Canada Wildfire
Canada Wildfire transforms vegetation fire management through partnerships between knowledge holders, practitioners, and policy-makers.
Fire and Forestry Groups
Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC)
View a current wildland fire map.
Collaborative Wildfire Risk Reduction Program
The Collaborative Wildfire Risk Reduction Program enables national forests, in collaboration with tribes, communities, and partners, to reduce wildfire risk to communities, critical infrastructure, and natural resources.
Community Wildfire Planning Center Resources
The Community Wildfire Planning Center (CWPC) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to leading the strategic connections between land use planning, building and development practices, and wildfire risk.
Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) Portal and Data Library
The CWPP Portal and Data Library offers a range of resources for wildfire risk mitigation practitioners and researchers. Data encompass 20,000+ records of individuals’ participation in 1,000+ CWPPs in 11 states of the fire-prone US West, attributes of individuals and plans, and the plan documents themselves.
Fire Adapted Communities
The following data library offers a range of resources for wildfire risk mitigation practitioners and researchers
Fire Networks Resources
The Fire Networks work to restore relationships between people and fire
Resources are organized easily for search, and include the following resource types (Fact Sheet/Program Report, Tool/Toolkit, Publication, Video/Webinar).
Fire Research and Management Exchange System (FRAMES)
FRAMES facilitates the exchange of information and technology within the wildland fire research and management community.
Fire Science Exchange Network (FSEN)
Visit any of the Joint Fire Science Program’s Fire Science Exchange Network groups.
FireWise Resources
Firewise USA® has a variety of resources to assist homeowners, program participants, and other wildfire stakeholders as they travel down the path to wildfire risk reduction.
Forest Stewards Guild
The Forest Stewards Guild practices and promotes responsible forestry as a means of sustaining the integrity of forest ecosystems and the human communities dependent upon them.
The Guild engages in education, training, policy analysis, research, and advocacy to foster excellence in stewardship, support practicing foresters and allied professionals, and engage a broader community in the challenges of forest conservation and management.
Geographic Area Coordination Centers (GACCs)
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.
International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF)
The International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF) is a professional membership association for wildland fire professionals.
International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF) Academic Journal
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.
International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF) Magazine and Newsletter
Access the IAWF newsletters and magazine publications.
Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP)
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.
Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory
The laboratory focuses on developing a greater understanding of wildland fire and using the best technology available to get that knowledge into the hands of fire managers continues to be the way of life for researchers. The complex and has expanded to include numerous research resources including; a wind tunnel, combustion chamber and emissions lab, ecophysiology, tree ring and fuels lab as well as soils, metals, welding, electronics and instrumentation facilities.
National Association of State Foresters
A non-profit organization composed of the directors of forestry agencies in the 50 states, five U.S. territories, three nations in compacts of free association with the U.S., and the District of Columbia. Our members manage and protect state and private forests, which encompass nearly two-thirds of all forests nationwide.
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Blogs and Articles
Get all the latest news, analysis, and more from NFPA
National Interagency Coordination Center (NICC)
Located in Boise, Idaho, the National Interagency Coordination Center (NICC) serves as the focal point for coordinating the mobilization of resources to wildland fires and other incidents throughout the United States.
National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC)
The National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) is the nation’s support center for wildland fires and other emergency situations.
National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG)
National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) training supports performance for wildland fire personnel.
Visit the positions website here!
Visit the training website here!
Visit the annual refresher and Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual Refresher (WFSTAR)here!
Nature Conservancy
Roadmap for Wildfire Resilience: How to Get There from Here
In 2022, TNC partnered with the Aspen Institute to develop a set of transformative wildfire resilience policy solutions. The partnership hosted a series of workshops that sought input from all levels of government, Tribal Nations, the private sector, fire-prone communities, philanthropists, academics and other stakeholders, culminating in the publication in March 2023 of the Roadmap for Wildfire Resilience: Solutions for a Paradigm Shift.
Prescribed Burn Associations (PBAs)
A group of volunteer landowners and other interested citizens that collaborate to conduct prescribed burns. Association members pool their knowledge, time, resources and equipment to help other people in their association conduct prescribed burns.
Ready Set Go! Evacuation Plans
PDF and website explaining the evacuation process and how to prepare.
Tall Timbers
The mission of Tall Timbers is to foster exemplary land stewardship through research, conservation and education. It is also recognized as one of the nation’s leading land trusts.
The Coalition of Prescribed Fire Councils (PFCs)
The overarching goal of the Coalition is to establish and maintain a viable coalition of prescribed fire councils by providing encouragement, education, and leadership for the use of prescribed fire across the United States.
The Fire Networks Blog
Features stories and information from a diversity of perspectives including successes, lessons learned, resources, and even failures related to community wildfire resilience.
Weekly blogs.
U.S. Fire Administration
US Fire Administration’s main website.
USDA Research Stations
Research in the Forest Service is conducted at nearly 80 locations across the United States. Much of the research is organized around five Research Stations, one in each region of the United States.
Wildfire Resilience Coaliton Resources
The Wildfire Resilience Coalition (WRC) seeks to help federal, tribal, state, local, and private partners realize transformational change in how wildfire risk is managed in the United States.
Resources include roadmaps and reports.
Worth checking out “The True Cost of Wildfire in the Western U.S.”