The Southwest Fire Science Consortium is partnering with FRAMES to help fire managers access important fire science information related to the Southwest's top ten fire management issues.
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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…
Year: 2014
Type: Website
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…
Year: 2014
Type: Media
On June 30, 2013, 19 firefighters from the Granite Mountain Hotshots were killed battling a wildfire near Yarnell, Arizona. Huge questions remain about the last moments of their lives. Why did they move out of a safe area in their final minutes of…
Year: 2014
Type: Media
The men and women involved in Fire and Aviation Management well represent the pride exemplified by all Forest Service and other employees in 'caring for the land and serving people.' The video portrays the brave wildland firefighters of all federal…
Year: 2014
Type: Media
Thirteen minute video outlining the risks of smoke exposure to wildland fire personnel and ways to mitigate exposure.
Year: 2014
Type: Media
Norman, Hargrove
U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS) Research Ecologists Steve Norman and William Hargrove with the SRS Eastern Forests Environmental Threat Assessment Center (EFETAC) presented a webinar on ForWarn, an online satellite-based change…
Year: 2014
Type: Media
Swaty
A joint Southern Fire Exchange and TNC LANDFIRE webinar presented by Randy Swaty, Landscape Ecologist with The Nature Conservancy. This webinar explored the concepts and software used to develop and modify state and transition models. Examples and…
Year: 2014
Type: Media
Reinhardt
Discussion of fire and fuel management presented by Elizabeth Reinhardt at Northern Arizona University in February 2014.
Year: 2014
Type: Media
Youtz
James Youtz, USFS, Southwestern Regional Silviculturist, provides a summary of reforestation projects following fire.
Year: 2014
Type: Media
Swetnam
Discussion of crown fires presented by Tom Swetnam of the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research University of Arizona
Year: 2014
Type: Media