Links to other sources of major incident information:
- Government sites:
- Fire Wise - Harden your home to wildland fire. Develop a fire wise community. Some funding available.
- Center for Disease Control - Great information for all disasters.
- www.inciweb.org - This government agency site is down during most major fires. When it is working it provides good information and links to maps.
- www.fire.ca.gov - Cal Fire, usually current fire info.
- www.wildlandfire.com/news/firemaps.htm - Great selection of fire maps.
- http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/wms.php - Satellite heat sensor maps, MODIS. Excellent with Google Earth. Updated once at night and once during the day.
- www.nifc.gov/fire_info/nfn.htm - National fire news and reports.
- http://wildfire.cr.usgs.gov/fireplanning - California Fire Alliance planning and mapping tools. Not well updated.
- www.goes.noaa.gov - Current NOAA satellite images.
- www.osei.noaa.gov - NOAA significant event images.
- www.firedetect.noaa.gov - NOAA fire detection program.
- http://terra.nasa.gov/Gallery - The NASA Terra Server of images.
- USFS Pacific SW Research - Fire imaging research, some fire maps. Great potential for fire maps when they get it working.
- http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mtr/satl.php - National Weather Service Imagery Page (plumes, etc.)
- NOAA smoke plume detector
- Blogs and Info:
- Wildfire Today blog Coverage of many wildfires
- FireFighter Blog Retired fire captain coverage of many California wildfires
- http://wildlandfire.com - News and info by and for firefighters. Check the Hot List!
More information will be added. This page is still in early development.
