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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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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Fire Jobs Portal provides information about the types of positions BLM Fire has to offer, helpful hints for applying, contact information for local BLM fire managers and links to USAJOBS for current vacancies.
A Wildland Fire Project Coordinator position is available with Colorado State University and the Center for Environmental management of Military Lands (CEMML) to be located in Fort Collins, Colorado. This position will directly support CEMML’s Wildland Fire Program Manager by writing fire management plans and helping to develop and carry out data analyses. This position will require the following...
Funded by the State of Oregon, the College of Forestry at Oregon State University will be conducting research to develop methodologies and collect necessary data to establish fuel pathways for low carbon fuels derived from woody biomass residues from forestry operations. The Department of Wood Science and Engineering at Oregon State University is seeking a full-time postdoctoral researcher to...
The Wood Science and Engineering Department at Oregon State University is seeking a highly motivated MS or PhD student. The successful applicant will develop methods and pathways to convert locally available forest residues into biofuels and value-added products. Knowledge of one or more of the following is required: wood science, chemistry, chemical analysis, or biomass thermochemical conversion...
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FireWorks is a curriculum that allows teachers to teach about fire, fire ecology, and safety while meeting other subject learning needs. The Forest Service did an excellent job developing this. It is based around forest ecosystems, but many of the...
Join a 1 day field trip of the recent Slide Fire in Oak Creek Canyon, Arizona on Friday June 13th. You will see how suppression staff were able to catch spot fires within treatment areas, low intensity burnouts conducted as part of the suppression...
Location: Mojave National Preserve, Conference Room, 2701 Barstow Road, Barstow, California
Sponsors:
California Fire Science Consortium (cafiresci.org)
US Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center
Objectives: 1)...
Instructor: Dr. Thomas Atzet
Location: Deer Creek Center, Selma, OR
Tuition:�$100
Continued disregard for fire as an ecological...
Fire behavior and effects models are frequently used to inform fire and land management decisions despite a lack of testing against field measurements. The Adaptive Management Services Enterprise Team (AMSET, USFS) coordinates a module focused on the...
NOTE: This 5 day training event will be held June 4-8, 2014.
The Big Rivers Forest Fire Management Compact is a partnership between the Missouri Department of Conservation, the Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa Departments of Natural...
Note: This five day training academy will be held June 2-6, 2014.
Registration for the 2014 Wildfire Academy is open!
Course Selections: S-130/190, S-131, S-133, S-200, S-211, S-21`2, S230, S-231, S-234, S-270, S-290, S-...
Presenter: Don Falk, University of Arizona
In this webinar, Dr. Don Falk will review the basic concepts of ecological resilience as it applies to fire-adapted ecosystems in the Southwest. He will discussion how these concepts...
The best time to become Firewise is before the next fire starts.
Registration for the event is FREE and includes all class material, lunch on day 1 and lunch on day 2. The first 20 registrants will receive free Thursday night lodging at the...
NOTE: Training will be held May 24 thru June 4, 2014.
The Yurok Tribe will be hosting this FLN training exchange to�� develop the Tribe�۪s capacity to safely and effectively reintroduce fire onto the...