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The Great Lakes Forest Fire Compact.
On our site you will find a brief history of the fire compact. There is also a directory of contact names of Compact member agencies.
As the name suggests, our compact encompasses the Great Lakes. A map of the GLFFC compact is available here. |
Information related to Wildland Fire Prevention and Training activities are located on our site. A Photo Gallery showing various aircraft, crews and equipment used in wildland fire suppression is also online.
Great Lakes Forest Fire Compact members use this site to digitally store and retrieve operations, training and mutual aid information. A list of links to other wildland fire agencies in North America is also available on this site.Lastly, our FAQ's area contains an extensive listing of Wildland Fire Terminology. |
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2008 Annual GLFFC Meeting |
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The 2008 annual GLFFC conference was hosted by Wisconsin at the beautiful Four Seasons Club on Miscauno Island during the week of September 15-18th. Themes were:
- Leadership Succession
- Leadership Development
- Climate Change
- Cross Border Communications
Congratulations to Ontario for winning the first ever GLFFC Cup competition trophy!
Meeting documents and presentations have been posted on this website in the "member documents" section. After logging in with your user name and password, click on the "Member Documents" tab, then go to the "GLFFC Meetings" folder and look for "2008 Annual Meetings." These files can be accessed by GLFFC members only. |
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GLFFC Develops New Fire Danger Website |
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The Great Lakes Forest Fire Compact is developing a new forest fire danger web page. This project is being conducted in conjunction with MesoWest from the
University
of
Utah
and is currently being supported by the
Michigan
,
Minnesota
and Wisconsin Departments of Natural Resources. The site will display Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System (CFFDRS) indices and codes, as well as a number of other fire danger products from a network of weather stations across the
Great Lakes
region. The website is still under development but the current product may be viewed at http://www.met.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/grtlks_home.cgi.
Some of the current features of the Great Lakes Fire and Fuels website are:
- Fire danger rating codes are displayed at National Weather Service (NWS) and Remote Automated Weather Station (RAWS) sites.
- Produces next day forecasted values in station tables
- Displays NFDRS codes in tables. In the future they will appear on the map.
- Downloadable weather and codes.
- Displays CFFDRS numbers: Current (last actual reading), Forecast and Previous (the forecast reading which can be compared to actual).
- Produces graphs for historical trends of Indices and Codes. Currently preset, but in the future the graphs will be user defined.
This project is currently in its first phase. Additional site enhancements are being planned, including an expansion of the network to include weather stations in
Ontario
and
Manitoba
. Additional enhancements will be incorporated as funds become available.
Please send any comments regarding the site to Jim Barnier, Wisconsin DNR Forest Fire Suppression Specialist,
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or call him at 608-253-6714.
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