Uniting Fire Science and Natural Resource Management
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Our partners at the NC State Southeast Prescribed Fire Update blog have compiled a list of practices that may help support prescribed fire practitioners working during the time of the global COVID-19 outbreak. Check out the post here.
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The Bureau of Land Management Fire and Aviation Directorate issued an “Operations Alert” memo on March 24, 2020 that contains recommendations and guidelines for wildland fire programs during this time of the coronavirus. See the full memo here (pdf) and consider sharing it with your colleagues working in prescribed fire and wildland fire management.
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Planning for the impacts of the novel coronavirus on wildland fire operations has been a hot topic lately. See this guide (NWCG Infectious Disease Guidance for Wildland Fire Incidents) from the NWCG Emergency Medical Committee for recommendations and considerations when planning for wildland fire incident management activities. Remember that this guide:
Continue Reading“…does not supersede the guidance or direction of local health authorities but supplements existing direction from them.”
