mobe Guide, Military Use Handbook, and lots of forms here from
NICC. |
| ROSS |
For dispatchers with questions about the Resource Ordering
and Status System. |
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USDA's
Home Page |
US Department of Agriculture home page. |
| Forest Service National Page |
Documents, mission statements, links, etc. |
| USFS
National Alphabetical Links |
Basically a site map - easy to find info on the FS including
links to forest locations, maps and phone numbers, publications, speeches,
documents and congressional records, to name a few. |
| US Forest
Service Fire & Aviation |
The main page of the largest wildland firefighting
organization in the world. |
| FAM
Links to People in Fire |
A page of links to hotshot info, helitack, handcrews,
partners, smokejumpers. |
|
R5 FAM |
What's happening in CA. |
| USFS T
& D Center Publications |
All the publications from the USFS Technology &
Development Centers in Missoula and San Dimas. User name= t-d. Password=
t-d. Check out new safety items, equipment and ongoing projects. |
| BLM
National Page |
Documents, mission statements, links, etc. |
| US
DOI BLM Fire & Aviation |
US Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Fire
& Aviation Page. |
| Alaska BLM
Fire |
What's happening up North? |
| NM
BLM Fire |
NM Fire site. |
| NPS
National Page |
Documents, mission statements, links, etc. |
| US DOI NPS
Fire Net |
US Department of Interior, National Park Service - Fire Net |
| BIA NIFC Fire |
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Fire and Aviation Management |
| FEPP |
Federal Excess Personal Property, a source for used
firefighting equipment. |
| Practical:
Find out how OWCP works. |
A message board where firefighters can ask questions about
benefits and processes relating to Office of Workers Compensation Programs
claims. KRS - a hotshot who was severely injured - is moderator. |
| Practical:
Contact
Your Congressional Representative |
From InfoSearch, simply click on the map and you're linked.
Speak your mind. Email your views. Also for snail-mail addresses and
phone numbers: US Senate Directory
House of Representatives Directory
If you don't know who they are, go
HERE, enter your zip
code only and your reps in both houses will be selected. |
| Competitive
Sourcing Resources |
All you ever wanted to know on the competitive outsourcing
madness, including how to influence the outcome of legislation. |
| ICS
Unit Identifiers for R5 Forests |
ICS unit identifiers for National Forests in CA and links to
them (quick). |
| ICS
Unit Identifiers for R3 |
ICS unit identifiers for all units in the Southwest Region
(AZ, NM and West TX) (quick). |
| ICS
Unit Identifiers |
ICS unit identifiers for ALL cooperators in the US in rich
text format. |
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Worldwide Wildland
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| FireGlobe |
Website of the Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC), an
Activity of the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction. Many
links, some nice photos. |
| FireBreak |
On bushfire with some nice photos of Aussie fires and some
good links. |
| FireNet |
Another fire website with info on Australian bushfire. |
| New
South Wales Fire Brigades |
What these Aussie firefighters do, photos, glossary of fire
terms, etc. |
| NSW Rural Fire
Service |
Info about New South Wales (AU) bushfire. |
| Dept of
Sustainability & Environment |
Australia, Victoria: what's happening with resources and
environment |
| Australian
National Parks & Wildlife Service |
Park closures and links to some fire news. |
| Country Fire Authority
Victoria |
The Linton Inquiry involves the death of 5 firefighters in a
vehicle burnover in Australia in December 1998. |
| Country Fire
Service, South AU |
With info on Aussie homeowner protection, current fire bans,
incidents and media releases. |
| New Zealand's Rural
Fire Page |
As stated. |
| Forest
Fire in Canada |
National fire site from the Canadian Forest Service, in English and
French. |
| Canadian
Interagency Forest Fire Center |
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Canadian
Sit Report |
Canadian Forest Service Fire Situation Report. |
| Practical: Online
Conversion |
Converts measurements of all kinds from all over the world
so you can understand what you're reading. |
| Aviation |
| Sunrise-Sunset |
Compute and print sunrise, sunset, & twilight charts for
cities and airports worldwide in local time zone. |
| Airport
Identification |
Find that elusive airport acronym by city, name, identifier,
or browse by State. |
| NOTAM |
Check your submitted NOTAMs for accuracy. |
| Aviation
Safety System |
Including links to Safecoms, Safety Alerts and Reports and
the Aviation Mishap Information System, an electronic data (files) storage
based system encompassing all aspects of aviation mishap reporting within
the U.S. Forest Service. |
| Office of
Aircraft Services |
Office of Aircraft Services, DOI. |
| Assn.
