D-510 Reference Source List.
HANDY REFERENCES – SOURCE LIST
(Note: Sometimes the
hyper-text links don’t work, but if you copy the URL into the browser it may
work.)
AD (Administratively
Determined) hiring:
DOI: http://www.nwcg.gov/teams/ibpwt/documents/personnel/doi_2007_ad_payplan.pdf
Aeronautical Charts. –
Source: FAA Distribution Division, AVN-530, National Aeronautical Charting
Office (NACO),
Aircraft Contracts. –
National or local agreements for services that outline responsibilities of the
agency, vendor and their agents. Source: Area Aviation Officer, Fixed-Wing or
Helicopter Specialist. http://www.nifc.gov/nicc/logistics/aviation/aviation.htm
Air Tanker Contracts: http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/contracting/airtankers/airtankers.htm
Single Engine Air Tanker
Contract: http://www.oas.gov/apmd/seat/seat.htm
Helicopter
Call-When-Needed Contracts: http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/contracting/helicopters_cwn/helicopters_cwn.htm
Helicopter Exclusive Use
Contracts: http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/contracting/helicopters_exclu/helicopters_exclu.htm
Aircraft Identification
Guide PMS 441. – National Wildfire Coordinating Group. Source: NFES #2393,
National Interagency
Policy and Management,
Aviation Management
Directorate (was Office of Aircraft Services) : http://amd.nbc.gov/
Aircraft Source List: http://amd.nbc.gov/source/AirQBE.asp
Pilot Source List http://amd.nbc.gov/source/pilotqbe.asp
Airfield/Airstrip
Directory,
Airport Location
Identifiers, 7350.6. - Two, three and four letter identifiers for all airports
in the
Also available at: http://www.airnav.com/ or world wide at http://www.landings.com/
Airport/Facilities
Directory. – A pilots’ manual that contains data on public use airports,
seaplane bases, heliports, VFR airport sketches, NAVAIDs, communication data, weather
data sources, airspace, special notices, and operational procedures. Source:
FAA Distribution Division, AVN-530, National Aeronautical Charting Office
(NACO),
Airport/ FBO Directory
from AC-U-KWIK. – Source: Your local FBO or AC-U-KWIK,
Airport Identifiers. -
Source: http://www.airnav.com/ , or world
wide at: http://www.landings.com/ go to Aviation Directory at bottom of page
and select
Databases, then select
Airport/Information.
Air Space Tools, the NIFC
Airspace Information System site: http://airspace.nifc.gov/mapping/nifc/AirspaceTools.cfm
Air Space Coordination
(NIFC): http://airspace.nifc.gov/mapping/nifc/index.cfm
Airspace Coordination
(Julie Steward) http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/fire/aviation/airspace/web/guide/index.html
Interagency Airspace
Guide: http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/fire/aviation/airspace/web/guide/asguide_full.pdf
Air Tanker Base Directory
- Updated and published annually by the USDA Forest Service, National Aviation
Office,
Air Tanker Pilot’s
Association: http://www.airtanker.com/
Human Capital Mgt: http://fsweb.hcm.fs.fed.us/
Travel: http://fsweb.r3.fs.fed.us/asc/bfm/programs/financial-operations/travel/index.php
AMD Aviation Management
Directorate: http://amd.nbc.gov/
American Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/
AOPA’S Aviation USA. –
Airport information. Source: Aircraft Owners and Pilot association, 421
Aviation Way, Frederick, MD 21701; 301-695-2000, or, Sporty’s Pilot Shop,
Clermont County Airport, Batavia, OH 45103; 800-LIFT-OFF, Cat #M600A. http://www.aopa.org/
Automated Flight
Following (AFF): https://www.aff.gov/ Before
you can use the program you will have to request a user ID and password. Click
on the “Request User ID” link, and use your LotusNotes email address for your
user name. They will email the password to you. Launch WebTracker 1.2 rather
than WebTracker 1.3, unless you have JAVA and want to do fancy things with the
maps.
Aviation Business System
(ABS) Electronic SF-122 billing system. http://www.fs.fed.us/business/abs/
Aviation Centered
Education (ACE): http://www.oas.gov/hqtrain/ace.htm
Aviation Management Information
Systems (AMIS): http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/planning/nist/amis.htm
Aviation Publications: http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/fire/aviation/nwav_publst.htm
Aviation website links
(Interagency Airspace Coordination): http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/fire/aviation/airspace/web/links/index.html
Bibliography of Wildland
Fire Web Sites – NWCG Wildland Fire Education Working Team index http://www.nwcg.gov/teams/wfewt/biblio/index.htm
BLM 9400 Aviation
Management Handbook (
BLM Standards for Fire
and Aviation Operations. - BLM Redbook. See Interagency Standards for Fire and
Aviation Operations.
