Fires and Wildfires: Health Information Guide
Overview
- Wildfires
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Wildfires
Occupational Health and Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Labor - Cochrane & Evidence Aid: resources for burns
Cochrane Library - Burns
World Health Organization - Wildfires: Disaster Distress Helpline
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Active Fire Mapping Program
Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture - Incident Management Situation Report (PDF, 905 KB)
National Fire News - Wildfire Maps
GeoMAC [Geospatial Multi-Agency Coordination] Wildland Fire Support - Extreme Heat
National Library of Medicine - Wildfire App
American Red Cross
Information by Topic Area
The searches below find resources from two National Library of Medicine databases:
- Disaster Lit®: links to disaster medicine and public health documents for a professional audience, available on the internet at no cost. Includes expert guidelines, research reports, conference proceedings, training classes, fact sheets, websites, databases, and more.
- PubMed: more than 28 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. May include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
Click on the searches below, or go directly to the databases and develop your own searches.
General Health-Related Information
Disaster Lit
Smoke Inhalation
Disaster Lit
Burns
Disaster Lit
Responder Safety
Disaster Lit
Cleanup and Recovery
Disaster Lit
Coping
Disaster Lit
Multilingual Resources
- Incendios forestales (Forest Fires)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Recursos Para Incendios Forestale (Wildfire Preparedness)
American Red Cross
Resources for the General Public
Health information for the general public about hazards, emergencies, and disasters is available in MedlinePlus from the National Library of Medicine. MedlinePlus resources are also available in Spanish.