FEMS API
FEMS Climatology API External User Guide
- Guidance for using the FEMS climatology API for external purposes, September 2025. 60 pages.
Field Sample Data
- Master list (spreadsheet) of Field Sample Area Editors, updated July 2024
RAWS Data
FEMS 3.0 RAWS Master Station List and Metadata
- RAWS master station list (spreadsheet), including station metadata, in support of FEMS 3.0.
RAWS QC for FEMS Slides
National Fire Danger Rating System
Attention: Much of 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 Some content will also refer to the Weather Information Management System (WIMS), which has been replaced by FEMS.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 distract
Data Connections
Using Copy Data Link in FEMS (Tech Tip created May 2025)
Getting Started
- A 12 minute video presentation, October 2020.
Introduction to FEMS User/Interface
- A 4 minute video presentation, May 2025.
Field Sample Module
Viewing Fuel Moisture Samples in FEMS
- A demonstration of how to view Fuel Moisture Samples without logging in to FEMS. 2m video, May 2024