Links and Online Resources
State, county and local agencies offer a wealth of information on making your home firesafe. Link to those listed below for more details:
Local Fire Safe Resources
- Berry Creek Fire Safe Council: http://www.berrycreekca.org/berry_creek_fs_open.htm
- Butte County Community Wildfire Protection Plan: http://www.buttefire.org/Index/BTUFireplan2005.pdf
- Butte County Public Safety Scanner-online scanner: http://www.thenet411.net
- North Valley Animal Disaster Group: http://www.nvadg.org/
- Disaster Preparedness Home Inventory Services: http://recordkeeper1.com
- Magalia Weather: http://members.dslextreme.com/users/magaliaweather/
Fire Safe Resources
- California Chaparral Field Institute: http://www.californiachaparral.com/
- California Fire Safe Council: http://www.firesafecouncil.org/
- California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: http://www.fire.ca.gov/php/
- California Fire Alliance - Fire Planning and Mapping Tools Website: http;//wildfire.cr.usgs.gov/fire-planning/
- Red Cross Emergency Preparedness Check List: http://www.fema.gov/pdf/library/epc.pdf
- Living with Fire, University of Nevada: http://www.livingwithfire.info/
- NOVA Fire Wars: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/fire
- University of California Homeowners Wildfire Mitigation Guide: http://groups.ucanr.org/HWMG/
- US Department of Agriculture Forest Service: http://www.fs.fed.us/
Wildfire Status Information
- Incident Information System: http://www.inciweb.org/state/5/
- State of California - Battling California's Wildfires: http://www.calfires.com/
Fire Weather
- Fire Weather Information Center: http://www.livingwithfire.info/
- Northern California Geographic Coordinating Center: http://gacc.nifc.gov/oncc/index.htm
- Redding Fire Danger Rating: http://gacc.nifc.gov/oncc/predictive/fuels_fire-danger/index.htm
- RAWS (Remote Area Weather Sites): http://www.met.utah.edu/roman/
- Satellite Weather Pictures (Calif.): http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/fire/north/fwx/satellite.html
- Radar Weather: http://radar.wrh.noaa.gov/radar/
- Climatology: http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/fire/north/fwx/RAWSClimate.htm
- US Forest Service Forecast Fire Danger Map: http://www.fs.fed.us/land/wfas/fd_cls_f.gif