Fire Danger References
Other Fire Danger Resources
Alaska Fire Weather Index (FWI)
Florida Wildland Fire Danger Index (FDI)
Georgia Forestry Commission Fire Weather System
Great Lakes Fire Weather Index (FWI)
Michigan DNR Wildland Fire Application
Minnesota DNR Wildfire Information Center
New York State Fire Danger Map
North Carolina Fire Weather Intelligence Portal
Santa Ana Wildfire Threat Index
Drought Assessment Resources
Western Water Assessment (NOAA Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments)
The Drought Monitor (National Drought Mitigation Center)
National Integrated Drought Information System (National Centers for Environmental Information)
National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska – Lincoln)
Fire Danger References
Online Resources
- Weather Information Management System (WIMS)
- Wildland Fire Assessment System (WFAS)
- NFDRS Pocket Cards
- US Interagency Predictive Services Outlooks
Publications
Andrews, P. L.; Bradshaw, L. S.; Bunnell, D.; and Curcio G., Fire Danger Rating PocketCard for Firefighter Safety, Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology, 1997.
Bradshaw, L. S.; Deeming, J. E.; Burgan, R. E.; and Cohen, J. D., The 1978 National Fire-Danger Rating System: technical documentation, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station; 1984.
Burgan, R. E., 1988 Revisions to the 1978 National Fire-Danger Rating System, USDA Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Research Paper, 1988.
Deeming, J. E.; Burgan, R. E.; and Cohen, J. D., The National Fire-Danger Rating System – 1978, USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, 1978.
Fosberg, M. A., and Deeming, J. E., Derivation of the 1 and 10-hour timelag fuel moisture calculations for fire-danger rating, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, 1971.
Jolly, W.M.; Nemani, R.; and Running, S.W., A generalized, bioclimatic index to predict foliar phenology in response to climate, Global Change Biology, 2005.
Remote Sensing/Fire Weather Support Unit, Interagency Wildland Fire Weather Station Standards and Guidelines, PMS 426-3, National Wildfire Coordinating Group, 2014.
Nelson R.M., Jr., Prediction of diurnal change in 10-h fuel stick moisture content, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 2000.
Schlobohm, P., and Brain, J., Gaining an Understanding of the National Fire Danger Rating System, PMS 932, National Wildfire Coordinating Group, 2002.