COVID-19 Information and Resources

COVID-19 Information and Resources

This webpage serves as a collection point for COVID-19 documents, articles, and other resources or links that are relevant to the wildland fire community.

As information is changing quickly around this issue, links and resources on this page will be added and deleted as necessary. Please help us keep growing our list by suggesting additional resources or sharing updated information; email suggestions to office@fireecology.net.

Reports / White Papers / Documents

• On COVID19 Epidemiology, with Application to Wildland Fire Management Practices, White Paper by Karin Riley, US Forest Service 

• What Does Fire Season Look Like Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic? Concerns, Perspectives, And Ideas from The Field, Document by US Forest Service, Human Performance & Innovation and Organizational Learning

• Wildland Fire Management under COVID-19. Brief 1, Review of Materials, Wageningen University, The Netherlands

• Lessons Learned, COVID-19 Wildland Fire Response Plan Assignment, Area Command Teams 1, 2, 3 and the Eastern Area Type 2 IMT

• Potential COVID-19 Outbreak in Fire Camp: Scenario Analysis and Implications, Matthew P. Thompson, US Forest Service; Erin Belval, Colorado State University; Jude Bayham, Colorado State University

• Impacts of COVID-19 on Early Career Scientists, Particularly Women with Children, Twitter Thread with links to reports and articles

• COVID-19 Incident Management Team Response Action Process, National Multi-agency Coordination Group

• COVID-19 Supervisory Guidance on Mandatory Use of Approved Face Coverings and Shields, US Department of Agriculture

• Incident Response Guide in the COVID-19 Environment, California Wildland Fire Coordinating Group

• COVID-19 Firefighters Workers Comp Bill, Introduced by U.S. Senators Manchin and Udall

• Navigating the Wildfire–Pandemic Interface: Public Perceptions of COVID-19 and the 2020 Wildfire Season in Arizona, Fire

• Preview Brief 2: Wildland Fire Management under COVID-19, Survey Results, Wageningen University, The Netherlands

• The COVID-19 Pandemic and Wildfire Smoke: Potentially Concomitant Disasters, American Journal of Public Health

Fire-Related info and resources

• COVID-19 Incident Risk Assessment Tool

• COVID-19 Prevention and Management During Wildland Fire Operations, National Wildfire Coordinating Group

• COVID-19 Portal, Fire Management Board

• FAQs for Wildland Firefighters, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Wildfire Smoke and COVID-19, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  • Frequently Asked Questions: English (PDF) and Spanish (PDF)

  • Public Health Strategies to Reduce Exposure to Wildfire Smoke during the COVID-19 Pandemic

• Wildfires and COVID-19, US DOI, Office of Wildland Fire

• Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates, US Forest Service

• COVID-19 Fire Information, Bureau of Indian Affairs

• Coronavirus Outbreak: Best Practices, Guidelines from European Countries and Fire and Rescue Services, FIRE IN

• COVID-19 and Wildland Fire Management, National Interagency Fire Center

• Infectious Disease Guidance for Wildland Fire Incidents, National Wildfire Coordinating Group, Emergency Medical Committee Recommendations 

• Social Distance and Hygiene Tips for Firefighters, BLM Operations Alert 

• COVID-19 Social Distance and Hygiene Tips for Prescribed Burners, Southeast Prescribed Fire Update

• Prescribed Fire Smoke, Public Health, and COVID-19, Southeast Prescribed Fire Update

• Coronavirus (COVID-19): Resources for Fire Chiefs, International Association of Fire Chiefs

• Incident Reviews Related to COVID-19, Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center

  • You can also share what you’ve learned about safe fire management during the coronavirus pandemic through the LLC’s Rapid Lesson Sharing.

• Wildfire and COVID-19 Response, Southwest Fire Science Consortium Podcast

• Satellites Show a Decline in Fire in the U.S. Southeast, NASA Earth Observatory

• Archived Webcast of the Committee Hearing on Wildfire Management in the Midst of COVID-19, U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

Fire-related News Articles AND POSTS

• Wildfire Today Articles Related to COVID-19 (quick search of all articles tagged COVID-19)

• Thinking Outside the Stratosphere, Wildfire Lessons Learned Center

• Wildfires and the Pandemic – What’s Ahead, Western Fire Chiefs Association

• How the Coronavirus Crisis May Hinder Efforts to Fight Wildfires, New York Times 

• Agencies Hurry to Devise Wildland Firefighting Protocols in Coronavirus Era, Missoulian

• New Research Links Air Pollution to Higher Coronavirus Death Rates, New York Times

• Coronavirus Forces New Approaches to Fighting Wildfires, The Press Democrat

• COVID-19 Could Make This Year’s Wildfire Season More Dangerous, Popular Science

• ‘Hope Isn't A Strategy.' How To Prepare For A Natural Disaster During COVID-19, NPR

• Trump Administration Halts Wildfire Prevention Tool in California Over Coronavirus, New York Times

• Preparing for Wildfires During a Pandemic, Headwaters Economics

• The Coronavirus Pandemic Will Impact Approaches to Fighting Wildfires, Time

• Wildfire Smoke Worsens Coronavirus Risk, Putting Firefighters in Extra Danger, The Conversation

• Are Wildland Firefighters at a Greater Risk from COVID-19?, High Country News

• Pandemic Forces BC Wildfire Service to Adapt as it Prepares for Burning Season

• The Life Safety Lessons Learned From COVID-19 Should Be Applied, Not Forgotten, NFPA

• Wildland Fire Camps Need Dramatic Change Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, NPR News

• Helping Craft the Fire Service’s Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic, TracPlus

• Coronavirus Heightens California’s Wildfire Threat, Wall Street Journal

• Coronavirus, Climate Change, Forest Fires: Integrated Fire Management and People-centred Policymaking, RECOFTC Practitioner’s Insight

• Smoke and COVID-19: How the Coronavirus Could Make Wildfire Battles Worse This Year, Deseret News

• Bureau of Land Management Ensures Wildfire Response across the West, Idaho 6 News

• Some WA Wildfires May Be Left to Burn This Summer, Crosscut

• For Firefighters Battling Wildfires, Coronavirus Adds New Risks to Already Dangerous Job, Route Fifty

• How Wildfires Make COVID More Dangerous, New York Times

• Considerations for Planning Community Evacuation During a Pandemic: A Focus on Human Behavior During Wildfire Emergencies, Fire Protection Engineering Magazine

General COVID-19 Information 

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• World Health Organization

• Coronavirus: Number of Infections, Dead, and Recovered 

• Genomic Epidemiology of Novel Coronavirus (hCoV-19)

• Google Earth Engine Map of COVID-19 Spread Over Time

• Model Predicting the Last Day Each State Can Act Before Hospitals Will Be Overwhelmed

• Curated Scientific Literature on COVID-19

• Infected People Without Symptoms May Be Driving the Spread of Coronavirus More Than We Realized

• What Does the Coronavirus Mean for the US Health Care System? Some Simple Math Offers Alarming Answers

• Towards Aerodynamically Equivalent COVID19 1.5 m Social Distancing for Walking and Running

• COVID-19: The CIDRAP Viewpoint (includes 3 scenarios for the pandemic over the next 18-24 months)

• Respiratory Virus Shedding in Exhaled Breath and Efficacy of Face Masks

• The Risks - Know Them - Avoid Them

• How the pandemic might play out in 2021 and beyond