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.

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
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.
: Http://www.frap.cdf.ca.gov/fire_plan/toc.html

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
: http://www.nifc.gov

Posters at : http://www.co.blm.gov/fireprev/posters.htm

The Smokey Bear web site. Ideas for teaching children to be safe with fire in the wildlands can be found.
: Http://www.smokeybear.com

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