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  Some content will also refer to the Weather Information Management System (WIMS), which has been replaced by FEMS.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

Dr. Brown's Presentation on QC Gap-filled Weather

FEMS QC Gap-filled POR Description

RAWS QC and Gap-filled Description

Using Copy Data Link in FEMS (Tech Tip created May 2025)

FEMS Overview 

• A 12 minute video presentation

Data Ingest Timing

• A chart depicting the timing of data ingest and availability into FEMS at a given instance in time.

Field Sample User Guide (updated September 2024)

Managing a Group (Quick Reference created September 2024)

Growing Season Index (GSI) Description

Great Lakes Fire and Fuels

Alaska Wildland Fire Information Map Series

North Carolina Fire Weather Intelligence Portal

FEMS 3.4 Release Notice

FEMS Change Log

NWCG Briefing Paper WIMS to FEMS Transition

Climatology Data

National Fire Danger Rating System

RAWS Data

Field Sample Data

Getting Started

Field Sample Module

Downloading Module

Power BI Reports

Data Connections

FEMS API