DOI Fire & Aviation
Directorate: http://www.fire.blm.gov/Standards/redbook.htm
Burned Area Emergency
Rehabilitation (BAER) http://www.blm.gov/nhp/efoia/wo/handbook/h1742-1.pdf
http://www.nps.gov/policy/DOrders/DraftHandbook.htm
http://fire.r9.fws.gov/ifcc/esr/Library/USFS%20The%20BAER%20Facts.pdf
http://www.fs.fed.us/biology/watershed/burnareas/
http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/fire/management/training/ross/standards_2_2_2.pdf
Call-When-Needed
Helicopter Services Contracts: Medium and Heavy-lift National Services, Light
Regional Services. - Source: NFES #2168, National Interagency
Catering, Sanitation, Shower
Contract – See National Interagency Mobile Food Services Contract NFES #1276,
and the National Interagency Shower Facilities Contract, Source: NFES
#2729 http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/contracting/food/food.htm
http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/contracting/shower/shower.htm.
Civil Twilight
Calculation: US Navy. Source: http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.html
Code of Federal
Regulations, Title 14, Aeronautics and Space. – Source: Superintendent of
Documents, US Government Printing Office,
Cooperative Agreements. –
Source: Local agency dispatch offices.
Department of Homeland
Security: http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display?theme=29
EaTIS Equipment and
Training Inventory System: (See also VIPR) http://www.fs.fed.us/business/eatis/index.php
Expanded Dispatch Job
Aids, PMS-312. – National Wildfire Coordinating Group. Source: NFES #2400,
National Interagency
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) Website: http://www.faa.gov/
FAA Directory. – Contacts
and telephone numbers for all FAA facilities. Source: Superintendent of
Documents, US Government Printing Office,
FAA Federal Aviation
Regulations: http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/faa_regulations/?CFID=17806421&CFTOKEN=55218596
Federal Aviation
Regulations/ Airman’s Information Manual. – Source: Aviation Supplies and
Academics, Inc.,
Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA): http://www.fema.gov/
Federal Trade Commission:
http://www.ftc.gov/
Report Fraud, Spam,
violations of the national do not call list: https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01
FedTraveler:
Field Operations Guide
(ICS 420-1). – ICS position job tasks and responsibilities while on an
incident. Source: Fire Protection Publications,
Disaster Assistance &
Response, USDA, Field Operating Guide, Agency for International Development: http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/humanitarian_assistance/disaster_assistance/resources/pdf/fog_v3.pdf
(Coast Guard version of
ICS FOG, tailored to oil spills: http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/nmc/response/fog.pdf
)
Fire and Aviation, USDA
Forest Service Website: http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/index.html
Fireline Handbook PMS
410-1 (March 2004). – National Wildfire Coordinating Group. Field reference
guide for personnel on Wildland fires. Source: NFES #0065, National Interagency
FireCode. Incident
management codes/job codes: https://www.firecode.gov/index.cfm?action=login&CFID=17778&CFTOKEN=64604539
Fire Detection Website.
NOAA Satellite & Information Service: http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm
Fire Program Analysis
(FPA) System: http://fpa.nifc.gov/
FireScope: http://www.firescope.org/
Flight Guide, Airport and
Frequency Manual. – Source: Airguide Publications, Inc.,
Forest Service AVUE
application site: https://www.avuedigitalservices.com/usfs/ads.html
Forest Service
Contracting Website: http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/contracting/index.htm
Forest Service Handbook
FSH 5700 Aviation Management Handbook. –
Forest Service Handbook
FSH 5709.14 Smokejumper Handbook. - Source: USDA-FS National Aviation Office,
http://www.fs.fed.us/cgi-bin/Directives/get_dirs/fsh?5709.14 http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/aviation/av_library/index.html#b Smokejumper Training Guide: http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/aviation/av_library/sj_guide/index.html
Forest Service Handbook
FSH 5709.16 Flight Operations Handbook. –
Forest Service Handbook
FSH 5709.17 Wildland Fire Qualifications Handbook. USDA Forest Service
direction on Fire Qualifications.
http://www.fs.fed.us/cgi-bin/Directives/get_dirs/fsh?5109.17!
