Wildfire

Citation

(2006), "Wildfire", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 15 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm.2006.07315dag.007

Wildfire

Landfire

www.landfire.gov/

Landfire is a five-year, multipartner wildland fire, ecosystem, and fuel mapping project designed to generate consistent, comprehensive maps and data describing vegetation, fire, and fuel characteristics across the United States. The primary partners in the project are the Nature Conservancy, US Geological Survey, and US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire Lab.

Forest Fire/Wildfire Protection

fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/60721.pdf

Forest Fire/Wildfire Protection from the Congressional Research Service discusses the factors contributing to wildfire risk, methods for fuel treatment, fire control funding and policies, and the roles and responsibilities of homeowners and local, state, and federal governments in reducing wildfire risk.

California Fire Alliance

www.cafirealliance.org/

The California Fire Alliance provides an interagency forum for coordinating member agencies' efforts to implement wildland fire protection planning. Their web site features grant resources, communications plans and tools, fire planning and mapping tools, and information on community wildfire protection plans.

(Extracted from Natural Hazards Observer, March 2006, and May 2006.)