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Fire Program Analysis fire-occurrence database

  • Wildfires in September 2020 burned a large swath of the Oregon Cascades. (Courtesy Oregon State University)
    Local News
    Análisis de datos ayuda a combatir incendios forestales
    Investigadores de Idaho y Oregón participaron en una investigación para mejorar la base de datos sobre la ocurrencia de incendios, conocida en inglés como Fire Ocurrance Database o FPA-FOD. Esa herramienta contiene datos históricos de más de dos millones de incendios forestales ocurridos en Estados Unidos.
  • Boise State University's interactive wildfires visualization map.
    Local News
    An enhanced database helps predict wildfires
    Researchers from Idaho and Oregon participated in research to improve the Fire Program Analysis Fire Occurrence Database, or FPA-FOD, which contains historical data on more than two million wildfires in the United States. These improvements might be the key to better predicting wildfires in the Northwest.