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The fuels topic page contains resources related to the study of fuels, including, but not limited to, fuel categories, fuel properties, fuel moisture, plant flammability, fuel availability, and fuel consumption.
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Standard fire behavior fuel models (RMRS-GTR-153)
This report describes the standard fire behavior fuel models for use with Rothermel's surface fire spread model. The report provides a fuel model selection guide, fuel model crosswalk, and set of fuel model photos are provided. Additional materials include the NewFuelModelsFour.xls, its help file, and a power point presentation.
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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 Supervisory Wildland Firefighter (Assistant Module Lead) position is available with the Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands (CEMML). The incumbent will be an Assistant Module Lead of a six to eight-person Interagency Wildland Fire Support Module (WSM) for the U.S. Air Force Wildland Fire Branch. WSM is responsible for executing prescribed fire projects, mechanical fuel...
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...
The Prescribed Fire Planner will work with WDFW staff and external agencies and groups for the development of prescribed fire planning, prioritization, coordination, and implementation of prescribed (Rx) burn projects for fire-dependent dry forest ecosystems located on WDFW wildlife lands. It will provide the senior level leadership for all fuels and fire effects modeling, planning,...
The Prescribed Fire Program Operations Manager will provide senior level leadership for all operational functions of the Prescribed Fire division and ensure program staff have the tools, training, and skills to implement prescribe fire treatments in a variety of different fuel models across Washington State. It will develop prescribed fire planning, prioritization, coordination, and...
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...
The new Fuels Data app, created by the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, has launched and is available at the App Store and Google Play. The app allows users to collect plot-level fuels data for burn planning and fire effects monitoring. Developers intend to use collected data to train AI technology in the future to estimate fuel loading from photos. If you are interested in learning...
The Association for Fire Ecology (AFE) is hosting the 10th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress.
This event will include workshops, field trips, and 3 full days of presentations...
(INFORMAL) Office Hours with The Nature Conservancy's LANDFIRE Team
The Office Hour Series continues in 2023. Once again, the series will feature top LANDFIRE users, behind-the-scenes experts, and LANDFIRE pioneers and innovators on this once-a-...
Women make up only 10% of the wildland firefighting community. The National Interagency Prescribed Fire Training Center (NIPFTC) aims to use prescribed fire as a catalyst to bring women together...
The National Interagency Prescribed Fire Training Center (NIPFTC) Mixed Module 20-Day Session is a program designed to give individuals an opportunity to increase their prescribed fire...
Agency Administrators and Line Officers are being tasked to aggressively implement fuels management programs. This consists of gaining additional skills to effectively manage evolving fuels management plans that may need to meet a variety of objectives...
Women make up only 10% of the wildland firefighting community. The National Interagency Prescribed Fire Training Center (NIPFTC) aims to use prescribed fire as a catalyst to bring women together...
The National Interagency Prescribed Fire Training Center (NIPFTC) Mixed Module 20-Day Session is a program designed to give individuals an opportunity to increase their prescribed fire...
Women make up only 10% of the wildland firefighting community. The National Interagency Prescribed Fire Training Center (NIPFTC) aims to use prescribed fire as a catalyst to bring women together...
The National Interagency Prescribed Fire Training Center (NIPFTC) Mixed Module 20-Day Session is a program designed to give individuals an opportunity to increase their prescribed fire...
The National Interagency Prescribed Fire Training Center (NIPFTC) Mixed Module 20-Day Session is a program designed to give individuals an opportunity to increase their prescribed fire...
Heather Heward of the University of Idaho and the Idaho Prescribed Fire Council will lead the workshop:
- Learn how to use the Photoload method to measure fuel loading
- Use the FuelsData app to streamline data collection and reporting...
SCIENCEx experimental forests and ranges week explores the largest and longest-lived ecological research network in the nation. Scientists will discuss the benefits of these forests, ranges, and watersheds for long-term or experimental research on ...
Land manager-focused session, hosted by the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station.
Join us for a live virtual session focused on prioritizing landscape treatments. Our presenters will share an overall framework, analysis...
In a nutshell: Come learn more about how to use LANDFIRE. We'll use the 2022 Cook's Fire as a case study.
Presenters: Tobin Smail, LANDFIRE Next Gen Fuels Lead, USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station Fire Modeling Institute; and Charley Martin,...
The 2023 Winter Meeting, hosted by Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, will feature the Western Governors and their special guests in public conversations about the most significant issues facing the region.
The International Association of Wildland Fire in partnership with the Wildland Fire Leadership Council (WFLC) and its three regional strategy committees, invite you to register and attend the 6th Annual National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management...
Speaker: Peter Breigenzer
Bio: Peter is a graduate research assistant in the School of Forest Resources at the University of Maine. After receiving his bachelor’s degree from the University of Montana, he worked...
Agency Administrators and Line Officers are being tasked to aggressively implement fuels management programs. This consists of gaining additional skills to effectively manage evolving fuels management plans that may need to meet a variety of objectives...
This year’s sessions will explore the emerging vision for rural western communities rooted in the stewardship economy - an economy shaped by the need, and responsibility, to manage for the sustainability of both land and communities. What practices,...
The 2nd Southern Blue Ridge Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (SBR TREX) is scheduled to take place October 30 - November 10, 2023. The SBR TREX Planning Team is in the process of contacting participants who applied for SBR TREX 2021, which was...