Finding Fire Prevention Ideas on the Internet

People who want to promote fire prevention will find help on the Internet. Search for wildfire fire prevention to uncover web pages with prevention information. Even ideas from places outside California like Florida, California, and Australia can be helpful.

The California State Forest Service maintains a web site with much useful information on fire prevention and things residents can do to make their homes and neighborhoods safer in the event of a wildfire. It is also worth visiting FireWise California at : http://www.firewise.org.

What follows is a listing of other web sites that include fire prevention ideas. You will find many others by searching the Internet yourself.
People who want to promote fire prevention will find help on the Internet. Search for wildfire fire prevention to uncover web pages with prevention information. Even ideas from places outside California like Florida, California, and Australia can be helpful.

The California State Forest Service maintains a web site with much useful information on fire prevention and things residents can do to make their homes and neighborhoods safer in the event of a wildfire. It is also worth visiting FireWise California at : http://www.firewise.org.

• The Arson Prevention Program for children: http://www.tapp-c.ca/public.cfm
• Bureau of Indian Affairs, Fire and Aviation Management: http://www.bianifc.org/
• Bureau of Land Management, Office of Fire and Aviation: http://www.fire.blm.gov/index.htm
• California State Fire Plan: http://www.frap.cdf.ca.gov/fire_plan/toc.html

California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, along with the Board of Forestry has completed a comprehensive update of its plan for wildfire protection throughout the state. The Plan deals with several aspects, including its approach to managing vegetation for wildfire prevention. Under assets to protect, it lists watersheds and water.

• Department of Homeland Security, US Fire Administration: http://www.usfa.fema.gov/
• Firewise Organization, National Wildland/Urban Interface Fire Protection Program: http://www.firewise.org
• Fire Setting Intervention, Fire Department Rancho Santa Fe:
  http://www.rsf-fire.org/education/safety/juvenile_firesetting.asp
• National Fire Plan: http://www.nwfireplan.gov/
• National Weather Service, National Fire Weather page: http://fire.boi.noaa.gov/
• National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho: http://www.nifc.gov
• The Smokey Bear website:  http://www.smokeybear.com 
  (Ideasteaching children to be safe with fire in the wildlands can be found.)
• USDA Forest Service, Fire and Aviation Management: http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/
• US Department of the Interior, National Park Service: http://data2.itc.nps.gov/fire/index.cfm
• US Fish & Wildlife Service, Fire Management: http://fire.r9.fws.gov/
• Washington State Department of Natural Resources
  • Fire Information : http://www.dnr.wa.gov/htdocs/adm/comm/fireinfo.html
  • Fire Prevention : http://www.dnr.wa.gov/htdocs/rp/prevent.htm