This portal provides access to a variety of information on fire hazards and prediction for the Rocky Mountain area. Users can access information on current fires and fire restrictions for this area. Other materials include predictive services (intelligence, weather forecasts, fuels and fire danger ratings), logistics and dispatch information for aviation and fire crews, and administrative information ... Full description.

Wildfire mitigation is the implementation of various measures designed to reduce the risk of destruction by wildfire. This website provides a number of publications, brochures and general information of use to community members living in the wildland/urban interface. These documents include a guide to rural living, a noxious weed management plan and a wildfire hazard identification and mitigation ... Full description.

The Boulder County Wildlife Mitigation Group (BCWMG) was formed in 1989, shortly after the Black Tiger Fire destroyed 44 homes and burned 2,100 mountain forest acres in the Sugarloaf area. Resulting cooperation between federal, state and local government agencies and organizations laid the foundation for BCWMG, one of the nation's oldest partnered wildfire mitigation groups. The group creates wildfire ... Full description.

Created by and for firefighters, this clearinghouse provides links to State and Federal agencies involved in fire and emergency services. There are training programs and links to resources related to emergency preparedness, emergency medical services, fire prevention and hazardous materials. Full description.

This article from the Fall 1999 issue of CUTechnology provides a brief summary of a joint initiative between CU-Boulder, the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), and the Intermountain Fire Sciences Laboratory to study and model wildfires. The research is expected to significantly improve capabilities for modeling wildfires, enabling fire behavior analysts to make effective decisions on ... Full description.

Wildland/Urban Interface (WUI) fires and communities at risk are high priorities to federal land management agencies. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Upper Snake River District (USRD) Geographic Information Systems (GIS) team, in cooperation with Idaho State University's (ISU) GIS Training and Research Center (GIS TreC), have created a model to predict potential fire risk at the wildland/urban ... Full description.

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.