FIRE GLOBE: The Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC)
Global Fire MonitoringCenter (GFMC)
The GFMC is an Activity of the UN InternationalStrategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR)
- What is New ?
for daily updates see “Near-Real Time Global Fire Data” below
Emergency Hotlines
Hotline Assistance through United Nations and the GFMC Satellite Data for Wildland Fire Emergency Response Support International Wildland Fire Response Operators and Material Suppliers UN International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG)
Early Warning of Wildland Fire
Global, Regional and National Fire Weather and Climate Forecasts
Near-Real Time Global Fire Data
Current & Archived Significant Global Fire Events and Fire Season Summaries Regional and Global Vegetation Fire Emissions
South East Asian Fire Monitoring
Background Projects & Programmes Meteorological Conditions and Fire Information
Current Media Highlights (Global)
Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics
Global Fire Inventories and Models
Global Vegetation Fire Inventory (GVFI) Remote Sensing Products Fire Statistical Databases Global Fire Models
International Forest Fire News (IFFN)
(including detailed fire reports and statistics from 70 nations)
About IFFN 
Online Issues (No. 19 – 25) Country Notes (1990 – 2001) Specials Research & Technology News
General Analyses and Overviews Research & Development
Regional and International Organizations
United Nations (UN) European Commission European Fire in Nature Conservation Network (EFNCN) World Bank Fire Initiatives and Projects by NGOs International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP-IGAC-BIBEX) International Technical Cooperation Projects in Fire Management and Research International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) Other Research Programmes (IUFRO, IBFRA, etc.)
Fire Meetings, Fire Management Training Courses & Jobs
Upcoming Fire and Related Meetings Fire Management Courses and University Training Retrospectives of Fire Meetings & Training Courses Research and Employment Opportunities
Fire Literature and Databanks
International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF) Online Publications, Libraries and Bibliographies Fire Management Glossaries U.S. Fire Information Systems and Software Products Photo Archive
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Last Update: 18 March 2002 12:30 GMT
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