The Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior joined the Western Governors' Association, National Association of State Foresters, National Association of Counties, and the Intertribal Timber Council to endorse this 10-Year Comprehensive Strategy to deal with the wildland fire and hazardous fuels situation, as well as the needs for habitat restoration and rehabilitation in the Nation. Its goals were ... Full description.

This report outlines a fire model that makes use of an artificial neural network (ANN) as the decision-making engine. ANN-based wildfire models are distinctive in comparison to contemporary models in two ways: 1) they integrate relationships between environment variables relating to fire behavior that occurs at multiple spatio-temporal scales and 2) they allow the capture and analysis of cover, landform ... Full description.

This publication provides information for homeowners and developers about wildfire hazards and how to assess them, and how to make homes built in the wildland safer and more likely to survive a wildfire. Topics include ignition sources, the 5-step assessment process, and a list of references (hazard assessment systems) that form the basis for the hazard components and methodology outlined in the document. ... Full description.

This publication provides two lists of items to consider when creating a firewise landscape and when building, renovating or making aditions to a firewise home. Landscaping issues include fuel reduction, creating zones around the home, and creating a minimum 30-foot open area around the home to accomodate fire equipment. Construction issues include location, use of fire-resistant materials, access, ... Full description.

This site enables access to Local Area, Geographic Area, National, and other related Interagency Wildland Fire Training information. The home page also contains current training news and a comment section. Full description.

This reference provides suggestions for homeowners on how to protect their houses and properties from wildfires. Topics include the particular risk of wildfires in the State of Colorado; construction, design, and materials that reduce fire susceptibility; and landscaping with plants that are both fire-and drought-resistant. There are also links to information on landowner assistance programs, Community ... Full description.

Defensible space is an area around a structure where fuels and vegetation are treated, cleared or reduced to slow the spread of wildfire towards the structure. This fact sheet from the Colorado State University Cooperative Extension provides information for homeowners who wish to create such a space as a precautionary measure to protect their homes from wildfires. Full description.

fire.org is the home page of Systems for Environmental Management (SEM), a Montana nonprofit research and educational corporation. The site features publications and downloadable software packages developed in cooperation with the Fire Sciences Laboratory of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station. They include scientific publications, informal ... Full description.

This single-page web site introduces the user to Hyperion, a satellite sensor so sensitive that when its data are processed by computers, one can see clearly where one kind of tree ends and another begins. This technology, particularly when used in conjunction with Landsat imagery, is relevant to people who are farming, taking care of forests, looking for places to drill for oil, digging for valuable ... Full description.

This activity has students explore the role that forests play in their own lives by listing everyday products made from trees. They use the Internet to find as many uses for trees as possible in order to develop a class list that should include foods from trees, products derived from all parts of a tree, environmental benefits of trees, and recreational uses of trees. Students are then asked to imagine ... Full description.