Thursday, February 19, 2009

Florida's Wildfire Season 2009

Drought + Weather + Humans = Florida's Spring Wildfire Threat.

Not until summer will lightning overtake humans as the primary cause of wildfire starts.

Key Web Sites for Florida's Emergency Managers to monitor the wildfire threat are

Drought - www.drought.gov

Florida Keetch-Byram Drought Index Map from the Florida Division of Forestry

Storm Prediction Center's Fire Weather Forecast

National Weather Service Fire Weather Page

your local National Weather Service will have the latest fire weather products for their county warning area. www.weather.gov

For more information

www.floridadisaster.org

and

www.firewise.org

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