PLEASE NOTE! FRAMES has a new URL: www.frames.gov

Due to a reorganization of programs at USGS, after Jan. 15, 2012, old urls that contain http://frames.nbii.gov will break, so if you have bookmarked FRAMES, or shared FRAMES urls with others, please update them. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Welcome to the Northwest Fire Portal

The Northwest Fire Portal provides information about fire science and technology relevant to the northwestern contiguous United States. Our goal is to provide "one-stop shopping" for resource managers, decision makers, scientists, students, and communities who want access to the results of efforts to understand and manage fire and fuels on lands in the Northwest. Content within this portal may also be relevant to the temperate forests of southwestern Canada. Much of the Northwest-related content was originally compiled through the FIREHouse project (the Northwest and Alaska Fire Research Clearinghouse), funded by the Joint Fire Science Program.

The recently created Northwest Fire Science Consortium is working to enhance knowledge exchange of existing fire science and technologies throughout the Pacific Northwest region, and encourage the adoption and evaluation of relevant fire science by fire and land management stakeholders. Funding for the consortium has been provided by the Joint Fire Science Program. For more information about the Consortium, please contact Janean Creighton.