In October of 2002, the National Association of State Foresters directed
the NASF Fire Protection Committee to investigate alternative strategies to
cost effectively collect a minimum set of data from all members. In January 2003
the NASF Fire Committee and the State Fire Chiefs, Managers, and Supervisors Group
identified the core data to be collected and indicated that the data should be
collected on a quarterly basis.
The Texas A&M Spatial Sciences Lab is working with the Texas Forest Service to
develop a web-based submission strategy and protocols. This is the predecessor to
that site. It is functional and will allow you to upload your current data and
definition files. It is also intended that the site be used in order for us to
understand the differences between definitions used in the various states. For example,
(1) if a wildfire was caused by a house fire, some states include that house in the
number of houses lost, others do not; and (2) what definition of "threatened" most
closely matches the data currently collected in your state.
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please contact the site administrator.