FIRE INFORMATION WEBSITES: [RESEARCH] | [MANAGEMENT]
Many of the following links were excerpted from WILDERNESS FIRE RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT: AN ANNOTATED READING LIST. Volume 1 of the Leopold Institute's Linking Wilderness Research and Management Series.
The U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service and Fish and Wildlife Service all maintain fire-related web sites, which are included here. Additionally we cite a number of online bibliographies and databases: the most comprehensive of these are the fire ecology database maintained by Tall Timbers Research Station and the Fire Effects Information System developed by the U.S. Forest Service's Rocky Mountain Research Station. Finally, we've provided links for policy documents, such as the 1995 Federal Wildland Fire Policy and the Environmental Protection Agency's Interim Policy on Wildland and Prescribed Fires that bear on wilderness fire management and restoration.
RESEARCH:
- Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute [Online].
Annotation: This site is the homepage of the Leopold Institute, a federal interagency research group that provides scientific leadership to sustain wilderness. The Leopold Institute has identified natural disturbances, including wilderness fire, as one of its three priority research issues. This reading list as well others in the Linking Wilderness Research and Management Series are available online.
Available: http://leopold.wilderness.net [2008, Nov. 12].
- Bibliography of Fire Effects and Related Literature - Applicable to the Ecosystems and Species of Wisconsin [Online].
Annotation: This downloadable bibliography contains more than 800 citations on fire effects in the Midwestern U.S.
Available: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/habitat/firebibl/index.htm [2008, Nov. 12].
- Fire Effects Information System: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (2001, May). [Online].
Annotation: This searchable database provides synopses of fire effects on individual plant and animal species. The database also includes summaries of fire effects on plant communities of North America (by Kuchler vegetation type). For each species or community type, a bibliography lists full citations of source material.
Available: http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/ [2008, Nov. 12].
- Firehouse: the Northwest Fire Effects Clearinghouse [Online].
Annotation: The Northwest Fire Research Clearinghouse (FIREHouse) is a collaborative project involving federal agencies and the University of Washington, providing data and documentation on fire science and technology relevant to Washington, Oregon & Idaho. Projects and publications pertaining to those three states are featured. A searchable database of fire research from throughout North America is also available through the site, as are links to regional and national fire management tools.
Available: http://depts.washington.edu/nwfire/ [2008, Nov. 12].
- Fire Information Cache: Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks [Online].
Annotation: This site houses the fire management plan for Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, National Park Service fire policy information, online fire research papers, research project information, and a fire bibliography (available: http://www.nps.gov/seki/fire/fire_bib.htm), divided into three sections: General Literature, Technical & Scientific Literature, and Historic and Background Literature. The bibliography emphasizes literature relevant to the Sierra Nevada region.
Available: http://www.nps.gov/seki/fire/indxfire.htm [2008, Nov. 12].
- Fire Information Systems Online [Online].
Annotation: This web site provides access to a number of tools and models currently available to help predict fire behavior. The site itself is more of a clearinghouse than a content-rich resource, however it offers links to the BehavePlus, FARSITE, and FIREFAMILY+ fire prediction tools. In addition, the site links to both the Fire Effects Information System and the Citation Retrieval System, a keyword-searchable database of the scientific literature used in compiling the FEIS.
Available: http://www.fire.org [2008, Nov. 12].
- FRAMES (Fire Research and Management Exchange System) [Online].
Annotation: This site currently supports 38 tools (models, maps, and documents) related to wildland fire management. Eventually, this site hopes to be a repository for all online electronic tools, as well as a center for data and information exchange.
Available: http://frames.nbii.gov/portal/server.pt [2008, Nov. 12].
- The International Fire Information Network [Online].
Annotation: This site is a "Special Interest Network dedicated to all aspects of fire science and management." Includes a virtual library, as well as information on "fire behavior, fire weather... plant and animal responses to fire and all aspects of fire effects."
Available: http://www.csu.edu.au/firenet/ [2008, Nov. 12].
