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The fire behavior topic page contains resources and activities related to the study and management of the direction, spread and intensity of wildland fire.
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Wildland Fire Library (firelibrary.org)
The Wildland Fire Library (firelibrary.org) is a collection of long-term assessments, fire progressions, fire behavior reports, and other documents and resources to support fire modeling and assessment of long-duration fires. Each file is tied to some event with a location, a start date, and background information. This site is operated by Rick Stratton and Jim Edmonds of the USFS National Office.
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Colorado Forest Collaboratives is now offering Professional Development Scholarships to attend the Colorado Wildland Fire Conference and the Cross-Boundary Landscape Restoration Workshop. Flexible funding to Remove Barriers to Attendance! Some scholarships are available for members of Colorado forest collaboratives to attend the Colorado Wildland Fire Conference (application here), and support to...
The Department of Wildland Resources (WILD) in the S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources at Utah State University seeks applicants for an Assistant Professor of Wildland Fire. The role statement for the position consists of 80% extension, 10% teaching, and 10% service, and will be based in Logan, Utah on the USU campus, with an anticipated (but negotiable) start date of July...
The Desert Research Institute (DRI) is seeking to fill multiple fire research positions. Postdoctoral Researcher or Assistant Research Professor, Fire Process ModelingThe DRI Division of Atmospheric Sciences is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (Postdoc) or an Assistant Research Professor to help initiate a research program on wildland fire process modeling connected to existing and upcoming...
The Ember Alliance is a national organization of fire practitioners, researchers, analysts, and instructors dedicated to increasing the pace and scale of prescribed fire and planning. The Ember Alliance is dedicated to supporting fire as a natural process in fire-adapted ecosystems on a landscape scale to improve ecosystem function and health and increase wildfire resilience. The successful...
The Suffolk County Water Authority (SCWA) on behalf of the Central Pine Barrens Commission is seeking an Ecologist who will undertake responsibility for the planning and implementation of ecological management activities in the Central Pine Barrens. This employee will work under the supervision of the Science and Stewardship Manager.
The Natural Resources Management and Environmental Sciences Department (NRES) in the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, is seeking a full-time academic year, tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor in Wildland Fire Management starting September 14, 2023. Candidates with industry or other professional experience...
Under limited supervision, this position provides a department-wide approach to diverse, complex, and interrelated wildland fire coordination and resilience needs at a professional level. The position coordinates the department’s approach to wildland fire that supports all chartered land uses and open space purposes, works across multiple programs and divisions within the department, as well as...
As a lasting contribution to the fire ecology and management community, the Wayne Harrison Memorial Scholarship supports academic and professional growth of students through funding research, management, or education projects related to wildland fire science. Scholarships up to $2,500 are awarded annually, with applications due March 31 and awarded by May 31 each year. The number of scholarships...
The federal Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission held its first in-person meeting September 14 through 15 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The 50-member commission developed a strategy to address the full suite of issues as required by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law through topical workgroups. Workgroups are charged with exploring a topic, preparing policy recommendations...
Cal Poly Humboldt, the Department of Forestry, Fire, and Rangeland Management, and the Fire Resilience Institute invites applications for an academic year tenure-track faculty position in Applied Fire Science and Management (starting August 2023). Cal Poly Humboldt is home to the largest undergraduate Forestry and Fire programs in California. The program prides itself on a strong tradition of...
With this Dear Colleague Letter, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is calling for planning proposals focused on catalyzing innovative and inclusive wildland fire science through collaboration among diverse stakeholders and rights holders. A planning proposal is a type of proposal used to support initial conceptualization, planning and collaboration activities that aim to formulate new and...
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Educational Programs
The St. Petersburg conference program will feature keynote addresses, numerous plenary, concurrent, and poster presentations, and educational and training workshop opportunities. The Call for Papers is now...
Steve “Torch” Miller will share some of the lessons he has learned and the strategies and techniques used by District staff to get their neighbors in the WUI to say 'thank you' for burning their backyard.
Planning and executing any prescribed...
Presenter: Ruddy Mell, USFS Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Lab
This webinar gives an overview of the current state, limitations, and future developments in wildland and wildland-urban interface fire behavior models.
No advanced...
The Big Rivers Forest Fire Management Compact is a partnership between the Missouri Department of Conservation, the Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa Departments of Natural Resources, and the USDA Forest Service's Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry...
Conference highlights include: timber tax workshop, latest developments in forest management products and services, cutting edge forest management practices, federal and state legislative update, certification of privately owned forests, and access to...
Theme of workshop 8: Using our knowledge of past fire regimes, current landscape conditions and lessons learned to manage for more-resilient landscapes with public support
The SBR FLN will meet at Unicoi State Park in Georgia....
Presenters: Nicole Vaillant and Erin Noonan-Wright, USFS-WWETAC and USFS-Wildland Fire Management RDA
Longevity of fuel treatment effectiveness to alter potential fire behavior is a critical question for managers preparing plans for fuel...
Presenter: Sandra Haire, University of Massachusetts
Determining the effects of land management on fire regime characteristics is complicated by the interaction of several factors that vary in space and time. First, fire size and frequency are...
Dr. Matt Reeves will present a webinar on a satellite based fuel updating protocol for estimating surface Fire Behavior Fuel Models for U.S. rangelands. Current fire behavior and decision support systems such as Wildand Fire Decision Support System (...
Presenter: Dr. Morgan Varner, Assistant Professor of Forestry at Mississippi State University
Dr. Morgan Varner will present results from laboratory burning and drying experiments in this Oak Woodlands & Forests Fire Science Consortium...