Evidence infrastructure
Wildfire Source Library
Approved wildland-fire terminology used to standardize operational language across participating agencies.
Open source profile → Satellite active-fire & thermal-anomaly dataNASA FIRMSNear-real-time satellite-derived active-fire and thermal-anomaly observations from sensors including MODIS and VIIRS.
Open source profile → Natural-event catalogue / APINASA EONETA curated event catalogue and API that aggregates open natural events and upstream source references.
Open source profile → WUI fire measurement scienceNIST Wildland–Urban Interface FireResearch on WUI fire exposure, community fire spread, structure performance, mitigation and measurement methods.
Open source profile → Fire-weather forecasts, watches & warningsNOAA / NWS Fire WeatherOperational meteorological information, fire-weather forecasts and products used by local forecast offices.
Open source profile → Smoke & health / indoor-air guidanceEPA Wildfire Smoke CourseEducational material on wildfire smoke, health effects, exposure reduction and air-cleaning strategies.
Open source profile → Air quality & smoke observationsAirNow Fire and Smoke MapPublic map combining air-quality observations and smoke / fire context for situational awareness.
Open source profile → U.S. national incident & fire informationNational Interagency Fire CenterNational-level U.S. wildfire information, situation reporting and interagency fire-management context.
Open source profile → Public incident informationInciWebPublic-facing incident pages, updates, notices, maps and information published by incident organizations.
Open source profile → Burned-area & burn-severity mappingMonitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS)Consistent mapping of fire extent and burn severity for large fires across the United States over long time periods.
Open source profile → Earth observation imageryUSGS Landsat MissionsLong-term multispectral Earth observation data used for land-surface and post-fire analysis.
Open source profile → Post-fire debris-flow assessmentUSGS Postfire Debris-flow HazardsPostfire debris-flow hazard assessments and mapping for recently burned terrain under specified rainfall scenarios.
Open source profile → Community wildfire / WUI informationU.S. Fire Administration WUIFire-service and community resources related to wildland–urban interface fire and risk reduction.
Open source profile → Public preparednessReady.gov WildfiresPublic preparedness and protective-action information before, during and after wildfire.
Open source profile → Defensible-space & home-hardening guidanceCAL FIRE Defensible SpaceCalifornia defensible-space zones and property-level vegetation / fuel management guidance.
Open source profile → Energy-storage technology contextU.S. DOE Energy StorageFederal information on energy-storage technologies, grid applications and related research.
Open source profile → Water / pump fundamentalsUSGS Water PumpsEducational background on pumps and moving water through systems.
Open source profile → Earth observation data accessNASA EarthdataGateway to NASA Earth-observation datasets, services and scientific data systems.
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