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Prescribed fire (rx fire) is a safe way to apply a natural process, ensure ecosystem health and reduce wildfire risk. This webinar will provide an introduction to prescribed fire for air quality and air resource specialists as well as other non-fire professionals. Knowledge of…
Person: Long
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: SFE - Southern Fire Exchange, fire regimes, fire suppression effects, fire-adapted ecosystems, animals, fire reduction, combustion, fire spread, ignition method, smoke management
Join us in a discussion on how climatic changes can influence wildland fire activity across the globe and how these critical fire weather variables have changed over the last 40 years. These changes in key weather variables have combined to both lengthen the fire season and…
Person: West, Legarza, Jolly, Emanuel, Knight
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: climate change, relative humidity, rain, annual precipitation, fire regimes, fire danger indices, fire season length, fire return interval, global carbon cycle, Forest Resilience Bond, fire suppression, fire suppression costs
Fire happens in Canada’s forest. Every year, thousands of small fires and dozens of large ones occur somewhere in Canada’s vast forest landscape. It has been the story for centuries and will continue. Now more than ever people work, build and live in the boreal forest but…
Person: Flannigan, Tymstra
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, International
Keywords: AFSC - Alaska Fire Science Consortium, Canada, Fort McMurray Fire, Horse River Fire, fire management, lessons learned, Alberta, fire severity
Obtaining and tracking key environmental variables. Reviewing operationally developed indexes (Turner Stability Index (TS), Atmospheric Dispersion Index (ADI), Low Visibility Occurrence Risk Index (LVORI). Superfog Matrix Smart Tool for NWS Weather Forecasting Offices.
Person: Curcio
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: superfog, Superfog Potential Index, visibility, smoldering combustion, NFDRS - National Fire Danger Rating System, situational awareness, water content, surface temperature, relative humidity, moisture content, Turner Stability Index, LVORI - Low Visibility Occurrence Risk Index, ESP - Estimated Smoldering Probability model, DI - Dispersion Index, MesoWest, National Weather Service
What is Superfog and how it forms on your burn site. How common is Superfog on burn sites. Superfog weather: What conditions allow superfog to leave your burn site and how far will it go. Superfog weather: Identifying conditions that turn a typical safe burn into a disaster.
Person: Achtemeier
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: superfog, fog, visibility, mixing, liquid water content, smoldering combustion, RH - relative humidity, Superfog Potential Index, temperature, wind, Kelvin-Helmholtz waves, nocturnal inversion, traffic
Heidi Strader shares what is known now about climate change and answers questions about its causes and effects.
Person: Strader
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Models, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, International
Keywords: climate change, temperature, drought, precipitation, carbon dioxide, greenhouse gases, CH4 - methane, climate change projections, snow cover, sea ice, wildfires, fire season, acres burned
This webinar, organized jointly by the Alaska Fire Science Consortium and the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy, will focus on changing wildfires in Alaska and resulting smoke impacts to help our audience be prepared for the upcoming wildfire season. Randi Jandt…
Person: Jandt, Stuefer, Cooper
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Models, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Alaska
Keywords: climate change, climate warming, lightning, air temperature, air quality, smoke impacts, WRF-Chem, aerosols, visibility, remote sensing, UAFSMOKE, smoke forecasting, PM - particulate matter, public health, health effects, sensitive populations, area burned, seasonal area burned
Every year, thousands of small fires and dozens of large ones break out somewhere in Canada. This has been the story for millenia and will continue as long as there are people and lightning to start fires in the boreal forest. Now more than ever, people work, build, live, and…
Person: Flannigan
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, International
Keywords: Fort McMurray Fire, Alberta, Canada, boreal forests, lessons learned, fire size, area burned, fire impacts, ignition, evacuation, fire management, dNBR - differenced Normalized Burn Ratio, topography, FireSmart
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently finalized updates to the 2007 Exceptional Event Rule. This webinar will explore those updates, why changes were made and examine ways in which they may affect fire in the Great Plains, including prescribed fire in areas like the…
Person: Watson
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Mapping, Monitoring and Inventory, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Weather
Region(s): Eastern, Southern
Keywords: exceptional event, air quality, EER - Exceptional Event Rule, Flint Hills, smoke management, BSMP - Basic Smoke Management Practices, Kansas, Oklahoma, tallgrass prairie, invasive species, eastern redcedar, cattle, smoke management plan, fire return interval, burn interval
Prescribed fire is often implemented only during the dormant season (i.e. during a short portion of the entire seasonal burnwindow). The effects of growing season burns differ significantly from dormant season burns. Join us for a webinar presented by Jack McGowan-Stinski,…
Person: McGowan-Stinski
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Weather
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: jack pine barrens, oak-pine forest, season of burn, growing season burning, oak-pine barrens, wildlife, burn window, smoke management