The recording of our February 29th webinar “Emerging Technologies in Wildland Fire” with Nathan Burmester from The Nature Conservancy North Carolina, is now on the SFE YouTube Channel. The webinar covered topics ranging from UAS (drones) to weather stations and thermal cameras. The chat was alive with tons of links to resources and products mentioned in the presentation. You can find all of those links in the notes on the YouTube recording.
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Webinar Recording: UAS / Drones for Prescribed Fire Ignitions
The November 2022 Southern Fire Exchange webinar “UAS / Drones for Prescribed Fire Ignitions” featured a presentation by Brett Lawrence from RAVEN Environmental in Texas. The webinar discussed lessons and opportunities for using drones or UAS for igniting prescribed fires in the southeastern US. Brett shares examples from burning in east Texas and western Louisiana. You can find this webinar and more on our Southern Fire Exchange YouTube Channel.
Related links from the webinar:
Publication Preprint: The impact of UAS aerial ignition on prescribed fire: a case study in multiple ecoregions of Texas and Louisiana https://www.researchsquare.com/articl…
SFE Webinar from 2016: Development of a Micro-UAV for Prescribed Fire Ignition: https://youtu.be/rb4Th9WbHFo
RAVEN Environmental Services: https://ravenenvironmental.com
RAVEN Environmental Services YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIPp…
RAVEN Environmental Services Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rravenenvir…
Drone Amplified: https://droneamplified.com
Continue ReadingRegister for the upcoming SFE Webinar: UAS / Drones for Prescribed Fire Ignitions
Drones are rapidly changing how we manage natural resources. Join us for our next SFE Webinar on Thursday, November 3 from 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET with Mr. Brett Lawrence from RAVEN Environmental Services. Mr. Lawrence will be talking about how their private prescribed burning program has integrated UAS into their ignition practices. He’ll be discussing how UAS (drones) have changed their prescribed burning program, what they have learned along the way, and challenges that have emerged. Register for the Zoom Webinar. Questions? [email protected]
Continue ReadingSFE Webinar: UAS / Drones for Prescribed Fire Ignitions
Society of American Foresters CFE Credit Expected.
Presenter:
Brett Lawrence, Project Manager – Drone and GIS Services, Raven Environmental Services
Webinar Description: This webinar will share how the incorporation of UAS aerial ignition into a private prescribed burning program impacted operations between 2019 and 2021. The speaker will share some insights into how using UAS changed burn planning and how it mitigated challenges relating to fire operations. The presentation will include the quantitative impacts of using the UAS, as well as case studies from some specific prescribed burns. Finally, the speaker will share limiting factors that they continue to encounter when using the UAS on burns. Following the presentations there will be time for audience Q/A with the speaker.