Library

Welcome to the Idaho Firewise Library

Here you will find a variety of websites, publications, articles to further your wildfire education and also a wide variety of media to help you generate creative ideas to start your own media campaign.

Whether you are a natural resource professional or wildland/urban interface homeowner, green industry professional, city planner or Fire/Emergency Services professional, we are certain you will find something here to suit your needs.

General Information

National Fire Management & Idaho Strategies

The Science of Fire

A Conservation Paradox in the Great Basin - Altering Sagebrush Landscapes with Fuel Breaks to Reduce Habitat Loss from Wildfire

Examination of the Home Destruction in Los Alamos Associated with the Cerro Grande Fire (Case Study)

Fire Ecology – Eco-Link, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Newsletter)

Fire Ecology (Article)

Forest Fire and Climate Change on Western North America: Insights from Sediment Charcoal Records (Article)

Home Destruction Examination – Grass Valley Fire (Case Study)

Thoughts on the Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Problem

The Fire-Climate Connection – Fire Science Digest, Issue 1, October, 2007 (Newsletter)

Under Fire: Why is the West Ablaze?

Websites

Apply for a Burn Permit - The fire safety burn permit is free and required under Idaho law for any burning outside city limits statewide (excluding campfires) from May 10 to October 20.

Idaho Fire Info - This is an interagency website developed by federal and state agencies in Idaho to provide timely and accurate information for wildland fires, fire restrictions, prevention and education across the state. Our aim is to provide one website where the best available information and links related to fire can be accessed.

National Interagency Fire Center - The National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), located in Boise, Idaho, is the nation's support center for wildland firefighting. Eight different agencies and organizations are part of NIFC. Decisions are made using the interagency cooperation concept because NIFC has no single director or manager.

American Red Cross - The American Red Cross responds to an emergency every 8 minutes. No one else does this: not the government, not other charities. From small house fires to multi-state natural disasters, the American Red Cross goes wherever we’re needed, so people can have clean water, safe shelter and hot meals when they need them most.

University of Idaho Extension Forestry/Wildfire - Gain an understanding of fire ecology and obtain important information about living and playing in the wildland/urban interface.

Idaho Firewise Newsletter Archives