Useful Information for Residents and Friends

• Current fire danger map - http://www.fs.fed.us/land/wfas/fd_class.gif
• Forecasted fire danger map - http://www.fs.fed.us/land/wfas/fd_cls_f.gif
• Large fire location map - http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/lg_fire2.php
• CO drought conditions - http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/DM_state.htm?CO,HP
• Other NIFC fire maps - http://www.nifc.gov/fire_info/maps.htm
• Latest fire management situation report - http://www.nifc.gov/nicc/sitreprt.pdf
• Wildland Fire Assessment System - http://www.wfas.net/

Current Wildland Fire Information from the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho

Fire weather forecasts
The latest fire weather forecast from NOAA can be found at http://www.crh.noaa.gov/bou/include/fwz.php?zone=COZ225&site=PUB 
The statewide map can be viewed at http://www.crh.noaa.gov/bou/firewx/fire_mainmap.php

Current and archived maps showing fire danger (FD), thousand hour fuel moisture levels (TH), and hundred hour fuel moisture levels in the lower 48 states - courtesy of the USDA Forest Service Wildland Fire Assessment System. These are great maps that explain why we have burn bans in the urban/wildland interface.

Firewise information from the Colorado Springs Fire Department to provide residents an easy way to identify their home's wildfire risk and things they can do to reduce that risk. A must read for all who live in the urban/wildland interface!!