Wildfire Source Library

Evidence infrastructure

Wildfire Source Library

Know where a datum came from, what the source was designed to do, and where interpretation must stop.
Terminology & operational doctrineNWCG Glossary of Wildland Fire

Approved wildland-fire terminology used to standardize operational language across participating agencies.

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Satellite active-fire & thermal-anomaly dataNASA FIRMS

Near-real-time satellite-derived active-fire and thermal-anomaly observations from sensors including MODIS and VIIRS.

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Natural-event catalogue / APINASA EONET

A curated event catalogue and API that aggregates open natural events and upstream source references.

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WUI fire measurement scienceNIST Wildland–Urban Interface Fire

Research on WUI fire exposure, community fire spread, structure performance, mitigation and measurement methods.

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Fire-weather forecasts, watches & warningsNOAA / NWS Fire Weather

Operational meteorological information, fire-weather forecasts and products used by local forecast offices.

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Smoke & health / indoor-air guidanceEPA Wildfire Smoke Course

Educational material on wildfire smoke, health effects, exposure reduction and air-cleaning strategies.

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Air quality & smoke observationsAirNow Fire and Smoke Map

Public map combining air-quality observations and smoke / fire context for situational awareness.

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U.S. national incident & fire informationNational Interagency Fire Center

National-level U.S. wildfire information, situation reporting and interagency fire-management context.

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Public incident informationInciWeb

Public-facing incident pages, updates, notices, maps and information published by incident organizations.

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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.

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Earth observation imageryUSGS Landsat Missions

Long-term multispectral Earth observation data used for land-surface and post-fire analysis.

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Post-fire debris-flow assessmentUSGS Postfire Debris-flow Hazards

Postfire debris-flow hazard assessments and mapping for recently burned terrain under specified rainfall scenarios.

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Community wildfire / WUI informationU.S. Fire Administration WUI

Fire-service and community resources related to wildland–urban interface fire and risk reduction.

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Public preparednessReady.gov Wildfires

Public preparedness and protective-action information before, during and after wildfire.

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Defensible-space & home-hardening guidanceCAL FIRE Defensible Space

California defensible-space zones and property-level vegetation / fuel management guidance.

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Energy-storage technology contextU.S. DOE Energy Storage

Federal information on energy-storage technologies, grid applications and related research.

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Water / pump fundamentalsUSGS Water Pumps

Educational background on pumps and moving water through systems.

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Earth observation data accessNASA Earthdata

Gateway to NASA Earth-observation datasets, services and scientific data systems.

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