Forest Service Handbook
FSH 6709.11 Health and Safety Code Handbook. – Forest Service guide to safe
practices and conditions for all USDA FS activities. Amendments are issued by
the FS on an as needed basis. Source: Request from Local Unit Directives
Manager. http://www.fs.fed.us/cgi-bin/Directives/get_dirs/fsh?6709.11
Forms, Reports and
Templates: http://www.nifc.gov/nicc/logistics/coord_forms.htm
Geographic Area
Coordination Centers: http://gacc.nifc.gov/
Geographic Area Mobilization
Guides. – National and Geographic Area incident mobilization information and
contact points. Source: Request through the Geographic
Google Earth: http://earth.google.com/
Active Fire Maps: http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/wms.php
Guidelines for Takeover
and Release of Incident Management Teams. – Source: Area Management Teams. May
be found attached to Wildfire Situation Analysis.
Haz Mat: Interagency
Aviation Transport of Hazardous Materials. http://amd.nbc.gov/safety/library/hazmathb0105.pdf
Helicopter
Call-When-Needed Contracts:
http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/contracting/helicopters_cwn/helicopters_cwn.htm
Helicopter Exclusive Use
Contracts:
http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/contracting/helicopters_exclu/helicopters_exclu.htm
Hotels:
GSA Domestic Per Diem
Rates: http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/contentView.do?programId=9704&channelId=-15943&ooid=16365&contentId=17943&pageTypeId=8203&contentType=GSA_BASIC&programPage=%2Fep%2Fprogram%2FgsaBasic.jsp&P=MTT
Choice Hotels (Comfort,
Quality, Clarion, Econolodge…): http://www.choicehotels.com/ires/en-US/html/HomePage?sid=sx7PM.keNtigu5Oi.5
Embassy Suites Hotels: http://embassysuites.hilton.com/en/es/index.jhtml;jsessionid=P1FSJNIGWZ1GCCSGBIV2VCQKIYFC5UUC
Extended Stay
Hampton Inn: http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/index.jhtml
Hilton: http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/index.jhtml
Holiday Inn: http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/home
La Quinta: http://www.lq.com/lq/index.jsp
Marriott Inns: http://marriott.com/default.mi
IFPM Interagency Fire
Program Management: http://www.ifpm.nifc.gov/
“A Student Handbook for
Writing in Biology”: http://www.sinauer.com/knisely/
Incident Business Management:
http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/ibp/acquisition/acquisition.html
I-SUITE: http://isuite.nwcg.gov/index.html
Incident Management
Situation Report (IMSR). – The previous calendar day’s incident activity and
current calendar day’s weather prognosis. Source:
http://www.nifc.gov/nicc/sitreprt.pdf
Incident Qualification
and Certification System (IQCS): http://iqcs.nwcg.gov/
Infrared Operations
Manual. – Introduction, organization, mobilization, polices and aircraft safety
associated with Infrared Operations. Source: NFES #0968. , National Interagency
IAMS, Initial Attack
Management System. – Provides frequently used aviation functions to expedite
field operations. Source: http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/planning/nist/iams.htm
ICS Forms. – Source: NWCG Publication Management:
(pdf): http://www.nwcg.gov/pms/pubs/pubs.htm
And editable: http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/planning/nist/ics_forms.htm
And through FireScope: http://www.firescope.org/ics-forms.htm
IHOG: See Interagency
Helicopter Operations Guide
Incident Business
Practices Working Team: http://www.nwcg.gov/teams/ibpwt/
Interagency Airspace
Coordination: (See also National Interagency Airspace Coordination) http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/fire/aviation/airspace/web/index.html
Interagency Airspace
Coordination Guide. – Airspace coordination, restrictions, closures and
Military Operating Areas (MOA’s). Source: http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/fire/aviation/airspace/
Interagency Air Tanker
Base Directory. – Basic information about all current air tanker bases. Source:
NFES #2537, National Interagency
Interagency Air Tanker
Base Operations Guide. - Basic information concerning standard operating
procedures. Source: NFES #2271, National Interagency
Interagency Aviation
Transport of Hazardous Materials. – Objectives, policies, and standards for the
transport of hazardous materials in aircraft under the exclusive direction of
the FS or DOI. Source: NFES #1068, National Interagency
Interagency Contract
Information For Air Tanker, Helicopter, Large Transport and Smoke Jumper
Aircraft. – Source: Airtanker Contracts: http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/contracting/airtankers/airtankers.htm
Single Engine Air Tanker
(S.E.A.T.) Contract: http://www.oas.gov/apmd/seat/seat.htm
Helicopter
Call-When-Needed Contracts: http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/contracting/helicopters_cwn/helicopters_cwn.htm
Helicopter Exclusive Use
Contracts: http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/contracting/helicopters_exclu/helicopters_exclu.htm
Interagency Fire Program
Management Qualifications & Standards (IFPM): http://www.ifpm.nifc.gov/
Interagency Helicopter
Operations Guide (IHOG). - Comprehensive information for those individuals
required to work with helicopters. Source: NFES #1885, National Interagency
Interagency Incident
Business Management Handbook, PMS 902. - National Wildfire Coordinating Group.
