FRAMES Geographic Areas

Within the FRAMES Geographic Areas, wildland fire content is aggregated at a geographic level relevant to wildland fire management. The FRAMES Geographic Areas correspond to the boundaries of the 11 Geographic Area Coordinating Centers (GACC) designated by the National Interagency Coordination Center (NICC). However, please note that we have combined the California North Ops GACC and the California South Ops GACC into the California Fire Portal, and have also combined the West Basin GACC and the East Basin GACC into the Great Basin Fire Portal (resulting in 9 geographic area fire portals).

Each FRAMES geographic area fire portal provides an opportunity for collaboration between researchers and managers located within that particular region. FRAMES is working with regional researchers and managers, including some of the JFSP-funded regional Knowledge Exchange Consortia, to provide access to geographically-based and nationally relevant data, documents, and tools.

Alaska: The Alaska Fire Portal provides information relevant to the state of Alaska, as well as northwestern Canada.	Great Basin: The Great Basin Fire Portal provides information relevant to the states of Nevada, Utah and the southern portion of Idaho, as well as regions with similar ecosystems bordering these areas.	Rocky Mountain: The Rocky Mountain Fire Portal provides information relevant to the states of Wyoming, Colorado, South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas, as well as regions with similar ecosystems bordering these areas.
California: The California Fire Portal provides information relevant to the state of California.	Northern Rockies: The Northern Rockies Fire Portal provides information relevant to the states of Montana and North Dakota, as well as northern Idaho and northwestern Wyoming.	Southern: The Southern Fire Portal provides information relevant to the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, eastern Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, eastern Texas, and Virginia.
Eastern: The Eastern Fire Portal provides information relevant to the eastern United States. This 20 state region includes Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.	Northwest: The Northwest Fire Portal provides information relevant to the states of Oregon and Washington, as well as southern British Columbia.	Southwest: The Southwest Fire Portal provides information relevant to the states of Arizona, New Mexico, western Texas, and western Oklahoma.