Residents of the Dakota Ridge neighborhood watching the Boulder wildfires

(January 7, 2009)

Colorado Wildfire Updates

These Updates are published and distributed by the Colorado State Forest Service during periods of significant fire activity in the state.

June 22, 2010 June 23, 2010 June 24, 2010
June 25, 2010 June 28, 2010    


Wildland Firefighter Safety & Survival

Fatalities, Entrapments and Serious Accident Summary for 2008


Wildland Fire Cost Containment

“The most effective cost containment strategy is preventing fires from getting large.” Legislative Audit Division, State of Montana (December 2004)

Wildland Fire Cost Containment Resources


Additional Reference Material & Resources

Attorney General’s Opinion Concerning the Powers and Duties of Fire Protection Districts [AGO 01-2, July 23, 2001]

2007 CSFS Forest Health Report

Reducing Barriers to Use of Prescribed Fire in Privately Owned Forests

IAFC Wildfire Action Plan

Reducing the Risk of Wildland - Urban Interface Fires

Colorado Emergency Resource Mobilization Plan Implementation Draft (02-19-09)

Mega Fires: The Case for Mitigation (Institute for Business & Home Safety)

Pitkin County Wildland Fire Plan

Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–148)

USFS Wildland Fire Suppression Policy for Structure Protection (May 5, 2009)

Implementation of National Fire Plan Treatments near the Wildland–Urban Interface in the Western United States

NIST Study Offers First Detailed Look at the Progress of a Wildland-Urban Fire

The Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Problem Current Approaches and Research Needs (NIST, June 2009)

A Case Study of a Community Affected by the Witch and Guejito Fires (NIST, April 2009)

Good Fire, Bad Fire: How to Think About Forest Land Management and Ecological Processes

Wildland Fire Cost Containment References & Resources

Agreement for Cooperative Wildfire Protection – La Plata County (1992)

Wildfire and Insurance Brochure - Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association (RMIIA)

Briefing Paper on the Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement (FLAME) Act, Council of Western State Foresters, November 3, 2009

Incident Response Pocket Guide - A Publication of the National Wildfire Coordinating Group, January 2010 (PMS 461, NFES 1077)

 

The intent of this guide is to provide a wildland fire job aid and training reference for operational personnel from Firefighter Type 2 through Division Supervisor and initial attack/extended attack Incident Commanders. It also has a secondary application for all-hazard incident response.


 
 
 

CSFCA Wildland Fire Section

Wildfire Links

BLM Colorado Fire Program

BLM Fire and Aviation Management

Boulder County Wildfire Hazard Information and Mitigation

Colorado State Forest Service

Colorado Wildland Fire & Incident Management Academy

Craig Interagency Dispatch Center

Durango Interagency Dispatch Center

Fire Effects Information System

Ft. Collins Interagency Dispatch

InciWeb - Incident Information System

National Fire Plan & Healthy Forests Initiative

National IMT Team Center

National Interagency Fire Center

National Weather Service - Fire Weather

NPS Fire and Aviation Management

Pueblo Interagency Dispatch Center

Rocky Mountain Area Coordination Center

Rocky Mountain Wildfire Information

Wildland Fire Cost Containment

Wildland Fire Assessment System

Wildland Fire Lessons Learned
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 

CSFCA is a member of the Missouri Valley Division of the
International Association of Fire Chiefs

Missouri Valley Division of the International Association of Fire Chiefs