The International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF) will have an open period for applications two times per year. After the applications are received and reviewed, IAWF will match the mentors and mentees based on interests and geographic location. IAWF encourages both face to face mentoring and online remote mentoring, depending on the location of the participants. Both parties will need to...
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Webinars, Seminars and Presentations | Apr 28, 2021 12:00 pm to 3:30 pm EDT | Wildfires Conference Series: Air Quality, Health Effects, and Smoke Management Progress 2 of 3 |
Webinars, Seminars and Presentations | Apr 22, 2021 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm MDT | Webinar - The Chemistry of Wildfire Smoke |
Webinars, Seminars and Presentations | Apr 22, 2021 12:00 pm AKDT | Webinar - Alaska Wildfire and Mental Health Study |
Webinars, Seminars and Presentations | Apr 21, 2021 11:30 am to 1:00 pm PDT | Webinar - Wildfires and Air Quality (Part 2) – Smoke Sense and Smoke Ready Communities |
Webinars, Seminars and Presentations | Apr 15, 2021 11:00 am to 12:00 pm MDT | Fire Lab Seminar Series - Advances in Modeling Wildfire Air Quality Events Using Remotely Sensed Data |
Webinars, Seminars and Presentations | Apr 14, 2021 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm EDT | Wildfires Conference Series: Air Quality, Health Effects, and Smoke Management Progress 1 of 3 |
Webinars, Seminars and Presentations | Apr 8, 2021 11:30 am to 1:00 pm PDT | Webinar - Wildfires and Air Quality (Part 1) – AirNow Fire and Smoke Map |
Workshops, Trainings and Fieldtrips | Apr 8, 2021 (All day) to Apr 9, 2021 (All day) PDT | 2nd San Jose State University Fire Weather Research Workshop |
Workshops, Trainings and Fieldtrips | Apr 7, 2021 4:00 pm to Apr 9, 2021 12:00 pm MDT | Biochar Opportunities in the Southwest: Extension Workshop - Virtual |
Webinars, Seminars and Presentations | Apr 7, 2021 9:00 am PDT | 2021 Fire Environment Continuing Education Spring Webinar |
Pierce Conservation District (PCD) is seeking a qualified candidate to perform as a Wildfire Program Manager to serve high-needs communities in Pierce County’s Wildland Urban Interface (WUI). This is a full-time position that will report to the Water Quality Director and mentored by the Climate Resiliency Program Manager, offering wrap-around services to include evaluating wildfire risk...
In an effort to continue to promote the scholarly pursuits and graduate level training within the global wildland fire community, in 2023 the International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF) will again be awarding two graduate-level scholarships, each valued at $3,000USD to IAWF members who are Master of Science/Arts (MSc/MA) or Doctoral (PhD) students studying wildland fire or wildland fire...
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.
Based on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) reconsideration of the air quality criteria and the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter (PM), the EPA proposes to revise the primary annual PM2.5 standard by lowering the level. The EPA also proposes revisions to other key aspects related to the PM NAAQS, including revisions to the Air Quality Index (AQI) and...
In an effort to continue to promote the scholarly pursuits and graduate level training within the global wildland fire community, in 2023 the International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF) will again be awarding two graduate-level scholarships, each valued at $3,000USD to IAWF members who are Master of Science/Arts (MSc/MA) or Doctoral (PhD) students studying wildland fire or wildland fire...
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 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 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...
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is recruiting to fill two (2) 10 month full time, career seasonal Natural Resource Specialist 1 positions located in the Lands Division of the Wildlife Program. The duty stations are in the Okanogan, Washington and Yakima, Washington. The employment period mid-February through mid-December, annually. As the Prescribed Fire Team Leader within the...
EPA is announcing the availability of the external review draft of the Integrated Science Assessment for Particulate Matter for public review and comment as announced in an October 23, 2018 Federal Register Notice. The deadline for comments is December 11, 2018. For more information visit EPA's webpage: https://www.epa.gov/isa/integrated-science-assessment-isa-particulate-matter
Project This vacancy is part of a prestigious Vidi project funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). The project will combine field work, remote sensing and statistical modeling to study interactions between climate, vegetation and fire in boreal and arctic systems. Tasks The PhD student will estimate carbon emissions from fires and investigate tree recruitment after...
Research Objective: The postdoctoral research associate will extend the work of Cameron et al. (2017) and build on existing TNC science. The first project will be to conduct a meta-analysis of existing literature and datasets to identify the potential for various natural climate solution 'pathways' to contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and/or increased carbon sequestration in...
The Prescribed Fire Training Center (PFTC) is a unique program blending maximum field prescribed burning experience with a flexible curriculum of classroom instruction on foundational topics for prescribed fire practitioners. The PFTC is headquartered in Tallahassee, Florida. Training locations are dispersed throughout Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, North Carolina, and South...
Position Description: The Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources at North Carolina State University invites motivated, innovative scientists to apply for a 1.0 FTE, 9-month, tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor in Wildland Fire Science and Air Quality. The position is approximately 45:45:10 research, teaching and service. Qualifications: The candidate must have a PhD in one...
Call for presentation ideas for IAWF meeting in December is now open. Deadline is August 15.
Some of the key work activities for the Washington Department of Ecology Community Outreach & Environmental Education Specialist 3 are: Acts as the program's education representative and advocate. Develops and administers grants and contracts for the prevent non-attainment funding and woodstove buyback funding program to local governments, other state agencies, and environmental non-...
The Washington Department of Ecology Senior Smoke Management Specialist position helps solve a variety of problems in regards to smoke management. The main idea is addressing fine particle air pollution from smoke to prevent nonattainment in five Central Washington counties. Fine particle air pollution, or PM2.5, is the most serious environmental issue impacting the air quality in Central...
The Northern Rockies Fire Science Network is pleased to sponsor "Conversations Through the Smoke," a traveling art show featuring art created by fire practitioners. This will be an opportunity to engage people in conversations about fire and smoke science, as many in communities affected by fire and smoke in recent decades have questions about fire science and fire management. We encourage you to...
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We evaluated the accuracy of National Weather Service (NWS) Fire Weather mixing height estimates over the western United States corresponding to smoke plume events from 2006-2020. We developed a toolbox for measuring smoke-related aerosol mixing...

