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10 and 18 Safety
6 Minutes for Safety Safety
A coupled modelling approach to assess the effect of fuel treatments on post-wi… Science
A Guide for Pre and Postfire Modeling and Application in the Western United Sta… Field Guide
A Synthesis of Post-Fire Road Treatment for BAER Teams: Methods, Treatment Eff… Field Guide
After the Fire Website - WA Silver Jackets Field Guide
ALERT Flood Warning Systems Tools
Arthur Carhartt Wilderness Toolboxes Tools
Association for Fire Ecology General Information
Automated Geospatial Watershed Assessment Tools
BAER Satellite Image Support Tools
BAER Treatments Catalog Tools
BAERTOOLS Tools
Burn Area (BARC) Satellite Imagery Request Tools
Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) Tools Science
Burned Area Emergency Response Treatments Catalog Field Guide
Causes of Post-Fire Runoff and Erosion: Water Repellency, Cover, or Soil Seali… Science
Colorado Springs Emergency Preparedness and Safety Guide (2010) Field Guide
Colorado Watershed Protection Program General Information
Community Wildfire Desk Guide and Toolkit (NACD 2009) Field Guide
Department of the Interior Manual: 620 DM 7 Policy and Authorities
DOI Manual, 620 DM 7 (Wildland Fire Management, Post-Wildfire Recovery) Policy and Authorities
Emergency Post-Fire Rehabilitation Treatment Effects on Burned Area Ecology and… Science
Erosion Risk Management Tool (ERMIT) Tools
Federal Wildland Fire Qualifications Supplement Policy and Authorities
FEMA After Fire General Information
Field Guide for Mapping Post-Fire Soil Burn Severity Field Guide
Field Validation of Burned Area Reflectance Classification (BARC) Products For … Science
Fire Effect Information System (FEIS) General Information
Fire Enterprise Geospatial Portel (EGP) Fire Status
Forest Service Manual 2520 BAER Policy and Authorities
Freshwater Ammonia Calculator Field Guide
Fuels & Fire Behavior Advisories Safety
Impacts of erosion control treatments on native vegetation recovery after sever… Science
Incident Response Pocket Guide, PMS 461 Safety
Inciweb Fire Status
Interagency Burned Area Emergency Response Guidebook Field Guide
Interagency Burned Area Rehabilitation Guidebook Field Guide
Interagency Standards for Fire and Fire Aviation Operations (Red Book) Policy and Authorities
Joint Fire Science Program General Information
LANDFIRE General Information
Landscape Assessment (LA) Sampling and Analysis Methods Science
LCES Safety
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity General Information
Mortality reconsidered: Testing and extending models of fire-induced tree morta… Science
Multihazard Planning Framework for Communities in the Wildland-Urban Interface … General Information
NASA EOSDIS Worldview Fires Fire Status
National 7-Day Significant Fire Potential Fire Status
National Center for Landscape Fire Analysis General Information
National Interagency Coordination Center Fire Status
National Interagency Fire Center Fire Status
National Weather Service Interactive Alerts Safety
National Weather Service Warnings Safety
New Mexico After Wildfire Field Guide
NICC Incident Management Situation Report Fire Status
NIFC BAER General Information
NPS BAER General Information
NWCG Standards for Fire Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations, PMS 515 Policy and Authorities
NWCG Standards for Interagency Incident Business Management, PMS 902 Policy and Authorities
NWCG Standards for Wildland Fire Position Qualifications, PMS 310-1 Policy and Authorities
NWS Post Wildfire Flash Flood and Debris Flow Guide Flood and Debris
Okanogan County Wildfires Natural Resources Recovery Guide Field Guide
Operationalizing Resilience and Resistance Concepts to Address Invasive Grass-F… Science
Oregon Post-Wildfire Flood Playbook Field Guide
Patterns of conifer regeneration following high severity wildfire in ponderosa … Science
Peak Flow and Erosion Estimation Tools
Post Wildfire Flash Flood Hazards and NWS Products Flood and Debris
Post Wildfire Recovery Project Resources for the BLM ESR Handbook Policy and Authorities
Post-Wildland Fire Desertification: Can Rehabilitation Treatments Make a Diffe… Science
Postfire Rehabiliation of the Hayman Fire Field Guide
Program Brief Wilderness Character and Fire Wilderness and Fire
Rapid Response Erosion Database Tools
READ Cohort Document Vault General Information
Reducing Post-Fire Hillslope Erosion Science
Resource Advisor’s Guide for Wildland Fire Field Guide
Rock gabion, rock armoring, and culvert treatments contributing to and reducing… Science
SDSU Water Research and Modeling Tools
Standard Operations Guide, National BAER Team 2017 Policy and Authorities
State of New Mexico After Fire Website Field Guide
State of Washington Silver Jackets Site Field Guide
Storm Readiness Flood and Debris
Tall Timbers General Information
The Relationship of Multispectral Satellite Imagery to Immediate Fire Effects Science
The Role of Fire in Ecosystem Management Field Guide
US Fish and Wildlife Service Fire Management Handbook Policy and Authorities
US Forest Service BAER Reports Database Tools
USDA Forest Service RMRS Useful Publications Science
USDA Forest Service, Moscow Fire Science Lab Flood and Debris
USFS Post-Fire Resource Manager's Tool Kit Tools
USGS Fire, Floods and Landslides General Information
Using Remote Sensing to Monitor Post-fire Watershed Recovery as a Tool for Mana… Field Guide
Vegetation Response After Post-Fire Mulching and Native Grass Seeding Science
Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) Model Tools
Weather Apps Tools
Weather Earth Global Map Tools
Weather Satellite Images Fire Status
Weather-Ready Nation (NOAA): Debris Flow Fact Sheet Flood and Debris
Wilderness Minimum Requirements for Wildland Fire Wilderness and Fire
Wildfire-A Resource Guide for Individuals (2019) Field Guide
Wildland Fire Decision Support System Tools
Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center General Information
Wildland Fire Qualifications Supplement Policy and Authorities
Wildland Fire Terminology General Information
Wildland Firefighter Foundation General Information
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NWCG Latest Announcements

