The brand new Wildfire Risk to Communities interactive map and data visualization tool provides individuals, communities, leaders, agencies and cooperatives seamless wildfire risk information for all 50 states. The interactive browser-based map data and reports are available at the community, county and state levels. The tool is intended to provide citizens and decision makers with information that can help them to understand wildfire risk based on hazards and vulnerabilities. This information can assist with scenario planning, fuel treatment prioritization and a wide array of fire adapted community related processes. Wildfire mitigation specialists will definitely want to check out this resource.
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Upcoming Special Fire Issue of the Journal Remote Sensing
The open-access MDPI journal Remote Sensing is seeking submissions for an upcoming special issue titled “Fires on Forest Environments”. Manuscript submissions are due October 31, 2020.
From the call for papers:
Dear Colleagues,
The increase frequency and damage that fires cause in natural ecosystem is becoming a global fingerprint of climate change. Recent fires in California, Europe and the Amazon basin are a clear example of the need for accurate monitoring and assessment of conditions of fires and the conditions that can cause then, respectively. In this special issue, we would like to explore the role of fires and its monitoring and assessment via remote sensing technologies. We invite those researchers interested on the topics above to submit their contributions. As climate change becomes more predominant, and ecosystems become more responsive to natural and human induced fires, there is a pressing need to build consensus and knowledge base on fire remote-sensing topics. Therefore, regular, methods and synthesis papers are invited.
Prof. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa
Dr. Joanne Nightingale
Guest Editors
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Fire Lines Wins ANREP Gold Award
SFE’s Fire Lines newsletter received the 2020 Gold Award from the Association of Natural Resource Extension Professionals (ANREP) for best Newsletter or Series of Articles. In 2019, SFE’s Lessons Learned from Hosting Learn-n-Burn Events webinar received the Gold Award for best Televised Conference – Video Conference – Webinar.
Continue Reading2020 Advanced Fire Environment Learning Unit Videos
A series of recorded talks from the Advanced Fire Environment Learning Unit are now posted online. The 2020 series included presentations on updates to FlamMap, Red Flag Warnings and Quantitative Risk Assessments.
Continue ReadingApril Issue of Driptorch Digest
Our partners at the Southeast Prescribed Fire Update have posted a brand new April issue of the Driptorch Digest. The e-newsletter includes regional prescribed fire news, funding opportunities, training resources and research. This issue includes additional curated resources that can provide the prescribed fire community with information that may support making fire management decisions during the COVID-19 global pandemic.
Continue ReadingSpring 2020 WFM RD&A Newsletter
Our partners at the Wildland Fire Management RD&A program recently published a new issue of their program newsletter (pdf). WFM RD&A are known for continuing to develop and host the IFTDSS software package.
Continue Reading4th Cohesive Strategy Workshop Call for Special Sessions
The 4th Annual National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy Workshop will be held in the South in Asheville, North Carolina this fall (October 26-30, 2020). This is will be the first time that the Southern Region has hosted the workshop and the Southern Fire Exchange expects to have a presence at this annual event.
The call for workshop / special session proposals (pdf) is out and proposals are due by June 15, 2020.
Continue ReadingNWCG Fire Environment Poster PMS 439
The NWCG Fire Environment Poster has a great visual summary of the factors that can influence fire behavior. Download the poster, print it, share it and use it as an instructional resource in your next RT-130 Refresher, workshop or class.
Continue ReadingIAWF Smoke Symposium Scholarships
The 3rd International Smoke Symposium (ISS3) is offering registration scholarships to participate in the virtual conference coming up April 20-24th. Check out the announcement and note the applications are due April 10th.
Continue ReadingNew Article: “Solving the Duff Problem”
The latest issue of the Longleaf Leader magazine from our partners at the The Longleaf Alliance features the article “Solving the Duff Problem” written by Southern Fire Exchange staff Laurel Kays and David Godwin. The article highlights recent research and management findings that have helped to improve longleaf survival following reintroduction burns on sites with heavy duff loads. The Southern Fire Exchange has partnered with researchers and managers over the past few years to develop new workshops, field tours, presentations and a fact sheet that focus on addressing duff fire management challenges.
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