SEM Mission and Services

SEM was founded in Missoula, MT in 1977 as a nonprofit research and educational organization. Our mission is to help advance understanding of the behavior, effects, management, and role of wildland fire by partnering with fire management agencies to:

perform basic and applied research,

develop research and management tools, and

provide technical transfer through documentation, publications, workshops, conferences, and the web.

While our online tools, downloadable software, and documentation are freely available to all, their intended audience is primarily the community of professional wildland fire managers and planners.