The European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) supports the services in charge of the protection of forests against fires in the EU countries and provides the European Commission services and the European Parliament with updated and reliable information on wildland fires in Europe.

A number of specific applications are available through EFFIS: 

	CURRENT SITUATION The most up to date information on the current fire season in Europe and in the Mediterranean area. This includes today meteorological fire danger maps and forecast up to 6 days, daily updated maps of hot spots and fire perimeters.
	FIRE HISTORY Build customized maps of historical fire incidence querying the European Fire Database on number of fires, burned area and average fire size of selected years.
	FIRE NEWS A selection of news from the press on wildland fires in Europe updated daily by the EFFIS team. News can be browsed for specific countries selected by the user from the news map.