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WILDFIRE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES
FOREST FIRES AND WILDFIRES REPORTING After more than 3 years of activity, the report is no longer provided. However, you can access to the near real-time information on actual fires and early warning through the map. Test the new GBA-IMS application, it allows to visualise and download data on Global Burnt Area for the year 2000. The user can zoom, overlay with different layers, get statistics. This project was run in collaboration with EU Joint Research Centre.
FLORIDA WILDFIRES: FORECASTS TRAJECTORIES The source for interactive trajectory and dispersion modeling on the web.
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HOWSTUFFWORKS: HOW WILDFIRES WORK In just seconds, a spark or even the sun's heat alone sets off an inferno. The wildfire quickly spreads, consuming the thick, dried-out vegetation and almost everything else in its path. What was once a forest becomes a virtual powder keg of untapped fuel. In a seemingly instantaneous burst, the wildfire overtakes thousands of acres of surrounding land, threatening the homes and lives of many in the vicinity.
WILDFIRES Wildfire is a natural process necessary to the functioning of many ecosystems – but it can be both destructive and deadly. Wildfire should rarely come as a surprise, but it often does. And it makes news. Like firefighters, reporters will do a better job if they are prepared for it.
NASA SATELLITES MONITOR WESTERN WILDFIRES FROM SPACE August 4, 2000 -- Nearly 50 large wildfires are blazing throughout the western United States, consuming more than 700,000 acres and taxing resources already burdened by the worst year of fires in more than a decade. Officials in California and Idaho have enlisted the aid of the Air Force National Guard and the US Army to support their beleaguered firefighting regulars. According to the National Interagency Fire Center, the situation worsened on August 2nd when dry thunderstorms triggered hundreds of new small fires.
NATIONAL FIRE NEWS - LARGE WILDLAND FIRES June 25, 2002: Initial attack in the Rocky Mountain, Northern California and Southwest Areas was moderate and light elsewhere. Nationally, 168 new fires reported Three grew to large fires, including one in Southern California, one in Arizona and one in Virginia. Two large fires were contained in Arizona and New Mexico. In all, 20 large fires are burning in nine states, and more than 2.5 million acres of land have burned to date.
THE SEATTLE TIMES: WILDFIRES On the blazing afternoon of July 10, 2001, four firefighters died in Washington's worst wildfire disaster since 1974. An investigation was launched to determine what when wrong in the Thirty Mile Fire; the results of that probe can be found on this page.
AS WILDFIRES RAGE, ASSESSING BLAME BECOMES THE ISSUE Washington, August 11, 2000: With wildfires still burning out of control across a dozen Western states in what may be the worst fire season in a generation, a fierce debate in timber politics has begun to rage over who might be to blame.
AUSTRALIAN CONFLAGRATION - SCALE WILDFIRES Proposed presentation at IUFRO workshop on Internet applications and electronic information resources in forestry and environmental sciences. August 1-5, 1995, Joennsu, Finland.
WILDFIRES SCORCH WESTERN STATES June 24, 1996: FLAGSTAFF, Arizona (CNN) -- Firefighters were struggling Monday to contain wildfires that forced the evacuation of thousands of residents in Western states. At least nine Arizona wildfires have charred about 21,000 acres, prompting more than 200 people to leave their homes. No major injuries have been reported.
HISTORICAL US WILDFIRES Sources Haines, et al (1976), the World Almanac and the National Fire Protection Association.
WILDFIRE INFORMATION(FEMA) Links to FEMA provide a good starting points for Wildfire information.
DEBRIS FLOWS AND WILDFIRES Large debris flows are common after wildfires. However, the effects of burning the mixed chaparral vegetation that grows on the hillsides of southern California are complex and varied. The vegetation above ground level and extending below the surface to depths of 1 or 2 inches can be burned to ash or merely charred, depending on how fast the fire moves and its temperature. The upper part of the soil becomes dry and loose and, even in dry weather, tends to slide down steep slopes to accumulate in gulleys and ravines. Fire can also cause a water-repellant layer to form at shallow depth in the soil, preventing or slowing infiltration of water and resulting in increased surface run-off during rainfall.
BUSHFIRE COUNCIL - NT This strategy document has been prepared as a result of responses to a Discussion Paper, which had previously been released for public comment. It outlines the current state of fire control measures consistent with the stated policy of the Bushfires Council, which is to co-ordinate fire management and to provide for an organisational framework, driven by the community and responsive to its needs. Set out in the following pages are the basic aims and objectives of the Bushfires Council of the Northern Territory in the prevention and control of fires within its area of jurisdiction.
MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES - MOOSE MOUNTAIN SNA Moose Mountain is an excellent example of old growth northern hardwood forest and northern hardwood succession following wildfire. Sugar maple, basswood, and yellow birch dominate. Two rare plants, white baneberry and moschatel, are found here. Moschatel, the only species in its family in North America, is uncommon over most of its range, particularly with the loss of hardwood forest habitat. It prefers slopes with cold, moist air drains. The best example of old growth hardwoods is on the south side of the powerline at the top of the hill. The area upslope of the old growth and to the north shows direct evidence of the wildfires of the early 1900s. The best times to visit this site are during the spring wildflower blooming season and in late fall for the dramatic fall colors.
