Transatlantic Fire Resource Guide
Community Resilience and Preparedness
Fire Adapted Communities – Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) Database
Operator: Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network (FAC Net)
Geographic Focus: United States
Tags: Prevention · Public Outreach
Access: Free, public
URL: https://fireadapted.org/cwpp-database/
A searchable national database of Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs) — the foundational planning documents for WUI communities in the U.S. identifying local fire risks and mitigation priorities. It supports planners, local governments, and community organizations in developing and benchmarking their own CWPPs.
FireSmart Canada
Operator: Partners in Protection / CIFFC member agencies
Geographic Focus: Canada
Tags: Prevention · Public Outreach
Access: Free, public
URL: https://firesmartcanada.ca/
FireSmart Canada is the national program supporting communities, homeowners, and municipalities in reducing wildfire risk through landscape management, home hardening, and community planning. It is the Canadian counterpart to the U.S. Firewise USA program.
FIREPRIME (EU Civil Protection Knowledge Network)
Operator: European Commission / Union Civil Protection Mechanism
Geographic Focus: Europe (Mediterranean focus)
Tags: Research · Prevention · Public Outreach
Access: Partial public access; full access requires UCPKN registration
URL: https://civil-protection-knowledge-network.europa.eu/projects/fireprime
FIREPRIME was an EU-funded project focused on promoting the use of prescribed fire as a preventive management tool in Mediterranean Europe, producing guidelines, training materials, and cross-country practitioner exchanges. Its outputs are hosted on the EU Civil Protection Knowledge Network platform.
Firewise USA (NFPA)
Operator: National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
Geographic Focus: United States
Tags: Prevention · Public Outreach
Access: Free, public
URL: https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/wildfire/firewise-usa/firewise-usa-resources
Firewise USA is NFPA's community wildfire preparedness program, providing resources, toolkits, and a site recognition framework to help communities in the wildland-urban interface reduce their vulnerability to wildfire. It is the primary U.S. voluntary community-level WUI preparedness initiative.
Ready, Set, Go! Program
Operator: International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC)
Geographic Focus: United States
Tags: Prevention · Public Outreach
Access: Free, public
URL: https://gacc.nifc.gov/gbcc/dispatch/ut-cdc/prevention/doc/ready_set_go.pdf
Ready, Set, Go! is a nationally recognized U.S. program providing residents in wildfire-prone areas with an action-oriented framework for personal preparedness, defensible space creation, and timely evacuation. The PDF document serves as a core public education resource distributed through fire agencies, local governments, and community programs.
Waldbrand Klima Resilienz (WKR)
Operator: WKR Project consortium (Germany)
Geographic Focus: Germany
Tags: Research · Prevention · Education
Access: Free, public
URL: https://www.waldbrand-klima-resilienz.com/
WKR (Forest Fire Climate Resilience) is a German project developing and demonstrating preventive forest fire management measures — including prescribed burning — through demonstration areas that serve as practical communication, training, and discussion platforms for fire management in different forest types.