Fire season glossary and government resources

Fire season : the period(s) of the year during which firs are likely to start,spread and do damage to values-at-risk sufficient to warrant organized fire suppression; aperiod of the year set out and commonly referred to in fire prevention legislation. InB.C. the fire season is considered to extend from April 1 to October 31.

[Ministry of Forests -- Government of British Columbia]

2004 Fire Season
2004 Fire Season. ... Fires occur within CDF jurisdiction on a daily basis during fire season and throughout the year. However, the majority of these fires

2003 Fire Season
Fires occur within CDF jurisdiction on a daily basis during fire season and throughout the year. However, the majority of these fires are contained

National Fire News
Despite going into the 2004 fire season on the heels of continuing drought ... Alaska, the lone exception, experienced its worst fire season on record.

National Fire News: Fire Season 2000
Wildland Fire Season 2002 At a Glance ... Fire Season 2002 Highlights. Wildland Fire Photo Gallery. 10-year Average (1992-2001)

EO Newsroom: New Images - Fire Season Roars to Life in Central Africa
The fire season in central Africa roared to life in the first week of May. When the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua

EO Newsroom: New Images - 2003 Fire Season Still Going Strong
2003 Fire Season Still Going Strong Click here to view full image (1933 kb) ... The 2003 fire season in the United States is on par with 2001,

The 2003 Fire Season
Last year's fire season - among the worst in the past four decades - saw 88458 ... The fire season has not yet started for several states that are at

NCDC: Climate of 2002: Wildfire Season Summary
The 2001 fire season was near average (though it began somewhat later than ... however, the 2000 fire season was one of the worst of the last 50 years.

NCDC: Climate of 2004: Wildfire Season Summary
...making the 2004 fire season the worst on record for Alaska for acreage burned. ... Across the contiguous US, the fire season was well-below average with

Chapter 7: "The unprecedented 2000 fire season" -- National Park ...
The Natural Resource Year in Review is a report of the National Park Service, US Department of the Interior, that summarizes and analyzes significant

State Forestry Department FIRE SEASON SEVERITY CHARTS
FIRE SEASON SEVERITY CHARTS. The two seasonal severity charts provide comparisons of current indicators with historical average and extreme values.

One Tough Fire Season
As dicey as the season was at times, "It was not the worst fire season in ... fire season, Nature tossed firefighters an occasional welcomed break.

INEEL - News Desk - Preparations for INEEL's 2003 fire season
Firefighters at the US Department of Energy's Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory are preparing for the Idaho fire season.

INEEL - News Desk - Preparations for INEEL's 2002 fire season
Firefighters are already fighting wildland fires in parts of the Southwest as the INEEL gears up for the Idaho fire season. Every spring the INEEL Fire


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