Attention: The content on this page is sourced from the National Wildfire Coordinating Group’s Fire Danger Subcommittee and their curriculum for the Geographic Area Rollout Workshops presented in 2018-2020 to transition to the use of NFDRSv4. At the time, NFDRSv4 was referred to as NFDRS2016. Some content will also refer to the Weather Information Management System (WIMS), which has been replaced by FEMS. The explanations in this content for the science behind and the mechanisms within the NFDRS are current and dependable, despite these possible distractions. Work is on-going to update this content with current names and terms.
Lesson 1: Intent, Policy, and Guidance for Fire Danger Rating and Implementing NFDRSv4
Lesson 2: Using Fire Danger Products to Manage Readiness, Risk, and Response Decisions
Lesson 3: Fire Danger Rating Components, Applications, and Management Tools
- Slides, Lesson Plan
- Interagency Fire Danger Operating Plan, Blank Template
- Preparedness Plan, Blank Template
- Response Plan, Blank Template
- Staffing Plan, Blank Template
- Prevention Plan, Blank Template
Lesson 4, Part 1: NFDRS: Overview, History, and New Science
- Slides, Lesson Plan
- Video: NFDRS - A National System (2:42)
- Video: NFDRS - New Science and Technology (9:25)
Lesson 4, Part 2: NFDRS: New Dead Fuel Moisture Model
- Slides, Lesson Plan
- Video: NFDRS Fuel Models (47:44)
- Video: NFDRS Dead Fuel Moisture Model (18:25)
Lesson 4, Part 3: NFDRS: New Live Fuel Moisture Model
- Lesson Plan
- Video: NFDRS GSI (22:44)
Lesson 4, Part 4: NFDRS: Fuel Model Consolidation
Lesson 5: FDOP Case Study
Lesson 6: Implementation and Evaluation
Lesson 7: Fire Danger Rating Areas
Lesson 8: ArcGIS On-Line (AGOL)
- Slides, Lesson Plan
- Task 1: Characterization of Vegetation, Climate, and Topography
- 1a Tech Tip: Log on to NIFC AGOL
- 1b Tech Tip: Characterizing Veg, Climate, and Topo in NIFC AGOL
- Task 2: Delineating Fire Danger Rating Areas
- 2a Tech Tip: Extracting a local copy from AGOL to edit FDRAs in Desktop ArcGIS
- 2b Tech Tip: Creating Edge-matched FDRAs in ArcMAP without fire response areas
- 2c Tech Tip: Creating Edge-matched FDRAs in ArcMAP using fire response areas
- 2d Tech Tip: Exporting Fires by FDRA
Lesson 9: Framing the Fire Occurrence
- Slides, Lesson Plan
- Task 3: Framing the Fire Occurrence
- Planning Area Fire Workload Analysis Chart
- Fire Danger Operating Plan Template
Lesson 10: Weather Stations
Lesson 11: Fire Danger Operating Procedures, Decision Classes, and Management Actions
- Slides, Lesson Plan
- Task 4: Creating a Fire Weather Station Network
- 4a Tech Tip: RAWS SIG Selector Tool
Lesson 12: Applied Statistics for FireFamilyPlus
- Slides, Lesson Plan
- Task 5: Matching NFDRS Outputs to Fire Business
- 5a Tech Tip: Reading FFP Graphs
- 5b Tech Tip: Fires Analysis
- 5c Tech Tip: Goodness to Fit Reference
Lesson 13: FDOP Case Study
Lesson 14: Defining Breakpoints and Thresholds
- Slides, Lesson Plan
- Task 6: Analysis for Management Tools and Decisions
- 6a Tech Tip: Fire Business Thresholds
- 6b Tech Tip: Fire Business Thresholds Reference
Lesson 15: Fire Preparedness Plans and their Relationship to the FDOP
- Slides, Lesson Plan
- Task 7: Preparedness Plans