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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SFE Webinar: Increasing Large Wildfires in the Eastern United States
A free one-hour webinar from the University of Florida IFAS and the Southern Fire Exchange.
Society of American Foresters CFE Credit Expected.
Presenter:
Victoria M Donovan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Forest Management, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, University of Florida IFAS | West Florida Research and Education Center
Webinar Description: This webinar provides an overview of changing large wildfire regimes in the eastern U.S., highlighting increasing wildfire number, size, and total area burned within regions of the southeast. In addition, the presentation will discuss how changing wildfire dynamics impact public wildfire risk in the wildland-urban interface. This presentation will summarize the findings from a recent publication (https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL107051). Following the presentation, there will be time for audience Q/A with the speaker.
Webinar Recording: If you can’t make the webinar, look for the recording to be posted on the Southern Fire Exchange YouTube Webinar Archive.
Questions? [email protected]
Register for the webinar here: https://ufl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5Jldn-K4SCOJmgTaUP-yBQ
Continue ReadingSFE Webinar: Emerging Technologies in Wildland Fire
Society of American Foresters CFE Credit Expected.
Presenter:
Nathan Burmester, The Nature Conservancy of North Carolina
Webinar Description: Navigating the rapid advancements in technology can be challenging, especially for those immersed in the daily demands on the fireline. Join Nathan Burmester, representing TNC North Carolina, for a concise exploration of cutting-edge technologies employed by prescribed fire managers. Additionally, discover innovative applications of older technologies that are reshaping the landscape of fire management practices. Following the presentation there will be time for audience Q/A with the speaker.
Webinar Recording: If you can’t make the webinar, look for the recording to be posted on the Southern Fire Exchange YouTube Webinar Archive.
Questions? [email protected]
SFE Webinars: Overview of the US National Fire Danger Rating System Version 4.0 (2016) & Herbert Stoddard & the Origins of Ecosystem Management
Southern Fire Exchange has two webinars now open for registration:
January 1, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Overview of the US National Fire Danger Rating System Version 4.0 (2016): Lessons learned from the Southeast US implementation
January 27, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Herbert Stoddard and the Origins of Ecosystem Management
Continue ReadingNew Technology Seeks to Identify Buildings Damaged by Wildfire
People around the world are suffering from the nerve-wracking anxiety of waiting weeks or months to find out if a home has been damaged by an intensifying wildfire. Now that the smoke disappears for aerial photography, researchers have found a way to identify damage to the building within minutes.
Through a system they call Damage Map, a team at Stanford University and California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) has brought an artificial intelligence approach to building evaluation. Instead of comparing the previous and next photos Machine learning Depends only on post-fire images.
Continue ReadingSFE Video: Measuring Fire Radiation
The latest SFE Southern Fire Science video features Matt Dickinson, Ph.D. an ecologist with the US Forest Service Northern Research Station in Delaware, Ohio. Matt works to help us understand the relationships between natural fuels, fire behavior, and fire effects. In this video Matt talks about his project measuring near-surface fire radiation at the 2017 multinational Prescribed Fire Science Consortium event held at Tall Timbers Research Station and Pebble Hill Plantation in North Florida and South Georgia.
Continue ReadingApps for Tracking Air Quality During Wildfire Season.
A recent CNBC article covered some of the apps available to help track air pollution and air quality as wildfires cause widespread impacts across the globe. Options discussed include QAir’s AirVisual, Air Care, Breezometer, and others run by government agencies.
Continue ReadingFire Tools and Tech in the News
As the Western wildfire season intensifies, a number of news stories have recently covered how innovative tools and technologies are assisting efforts/
How drones are fighting fire with fire in the American West (The Hill)
New technology propels efforts to fight Western wildfires (Raleigh News & Observer)
This flying fire sensor could help track wildfires from a satellite in space (Space)
Continue ReadingNew Aerial Firefighting Technology
Skies Magazine latest issue includes a list of new developments in aerial firefighting technology.
Continue ReadingSatellite Observations and Tools for Fire Risk, Detection, and Analysis
Fires are a growing concern, especially in regions with longer fire seasons, expanded wildland/urban interfaces, and severe and frequent droughts. Anthropogenic fires are commonly used to clear grassland and agricultural land prior to the planting season, and forests are often cleared using fires so the land can be repurposed for other uses. Whether naturally-occurring or anthropogenic, fires produce a significant change in the structure and reflectance of vegetation and soil properties and atmospheric chemistry. Remote sensing can be used to monitor pre-, during-, and post-fire conditions; including weather and climate conditions, fuel characterization, fire risk, smoke detection, monitoring, and forecasting, fire behavior, and the post-fire landscape. This 6-part, intermediate training will provide lectures and case studies focused on the use of Earth observations for operational fire monitoring: pre-, during-, and post-event.
More information and registration here.
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