Fire weather training sharpens skills, ensures IMET readiness to keep firefighters safe
Fire weather training sharpens skills, ensures IMET readiness to keep firefighters safe
![Photo of IMETs learning how to set up an Incident Remote Automatic Weather Station (IRAWS). IRAWS gather observations useful for fire weather forecasting including wind speed and direction, air temperature, precipitation, relative humidity, solar radiation and fuel moisture. (Image credit: NOAA) Photo of IMETs learning how to set up an Incident Remote Automatic Weather Station (IRAWS). IRAWS gather observations useful for fire weather forecasting including wind speed and direction, air temperature, precipitation, relative humidity, solar radiation and fuel moisture.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/2024-02/PHOTO-IMETs-traiining-Incident-Remote-Automatic-Weather-Station-2023.jpg?h=084177af&itok=vhhecui8)
IMETs learn how to set up an Incident Remote Automatic Weather Station (IRAWS). IRAWS gather observations useful for fire weather forecasting including wind speed and direction, air temperature, precipitation, relative humidity, solar radiation and fuel moisture. (Image credit: NOAA)