Transatlantic Fire Resource Guide
Networks and Initiatives
@fire – Internationaler Katastrophenschutz Deutschland e.V.
Operator: @fire e.V. (registered association, Germany)
Geographic Focus: Germany and international deployments
Tags: Operational
Access: Free, public
URL: https://www.at-fire.de/
@fire is a German volunteer organization providing rapid international disaster relief including Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) and wildland firefighting deployments, operating a 24-hour alarm hotline. It represents one of Germany's primary volunteer capacity for wildland firefighting.
European Forest Institute (EFI)
Operator: European Forest Institute
Geographic Focus: Europe (global partnerships)
Tags: Research · Policy
Access: Free, public
URL: https://efi.int/
An international organization providing science-based knowledge and policy advice on European forest management, climate adaptation, and disturbance ecology including fire. EFI bridges research and forest policy at the pan-European level.
FAO Global Fire Management Hub
Operator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Geographic Focus: Global (developing country focus)
Tags: Policy · Education
Access: Free, public
URL: https://www.fao.org/partnerships/fire-hub/en
The FAO Global Fire Management Hub brings together international partners to strengthen countries' capacities to implement integrated fire management, shifting emphasis from reactive suppression to prevention, and provides publications, a call to action on wildfire resilience, and information toolkits supporting policy development globally.
Fire Networks (FLN / TREX / FAC NET)
Operator: Fire Networks / The Nature Conservancy and partners
Geographic Focus: United States and global
Tags: Network · Education
Access: Free, public
URL: https://firenetworks.org/
Fire Networks hosts multiple interconnected programs — including the Fire Learning Network (FLN), the Training Exchanges (TREX), and the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network (FAC NET) — each focused on expanding the pace and scale of prescribed fire use and building fire-adapted communities through practitioner networks and on-the-ground exchanges.
International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF)
Operator: International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF)
Geographic Focus: Global
Tags: Research · Network · Education
Access: Membership-based; some content public
URL: https://www.iawfonline.org/
The IAWF is the leading global professional society for wildland fire science and management, organizing the premier international wildfire conferences, publishing the International Journal of Wildland Fire, and connecting practitioners and researchers across more than 60 countries. They are also the initiators of the IAWF Mentoring program.
Northeastern Forest Fire Protection Compact (NFFPC)
Operator: NFFPC (member agencies from northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada)
Geographic Focus: Northeastern United States, Eastern Canada
Tags: Education · Network · Prevention
Access: Free, public
URL: https://www.nffpc.org/en
The NFFPC is a regional compact coordinating forest fire protection, resource sharing, training, equipment standards, and fire science cooperation among member agencies from northeastern U.S. states and eastern Canadian provinces. It functions as a regional mutual aid and coordination body analogous to a GACC for the northeastern North American fire management community.
Pau Costa Foundation
Operator: Pau Costa Foundation (non-profit, Spain)
Geographic Focus: Mediterranean Europe, global partnerships
Tags: Research · Network · Education
Access: Free, public
URL: https://www.paucostafoundation.org/en/
The Pau Costa Foundation is a Spanish non-profit advancing wildfire prevention, training, and resilient landscape management through applied research projects, professional training, international networking events, and a pool of expert consultants and trainers. It is one of the most active civil society organizations bridging fire science and operational practice in the Mediterranean region.
Pyrocene Alliance
Operator: Pyrocene Alliance (non-profit NGO)
Geographic Focus: Global
Tags: Education · Prevention · Network
Access: Free, public
URL: https://pyrocene-alliance.org/
A non-governmental organization of wildland fire practitioners united around restoring a balanced human relationship with fire through prescribed burning, cross-cultural knowledge exchange, and practical projects spanning Germany, South Africa, Portugal, and beyond.
Waldbrandteam e.V.
Operator: Waldbrandteam – Verein für Wald- und Flächenbrandbekämpfung e.V. (registered association, Germany)
Geographic Focus: Germany, international deployments
Tags: Operational Access: Free, public
URL: https://www.waldbrandteam.de/
A German non-profit association of volunteer wildland firefighters offering firefighting capacities and training in wildland fire, prescribed burning, and operational advisory services for fire brigades and land managers. It is one of the few organizations in Germany actively bridging the gap between structural firefighting traditions and specialized wildland fire tactics.