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The Global Wildfire Information System is a joint initiative of the GEO and the Copernicus Work Programs. In the new GEO GWIS work program for the years 2020-2022 , the Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS) aims at bringing together existing information sources at regional…
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Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: GWIS - Global Wildfire Information System, datasets, fire regimes, EFFIS - European Forest Fire Information System, fire danger forecasts, burnt area, fire size distribution, remote sensing, lightning, active fires, FWI - Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System

This conference will specifically address wildland fire in the Eastern US, a topic of cruicial interest to the USDA, Forest Service and Department of Interior fire managers. Although the conference will focus on the East, the scientific and technology topics have national and…
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Year: 2005
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Models, Social Science
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: DSS - decision support system, conferences, remote sensing, climate change, air quality

Presenting state-of-science information and discussion of broadly defined air pollution and forest fire issues. Among others, the following topics will be discussed: effects of forest fires on air quality in the remote and urban-wildland interface forests; effects of forest…
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Year: 2007
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Models, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, air pollution, symposium

FIREHouse provides user-friendly, web-based information about fire science and technology relevant to Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska. For each project posted, the goal is to provide, as applicable, online, searchable access to: (1) project and tool descriptions, contact…
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Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Communications, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Social Science, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, Northwest
Keywords: metadata, fire research, reference database, publications, fire research plot map, clearinghouse, FIREHouse - The Northwest and Alaska Fire Research Clearinghouse, Alaska Fire Effects Reference Database, Alaska Fire and Fuels Research Map

Resource managers need the ability to predict and manage smoke movement associated with prescribed fire in the South. This funding will be used to speed completion of smoke simulation models and implement predictive models for all 13 southeastern states. We will initiate…
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Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fuels
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, fire prediction

The Florida Division of Forestry Fire Protection Bureau has developed one of the most integrated and innovative fire suppression programs in the Country. This project will link to those tools developed by the DOF.
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Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Occurrence, Hazard and Risk, Mapping, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: fire suppression, Florida, fire management, firefighting