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Glossaries and Dictionaries
Publications from the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG)
Aviation Glossaries
A glossary of Wildland Fire Terminology may be found on this page from NWCG or from Wildland Fire 101 which has a wildfire terminology page
Some Blogs, Forums, Websites and Other Media About Wildland Fire Fighting
NJFFS Section B10 has a great webpage with information on New Jersey wildfires plus a a photos and videos page (update weekly includes photos). A few videos, updated daily, are on their home page.
Associated Aerial Firefighters
Firehouse News (covers all aspects of firefighting not just wildland firefighting)
Wildfire Today and Fire Aviation (Bill Gabbert started these sites several years ago. When he died late in 2022, the sites were taken over by the International Association of Wildland Fire, continuing to do the same excellent reporting that Bill Gabbert did.)
Associated Aerial Firefighters
Firehouse News (covers all aspects of firefighting not just wildland firefighting)
Wildfire Today and Fire Aviation (Bill Gabbert started these sites several years ago. When he died late in 2022, the sites were taken over by the International Association of Wildland Fire, continuing to do the same excellent reporting that Bill Gabbert did.)
Aerial Fire Magazine (some articles available without subscription)
Mike Archers Wildfire News of the Day (five day a week newsletter of media and other articles on wildfire news including current wildland fires, if you are interested in his newsletter you will have to subscribe via the form on his page)
Mike Archers Wildfire News of the Day (five day a week newsletter of media and other articles on wildfire news including current wildland fires, if you are interested in his newsletter you will have to subscribe via the form on his page)
Wildlandfire101 has some basic information on fighting wildfires and what a wildland firefighter can expect and information on how to applying. They also have a page called wildfire101 explaining the 10 standard orders, 18 watch out situations and terminology.
U.S. Government-- Wildland Firefighting (including aerial)
InciWeb National Incidents
National Interagency Fire Center
NWCG Home Page
US Forest Service Fire Management with links
National Geographic Area Coordination Center Website Portal
NICC Aviation
US Forest Service Aviation Page
Helicopters (USFS aviation)
National Interagency Fire Center Aircraft Page
Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems (MAFFS)
Red Book (Interagency Standards for Fire and Fire Aviation)
State of New Jersey (state agency and other NJ wildfire info pages)
NJ Forest Fire Service
NJ Forest Fire Service Section B10 (info about current NJ wildfires, fire weather, videos, and photos
Aviation Websites
Air Safety Institute (ASI) (you will need to set up a free account to take ASI's free interactive courses.
AvWeb (aviation news source)
Aviation Week
Airliners.net (pictures, forums, etc.)
Flight Aware (flight tracking)
Live Air Traffic Control
Agricultural Aviation
National Agricultural Aviation Association - NAAA (US)
Ag Air Update (voice of Ag Aviation)