Establishes interagency procedures for utilization of personnel, equipment and
supplies, the maintenance of financial records, and the investigation of
accidents and claims associated with all incidents. Source: NFES #3139 or
#2160, National Interagency
April 2004 http://www.nwcg.gov/pms/pubs/large.html http://www.nwcg.gov/pms/pubs/pubs.htm
Interagency Single Engine
Air Tanker Operations Guide. – Interagency procedures for single engine air
tanker operations. Source: NFES #1844. National Interagency
Interagency Standards for
Fire & Fire Aviation Operations. – The Interagency ‘Red Book’ handbook that
states current policy. NFES #2724. National Interagency
ISROG Interagency
Standards for the ROSS Operations Guide: http://www.nifc.gov/nicc/predictive/ISROG.pdf
http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/fire/management/training/ross/standards_2_2_2.pdf
“Jane’s All the World’s
Aircraft”. – Aircraft types and specifications. Source: Jane’s Information
Group,
Jeppesen Airway Manuals.
- FAA regulations, approach charts, en-route charts, and airport directory.
Source: Jeppesen Sanderson,
East,
Job Aids: NWCG
Publication Management System http://www.nwcg.gov/pms/resources/jobaids.htm
Latitude and Longitude
Look Up: http://www.bcca.org/misc/qiblih/latlong_us.html
Latitude and Longitude
conversion from decimal degrees to degrees, minutes and seconds.
http://www.geology.enr.state.nc.us/gis/latlon.html
Language Translation
website (Babel Fish). Free text translation between English and Spanish,
Russian, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese and Korean. http://world.altavista.com/
Lighting Maps (also
weather and fire reporting): http://www.nifc.blm.gov/
Links to Fire and
Aviation related sites: http://www.nifc.gov/links.htm
Local Agreements for
Equipment, Supplies and Services. – Source: Local agency dispatch office or
procurement personnel.
Local Operational
Handbook. – Local procedures that reinforce or deviate from National or area
operations. Source: Local agency dispatch office.
Location Identifiers,
7350.6. - Two, three and four letter identifiers for all airports in the
Also available at: http://www.airnav.com/ or world wide at http://www.landings.com/
MAFFS Military Airborne
Fire Fighting System Guide. - Provides specific instructions for the
mobilization of the Military Airborne Fire Fighting System in support of an
incident. Source: Contact the WO Air Tanker Program Manager at
208-387-5425. National Interagency
Military Training Routes,
DOD AP/1B. – Maps and detailed information on military training routes and
military contact phone numbers are available as printed material or as CD-ROM
disks. Source: (Subscription) Defense Mapping Agency,
Military Training Routes.
– Order 7610.4J, Special Military Operations, Chapter 11. Policy, criteria,
administrative, and operating procedures pertaining to routes for military
training/RDT&E conducted below 10,000 feet MSL. Source: http://www.faa.gov/other_visit/military/
Military Use Handbook. –
Provides overview of the mobilization process and responsibilities when
military resources are used in support of an incident. Source: NFES #2175,
Mnemonics: Go to IQCS
website http://iqcs.nwcg.gov/ and refer to
Position Codes.
http://iqcs.nwcg.gov/documents/IQCS_PositionCodes.xls
Old Mnemonics Table:
Source: Wildland Fire, (updated
Mobil Food Services
Contract: Refer to National Interagency
National Advanced Fire
& Resource Institute (NAFRI). The National Advanced Fire and Resource Institute is a national level
center for strategic planning, development, and implementation of fire, fuels, resource,
and incident management skills and educational processes: http://www.nafri.gov/
National Contracts: http://www.nifc.gov/nicc/logistics/equipment_supplies/equipment_supplies.htm
National Fire Plan: http://www.forestsandrangelands.gov/NFP/index.shtml
National Incident Radio
Support Cache User’s Guide NFES 0968. – Instructions, diagrams and associated
supplies for all communication equipment issued from the National Cache in
Standard Freqs: http://www.snowcrest.net/marnells/natradio.htm
National Interagency
Airspace Coordination: http://airspace.nifc.gov/mapping/nifc/index.cfm
http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/fire/aviation/airspace/web/index.html
National Interagency
Airspace Information Website: Current WAC, Sectional, and GNC Aviation Charts plotted
with graphical TFR information to help pilots avoid inadvertent violation of
Restricted Airspace due to fire fighting operations and other national airspace
restrictions. http://airspace.nifc.gov/mapping/nifc/index.cfm
National Interagency
Buying Team Guide 1999, PMS 315. – National Wildfire Coordinating Group.
