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The United States is divided into 10 Geographic Areas to allow for cost effective and timely mobilization of wildland firefighting resources to incidents nationwide. Each Geographic Area has multiple local dispatch centers that fall under their sphere of influence. The primary mission for each Geographic Area is to coordinate the movement of resources within the Geographic Area and export resources to other Geographic Areas as needed. Visit the website here! ...

Developing a proofreading strategy can greatly improve the quality of your federal grant application. Here are some tips from grant-making offices across the government that you can use for developing this strategy. Visit the website here!

US Fire Administration’s site direction how to prepare for home fires. Visit the website here!

InciWeb is an interagency all-risk incident information management system. The system was developed with two primary missions: Provide the public a single source of incident related information Provide a standardized reporting tool for the Public Affairs community Visit the website here! How to use the website here!

International Association of Wildand FireScholarships The International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF) awards two graduate-level scholarships typically valued at $3,000 USD to Master of Science (M.Sc.) or Ph.D. students studying wildland fire or wildland fire-related topics. Student submitted essays are evaluated by an international panel of fire science experts and one award recipient is chosen for the Masters level and one for the Doctoral level. The IAWF has been presenting this award annually to members of the fire science community since 2007. ...

The International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF) is a professional membership association for wildland fire professionals. Visit the IAWF website here!

The journal publishes new and significant articles that advance basic and applied research concerning wildland fire. The journal has an international perspective, since wildland fire plays a major social, economic and ecological role around the globe. As of January 1, 2024, the International Journal of Wildlanf Fire (IJWF) is open access. Visit the website here!

Access the IAWF newsletters and magazine publications. Visit the Magazine here! Visit the Newsletter here!

The International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF) is a professional membership association for wildland fire professionals. This mentorship program has global outreach. Fun note: This site was created and is maintained by a IAWF Mentor/Mentee Pairing! Visit the IAWF mentoring website here!

The Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) provides leadership to the fire science community by identifying high-priority fire science research needs that will enhance the decision making ability of fire and fuels managers, natural resource managers, and others to meet their management objectives. The program also meets the decision needs of those involved in developing and implementing fire-related policy. The program’s breadth of stakeholders has broadened over the years commensurate with its science mandate; however, the JFSP remains focused on actionable science and tangible outcomes that meet the needs of end users. ...