Fire is Central Webinar
2024-11-07 09:30 - 11:00 (America/Chicago)
Registration Link

SW Fire Ecology Conference
2024-11-18 - 2024-11-22 | La Fonda on the Plaza, Santa Fa, NM, United States

Fire Field Day
2024-12-03 08:00 - 17:00 | Texas A&M AgriLife Research & Extension Center, San Angelo, TX, United States
Join us for a Fire Field Day that will qualify for the in-person prescribed burn field day for the Texas Department of Agriculture Certified and Insured Prescribed Burn Manager license program.

Wear proper protective equipment and bring water (leather gloves, hat, long-sleeve cotton shirt, denim jeans no frayed edges, leather boots).
All field days are contingent upon desirable/within prescription fire weather forecasts and are subject to rescheduling due to undesirable weather conditions.
The order of prescribed burn and exam will depend on the burn day forecast with details to be relayed to registered participants as the weather forecast is finalized.

Community Wildfire Mitigation Best Practices Training
2024-12-03 08:00 - 2024-12-05 17:00 | Georgetown, TX, United States

National Grazing Lands Coalition
2024-12-04 - 2024-12-06 | Tucson, Arizona
“GRAZING LANDS MAKE UP MORE THAN A QUARTER OF ALL PRIVATE LAND ACRES IN THE UNITED STATES AND MORE THAN 22,000 PUBLIC LAND RANCHERS MAINTAIN 250 MILLION ACRES OF U.S. PUBLIC LANDS.”

NE Prescribed Fire Conference
2024-12-04 08:00 - 17:00 | Kearney, NE

64th Annual WY Rural Fire Meeting
2024-12-04 08:00 - 2024-12-06 17:00 | Casper, WY
2024 Rural Fire Meeting Tri-Fold Brochure

ACES Conference
2024-12-09 08:00 - 2024-12-12 17:00 | Austin, TX, Austin, TX, United States

Expanding Training to Build the Prescribed Fire Workforce
2024-12-11 11:00 - 12:00

Prescribed Fire and Wetlands: an Important but Rarely Told Story Webinar
2024-12-12 10:00 - 12:00
Zoom Link

Wetlands are the forgotten sibling of the prescribed fire world. While upland ecosystems across the Eastern U.S. have received significant attention for their fire-dependency, wetlands—characterized by their more episodic encounters with fire—rarely receive equitable fire management investments. Fire managers face unique challenges in these environments, where hydric soils, muck, and dense vegetation can prolong smoke production, encourage smoldering, and hinder vehicle access. As a result, fire-dependent wetlands nationwide have suffered, leading to declines in numerous plant and animal species. In this Fueling Collaboration panel discussion, we will explore the role of fire in various wetland ecosystems and examine the challenges and opportunities associated with its use. Join us as we hear from scientists, land managers, and biologists working in pocosins, marshes, swamps, bogs, and isolated wetlands.

SD Private Land Prescribed Fire Forum
2024-12-18 08:00 - 17:00 | Cedar Shores Resort, Chamberlain, SD, United States
SAVE the DATE_ SD Private Land Prescribed Fire Forum

KS Prescribed Fire Equipment & Tech Field day
2025-01-08 11:30 - 15:30

PFTC Interagency Burn Plan Workshop
2025-01-13 08:00 - 2025-01-17 17:00
Workshop Link
Summary: This workshop will provide an opportunity to improve and refine burn plans. Through content delivery, practical exercise, small group activity; participants will write new or edit existing burn plans building on principles discussed. This will provide continuing education on burn plan preparation to improve collective understanding of prescribed fire plans, regardless of agency. Participants will receive credit for RT-300.

Potential benefits and objectives for participants:

Opportunity to learn & work in a focused environment, free from distractions of the day job,
Acquire new skills, address specific challenges, or explore unique topics,
Access to Subject Matter Expert (SME) – help with fire behavior modeling and writing,
Collaboration and networking with peers, including
Examples of good burn plans that can be used as templates,
Latest policy direction (NWCG and agency specific),
Tech review support (as time allows),
Practical knowledge and opportunity for participants to apply what they’ve learned

Intended Audience:

Interagency participants

(NGO, state, private, municipal, tribal, federal)
NWCG qualifications are NOT a pre-requisite for this course.