- Joint Fire Sciences Program (National Interagency Fire Center)
Annotation: This site provides wildland fire and fuels information and tools to specialists and managers who make wildland fuels management decisions. Featured are project proposal announcements, research projects and project information designed to answer specific questions or solve specific problems related to wildland fuels issues.
Available: http://www.firescience.gov/ [2008, Nov. 12]
- Kirby, Ronald E.; Lewis, Stephen J.; Sexson, Terry N. (1998, April). Fire In North American Wetland Ecosystems And Fire-Wildlife Relations: An Annotated Bibliography [Online]. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Report 88(1).
Annotation: This searchable bibliography contains more than 300 citations related to fire effects on wildlife in wetland ecosystems.
Available: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/literatr/firewild/ [2008, Nov. 12].
- National Wildfire Coordinating Group [Online].
Annotation: This site lists a variety of web sites with fire ecology information.
Available: http://www.nwcg.gov/teams/wfewt/biblio/index.htm [2008, Nov. 12].
- Real Time Fire-Weather Information - USFS Rocky Mountain Center (RMC) [Online].
Annotation: This online product provides real-time delivery of fire-weather intelligence and smoke forecasts for the Western US. The website supplies hourly information about current and future values of weather elements such as air temperature, relative humidity, precipitation, cloud cover, wind speed and wind direction, as well as several fire indices. Information is delivered in the form of interactive 2-D maps, point observations & point forecasts, and actual 3-D data fields.
Available: http://www.fireweather.info [2008, Nov. 12].
- Tall Timbers Research Station E. V. Komarek Fire Ecology Database [Online].
Annotation: An extensive, keyword-searchable database with over 10,800 publications related to fire ecology. The bibliography emphasizes the United States, and particularly the southeastern U.S., however international papers are included as well. The bibliography is updated frequently and is easy to use.
Available: http://www.talltimbers.org/fedb-intro.html [2008, Nov. 12].
- United States Forest Service: Fire Aviation and Management [Online].
Annotation: Contains U.S. Forest Service fire policy, science, planning, safety, and employment information. Includes links to the Forest Service National Fire Plan, policy information, USFS fire research, and the publication Fire Management Today (formerly Fire Management Notes).
Available: http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/ [2008, Nov. 12].
MANAGEMENT:
- Bureau of Land Management National Office of Fire and Aviation [Online].
Annotation: This site contains current fire information for BLM lands, fire policy documents, fire statistics, links to fire research, and links to other relevant agency sites, such as the National Interagency Fire Center.
Available: http://www.fire.blm.gov [2008, Nov. 12].
- Fire Information Cache: Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks [Online].
Annotation: This site houses the fire management plan for Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, National Park Service fire policy information, online fire research papers, research project information, and a fire bibliography (available: http://www.nps.gov/seki/fire/fire_bib.htm), divided into three sections: General Literature, Technical & Scientific Literature, and Historic and Background Literature. The bibliography emphasizes literature relevant to the Sierra Nevada region.
Available: http://www.nps.gov/seki/fire/indxfire.htm [2008, Nov. 12].
- Fire Information Systems Online [Online].
Annotation: This web site provides access to a number of tools and models currently available to help predict fire behavior. The site itself is more of a clearinghouse than a content-rich resource, however it offers links to the BehavePlus, FARSITE, and FIREFAMILY+ fire prediction tools. In addition, the site links to both the Fire Effects Information System and the Citation Retrieval System, a keyword-searchable database of the scientific literature used in compiling the FEIS.
Available: http://www.fire.org [2008, Nov. 12].
- Fire Management Toolbox [Online].
Annotation: The Fire Management Toolbox, operated by the Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center and Wilderness.net, is an online database that provides information, guidelines, examples, and other resources about managing fire in wilderness. This website is very comprehensive and provides a wide range of wilderness fire information and resources useful particularly to wilderness managers and those interested in wilderness stewardship.
Available: http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=toolboxes&sec=fire [2008, Nov. 12].
- FRAMES (Fire Research and Management Exchange System) [Online].
