Prairie Fire Index

The Prairie Fire Index (GLFI) is an experimental for Germany conflagration - Early Warning System of the German Weather Service . Similar to the forest fire warning levels, it should provide information about the endangerment of a certain area and grant the local fire brigades adequate preparation time. Since grassland catches fire much faster than forest areas, the wildfire warning level (I to V) is usually higher than the forest fire warning. The GLFI is primarily important for agriculture.

See also

• Fire in the Lüneburg Heath

Web links

• current wildfire warnings
• Grassland Fire Index - German Weather Service (accessed March 20, 2020)
• Answer of the Federal Government to the minor question from the MPs Katja Keul, Margarete Bause, Dr. Franziska Brantner, another MP and the parliamentary group BÜNDNIS 90 / DIE GRÜNEN (accessed on March 20, 2020)
• General decree of brushwood incineration (accessed on March 20, 2020)