A case study of particle dispersion modeling to assess ventilation adjective ratings in Colorado. The goal of this research is to improve smoke ventilation in support of prescribed fire and fuel reduction operations by deploying old and new methods...

A webinar delivered to the NWCG Smoke Committee by Dianna Sampson on 21 May 2020. The new fire reporting system, Interagency Fire Occurrence Reporting Modules (InFORM), is designed to modernize and streamline wildfire reporting by providing a single,...

A presentation delivred to by Caroline Noble to the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) Smoke Committee (SmoC) in November 2020. The presentation focuses on the current features of the Interagency Fuel Treatment Decision Support System (IFTDSS...

This webinar to the NWCG Smoke Committee describes experimental tools developed for smoke management including higher resolution 7-day forecasts. Presented by Bret Anderson, who works for the National USDA Forest Service Air program and develops tools...

SIPFIS is the acronym for Southern Integrated Prescribed Fire Information System. SIPFIS merges prescribed fire and air quality data into a common analysis framework to create a unified prescribed fire and air quality database for the southern U.S....

The National Wildfire Coordinating Group’s Smoke Committee with assistance from The Nature Conservancy, held a webinar focused on the emerging world of low-cost air quality sensors. Air quality sensors are a rapidly expanding segment of the air...

Kris Ray from the Air Quality Program of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation presented his experience monitoring indoor air quality during the 2015 wildfire season, and Dr. Shelly Miller from the University of Colorado shared her...

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...

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...

PB-Piedmont Web, Super-Fog Potential, and Estimated Smoldering Potential – moving science to a usable tool.

The Western Governors’ Association hosted the webinar, Prescribed Fire: Smoke Management and Regulatory Challenges on Dec. 19, 2017 as part of the series for the National Forest and Rangeland Management Initiative. Prescribed fire is a tool for land...

Shawn Urbanski, Research Scientist with the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station presented the latest research in emission factors. Emission factors are a key component to estimating emissions of trace gases and particulates from fire....

This webinar will review the objectives and progress of the multi-agency Fire and Smoke Modeling Experiment (FASMEE) project. The primary objective of FASMEE is to gather observational data needed to evaluate and advance fire and smoke modeling...

A series of presentations in which experts explore the trade-offs between wildfire, prescribed fire, forest health, and public health in a one day public forum. This seminar event was hosted by the University of British Columbia on April 18th, 2016....

A Southern Fire Exchange webinar hosted the National Wildland Fire Coordinating Group (NWCG) Smoke Committee and presented by Kevin Robertson, Ph.D. of Tall Timbers Research Station. This 1-hour webinar discussed recent research by Dr. Robertson on...

The 2014 National Smoke Forum was held in Halifax, Nova Scotia on October 10, 2014 in association with the Wildland Fire Canada conference. The Forum was an opportunity to discuss the importance of wildfire smoke, review the current technology and...

Describes the mission and methods of the US Forest Service's Air Resource Management Program. A six-part series that is also available in a single video.

A Southern Fire Exchange webinar conducted in partnership with the NWCG Smoke Committee, NC State University, the Desert Research Institute, the National Weather Service, and Montgomery Community College. The webinar features researcher Matthew Fearon...

Narrated presentation describing the Wildland Fire Air Quality Response Program and its capabilities.

Thirteen minute video outlining the risks of smoke exposure to wildland fire personnel and ways to mitigate exposure.

At the September 17th 2014 NWCG Executive Board meeting, three updates to the United States National Fire Danger Rating System (NFDRS) were approved. 1) Incorporate the Growing Season Index (GSI) to compute live fuel moistures; 2) Incorporate the...

The purpose of this workshop is to learn about and discuss various aspects of smoke management associated with wildland fire in the Southwestern United States. Wildland fire encompasses prescribed fire and wildfire. Topics include fire ecology and...