Annotation: This site currently supports 38 tools (models, maps, and documents) related to wildland fire management. Eventually, this site hopes to be a repository for all online electronic tools, as well as a center for data and information exchange.
Available: http://frames.nbii.gov/portal/server.pt [2008, Nov. 12].
- National Interagency Fire Center [Online].
Annotation: This site offers current wildland fire information, national interagency coordination center reports, fire prevention and education information, science and technology information related to fire, National Fire Plan information, a link to the 2001 Review and Update of the 1995 Federal Wildland Fire Policy, and links to individual agency fire sites.
Available: http://www.nifc.gov [2008, Nov. 12].
- National Park Service FireNet [Online].
Annotation: This site provides fire policy; science, planning, safety and employment information for the National Park Service. Includes information on wildland fire, including relevant science; the National Park Service Implementation Strategy for the National Fire Plan; fire at the wildland-urban interface; fire prevention and education; and current fire information.
Available: http://www.nps.gov/fire [2008, Nov. 12].
- National Wildfire Coordinating Group [Online].
Annotation: This site lists a variety of web sites with fire ecology information.
Available: http://www.nwcg.gov/teams/wfewt/biblio/index.htm [2008, Nov. 12].
- Real Time Fire-Weather Information - USFS Rocky Mountain Center (RMC) [Online].
Annotation: This online product provides real-time delivery of fire-weather intelligence and smoke forecasts for the Western US. The website supplies hourly information about current and future values of weather elements such as air temperature, relative humidity, precipitation, cloud cover, wind speed and wind direction, as well as several fire indices. Information is delivered in the form of interactive 2-D maps, point observations & point forecasts, and actual 3-D data fields.
Available: http://www.fireweather.info [2008, Nov. 12].
- U.S. Department of the Interior; U.S. Department of Agriculture. Review and Update of the 1995 Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy January 2001 [Online].
Annotation: This policy document was updated with the 2001 Review and Update of the 1995 Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy; however, the 2001 review affirms that the policy's principles remain central guideposts for wildland fire management.
Available: http://www.nifc.gov/fire_policy/history/index.htm [2008, Nov. 12].
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 1998. Interim air quality policy on wildland and prescribed fires [Online].
Annotation: This document outlines federal policy on air quality and wildland fire. The requirements for Clean Air Act compliance are discussed, emphasizing the role of Smoke Management Plans. The need for collaboration among federal land managers, Indian land managers, private landowners, air quality managers, and state and local governments is stressed, and roles for each of these groups are outlined. The policy addresses air quality compliance in the context of federal wildland fire policy and recognizes the importance of wildland fire use as well as the need to protect airsheds for health and aesthetic reasons.
Available: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/t1/memoranda/firefnl.pdf [2008, Nov. 12].
- United States Fish and Wildlife Service Fire Management [Online].
Annotation: A repository of information on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fire policy and guidance, prescribed fire, and wildland fire monitoring. Contains links to interagency fire research, the USFWS Fire Management Handbook, and daily fire situation reports.
Available: http://fire.r9.fws.gov [2008, Nov. 12].
- United States Forest Service: Fire Aviation and Management [Online].
Annotation: Contains U.S. Forest Service fire policy, science, planning, safety, and employment information. Includes links to the Forest Service National Fire Plan, policy information, USFS fire research, and the publication Fire Management Today (formerly Fire Management Notes).
Available: http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/ [2008, Nov. 12].
- Western States Air Resource Council (WESTAR) [Online].
Annotation: This website is the homepage of WESTAR, a cooperative air quality organization composed of fifteen states and a number of federal partners. WESTAR aims to "promote the exchange of information related to the control of air pollution for use in state and federal activities as authorized by air quality statutes and regulations" and to work with federal land managers and the EPA to develop strategies for maintaining air quality and protecting the environment. The site contains information on WESTAR air quality training sessions and workgroups, as well as links to air quality programs in member states and to federal air quality-related sites.
Available: http://www.westar.org/ [2008, Nov. 12].
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