AirTanker Pilots |
The Association of AirTanker Pilots and Aerial Support
People |
| Miscellaneous
Wildland Pages |
| Fire
Acronyms |
Most complete list on the planet. |
| Red
Card Mnemonics |
Acronyms for red card positions in fire. |
|
NWCG Fire
Glossary
(html) |
For the pdf version:
www.nwcg.gov/pms/pubs/glossary/PMS205.pdf |
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California FIRE Links, 2006 |
Information on the California Fires, 2006. |
| Southern
California FIRE Links, 2005 |
Information on the SoCal fires, Fall 2005. |
| CA
Fire Links, 2004 |
Information on the California Fires, 2004. |
FIRE
Links, 2004
|
A list of all large and small wildland fires of 2004 that
have websites with info, maps, photos, and press releases. Arranged by
state and then chronologically. |
| Southern
California FIRE Links, 2003 |
Information on the SoCal fires, Fall 2003. |
FIRE
Links, 2003
|
A list of all large and small wildland fires of 2003 that
have websites with info, maps, photos, and press releases. Arranged by
state and then chronologically. |
| FIRE
Links, 2002 |
A list of all large and small wildland fires of 2002 that
have websites with info, maps, photos, and press releases. Arranged by
state and then chronologically. |
| California,
Washington & Oregon FIRE Links, 2001 |
A list of FS FAM and CDF links to fires that burned in 2001.
Photos and maps available at most incident sites. Great for research or
browsing the past fire season. |
| Wildland Firefighter
Foundation |
The Wildland Firefighter Foundation, a nonprofit
organization, provides emergency financial assistance to the families of
fallen firefighters, and helps support their young children. Families left
behind often find themselves with few resources, and the Foundation steps
in to help. |
Ken Perry
52 Mile MegaRun 2005
Ken Perry 104
Mile UltraRun, 2006 |
Fundraising fun to benefit the Wildland Firefighter
Foundation. |
|
USFS Honor Guard |
True statement: The Honor Guard represents the
professionalism, dignity and honor of the Forest Service. Thank you Honor
Guard. Ab. |
| A
Hotshot Photo Journal |
An ex-hotshot's photos. |
| Spotfire Images |
By Mike McMillan. A fine fire photojournal site. |
| National
Agricultural Library |
This one is in an obscure place. Some cool historic photos
here, but they are all in GIF format, so they are big. For some examples,
see our Equipment
2 Photo Page. |
| IMWTK |
Inquiring Minds Want to Know firefighting history. If you
have any additions, send 'em in. Ab. |
| Funny
Fire Terms & Nicknames |
Terms we use and names we call ourselves and each other. All
in good fun. Ab. |
| Quotes to Live By |
A few quotes that are thought provoking; some are serious
and some are for fun. Begun 2003. If you have any additions, send 'em in. Ab. |
|
SCRATCHlines |
One Liners from wildland firefighters, begun 2004. Send us your own!
Ab. |
|
Tactical Truths to Live By |
From BLM Bob, 2000. |
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Just One
More Time... |
Memories of those who have seasons of firefighting under
their belts and might be looking at retirement... Are you nearing
retirement? Have any memorable moments to share? |
|
I Remember |
How aspects of firefighting have changed... Send in any
additions. Ab. |
| Wildland Firefighter
Awards |
Who we honor. |
| Wildland Memorial Sites |
There are many memorials and at least one Monument to fallen
wildland firefighters on forests and in parks around the West and across the
US. Here's the beginning of our list. |
| Memorial to Paul Gleason |
Father of LCES. |
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Training &
Education
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Fire Leadership
for the Professional |
For the Do It Yourselfer: Lots of good leadership stuff with
enough leadership reading material to keep you occupied for a year or so.
