Southwest U.S. NFDRS Charts
Updated: 12-09-2025
The charts below depict realtime and forecasted values of two standard fire danger indices part of the National Fire Danger Rating System: Energy Release Component and Burning Index. Charts are updated each evening using NFDRS data from the Fire Environment Management System and plotted against climatological information generated for each Southwest Predictive Service Area by FireFamily+ (2012-2022 reference period). (Archived plots from past years can be found at: SW NFDRS Archive.)
Energy Release Component (Fuel Model Y)
