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The Prescribed Fire Training Center (PFTC) is a unique program blending maximum field prescribed burning experience with a flexible curriculum of classroom instruction on foundational…
click to continue reading ExpandThe Prescribed Fire Training Center (PFTC) is a unique program blending maximum field prescribed burning experience with a flexible curriculum of classroom instruction on foundational topics for prescribed fire practitioners. Participants will have the opportunity to complete portions of their National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) approved prescribed fire task books under the guidance of invited training specialists.
The Midwest Wildfire Training Academy (MWTA) is held in Jefferson City, Missouri each June. Emergency responders and wildland firefighters can focus on developing the practical…
click to continue reading ExpandThe Midwest Wildfire Training Academy (MWTA) is held in Jefferson City, Missouri each June. Emergency responders and wildland firefighters can focus on developing the practical skills training they need in their professions.
Monitoring your management treatments, including fire, is important. Monitoring helps you to understand if your treatments have allowed you to reach your goals. Unfortunately, monitoring…
click to continue reading ExpandMonitoring your management treatments, including fire, is important. Monitoring helps you to understand if your treatments have allowed you to reach your goals. Unfortunately, monitoring is often a low priority in the fire world. Fire effects monitoring can be as simple as photopoints (taking pictures from a fixed location at key times and comparing them to see your progress). NRCS and other extension organizations have guidelines for landowners that have easy to use methods lined out such as step point counts or biomass rulers. Folks working with agencies or organizations might opt to develop a more rigorous type of monitoring plan that includes species composition measurements. This type of monitoring requires the use of a database for storing and analyzing data.
FFI (Feat FireMon Integrated) is a free database system designed specifically for fire effects monitoring. The database is built on the monitoring protocols for the National Park Service and Forest Service, but has some flexibility. It stores vegetation data as well as fuels data, fire history, fire behavior, and much more. For the spatially adept, FFI can even interface with Arc Map to help you determine sampling locations and frequency. FFI will store pathways to your monitoring photos as well.
There are training courses around the country if you want to give it a try. There’s one coming up in the Southern Region: Southern Area Advanced Fire Academy, June 10-13. The class includes two days in the field learning field sampling methods and two days in the classroom learning FFI. You can attend the field, classroom or both sessions. The class is free if you work for an academy “partner”.
Southern Area Advanced Fire and Aviation Academy >
FFI: Ecological Monitoring Utilities >
Google Groups >
The University of Idaho now offers 14 online courses in Fire Ecology and Management, including many graduate courses. Students can complete a Masters of Natural…
click to continue reading ExpandThe University of Idaho now offers 14 online courses in Fire Ecology and Management, including many graduate courses. Students can complete a Masters of Natural Resources (MNR) with an emphasis in Fire Ecology, entirely online. The MNR program is for designed for working professionals. It is course-based, requiring 30 credits and a professional project.
The Prairie Project has transferred from a K-12 educational website to a central location for all information regarding the prairie ecosystem. Visit The Prairie Project…
click to continue reading ExpandThe Prairie Project has transferred from a K-12 educational website to a central location for all information regarding the prairie ecosystem.
FireWorks is an educational program about the science of wildland fire, designed for students in grades 1-10. The program consists of a curriculum and a…
click to continue reading ExpandFireWorks is an educational program about the science of wildland fire, designed for students in grades 1-10. The program consists of a curriculum and a trunk of materials, including laboratory equipment, specimens, CDs, books, and kits of specialized materials for teachers. Content focuses on the physical science of fire behavior, human influences on fire, and fire ecology in the northern Rocky Mountains and North Cascades.
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