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Fire Safety

Before lighting any fire, please check with local authorities first. We are Washington state's largest on-call fire department. Our approximately 600 permanent and temporary employees fight fires on more than 13 million acres of private and state-owned forest lands. The National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) is the nation’s support center for wildland fires and other emergency situations. The partners at NIFC work together to compile information about the current wildfire situation and statistics that encompass lands managed.

Overview

• Wildfires. OSHA. Provides workers and employers information on how to prepare and protect themselves before and after a wildfire.
• Fire Service Features of Buildings and Fire Protection Systems (EPUB | MOBI). OSHA Publication 3256, (2015). Explains how fire service operations can be influenced by different building features and offers considerations for design professionals that can help facilitate these operations. The manual includes chapters and narratives on building and site design, sprinkler systems, standpipe systems, fire department connections, fire alarm and communications systems, as well as various firefighting systems.
• Evacuation Plans and Procedures. OSHA eTool. Helps small, low-hazard service or retail businesses implement an emergency action plan, and comply with OSHA's emergency-related standards. Includes information on portable fire extinguishers, fire prevention plans, and fire detection systems.
  • Portable Fire Extinguishers. Addresses risk assessment, fire extinguisher basics, use, placement and spacing, hydrostatic testing and OSHA requirements.
• Shipyard Employment. OSHA eTool. Shipyard work has traditionally been hazardous, with an injury-accident rate more than twice that of construction and general industry.
  • Fire Protection. Addresses the changes required by the Fire Protection in Shipyard Employment Standard (29 CFR 1915 Subpart P) which was issued September 15, 2004 and became effective December 14, 2004.

This page provides valuable reference materials for prevention of fire-related injuries in all workplaces.

Standards

Fire safety is addressed in specific OSHA standards for recordkeeping, general industry, maritime, and construction.

Hazards and Possible Solutions

Provides references that may aid in recognizing and evaluating hazards and possible solutions in the workplace.

Additional Resources

Provides links and references to additional resources related to fire safety.

• Wildfires. OSHA. Provides workers and employers information on how to prepare and protect themselves before and after a wildfire.
• Fire Service Features of Buildings and Fire Protection Systems (EPUB | MOBI). OSHA Publication 3256, (2015). Explains how fire service operations can be influenced by different building features and offers considerations for design professionals that can help facilitate these operations. The manual includes chapters and narratives on building and site design, sprinkler systems, standpipe systems, fire department connections, fire alarm and communications systems, as well as various firefighting systems.
• Evacuation Plans and Procedures. OSHA eTool. Helps small, low-hazard service or retail businesses implement an emergency action plan, and comply with OSHA's emergency-related standards. Includes information on portable fire extinguishers, fire prevention plans, and fire detection systems.
  • Portable Fire Extinguishers. Addresses risk assessment, fire extinguisher basics, use, placement and spacing, hydrostatic testing and OSHA requirements.
• Shipyard Employment. OSHA eTool. Shipyard work has traditionally been hazardous, with an injury-accident rate more than twice that of construction and general industry.
  • Fire Protection. Addresses the changes required by the Fire Protection in Shipyard Employment Standard (29 CFR 1915 Subpart P) which was issued September 15, 2004 and became effective December 14, 2004.

Download active fire products from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) for the last 24, 48 hours and 7 days in shapefile, KML or text file formats.
Also available through FIRMS:

• FIRMS Archive Download * for data older than 7 days
• Daily text files for the last two months via HTTPS: https://nrt3.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/archive/FIRMS

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* Please note on the Archive Download, the NRT data is replaced with data extracted from the standard MODIS and VIIRS active fire products as it becomes available (usually after 2-3 months). Users intending to perform scientific analysis are advised to download the standard (science quality) data.

• MODIS C6 is available from November 2000 (for Terra) and from July 2002 (for Aqua) to the present.
• VIIRS 375 m (S-NPP) data are currently available from 20 January 2012 to the present.
• VIIRS 375 m (NOAA-20) data are currently available from 01 January 2020 to the present.

For more information about FIRMS and the active fire products.

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