Source: http://www.nwcg.gov/pms/pubs/buying_guide.pdf http://www.nwcg.gov/pms/pubs/pubs.htm
National Interagency
Coordination Center NICC. http://www.nifc.gov/nicc/
National Interagency
http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/contracting/food/food.htm
National Interagency
Mobilization Guide. – Objectives, policies, scope, administrative procedures,
organization, cooperation, directory and resources.
Source: NFES #2092,
National Interagency
National Interagency
Shower Facilities Contract, Source: NFES #2729:
National Fire Equipment
System Catalog (Part 1 & 2). – National Wildfire Coordinating Group.
Incident and support oriented supplies, equipment and publications. Source:
NFES #0362, National Interagency
National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): http://www.nws.noaa.gov/
Nature Conservancy: http://www.nature.org/
Fire ecology and
prescribed fire: http://www.nature.org/initiatives/fire/misc/
NOTAM Entry System: See
TRF.
National Wildland
Coordinating Group: http://www.nwcg.gov/
NWCG Working Teams: http://www.nwcg.gov/teams/teams.htm
OAS/AMD Aviation Policy,
Department Manual DM-350. – Department of the Interior aviation policy
directives. Source: http://www.oas.gov/library/dm/index.htm
OAS/AMD Forms. – Source: http://www.oas.gov/library/forms.htm
OAS/AMD Informational
Bulletins. - New or updated information that may affect operational procedures.
Source: http://www.oas.gov/library/ib/index.htm
OAS/AMD Operational
Procedures Memorandum (OPM). – Department of the Interior aviation policy
directives. Source: http://www.oas.gov/library/opm/index.htm
OAS/AMD Source List. –
Descriptions of OAS/AMD inspected rental aircraft by type and/or state.
Aircraft Source List: http://amd.nbc.gov/source/AirQBE.asp
Pilot Source List http://amd.nbc.gov/source/pilotqbe.asp
Pay Period Calendar
from the
P-Code/job code lookup
tool: http://fsweb.ftcol.wo.fs.fed.us/aqmsys/job_codes/index.php
PDF writer free
utility. It's a little utility that installs a PDF writer as a printer, so
you can make a PDF from virtually any application. Pretty handy, and this "junior"
version is free. It also works with any
version of windows, including the dreaded
Per Diem. GSA Domestic
Per Diem Rates: http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/contentView.do?programId=9704&channelId=-15943&ooid=16365&contentId=17943&pageTypeId=8203&contentType=GSA_BASIC&programPage=%2Fep%2Fprogram%2FgsaBasic.jsp&P=MTT
Phone Book. – Source:
Local Telephone Company.
Position Codes: http://iqcs.nwcg.gov/documents/IQCS_PositionCodes.xls
http://iqcs.nwcg.gov/
Predictive Services: http://www.nifc.gov/nicc/predictive/predictive.htm
Resource Ordering and
Status System (ROSS): http://ross.nwcg.gov/
ROSS Quick Reference
Cards: Go to the ROSS home page http://ross.nwcg.gov/
and from the menu list on the left, go to ‘User Support’, and then on that
page, scroll down to the bottom of ‘Support Documents’ and click on ‘Quick
Reference Cards’. These are very useful.
ISROG Interagency
Standards for the ROSS Operations Guide: http://www.nifc.gov/nicc/predictive/ISROG.pdf
http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/fire/management/training/ross/standards_2_2_2.pdf
Red Book: http://www.nifc.gov/red_book/
Little Red Book: http://www.zhongwen.com/mao.htm
Retardant Material Safety
Data Sheets: Available through http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/fire/retardants/current/msds/
Road Atlas. – Source:
Local purchase.
Rand McNally: http://www.randmcnally.com/
Thomas Brothers: http://www.thomas.com/ .
