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This all-in-one guide delivers the essential strategies and tactics to keep you safe from wildfire — no matter where you live.

The fourth of four (4) recorded PowerPoint presentations given during the "Preparing For Large Wildfires in New Mexico" workshop series, April 2018.

The fourth of four (4) recorded PowerPoint presentations given during the "Preparing For Large Wildfires in New Mexico" workshop series, April 2018.

Read about this year’s fire season, news from the National Interagency Fire Center, what’s a “megafire” and more at: www.nifc.gov/aboutNIFC/about_documents/newsletter/bi_Summer2011.pdf

New home building in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) continues unabated, despite the high financial and human costs of fighting fires in these areas. The goal of this research is to understand, through surveys and expert assessments, the attitudes and perceptions of WUI homeowners as they relate to taking action to reduce wildfire risk on their property.

A small team was assembled to work with the Apache-Sitgreave National Forest and local partners to assess the effects of the fuel treatments and compile a report with the findings. The report "How Fuel Treatments Saved Homes from the 2011 Wallow Fire" was the product of this effort. Personnel from the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest and the Southwestern Region Office will talk about the effects of fuel treatments and communities affected by the Wallow Fire.

A small team was assembled to work with the Apache-Sitgreave National Forest and local partners to assess the effects of the fuel treatments and compile a report with the findings. The report "How Fuel Treatments Saved Homes from the 2011 Wallow Fire" was the product of this effort. Personnel from the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest and the Southwestern Region Office will talk about the effects of fuel treatments and communities affected by the Wallow Fire.

Recording of the 1/18/12 webinar hosted by the Southwest Fire Scienc Consortium

This short newsletter addresses issues in the changing environment, with new fire hazards. How to deal with regular and irregular burns in wildlife areas.

Unprecedented study relies on more than 1,500 years of tree-ring data and hundreds of years of fire-scar records gathered from Ponderosa Pine forests