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Protecting Old Trees from Prescribed Burning
Fact Sheet: Methods for Estimating Surface Live Fuel Loading
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Wildland Fire Assessment Tool
Presenter: Eva Strand & Josh Hyde (NIFTT University of Idaho)
WFAT provides an interface between ArcMap, FlamMap 5, and the First Order Fire Effects Model (FOFEM), combining their strengths into a spatial fire behavior and fire effects analysis tool in GIS. In the webinar, you will learn how to use WFAT to locate potential fuel treatment units, develop a prescription for those units, and evaluate the effect of the proposed treatment on potential fire behavior and fire effects. WFAT saves fire managers the time and effort of converting data between multiple formats for use in ArcMap and FlamMap 5, and gives managers the option of using downloadable LANDFIRE layers as their input GIS layers. Learn more at: www.niftt.gov (see NIFTT Tools and User Documents).
- Date:Wednesday, May 16, 2012
- Time: 12pm to 1pm mountain daylight time (i.e., New Mexico time)
Fire Regime Condition Class Workshops
Instructor: Steve Barret via National Interagency Fuels, Fire, and Vegetation Technology Transfer Team (NIFTT)
Fire Regime Condition Class (FRCC) assessments have been widely used for evaluating ecosystem status in many areas of the U.S. FRCC employs state-and-transition modeling to describe historical vegetation and fire regimes, which provides reference information related to landscape fire frequency, severity, and vegetation composition. Similarity indexing is used to compare historical versus current vegetation and fire regimes. This technique allows field and GIS users to consistently assess FRCC for fire management plans and related planning efforts. Current applications of FRCC data include project design, risk assessments, treatment prioritization, fire use decisions, and evaluation of ecosystem sustainability.
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How you can help
The SWFSC is constantly looking for ways to improve dissemination of fire science information. Through support from the Joint Fire Science Program, the consortium can fund 2-3 workshops/field trips per year at a rate of up to $8,000 per workshop or field trip. In addition, we have funding available to create webinars, Wildfire Lesson Learned stories, and Ecological Restoration Institute Working papers.
Workshops/field trips
We have funding available to sponsor workshops or field trips. We can sponsor already planned activities or assist in development of new ideas. If you have an idea for a workshop or field trip please let us know. Fill out a workshop proposal form and return an electronic copy to
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Other Outlets
We have funding available to create more webinars and Wildfire Lessons Learned stories. In addition, we are teaming up with the Ecological Restoration Institute to develop short working papers on specific topics of interest. We are looking for suggestions for topics for all of these activities. If you have a topic you'd like to see covered in one of these formats, please let us know. Fill out a proposal form and return and electronic copy to
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Contact Us
Consortium Coordinator: Barb Satink Wolfson, Northern Arizona University, School of Forestry, 928-523-1148,
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Consortium Principal Investigator: Dr. Andi Thode, Northern Arizona University, School of Forestry
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