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY - KARNER BLUE BUTTERFLY Describes how wildfire prevention has led to a devastating drop in the butterfly's populations. In the Northeast, wildfires have been dramatically reduced by human intervention. Without fires to clear away competitors, lupine has nearly disappeared. The plant is also controlled with pesticides along power line and highway right-of-ways. For the Karner blue, the result is devastation: its numbers have dropped by 99 percent in the last two decades.
MISSISSIPPI FORESTRY COMMISSION The Mississippi Forestry Commission (MFC) is a public service agency created by the Mississippi Legislature. In compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, our mission is to provide leadership in forest protection, forest management & information about the forest of Mississippi, through a fully informed, well-trained work force and support staff, reflecting the needs of the public and employees.
OREGON - CARSON HELICOPTER SERVICES Carson Helicopter Services is a leader in heavy helicopter wildland fire suppression. Since 1991 Carson has flown thousands of incident free hours with a 100% availability and 100% on time arrival. Carson's S-61 is the "perfect" firefighting machine capable of rapidly and accurately delivering a thousand gallons of water per drop. That coupled with the ability to transport personnel and cargo internally at great speeds and range directly to the fire line make the Carson S-61 the most versatile fire suppression tool available to the US Forest Services today.
RINGLER, ADAM - WEATHER LINKS Furnishes links to weather sites, weather maps, radar, wildfire, and earthquakes. Also provides links about the San Diego area.
ECOLOGY - SALAMANDER LIFE STAGES Modified interactions between salamander life stages caused by wildfire-induced sedimentation. Ecological communities are commonly affected by natural and periodic disturbance events. These disturbances may kill organisms, change competitive outcomes, alter habitats, or introduce new species to existing communities. If a disturbance suddenly adds a new species to a community it may be possible to directly observe the effects of this new species on the interactions of existing species, particularly if the dynamics between existing species had been observed before the introduction.
NATIONAL FOREST SERVICE TEMPORARILY BANS "PRESCRIBED FIRES" May 12, 2000: The Los Alamos fires have burned about 30,000 acres so far. The fire was started May 4 as a controlled burn in the Bandelier National Monument, south of Los Alamos. Strong winds whipped the flames into a frenzy a week later.
ARCHEOLOGY OF THE BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIG HORN Midwest Archeology Center offers details about excavations on the battlefield after a wildfire in 1983. Includes found artifacts and firearms.
NEW MEXICO SURVEYS DAMAGE - AWAITS FEDERAL, STATE REPORTS May 18, 2000: Starting on May 4 as a controlled burn at Bandelier National Monument, the fire was supposed to clear 968 acres of brush as a means to prevent wildfires. But by the next day high winds whipped it into a wildfire that later rolled through the town of Los Alamos, burning more than 200 homes, 47,000 acres and prompting the evacuation of an estimated 20,000 people.
CNN.COM - FEDS FORESTER 'DELIBERATELY' STAGED FIRE SCENE June 19, 2002: U.S. Forest Service worker Terry Lynn Barton was indicted Wednesday on charges of willfully and maliciously destroying U.S. property and causing personal injury by setting a blaze that has grown into a wildfire of historic proportions.
FOREST FIRES AND WILDFIRES REPORTING (HOME PAGE) Test the new GBA-IMS application, it allows you to visualise and download data on Global Burnt Area for the year 2000. The user can zoom, overlay with different layers, get statistics. This project was run in collaboration with EU Joint Research Centre.
CNN.COM - TEXAS TAKES LEAD IN NUMBER OF US WILDFIRES - SEPTEMBER 6, 2000 Drought-stricken Texas led the nation Wednesday with 35 large wildfires. While most of them are just a fraction of the size of giant blazes still burning in the northern Rockies, some of the Texas fires have destroyed homes, threatened towns and forced evacuations.
ABCNEWS.COM: ANIMALS CO-EXIST WITH WILDFIRES The wildfires out West have burned hundreds of buildings, rousted thousands of people from their homes and caused millions of dollars in property damage. But people are not the only ones being burned out.
NCDC: CLIMATE OF 1998 - FLORIDA FIRES AND EXTREMES "The unusually wet mild winter...followed by a severe drought... (has) provided abundant fuel to the wild fires pervasive over Florida." - Alan Basist, NCDC "So far in June 1998, Melbourne, Florida, has experienced 21 days over 95 deg.F. The probability of this occurring is less than 1 in 1000." - David Easterling, NCDC
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY On Tuesday June 25th, President Bush Announced a major disaster declaration for parts of Arizona impacted by wildfires. The Command Center in Show Low, Arizona is just one of many structures still threatened by fire.
GEOMAC WILDLAND FIRE SUPPORT The Geospatial Multi-Agency Coordination Group, or GeoMAC, is an internet-based mapping tool originally designed for fire managers to access online maps of current fire locations and perimeters in the United States and Alaska. Using a standard web browser, fire personnel can download this information to pinpoint the affected areas. With the growing concern of western wildland fires in the summer of 2000, this application also became available to the public.
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