May is wildfire awareness month, but in California, wildfire season is year-round.  If it's not raining, and it's not snowing, it's fire weather.  Here we present a vast collection of resources compiled by the Joint Fire Science Program.  They are divided into education, prevention and mitigation. 

The Joint Fire Science Program supports the fire science and management community with their weekly Friday Flash E-newsletter by featuring people, places, events, and resources that inform fire management.

We encourage everyone to take the necessary measures to be prepared for the wildfire season. The resources in this collection are grounded in science, and we invite you to explore the research that informs them.

Take a deeper dive into fire science!  Visit our Funded Research tab at https://www.firescience.gov/ords/prd/jf_jfsp/jf_jfsp/r/jfspublic/home
to learn more about our work in post-fire recovery, mitigation, wildland urban interface, and more.


Education

NIFC Fire History
https://www.nifc.gov/about-us/nifc-history

Historical wildfires and acres burned
https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/statistics/wildfires

Firefighting resources
https://www.nifc.gov/resources

Wildland Fires: A Historical Perspective (USFA)
https://apps.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/statistics/v1i3-508.pdf

FireWorks K-12 Education Program
https://www.frames.gov/fireworks/home

Southwest Fire Science Consortium Fire Ecology Curriculum
https://www.swfireconsortium.org/education-materials/

Living with Fire Wildfire Science
https://www.livingwithfire.org/resources/wildfire-science-curriculum/

National Park Service Wildland Fire (for teachers)
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/fire/for-teachers.htm

Smokey Bear elementary resources (for educators)
https://smokeybear.com/en/for-educators/elementary-resources

Prevention

Ready for wildfire
http://readyforwildfire.org/captain-cal/

How to prevent wildfires
https://www.redcross.org/get-help/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies/types-of-emergencies/wildfire/how-to-prevent-wildfires.html

Only you can prevent wildfires
https://smokeybear.com

Harden Your Home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etzzPiUxRS0

Spark Safety, Not Wildfires
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQ8A35dn16G2nfNk8Pkq1E1Maodga9Ihx

BLM Fire Prevention
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOYnEES5d6s

#ReadyForWildfire: Wildfire Preparedness and Prevention album
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nifc/albums/72157714037906201

Mitigation

Learn how to protect your home
https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/fire-prevention-education-mitigation/wildfire-mitigation/home

Learn how to prepare your community
https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/fire-prevention-education-mitigation/wildfire-mitigation/community

Wildfire risk to communities
https://wildfirerisk.org

Community Mitigation Assistance Team (CMAT)
https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/fire/cmat

Firewise
https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/wildfire/firewise-usa

Institute for Business and Home Safety Wildfire Page
https://ibhs.org/risk-research/wildfire/

Living With Fire
https://www.livingwithfire.org

Get Ready
https://www.ready.gov/wildfires

Lead Agencies of the Joint Fire Science Program

National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC)
https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/fire-prevention-education-mitigation#:~:text=Plan%20for%20wildfire,embers%20cause%20most%20home%20ignitions

FireScience.gov
https://www.firescience.gov/ords/prd/jf_jfsp/jf_jfsp/r/jfspublic/home