The fire danger forecast module of EFFIS generates daily maps of 1 to 6 days projected fire danger level in EU using weather forecast data. The module is active from 1st of March to 31st of October and is fed with meteorological forecasted data received daily from French and German meteorological services (Meteo-France and DWD).

After a test phase of 5 years, during which different fire danger methods have been implemented in parallel, in 2007 the EFFIS network has finally adopted the Fire Weather Index (FWI) developed in Canada as the method to assess the fire danger level in a harmonized way throughout Europe.

Fire danger is mapped in 5 classes (very low, low, medium, high, and very high) with a spatial resolution of about 45 km (MF data) and 36 km (DWD data). The fire danger classes are the same for all countries and maps show a harmonized picture of the spatial distribution of fire danger level throughout EU.

In addition to standardized fire danger classes, EFFIS offers maps of FWI anomalies and absolute ranking, which are based on the comparison of the daily fire danger level with the last 50 years of daily FWI values which have been recalculated using the ECMWF ERA40 dataset.

The maps of forecasted fire danger level can be consulted through the web mapping interface of EFFIS and are also emailed daily to the users.

In addition to the current and forecasted daily fire danger level, maps of past days or averages for a given period can also be generated, specifying a time interval of interest.