The Southern Area Burn Boss Refresher RT-300 will be held at the Chattanooga, Convention Center in Chattanooga, TN. Event registration can be found here.
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Call for RX-310/341 and RX-410 Students and Coaches
The Ember Alliance (TEA), Tall Timbers Research Station (TTRS), and The University of Idaho (U of I) are excited to announce our intention to offer online versions of RX-301/341 Prescribed Fire Implementation and Plan Preparation and RX-410 Smoke Management in the Spring of 2022. To increase the accessibility of these courses for both federal agencies and non-federal organizations, we will offer these as self-paced, online courses in February followed by live virtual sessions with regional coaches. To ensure we tailor the course to the needs and timelines of students, to foster an interactive adult learning environment, and exceed NWCG standards we need input from potential students and coaches. Please take the time to fill out the appropriate survey and help us widely circulate this announcement. Thank you for your time and commitment to building a more diverse and inclusive fire management community to get more good fire on the ground.
Potential students please fill out this form to gauge your interest in courses and date range.
Continue ReadingPartner Webinar: NWCG Fire Environment Continuing Education Subcommittee Fall Webinar
Planned Topics:
- Risk Management Assistance – NMAC support (Rick Stratton and Benjamin Gannon)
- National Fire Decision Support Center (Mark Hale/Wes Hall)
- Infrared Products and Use on Wildfires (Zachary Holder and Tom Mellin)
- British Columbia Fire Season (Dana Hicks)
- California (FS R5) Season Synopsis (TBD)
Register with the link below:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2910899178959153422
Continue ReadingRT-300 / Burn Boss Refresher Update
See below for a timely update from the planning team responsible for the upcoming Southern Area RT-300 / Burn Boss Refresher event coming up November 29th – December 2nd in Chattanooga, TN. Registration and more information.
We invite you and your organization to participate in the 2021 Southern Area Interagency Prescribed Fire Training for Burn Bosses and Agency Administrators which will be held November 29 – December 2, 2021 at the Chattanooga Convention Center, Chattanooga TN.
The key word this year is interagency – and that means more than just federal agencies. We are welcoming federal, state, tribes, non-government organizations, academia; really anyone who participates in prescribed burning to attend. Yes, the various agency requirements for certification normally included at RT-300 will be covered but there is so much more to the 2021 event. This year we have curriculum for agency administrators as well as burn bosses. Plus, this event provides an opportunity to share the latest and greatest technology, information, techniques and successes within the prescribed fire community. The event is meant to be a learning experience for all that attend, an opportunity to build relationships, and discuss key issues in prescribed fire, monitoring and ecosystem management and restoration. The workshop is organized conference-style, and all participates will pre-register for a subset of sessions over 3 days.
How can you and your organization participate?
- Register and participate in the training: This training will include multiple sessions covering over 20 topicsincluding monitoring, ecosystem management, firing techniques, risk decision making, working with the public and writing better burn plans. Plan to arrive in Chattanooga on November 29 to sign in. Register Here.
- Display posters about your organization or programs: Use this opportunity to relay your organization’s mission, recruit personnel or share your accomplishments. Posters will be displayed throughout the convention center and will not be staffed.
- Informational Poster: Agencies and organizations, please take this opportunity to brag about your program and accomplishments. Your agency or group may be sponsoring a contest for the best poster submission!
- Research Poster: We don’t want you to create a new poster, but rather reuse posters you have created for other meetings or conferences and share them with a new audience. You do not need to attend to share your poster.
Contact Beth Buchanan at beth.buchanan@usda.gov for more information on poster displays. Sorry, your material cannot be returned but we may redisplay it at future events.
- Information Tables and Technology Room Booths: We are hosting information tables and a technology room where you can interact with attendees throughout the event.
- Information tables with brochures, displays or handouts will be located throughout the center and students can visit during breaks and lunch.
- The Technology Room will be a session that participants can enroll in allowing them several hours dedicated to learning about the latest technologies of their choice. If you have tools or software that would best be explained in an individual or small-group session, please sign up to demo in the Tech Room.
Contact George Custer at ghcuster@gmail.com if you have questions about booths. George can help determine the best use of your information at a Tech Room booth or information table.
To contribute a poster please go to this link Posters
To provide an information booth use this link Information Booth
And if you’d like to join the Tech Room, use this link Tech Room
We look forward to having representation from all the organizations, agencies, partners and researchers who support prescribed fire in the southern area!
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NWCG Mental Health Subcommittee Summer 2021 Newsletter
Maintaining resilience can be challenging in the best of times, and the current circumstances can make it even more difficult. While these tips and strategies are offered as a way to improve well-being and resilience, if you find that they are not enough, seek social support, mentoring, or counseling.
Continue ReadingNWCG Week of Remembrance
Today is the eighth anniversary of a single shift on the Yarnell Hill Fire that took the lives of 19 firefighters. NWCG uses this solemn day to remember that instance and begin a week of reflection to honor all our sisters and brothers who have perished in the line of duty. Each day of the Week of Remembrance builds upon the previous day.
Continue ReadingNWCG Guide to Fire Weather Forecasts
The NWCG Guide to Fire Weather Forecasts, PMS 425, is for firefighters at all experience levels and for early- to mid-career fire weather meteorologists to guide them on the field expectations of their forecasts. Furthermore, it establishes mandatory and optional fire weather forecast variables for Incident Fire Weather Forecasts as produced by Incident Meteorologists (IMETs).
The content of Fire Weather, PMS 425-1, is now available for reference electronically. This guide, originally published in 1970, gives detailed information on fire weather and meteorological processes.
Continue ReadingRX-410: Smoke Management Techniques
This course leads students through the ecological and historical role of fire, characteristics of smoke and the health, safety and visibility impacts of smoke. Other topics include public relations, legal requirements, meteorology, fuel consumption, smoke production dispersion, and operational smoke management strategies. This course is designed to be interactive in nature. It contains a panel discussion, several exercises designed to facilitate group and class participation and case studies from a variety of fuel types and political challenges. The Pre course work assignment is designed to familiarize students with the NWCG Smoke Management Guide for Prescribed Fire, PMS 420-2, and air quality regulations that impact prescribed fire programs.
This online version of RX-410 has been produced by an interagency group of smoke professionals.
Full information and registration here.
Continue ReadingRX-341/301 Prescribed Fire Preparation & Implementation
Objectives
- Describe prescribed fire planning policies and guidelines.
- Identify & describe the processes involved in preparing a prescribed fire plan.
- Develop, defend, & review a prescribed fire burn plan for technical accuracy.
NWCG FCESC 2021 Spring Refresher Webinar Recordings
The videos from the Fire Environment Continuing Education Subcommittee (FCESC) Spring Refresher Webinar are now available on the Committee website.
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