GFMC Wildland Fire Early Warning Portal

 

Global, Regional and National Fire Weather and Climate Forecasts

Background Materials


Fire Weather Forecasts

Global and regional:

Upcoming soon: 

 

Regional:

National:

Argentina: Combustion Risk Index and Convectivity Index
Australia CSIRO Fire Danger, Fire Spread and House Survival Meters
Brazil:

Observed and Predicted Fire Weather and NDVI

Canada: Wildland Fire Information System
Finland: The Finnish Forest Fire Index
Germany: Forest and Grassland Fire Danger Indices
Greece: Forest Fire Danger Index
Indonesia: Indonesian Fire Danger Rating System
Fire Danger Rating for East Kalimantan
Fire Danger Rating for Sumatra
Italy Veneto Region Fire Danger Rating System
Korea, Republic of Korea Forest Fire Danger Rating System
Malaysia Malaysia Fire Danger Rating System
México:

Wildland Fire Information System

New Zealand: Fire Weather Forecasts
Poland:

Forest Fire Danger Index

Portugal: Meteorological Support to Forest Fire Prevention
  Russia  Meteorological Fire Indices
South Africa: Net Forecasting
Zululand Fire Weather
Sweden Forest and Grassland Fire Index
USA: Wildland Fire Assessment System (WFAS)
NOAA National Fire Weather Page
Fire Weather Forecasts of the Storm Prediction Center (SPC)

Training materials:

Canada:
Understanding the Fire Weather Index (FWI) System (Interactive Multimedia Training)

Other materials:

  Canada CFFDRS Weather Guide
  New Zealand Proposed Revision of Fire Danger Class Criteria for Forest and Rural Areas in New Zealand
USA:
Applying the Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System (CFFDRS) to Alaskan Ecosystems
The Keech-Byram-Drought-Index: A Corrigendum

 

Climate Forecasts

European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
International Research Institute for Climate Prediction (IRI)
Climate Prediction Center (CPC)

 

Other Early Warning Websites

UN ISDR Platform for the Promotion of Early Warning (PPEW)
Humanitarian Early Warning Service - HEWS

 

Major References and Documents on Early Warning of Wildland Fire


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