Desert Fire, Mammal and Plant Studies (Desert FMP)
/The Desert FMP website is a great resource for finding fire information and fact sheets for quick learning. Their specific focus is on desert ecosystems.
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Center for Fire Research and Outreach
/The mission of the UC Berkeley Center for Fire Research and Outreach is to provide a forum for coordination on emerging research and tools regarding wildland fire in California. The center will facilitate working groups devoted to a specific field or topic of research and management that relates to fire. The Center also addresses areas with Mediterranean climates world-wide.
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California Klamath-Siskiyou Fire Learning Network
/The California Klamath-Siskiyou Fire Learning Network (CKS FLN) is a parternship focused on sharing learning and practice for land management in the Trinity and Western Klamath Mountains. The CKS FLN works at all levels, from national – landscape, to conduct strategic public outreach aimed at building support for ecosystem restoration and fuels management.
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CALFIRE - Wildland Urban Interface Resources
/Provides resources on building materials and codes for homes located in Fire Hazard Severity Zones.
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LANDFIRE
/These geospatial layers and other data products that depict the nation's major ecosystems, wildlife habitat, vegetation or canopy characteristics, landscape features, and wildland fire behavior, effects, and regimes.
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Interagency Fuels Treatment Decision Support System (IFTDSS)
/IFTDSS is a web-based software and data integration framework that organizes previously existing and newly developed fire and fuels software applications to make fuels treatment planning and analysis more efficient and effective.
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FireModels.org
/This website, maintained by the USFS Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory, provides downloads and explanations for most of the fire modeling programs available for land managers. Programs available include BehavePlus, FlamMap, FARSITE, FireFamilyPlus, Wildland Fire Assessment System, WindWizard, WindNinja, and FireStem.
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Living with Fire - Tahoe Basin
/Provides fire preparation resources to residents of the Tahoe Basin area
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Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety - How to Reduce Risks from a Wildfire
/This website contains information on how to prepare different parts of a home - roofs, doors, windows, decks, etc. - for threats created by wildfires.
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Humboldt State University's Wildland Fire Laboratory
/The Wildland Fire Laboratory is among the most well-equipped fire research facility in any university in the US.
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Homeowner's Wildfire Mitigation Guide
/A UCCE website that provides information on the fire risks associated with different sections of a house and its immediate surroundings.
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Firewise Communities
/This program, which is part of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), seeks to assist communities to adapt to living with wildfire and encourages neighbors to act together to prevent losses to wildfire.
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Fire Research and Management Exchange System (FRAMES)
/FRAMES strives to provide a convenient, systematic exchange of information and technology within the wildland fire research and management community.
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Wildfire Information Network [eWIN]
/A national Cooperative Extension website with many resources regarding fire preparation, including activities for home protection that can be done before, during, and after a fire occurs near your home.
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The California Fire Safe Council
/The California Fire Safe Council provides resources and support for Californians to make their homes and communities fire safe, as well support for running local Fire Safe Councils in communities.
Read MoreSustainable and Fire Safe Landscapes - Los Angeles and Ventura Counties
/SAFE Landscapes is a project of the Natural Resources Program based inLos Angeles and Ventura County Cooperative Extension that focuses onproviding homeowners with fire and sustainability information.
Read MoreNorthern California Prescribed Fire Council
/The Northern California Prescribed Fire Council is a venue for practitioners, state and federal agencies, academic institutions, tribes, coalitions, and interested individuals to work collaboratively to promote, protect, conserve, and expand the responsible use of prescribed fire in Northern California’s fire-adapted landscapes.
Read MoreLiving with Fire - Nevada
/The LWF site provides wildfire threat reduction recommendations for fire-threatened communities in Nevada.
Read MoreMonitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS)
/MTBS is a multi-year project designed to consistently map the burn severity and perimeters of fires across all lands of the United States for the period spanning 1984 through 2010.
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