International Wildfire Preparedness Mechanism (IWPM)

Tools of the Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC) for advising / supporting nations and the United Nations in Capacity Building in Landscape Fire Management and Wildfire Disaster Risk Reduction

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The GFMC offers a number of tools that may either be used directly online or be requested for implementation by interested parties. Some tools will require finances for implementation (Last Update: 10 September 2024):

• Overview of tools – Including information on transition of GFMC to the FAO-led Global fire Management Hub (PDF)
• GFMC Tool 1 – Global Landscape Fire Information System
• GFMC Tool 2 – Regional Wildland Fire Networks under the aegis of the Global Wildland Fire Network
• GFMC Tool 3 – International and regional advisory bodies / services for fire management
• GFMC Tool 4 – Global portal for national and regional wildland fire early warning
• GFMC Tool 5 – International support tools / services for wildfire emergency response
• GFMC Tool 6 – Services of Regional Fire Management Resource Centers associated with GFMC
• GFMC Tool 7 – National Round Tables on Fire Management
• GFMC Tool 8 – Systematic application of outreach work in participatory (community-based) integrated fire management
• GFMC Tool 9 – Capacity building in the application of principles of integrated fire management in biodiversity management, nature conservation and protected areas management
• All GFMC Tools in one document (PDF)

National Consultation on Fire Management: Ukraine, April 2014