Burn Boss trainees
Newly qualified Burn Bosses
Burn plan writers
Line officers (Agency Administrators)
Fuels Technicians, Fuels Specialists, and Fire Management Officers

Timeline:

Outreach and application: October 15 – November 12th @ 1100 PM Mountain time
Selection: Notifications by November 20th
Workshop dates: January 13th-17th, 2025

Where: Multi-hub synchronous delivery with in-person gatherings at each Hub:

California: Redding, CA
Intermountain area: Boise, ID
Rocky Mountain area: Fort Collins, CO
Eastern area: Marquette, MI

To apply:
Please submit a nomination via the Learning Portal (link below),

Course application: Burn Plan Workshop 2025 – Application – or scan link below
This process should take less than 5 minutes.

For questions, please email us at SM.FS.PFTC@usda.gov
Nominations will be approved no later than November 19th

NE Prescribed Fire Workshop- In Person
2025-01-15 09:00 - 15:00 | Jubilee Events and Catering

Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference
2025-01-19 08:00 - 2025-01-22 17:00 | St. Louis, MO, St. Louis, MO, United States

NE Prescribed Fire Workshop- In Person
2025-01-21 09:00 - 15:00 | Ericson Fire Hall

NE Prescribed Fire Workshop- In Person
2025-01-22 09:00 - 15:00 | Elwood Legion Hall

NE Prescribed Fire Workshop- In Person
2025-01-28 09:00 - 15:00 | Holt County Extension

NE Prescribed Fire Workshop- In Person
2025-01-29 09:00 - 15:00 | Upper Loup NRD

NE Prescribed Fire Workshop- In Person
2025-01-30 09:00 - 15:00 | Wauneta Community Building

Clearing the Air: How EPA looks at smoke impacts attributable to ecological wildland prescribed burning
2025-01-30 10:30 - 13:00
For over a decade, EPA Region 7 has been working with stakeholders to protect our communities and reduce smoke emissions from prescribed fires on our native wildland prairies. EPA recognizes that fire is part of a natural renewal process and essential for sustaining the tall grass prairies, but burning millions of acres during the spring in a compressed time period can send unhealthy levels of smoke emissions into downwind communities. EPA’s Exceptional Event Rule can provide Air Agency’s with regulatory relief if smoke emissions causing air quality violations are out of the State’s (or Tribes) reasonable control. Join us to hear Gina Grier, EPA region 7, explain the basics of the Exceptional Events Rule and actions that can be taken to minimize smoke emissions and protect public health.

NE Prescribed Fire Workshop- In Person
2025-02-04 09:00 - 15:00 | North Platte NRD

NE Prescribed Fire Workshop- In Person
2025-02-05 08:00 - 17:00 | NE Extension in Lancaster Co

Converge Virtual Forums
2025-02-05 13:00 - 14:00
This session will focus on encouraging communication, coordination, and collaboration among researchers and research teams.

Registration and info link:
CONVERGE Virtual Forum – 2025 Southern California Wildfires, Session 2

Ignition Operations
2025-02-11 08:00 - 2025-02-13 17:00
2025 S-219

11th Native Prairie Restoration/Reclamation Workshop
2025-02-12 08:00 - 2025-02-13 17:00
Website link

NE Prescribed Fire Workshop- Online Workshop
2025-02-12 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-02-18 13:00 - 15:00

MPFC Spring Exec Committee Meeting
2025-02-19 13:00 - 15:00 | Margaritaville Tan-Tar-A Estates, 490 Tan Tar a Dr, Osage Beach, MO, United States
MPFC DRAFT Articles of Incorporation

MPFC_Business_Meeting_Agenda_2-19-25

Central Grasslands REC Prescribed Burn Workshop- ND
2025-02-25 09:30 - 16:00
Topics

General introductions to the logistics of implementing prescribed fire
The role of the North Dakota Prescribed Fire Cooperative
How fire promotes floral expression
Impacts of patch burn grazing on grassland birds
How fire can improve livestock performance and forage nutritional value
Optimizing fire return interval and time of year for prescribed burning
How burning can improve a plant community
Rancher perspectives: implementing prescribed burns in a livestock operation
Building and sustaining a ‘Burning Culture’ in the Dakotas
