National Fire Danger Rating System (NFDRS) is used in the United States to provide a measure of the relative seriousness of burning conditions and threat of fire.
Read more about National Fire Danger Rating System: Background, Basic Assumption, Types of Fires, NFDRS Structure, Preparedness Classes (or Adjective Rating), The Outputs, Fire Danger Maps
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