Maybe longer. |
| Safety
Refresher Training Resources |
Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual Refresher (WFSTAR) |
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Alaska
Training |
Training from the Alaska Fire Service... |
| Arizona Wildfire
Academy |
Provide training to 600-800 students annually; 8 day
session, run like a fire camp. |
| Wildland
Firefighter Apprenticeship Program (CA) |
Wildland Firefighter Apprenticeship Program, under the
auspices of R5 FAM, with the goal of making wildland firefighting your
profession. Located at McClelland CA (Sacramento). Wildland firefighters,
you must be hired to be sponsored for this program. Contact your forest or
your local sponsoring agency. Ab note: College students who want to
make wildland fire a career, ask about the STEP program. |
|
Colorado Firecamp |
Colorado Firecamp offers NWCG wildland
firefighter training that fits your schedule and budget. Great
instructors, great location and great food. |
Colorado
Wildfire Academy and
Great Plains Wildfire College |
Held annually in June (large academy) and January (smaller
training group) respectively, both provide interagency training courses
ranging from basic FF1 to advanced IMT training to more than 900 people
annually. |
| CPS |
Information on the Campbell Prediction System and the course
Wildland Fire Signature Prediction Method, a stand alone course,
invaluable for those wanting to understand fire behavior. |
| Wildland Fire
Training |
Good training website. It has great links to training
courses offered in different Geographic Areas, MATS, NWCG training, and
other links. |
| National Advanced Fire &
Resource Institute (NAFRI) |
A national level center for strategic planning, development,
and implementation of fire, fuels, resource, and incident management skills
and educational processes. Formerly NARTC. |
| National
Fire Academy |
U.S. Fire Administration fire training academy. |
| U
of Montana Fire Training |
Joint training information effort from The University of
Montana, the Southwest Montana Geographic Zone of the Northern Rockies
Coordinating Group, and Global FIREnet. |
| NY
Wildfire & Incident Mgt. Academy |
New York's interagency academy, offering courses meeting
NWCG standards. |
| Southwest
Fire Use Training Academy |
FUTA focuses on classroom training with an emphasis on
prescribed burning in southwestern fuel types. Located in Albuquerque NM. |
|
Utah
Wildfire Academy |
Training in Utah. |
| CA
Regional Occupational Programs (ROP) |
No cost, California Regional Occupational Training Programs
(ROP) in Fire Science, FF1, S130, S190, First Responder, etc. |
| National Interagency
Prescribed Fire Training Center |
The NIPFTC utilizes a program in which trainees complete
parts of the NWCG approved prescribed fire task books under the guidance
of fire training professionals. Located in Tallahassee FL. |
| 2-
and 4-year Schools in Fire Science |
A page of links to 2 and 4-yr Junior Colleges,
Colleges and Universities with fire science and fire ecology/forestry
programs. |
| Interagency Aviation Training |
Features fire aviation position descriptions and
requirements; online modules (web-based training); instructor-led class
schedule; registration for on-line and classroom training; commonly asked
questions; news and events; IAT program information; and an outstanding
fire aviation glossary. Full list of OAS
Training. |
| List of Universities offering
IFPM
Web-based Courses -- from U Idaho |
*For Fire Managers seeking to meet new
natural resources requirements* (so you can be classified as a biologist:
OPM Series 401) |
NWCG
Publications, including D-310-1 and the
310-1 |
Links to the Wildland Fire Qualifications (D-310-1),
Wildland Rx Fire Complexity Rating System Guide, NWCG National Fire
Equipment System Catalog, ICS forms other NWCG docs (some in .pdf format).
