The National
Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) based in Boise (Idaho) provides
key information on current wildland fire situations, related information
and background materials. The following information is updated daily and
can be accessed directly:
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Incident Management Situation
Reports (fires and area burned reported to NICC). The files include current,
previous and archived reports
More
current Information about the fire situation in the United States, see:
The National Incident Management Situation Report by NICC
Fire Weather & Fire
Danger Information
The Wildland
Fire Assessment System (WFAS) is a contribution of "The Fire Behavior
Research Work Unit", Missoula (Montana USA). The broad area component of
the Wildland Fire Assessment System (WFAS) generates maps of selected fire
weather and fire danger components.
NASA´S
Earth Observatory: For more Satellite Images displaying recent fires
in the US, please visit:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?topic=fire.
Earth Observatory provides MODIS and Landsat Scenes of fires allover the
planet.
For
more information on the recent fire situation in the US see also: Recent
Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics.
Long-range
weather forecasts
National
Weather Service
Long-range, 30-day weather
forecasts are predicting above-normal temperatures for the southern tier
of states from southern California to Florida and throughout the Midwest
(see 30 and 90-day forecast maps):
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/boise/firewx/outlook.shtml |
