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This website is developed and maintained by
the National Wildfire Coordinating Group Fire Danger Committee (http://www.nwcg.gov/teams/fenwt/index.htm).
The 2004 NWCG standard for Fire Danger PocketCards provides minimum
expectations for content, currency, and implementation. More
specific guidelines for PocketCards may be developed by agency or mulit-agency
groups to meet their needs. PocketCards that meet the NWCG
standard are posted on this website for the general use and benefit of
the interagency wildland fire management community. PocketCards
that meet this standard can be created using FireFamily Plus version
3.0.5 or higher. PocketCards will be posted here only after a
quality assurance check by the submitting agency or agencies.
Content and currency of each card is the responsibility of the agency or
group submitting the card.
The Fire Danger PocketCard is a method
of communicating information on fire danger to firefighters. The objective
is to lead to greater awareness of fire danger and subsequently
increased firefighter safety. The PocketCard provides a
description of seasonal changes in fire danger in a local area. It is,
therefore, useful to both local and out-of-area firefighters.
The PocketCard has a very important
day-today "pre-suppression" use. When the morning and
afternoon weather is read each day, the actual and predicted indices are
announced. The firefighters can reference their card and see just
where they are in the range of possible values for danger-rating.
This important information should be discussed at morning crew meetings,
as well as tail gate safety meetings.
Most importantly, the card provides a
method for everyone involved with wildland and prescribed fire
operations to communicate a common understanding of key index values
provided by the National Fire Danger Rating System.
Local fire management personnel can
produce the cards using Fire Family Plus. Cards should be
developed locally with local fire management involvement to meet local
fire management needs.
Guidelines
for card development
Any comments please send email to
spetersen@fs.fed.us or paul_schlobohm@nifc.blm.gov
We look forward to hearing from you.
This page was changed on
10/10/07
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