WFSTAR 2025 Core Component Module Package and 2024 Fire Year in Review Now Available

Date: March 14, 2025
Questions?  Please contact:
Joe Schindel at mschindel@blm.gov
 

The 2025 Core Component Module Package for RT-130, Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual Refresher (WFSTAR) and the 2024 Fire Year in Review are now available on the NWCG website. The 2025 Core Component Module Package provides all content needed to deliver RT-130.

References:

2025 Core Component Module Package

2024 Fire Year in Review Module

NEW! NWCG Wildland Urban Interface Mitigation Field Guide, PMS 053

Date: March 12, 2025
Contact: Wildland Urban Interface Mitigation Committee

The NWCG Wildland Urban Interface Mitigation Field Guide, PMS 053 provides mitigation practitioners at all experience levels with recommendations on the most effective and efficient ways to accomplish mitigation work in communities at risk to wildfire damage or destruction. The content in this guide was written in coordination with the NWCG Standards for Mitigation in the Wildland Urban Interface, PMS 052.

References:

NWCG Wildland Urban Interface Mitigation Field Guide, PMS 053 

Updated, NWCG Standards for Wildland Fire Module Operations, PMS 430

Date: March 11, 2025
Contact: Fire Use Subcommittee
Wildland Fire Module Unit

The NWCG Standards for Wildland Fire Module Operations, PMS 430 standardizes procedures and expectations for Wildland Fire Modules (WFMs). These standards are to be used by staff, supervisors, specialists, and technicians for planning, administering, and conducting WFM operations. These standards will also be used as a measure of WFM qualifications, capabilities, and expected performance, for both Type 1 and Type 2 WFMs.

References:

NWCG Standards for Wildland Fire Module Operations, PMS 430

NEW! NWCG Standards for Airtanker Operations, PMS 514

Date: March 7, 2025
Contact: National Interagency Aviation Committee

The NWCG Standards for Airtanker Operations, PMS 514 establishes the standards for dispatching, utilizing, and coordinating airtankers on interagency wildland fires. These standards should be used in conjunction with the NWCG Standards for Aerial Supervision (SAS), PMS 505, NWCG Standards for Airtanker Base Operations (SABO), PMS 508, and any applicable agency plans.

References:

NWCG Standards for Airtanker Operations, PMS 514