• Atlantic Ocean beach at Cape Cod National Seashore

    Cape Cod

    National Seashore Massachusetts

Fire Resources

Fire Weather Information
• National Weather Service - Southern New England (Barnstable, MA)
• Hourly Weather Forecast Graph - Eastham, Wellfleet, Truro, and Provincetown
• Remote Automated Weather Station (RAWS) - Truro, MA

Six Minutes for Safety

National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC)
• National Wildland Fire Situation Report
• Active Fire Mapping

NPS - Fire and Aviation Management

Eastern Area Coordination Center (EACC)
• Situation Report
• Morning Briefing
• Training

NECC-NFFPC
• NECC Situation Report
• NECC Availability List

Incident Information System (InciWeb)

Interagency Standards for Fire and Fire Aviation Operations(Redbook)

National Mobilization Guide

Interagency Incident Business Management Handbook

Fireline Handbook
• Appendix B - Fire Behavior

Incident Response Pocket Guide (IRPG)

Glossary of Wildland Fire Terminology

Wildland Fire Assignment Packing List

Smokey Bear

 

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Did You Know?

Wellfleet kettle ponds

Although the kettle ponds within Cape Cod National Seashore are within 2.5 km of the ocean and have been subjected to thousands of years of salt spray, they remain low in dissolved salts. Ponds are flushed out by inflowing and outflowing groundwater, which prevents salts from accumulating.