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  2. National Fire Incident Reporting System - Wikipedia

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    The National Fire Incident Reporting System is a model of successful Federal, State and local partnership. The database constitutes the world's largest, national, annual collection of incident information. The success of NFIRS is due in part to the unique cooperative effort between USFA and the National Fire Information Council (NFIC). NFIC ...

  3. Fire Information for Resource Management System - Wikipedia

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    The data collected by FIRMS are presented as a free web mapping service, with the active fire locations if any overlaid on a map. [1] The detections are displayed on top of a static background layer and each visualized detection is clickable to display its data, such as detection time, coordinates, satellite and instrument.

  4. Wildfires in the United States - Wikipedia

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    At this time in history fire was viewed as a threat to timber, an economically important natural resource. As such, the decision was made to devote public funds to fire suppression and fire prevention efforts. For example, the Forest Fire Emergency Fund Act of 1908 permitted deficit spending in the case of emergency fire situations. [4]

  5. 2020 Western United States wildfire season - Wikipedia

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    By August 20, the Palmer Fire near Oroville, Washington – which started August 18 – had reached 13,000 acres (5,300 ha) and forced evacuation of up to 85 homes. [40] [41] The largest of the fires in the Olympics reached 2.4 acres (0.97 ha) by August 20. [42] View of the Bobcat Fire from a kitchen window in Monrovia, California

  6. National Fire Information Council - Wikipedia

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    The National Fire Information Council (NFIC) is a United States agency that encourages and perpetuates the use of a standardized national incident reporting system (the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS)) as a means of addressing the nation's fire problem and related emergency services issues.

  7. Maps show extent of Maui fire damage; FEMA details ... - AOL

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    A Kaanapali fire that flared Friday night was reported to be 100 percent contained before 8:30 p.m. County officials said the fire is in the area where a county fueling station was positioned ...

  8. Wildfire emergency management - Wikipedia

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    The fire caused significant damage to Oakland and the surrounding areas. The fire killed 25 people, which included emergency personnel, destroyed 2,449 homes, and caused an estimated $1.5 billion in damage. [63] The response to this fire was swift, however, the fire and winds made it difficult to extinguish. [64]

  9. America Burning - Wikipedia

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    Congress establish a United States Fire Administration to provide a national focus for the Nation’s fire problem and to promote a comprehensive program with adequate funding to reduce life and property loss from fire. 2. National fire data system be established to provide a continuing review and analysis of the entire fire problem.