The article discusses the possibilities of GIS technologies for assessing the spatial and temporal distribution of forest fires in the European part of Russia. An analysis of the variability of data on both forest fires and climate data for the same long-term period and on the same regional scale was performed. General trends and main fire hazards have been identified that will help in the future, in the presence of reliable climate scenarios, to make decisions on prevention strategies and more effective fire management.

Keywords: forest fires, geoinformation systems, analysis, climate, spatial distribution, effective management