PMS 310-1, that provides national minimum requirements for wildland
firefighting personnel. |
| FSH
5109.17 |
USFS Fire & Aviation Management Qualifications Handbook
- primary position qualification requirements guide for Forest Service
employees; supplements the NWCG Wildland and Prescribed Fire Qualification
System Guide, PMS 310-1. |
| NWCG
Taskbooks |
Task books for air operations, command and staff, expanded
dispatch, finance, logistics, ops, planning, and prescribed fire. |
| Wildfire
Education Links for Teachers |
For school TEACHERS, a page of wildland links to
materials including wildfire safety, fire ecology, stories, lesson plans,
etc. Also links to info on creating defensible space - and educating the
adult public. |
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Federal Employees
Pages
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| The
Federal Diary |
Keep abreast of what Washington is doing by reading Stephen
Barr's column in the Washington Post. |
| FWFSA |
The Federal Wildland Fire Service Association. Go to their
page, download the application form and join NOW! It's never too late to
make a difference! |
| 2004
Salaries & Wages |
Federal GS wage tables from OPM. |
|
Federal
Per Diem Rates |
Quick link to find nationwide travel and per diem rates. |
|
Federal Ballpark E$timate |
From OPM. Interactive. Includes projected Federal annuity
and Thrift Savings Plan benefits to help you quickly identify approximately
how much you need to save to fund a comfortable retirement. |
| National
Finance Center |
The most important federal page in existence! You will need
a PIN (personal identification number). |
| Federal Thrift Savings Plan |
Check your account balance and current rates of return on
your retirement investment. PIN required. |
Federal Office of
Personnel
Management |
That would be the OPM page for short. Excellent site, easily
navigable, tons of information. |
| Employee
Express |
Federal workers can check/change tax deductions, payroll
deductions, and much more from here. |
| FEDweek |
Electronic weekly newsletter for Federal Employees, free but
heavy self-advertising. |
| Safety |
| Wildland Fire
Lessons Learned Center |
An Interagency Resource Center that focuses on Research and
Analysis, Knowledge Management, and Information Transfer with the
objectives of sharing knowledge to improve safety, performance, efficiency
and organizational learning throughout the entire wildland fire community. |
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Lessons Learned Search
Utility |
Find all reviews and reports on serious incidents. |
|
Fire
Leadership |
Excellent collection of resources to develop leadership
skills, thereby improving safety. |
| Six
Minutes for Safety |
Federal Fire & Aviation Safety Team (FFAST) with NIFC
present short safety review "lessons". One a day... |
| SAFENET |
Wildland Fire Safety & Health Network. The purpose of
SAFENET is: (1) To provide reporting and documentation of unsafe situations
or close calls. (2) To provide a means of sharing safety information
throughout the fire community. (3) To provide long-term data that will
result in identifying trends. Provide information online via the SAFENET
site. If necessary, you may call. The phone number for providing a verbal
safenet is 888.670.3938. You can leave a detailed message, which will be
transcribed and posted to the Internet database. |
| 10
& 18's |
10 Standard Fire Orders & 18 Watchouts. |
| LCES |
Lookouts - Communications - Escape Routes - Safety Zones. |
Interagency Resource Pocket Guide
(little yellow book all firefighters should carry with them) |
Including "How to Properly Refuse Risk", that is how to turn
down an unsafe assignment, scroll down to doc p29 (pdf file) or if you have
the book, it's on p 18. |
| Work
Capacity Test or Pack Test |
Work Capacity Testing Information, including informed
consent form, health screening questionnaire, and more. |
| Wildland
FF Fatalities 1990-1998 |
Summarizes the causes of death for 133 persons who died
while involved in fighting wildland fires in the US, analyzed by
geographic area and by agency. |
Firefighter Safety Awareness Study
Phase
I Phase
II Phase
III |
A three part study to identify the organizational culture,
leadership, human factors, and other issues impacting firefighter safety
and to set and implement goals for improving safety. Part III,
"Implementing Cultural Changes for Safety" is the roadmap for where we're
going. |
|
1995 Human Factors Workshop |
Findings from the 1995 Human Factors Workshop |
|
2004
Human Factors Workshop |
On the IAWF website. |
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