Wildfire-related links

Minnesota Incident Command System (MNICS) Agencies

• Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Fire Protection
• USDA Forest Service, Superior National Forest
• USDA Forest Service, Chippewa National Forest
• USDI, Voyageurs National Park
• USDI Fish and Wildlife Service
• Department of Public Safety, Division of Emergency Management

Fire Related Sites

General

• Smokey Bear Official website
• Wildland Firefighters website
• Fire Effects Information System, BEHAVE and More...
  A collection of wildfire-related information systems and software products.
• Roscommon Equipment Center
  Developer of equipment for wildland fire control.
• Fire Management Today
  USDA Forest Service clearinghouse for new techniques, technologies, and ideas in wildland firefighting.
• Wildfire Lessons Learned Center

Minnesota

• Firewise Minnesota
• Rural fire department assistance
• Minnesota DNR Prescribed Burn website
• Minnesota Wildfire Law
  From the Minnesota state legislature website.
• Minnesota Climatology
  From the Minnesota Climatology Working Group, a cooperative effort of the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

Regional

• Great Lakes Forest Fire Compact . Contains links to Michigan, Wisconsin and Minneosta DNR and Ontario and Manitoba Ministry of Natural Resources
• Eastern Area Coordination Center
  Forms, documents, Intel info, firefighter pay rates and other useful information for this region.

National

• National Interagency Fire Center
  Current national fire information.
• Wildland Fire Assessment System
  From the USDA Forest Service.
• USDA Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Center Rapid Response website
  Information on current large fires, active fire maps, and fire imagery.
• National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG)
  Publications Management has links to ICS Forms, Task Books and Catalogs.
• USDA Forest Service Fire & Aviation Management