Managers’ Toolbox
The Toolbox contains links to websites containing information frequently accessed by NPS fire managers. A number of the links may be of interest to others outside the NPS. A few of the links will be accessible only to NPS employees either logged into an agency computer or accessing the link through the NPS C3 Portal.
Career Development
- International Association of Wildland Fire—Book Selection
- National Wildfire Training
- Leadership Development
- Washington Institute
- Wildland Firefighter Apprenticeship Program
- Wildland Fire Safety Refresher Training
Communication/Education
- Geographic Coordination Centers
- GACC Quick Phone List
- National Incident Management Teams
- National Interagency Coordination Center (NICC)
- National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC)
- NPS People & Places Directory
- NPS Fire and Aviation Management
- NPS Fire Directory (Website for Internal Use Only)
- NPS Public Affairs Contacts
- Fire Communicator's Guide
Current Wildland Fire Information
- Current Wildland Fire Information / InciWeb
- National Fire Maps
- National Fire News (includes links to incident websites)
- National Situation Report
Fact Sheets
- Fire Statistics
- NICC—National Interagency Coordination Center
- NIFC—National Interagency Fire Center
- NPS Aviation Management Fact Sheet
- NPS Wildland Fire Fact Sheet
- Fire In-Depth
Fire Behavior and Danger
- Fire Danger Subcommittee
- Fire Danger Pocket Cards
- Fire Danger Ratings Industrial Fire Precaution Level
- Gaining an Understanding of NFDRS
- Intro to Fire Behavior (Login required)
- Western National Fire Danger Rating System (NFDRS)
Forms and Templates
Fuels
- A Guide for Prescribed Fire in Southern Forests
- Anatomy of a Prescribed Burn
- Fire Regime Condition Class
- Hazardous Fuels Reduction
- National Interagency Fuels Managment
- Prescribed Fire
Human Resources
- NPS - Work with Us
- National Park Service Fire Management Careers
- Personnel Involved in Fire Operations
Operations
- Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) (USFS)
- Burned Area Emergency Rehabilitation (BAER) (NPS)
- Burned Area Emergency Response Interactive Presentation
- Department of the Interior BAER Website
- Fire Suppression
- Fireline Construction
- Incident Command System (ICS) (From NPS)
- Incident Records Management
- Introduction to ICS (I-100)
- Operations (Website for Internal Use Only)
- Operations SharePoint (for Internal Use Only)
- Resource Ordering and Status System (ROSS)
- Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs)
- Wildland Fire Decision Support System (WFDSS)
Reference Documents
- Cultural Resources and Fire Module fo RM #28A: Archeology
- Wildland Fire Incident Management Field Guide
- Forest Service 5109.17 Fire and Aviation Management Qualifications Handbook
- Incident Response Pocket Guide (IRPG)
- Interagency Incident Business Management Handbook (PMS 902)
- Interagency Standards for Fire and Aviation Operations (Red Book)
- National Incident Mobilization Guide
- National Interagency Fire Center - Policies - Interagency Guides
- National Park Service Wildland Fire Program Review Guide
- Reference Manual 18: Wildland Fire Management
- Wildland Fire Qualifications System Guide PMS 310-1
Reference – General
Safety
- 6 Minutes for Safety
- 10 Standard Firefighting Orders
- 18 Watchout Situations
- LCES
- NIFC Safety
- NPS Aviation—Safety
- SafeNet
- Work Capacity Test
Weather
- Wildland Fire Management Information (WFMI)
- Fire Weather Watch & Red Flag Warnings
- Haines Index Continental United States
- Lightning Safety
- National Hurricane Center
- NIFC Predictive Services
- Remote Automated Weather Station (RAWS)
- ROMAN (Realtime Observation Monitoring and Analysis Network) Wildland Fire Assessment System (WFAS)
