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Homeowners and Fire Safety

• Burn Permit Information: Bitterroot NF details
• Homeowner Protection
• Bitterroot Valley Wildfire Response Guide & Blog
• Burn Permit Information
• Making your Residence Firesafe
• Outdoor Fire Safety Tips
• Living With Fire Homeowner's Guide: FireSafe Montana Edition (1.3 MB pdf)
• Safe Debris Burning Checklist
• Firesafe Council
• Fire Safety Tactics for your Residence
• Fire Resistant Plants
• Fireworks and the Forest
• Fire, Friend or Foe?
• Smokey Bear
• Woodsy Owl Activity Guide 

Weather Information

• Missoula Fire Weather Forecast
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• Bitterroot NF ERC Pocket Card - Fuel Model G for 2010 

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Fire Resources & Information

• Fire Incident Photo Gallery
• WildCAD Bitterroot Incident Information
• INCIWEB: Large Fire Activity Updates- Excellent site for maps, info & pics
• Smoke Plume Detection from NOAA: Find the smoke source
• Fire Activity Information
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• National Incident Management Situation Report (SIT Report)
• National Interagency Fire Center - Fire News
• Montana and North Idaho Fire Restrictions
• Fire Terms Glossary
• Federal Fire & Aviation Operations 2005 to Present Action Plan
• Bitterroot NF Fire History 1975-2005

Of Interest

• Air Quality Index (AQI)
• Interagency Real Time Smoke Monitoring
• MT/ID Smoke Monitoring Unit
• Bitterroot Valley Air Quality Live Cam at the Stevensville Ranger Station
• Living With Fire: Play the Interactive game that lets YOU manage a wildfire
• Montana and Idaho Lookout Information

Outlooks, Fire Maps, and Stats

• MODIS Active Fire Maps
• Monthly National Wildland Fire Outlook

National Team Rotations

• Area Command Team Rotation
• Buying Team Rotation
• National Team Rotation

Map Information

• Montana Location Finder
• Montana Legal Finder
• Google Maps with Terrain/Topo features
• GPS Visualizer: Do-It-Yourself Mapping
• Bitterroot NF Fire and Aviation Locations