NOAA Fire Research: Improving Wildfire Risk Tools

Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 2-3pm ET

This seminar series, hosted by NOAA's Climate Program Office and NOAA’s Fire Observation, Research, and Services Team (FOReST) Team features cutting-edge research from NOAA scientists and NOAA-supported investigators, showcasing NOAA and partner fire research activities and their impact on science and services.

In this session, researchers supported by CPO's Climate Adaptation Partnerships (CAP/RISA) program will showcase the creation of and advancements in tools designed to improve wildfire risk assessment and communication. This will include the evolution of the Burn Period Tracker, which helps fire managers to quickly access specific local humidity information used to assess risk, and efforts to enhance the effectiveness of the Red Flag Warning System, a National Weather Service tool for alerting the fire management community to real time and imminent risk levels.