In the past few months, many locations in Nebraska have experienced wildfires. The Betty’s Way Fire in the North Platte area impacted 71,000-acres. It is important to continue to share messages and resources to help our residents and communities prepare for wildfires.
Here are just a few resources monitor wildfire risk in Nebraska, air quality and help support your efforts to promote wildfire awareness:
• Nebraska Forest Service Interactive Wildfire Risk Assessment Tool - https://nebraskawildfirerisk.com/
• AirNow.gov (Realtime Air Quality) - https://www.airnow.gov/
• Nebraska Extension:
o Disaster Education – Home, Health & Safety - https://disaster.unl.edu/home-health-and-safety| Wildfires - https://disaster.unl.edu/wildfires
o CropWatch Wildfire Resources for Ag Producers - https://cropwatch.unl.edu/tags/wildfire
o UNL Beef – Fire Resources - https://beef.unl.edu/fire
• Wildfires (Preparedness, Staying Safe During, After a Wildfire) – Ready.gov - https://www.ready.gov/wildfires#resources
• Wildfire Social Media Toolkit – Ready.gov - https://www.ready.gov/wildfire-safety-social-media-toolkit
• Wildfire Outreach – US Fire Administration - https://www.usfa.fema.gov/wui/outreach/
• Wildfires – The Center for Food Security and Public Health, Iowa State University - https://www.prep4agthreats.org/Natural-Disasters/wildfires
Submitted by Soni Cochran, scochran2@unl.edu