NOAA and Wildfire

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA’s) engagement with wildfire is comprehensive. As the nation’s leading weather and climate science agency, NOAA provides critical outlooks, forecasts and early warning products, monitoring temperature, precipitation and soil moisture across the nation. NOAA satellites spot new ignitions with sophisticated instruments and track the growth of fires and movement of smoke across the country. NOAA’s National Weather Service provides critical fire weather information to wildfire managers and communities – dispatching specially trained meteorologists to incident command centers for real-time, site-specific forecasts. Meanwhile, NOAA scientists are developing new tools, technologies and integrated systems to improve the accuracy of outlooks and forecasts, assist local decision support, and communicate vital public safety information faster and farther.