Wildfire Information and Resources

Wildfire Safety and Recovery

Each year, wildfires take lives and burn numerous structures, resulting in mounting costs that have enormous economic and environmental impacts to the nation’s communities and businesses. Wildfires also have devastating impacts on the environment and damage forests, rangelands, watersheds and wildlife.

However, there are steps you can take to protect lives and property at home and in your community. Here are some resources to help you plan:

Protect your home and family from wildfire

Sites for Kids

Protect your community from wildfire

Preparing a Community Wildfire Protection Plan. This handbook is sponsored by the Communities Committee, National Association of Counties, National Association of State Foresters, Society of American Foresters and the Western Governors’ Association.
A Community Wildfire Protection Plan. This fill-in-the blank form will help you to identify the resources and strategies to protect your community. Tab through the document and fill in the necessary information.
ICC 2008 National Blue Ribbon Panel on Wildland Urban Interface Fire

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and its partners – the International Code Council and approximately 20 other founding-member international organizations -- created the Fire Management Actions Alliance (FMAA) to stimulate improved fire management and reduce damage from fire worldwide. The FMAA Charter provided for the development of a strategy to improve international cooperation in fire management, which included Fire Management Voluntary Guidelines. These guidelines provide an international framework, outline cross-sectoral issues, detail the principles and attributes needed to balance the social, cultural, environmental and economic dimensions of fire management, and prescribe key actions for the planning and management of fires.

Additional Wildfire Resources

National Incident Information Center A morning report of daily wildfire activities around the country, statistics and past year analysis at this site hosted by the USDA Forest Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, and the National Association of State Foresters.
National Interagency Fire Center The nation’s national logistical center provides current specific wildfire information, statistics, prevention and education materials.
InciWeb -- The Wildland Fire and Incident Information System links directly to major wildfire incidents around the United States, showing the latest information as it comes in.
ICC's Building Safety Journal Online, October 2014 : Changing Construction Practices in Wildfire-Prone Areas to Reduce Building Ignition

Helpful Links

In the US