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Wildfire Safety Evaluator

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Borger’s prescribed burning success: A shield against Texas Panhandle wildfires

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Learn how Borger, Texas used prescribed burning, local partnerships, and strong planning to protect homes from wildfire. This free factsheet offers a proven roadmap for building fire-ready communities.
Wildfires in 2024 tested every fire line in the Panhandle. In Borger, they held.
This factsheet tells the story of how one town took control of its wildfire risk and how you can do the same.
If you’re looking to create a local fire plan or strengthen your current one, this real-world success story is the place to start.
What You’ll Learn:
  • How Borger used prescribed burning to reduce wildfire hazards in Borger, Texas
  • How Borger’s strategies protected homes and neighborhoods during the 2024 wildfires
  • The ways Borger is working with TxDOT on statewide wildfire mitigation efforts
  • Ways to engage landowners, VFDs, and local officials in your fire protection plan

App RxBurnTracker

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Wildfire Preparation Checklist

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Management after Wildfire

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Wildfires in Oklahoma

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Wildfire: Preparing the Ranch and Farm

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My Personal Wildland Fire Action Plan

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Ready Set Go – Wildland Fire Action Plan

Embers of Insight: “Prescribed Fire: By Ranchers, For Ranchers”

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Canadian prairie land managers have traditionally used prescribed fire to manage aspen encroachment, manage grazing animal distribution, reduce fire hazards, keep shrubs at bay, and control invasive weeds. Concerns around liability and safety have made it difficult for new practitioners to take up the practice.

This webinar is designed for ranchers, pasture managers, and land managers interested in utilizing prescribed fire on their land. – The webinar features insights from: Dale Gross, Ecologist with Saskatchewan Parks, on the effects of prescribed fire and how to obtain burn permits. Ken Morrice and Zane Fredbjornson from the Association of Manitoba Community Pastures (AMCP), who share their experience using fire on AMCP-managed lands. Sam Morrison, Pasture Manager for Aberdeen Pasture, who discusses his experience implementing prescribed fire in collaboration with the Canadian Prairies Prescribed Fire Exchange (CPPFE), including the discussions leading up to the burn. Roy Vera-Velez, the CPPFE’s prescribed fire science coordinator, concludes the webinar with a brief overview of post-fire monitoring and how CPPFE partners with land managers to promote the use of prescribed fire across the Prairies.

 

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Embers of Insight: Devan McGranahan

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“Patch-burn grazing 2.0: Benefits of prescribed fire for livestock production in the Northern Great Plains”

 

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