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article revised August 2010
The OK-FIRE Web site provides free fire weather information to fire managers across Oklahoma.
Fire Weather What you need to know about ...
Fire management is extremely important
to agriculture and natural resources. An
unexpected fire can be disastrous to your
crops, animals or structures, but a planned
fire can cycle nutrients, control disease and
renew the landscape.
About 2.5 million acres of wildlands are
typically burned in Oklahoma every year,
10 percent by wildfire and 90 percent by
prescribed fire.
When it comes to fire weather in Oklahoma,
no tool is more useful than OK-FIRE, a
Web site designed for wildland fire managers
throughout Oklahoma.
OK-FIRE is a FREE weather-based decision
support system with applications in both
wildfire and prescribed fire. The site utilizes
the Oklahoma Mesonet for current and past
weather conditions and the 84-hour North
American Mesoscale model forecast for future
conditions. OK-Fire can be found at
http://okfire.mesonet.org
OK-FIRE is committed to helping
Oklahomans manage wildfires and prescribed
burns by providing various products for fire
weather, fire danger and smoke dispersion.
Regional training and customer support are
provided to help educate users about OK-Fire
and different fire weather components.
Important fire weather product information is
on the back of this sheet. More information
can be found about these products and others
on the OK-FIRE Web site under “Product
Information.”
Contact Info
If you have any questions about fire weather
or OK-FIRE please contact
Dr. J.D. Carlson
Fire Meteorologist
405-744-6353
jdc@okstate.edu
Photo by Todd Johsnon
Object Description
| Okla State Agency |
Climatological Survey, Oklahoma |
| Okla Agency Code |
'760' |
| Title | What you need to know about... fire weather |
| Authors | Mesonet Oklahoma. |
| Publisher | Oklahoma State University |
| Publication Date | 2010-08 |
| Publication type |
Fact Sheet |
| Subject | Prescribed burning--Oklahoma. |
| Purpose | Fire management is extremely important to agriculture and natural resources. An unexpected fire can be disastrous to your crops, animals or structures, but a planned fire can cycle nutrients, control disease and renew the landscape. |
| Notes | article revised August 2010 |
| OkDocs Class# | C2800.1 F523w 2010 |
| Digital Format | PDF, Adobe Reader required |
| ODL electronic copy | Downloaded from agency website: http://agweather.mesonet.org/info/weather_products/fire_weather/fire_weather.pdf |
| Rights and Permissions | This Oklahoma state government publication is provided for educational purposes under U.S. copyright law. Other usage requires permission of copyright holders. |
| Language | English |
| Date created | 2012-08-20 |
| Date modified | 2012-08-20 |
Description
| Title | fire_weather 1 |
| Full text | article revised August 2010 The OK-FIRE Web site provides free fire weather information to fire managers across Oklahoma. Fire Weather What you need to know about ... Fire management is extremely important to agriculture and natural resources. An unexpected fire can be disastrous to your crops, animals or structures, but a planned fire can cycle nutrients, control disease and renew the landscape. About 2.5 million acres of wildlands are typically burned in Oklahoma every year, 10 percent by wildfire and 90 percent by prescribed fire. When it comes to fire weather in Oklahoma, no tool is more useful than OK-FIRE, a Web site designed for wildland fire managers throughout Oklahoma. OK-FIRE is a FREE weather-based decision support system with applications in both wildfire and prescribed fire. The site utilizes the Oklahoma Mesonet for current and past weather conditions and the 84-hour North American Mesoscale model forecast for future conditions. OK-Fire can be found at http://okfire.mesonet.org OK-FIRE is committed to helping Oklahomans manage wildfires and prescribed burns by providing various products for fire weather, fire danger and smoke dispersion. Regional training and customer support are provided to help educate users about OK-Fire and different fire weather components. Important fire weather product information is on the back of this sheet. More information can be found about these products and others on the OK-FIRE Web site under “Product Information.” Contact Info If you have any questions about fire weather or OK-FIRE please contact Dr. J.D. Carlson Fire Meteorologist 405-744-6353 jdc@okstate.edu Photo by Todd Johsnon |
| Date created | 2012-08-20 |
| Date modified | 2012-08-20 |
