Resources
Wildland fire resources are critical to understanding the complexities of how to best manage the natural and human elements of wildland fire. This space contains information to increase information sharing within the community of practice working on Wildland Fire and Prescribed Burning.
Scientists participate in a Prescribed Fire Science Consortium collaborative fire research event at Tall Timbers Research Station. Photo: David Godwin, Southern Fire Exchange / University of Florida.
NOAA
NOAA is a leader in science and technology used by the wildland fire community, and is dedicated to understanding and predicting weather and climate to protect life and property.
Environmental Sciences Proceedings
Environmental Sciences Proceedings is an open access journal dedicated to publishing findings resulting from conferences, workshops, and similar events, in all areas of environmental sciences.
Frontiers
Wildland fires represent a challenging interdisciplinary problem and these topics and approaches to solving them are not exclusive. By focusing on a wide variety of approaches to study and mitigate the harmful effects of wildland fires, we hope to present a review of the state-of-the-art in the field through this open-access collection.
Atmosphere
Atmosphere is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal of scientific studies related to the atmosphere published monthly online.
Journal of Applied Remote Sensing
The Journal of Applied Remote Sensing (JARS) is an online journal that optimizes the communication of concepts, information, and progress within the remote sensing community to improve the societal benefit for monitoring and management of natural disasters, weather forecasting, agricultural and urban land-use planning, environmental quality monitoring, ecological restoration, and numerous other commercial and scientific applications.
Remote Sensing
Remote Sensing is a peer-reviewed, open access journal about the science and application of remote sensing technology.
Journal of Forestry
The mission of JOF is to advance the profession of forestry by keeping forest management professionals informed about significant developments and ideas in the many facets of forestry.
Treesearch (USDA Forest Service Research)
Search tool for USDA Forest Research publications.
Wildfire Research Center
The mission of the WiRē Center is to support evidence-based community wildfire education efforts so that communities can live with wildfire. Specifically, the WiRē Center provides personalized expertise and support to collect, interpret, and use paired parcel-level wildfire risk and social data. The WiRē Approach enables partners to effectively allocate resources and engage with residents.
Joint Fire Science Program Publications
The JFSP provides funding and science delivery for scientific studies associated with managing wildland fire, fuels, and fire-impacted ecosystems to respond to emerging needs of managers, practitioners, and policymakers from local to national levels.
USGS Wildland Fire Science
USGS Fire Science is fundamental to understanding the causes, consequences, and benefits of wildfire and helps prevent and manage larger, catastrophic events.
California Fire Science Consortium
The California Fire Science Consortium (as part of the Joint Fire Science Program's Fire Science Exchange network) is a network of scientists and managers that strives to accelerate the awareness, understanding, and adoption of wildland fire science information by federal, tribal, state, local, and private stakeholders within ecologically similar regions.
Fire Research Institute
The Fire Research Institute (FRI) is a not-for-profit library holding around 156249 books, journal articles, videos, training manuals, dissertations, news reports, and other material on wildland fire.
National Wildfire Coordinating Group
Publications include standards, guides, job aids, position taskbooks, training curricula, and other documents.
U.S. Fire Administration
As an entity of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the mission of the U.S. Fire Administration is to support and strengthen fire and emergency medical services (EMS) and stakeholders to prepare for, prevent, mitigate and respond to all hazards.
Wildfire Today
Wildfire news and opinion.
Fire Ecology
Fire Ecology is the international scientific journal supported by the Association for Fire Ecology. It publishes peer-reviewed articles on all ecological and management aspects relating to wildland fire.
International Journal of Wildland Fire
International Journal of Wildland Fire publishes new and significant articles that advance basic and applied research concerning wildland fire.
Oklahoma Burn Plan for Prescribed Burning
Learn about the importance of a burn plan, view a filled out burn plan, and access a template you can use in your own prescribed burning efforts.
Fire Prescriptions for Restoration and Maintenance of Native Plant Communities
Learn about how to use prescribed burning to enhance native ecosystems. This fact sheet outlines guidelines for prescribed burning in Oklahoma as well as recommended fire frequency, types on fuels and fuel moisture, and tips for safety management. Applicable to practitioners, producers, and landowners across the Great Plains that are interested in prescribed burning.