See also: http://mapquest.com/ or http://www.mapblast.com/
ROMAN Real-time
Observation Monitor & Analysis Network: http://raws.wrh.noaa.gov/roman/
SAFECOMS – Descriptions
and corrective comments regarding recent aircraft accidents or incidents.
Source: http://www.safecom.gov
Showers: Refer to
National Interagency Shower Facilities Contract, Source: NFES #2729,
http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/contracting/shower/shower.htm
Single Engine Air Tanker
Operations Guide: http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/aviation/av_library/isog/ISOG2003.pdf
Smokey Bear: http://www.smokeybear.com/
Special Use Airspace
& Air Traffic Control Assigned Airspace, FAA: http://sua.faa.gov/sua/Welcome.do
STRESS! High pressure
work can cause a six-fold increase of heart attack risk: http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/EMIHC254/20813/20813.html
Dr. Gilmartin, “Emotional
Survival”: http://emotionalsurvival.com/author.htm
T. P. McAtamney,
“Surviving the Console”: http://www.headsets911.com/brm.htm
Task Books. - National Wildfire
Coordination Group. Source: NFES #2374 EDRC, #2373 EDSD, #2372 EDSP, National
Interagency Fire Center, Fire and
Aviation Policy and
Management, ATTN:
http://www.nwcg.gov/pms/taskbook/dispatch/dispatch.htm
Temporary Flight
Restrictions (TFR): FAA NOTAM site: https://www.notams.faa.gov/
List of active TFRs, FAA:
scroll to bottom of the above website to search for TFRs.
NIFC TRF site to look up
a TFR: http://airspace.nifc.gov/mapping/nifc/index.cfm
To request a TFR: This
can be done on-line using the NOTAM Entry System, but a program will need to be
loaded onto your computer first. Contact Julie Stewart Julie_stewart@or.blm.gov, or
Phil Vigil (FAA) at 703-904-4557 for instructions.
Terraserver. On-line
Earth imagery: http://terraserver.com/
Roget’s Thesaurus: http://thesaurus.reference.com/
Travel Carriers:
Alaska Airlines/Horizon
air: http://www.alaskaair.com/Default.aspx?ASDBD=J1
Amtrak: http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/HomePage
Delta Airlines: http://www.delta.com/home/index.jsp
Express Jet Airlines: http://www.xjet.com/
Jet Blue Airlines: http://www.jetblue.com/
Southwest Airlines: http://southwest.com/
United Airlines: http://www.ual.com/
US Airways: http://www.usairways.com/awa/booking/TripDetail.aspx?book=new
Unit Identifiers. –
Designators for most Federal and State jurisdictions (i.e., National Parks,
Forests,
U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management: http://www.blm.gov/nhp/index.htm http://www.doi.gov/
USDA/ USDI Aircraft Radio
Communications and Frequency Guide. - Source: NFES #0969, #2969, National
Interagency
U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service: http://www.fws.gov/
VIPR Virtual Incident
Procurement: http://fsweb.wo.fs.fed.us/aqm/incident/vipr/
Weather:
Climate, Ecosystems, and
Fire Applications (CEFA): http://www.cefa.dri.edu/
Lightning Maps: http://www.nifc.blm.gov/
National Fire Weather
Page: http://fire.boi.noaa.gov/
National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/
Old Farmer’s Almanac: http://www.almanac.com/
Wildland Fire Assessment
System (WFAS): http://www.wfas.net/
Weather Satellite Images:
GOES Geostationary
Satellite Server: http://www.goes.noaa.gov/
NEXRAD Weather Radar: http://www.wunderground.com/radar/map.asp
NOAA: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/sat_tab.php
WildCad: http://www.wildcad.net/
WildCad Logon site: www.WildCADsupport.net
WildWeb: http://www.wildcad.net/
Wildland and Prescribed
Fire Qualification System Guide, PMS 310-1. – National Wildfire Coordination
Group. Description of the wildland fire qualifications systems Source: NFES
#1414. National Interagency
Wildland Fire
Qualifications Handbook. FSH 5709.17. USDA Forest Service direction on Wildland
Fire qualifications.
http://www.fs.fed.us/cgi-bin/Directives/get_dirs/fsh?5109.17!
Wildland Firefighting
websites: http://www.the911site.com/911d/wildland11.htm
World Aviation Directory.
– Aviation Week. Regional and world wide
large transport airlines information. Source: McGraw Hill Inc., 1221 Avenue of
the
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for additional references to Thomas Evans, tkevans@fs.fed.us
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