November 2014: Wildland Fire Smoke in the Air- What does it mean to me?

Thank you to all those who attended, making it a successful workshop! Due to videographer limitations, we were not able to record all of the presentations during concurrent sessions.

November 6-8, 2014 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Program available here

Click here to watch the associated webinar: “Smoke Forecasting Tools: A Case Study in Air Quality”

Smoke Workshop Roundtable Summary available here

Below is a list of presentations by day. Links to a presentation and/or video will be added as permission is received and video is available. **A big thank you to Melissa Dean of the U.S. Forest Service Southwestern Region for recording presentations where possible!

Presentations – November 6, 2014

Morning Plenary

• Pete Lahm, USFS National Air Resource Advisor, “Wildland Fire, Smoke and Risk” (to view the video of his presentation, click here)
• Andi Thode, Southwest Fire Science Consortium Chair and Associate Professor, NAU

Concurrent Session 1

• Pete Lahm, USFS National Air Resource Advisor, “Wildland Fire Air Quality Response Program”
• Mary Uhl, BLM Air Quality Specialist, “Smoke Modeling”
• Josh Hall, USFS Air and Water Quality Specialist, “Smoke Monitoring in Response to Wildfires and Prescribed Fire”
• Brent Wachter, NWS Fire Weather Program Manager, “National Weather Service Smoke Management Decision Support Tools”

Concurrent Session 2

• Vic Morfin, USFS Forest Fuels Specialist, “The Good, the Bad and the Smoky: A Sitgreaves Fire Case Study” (to view a video of his presentation, click here)
• Dennis Carril, USFS Forest Fire Ecologist, “Managing Fire and Smoke on a Landscape Scale” (to view a video of his presentation, click here)
• Mary Lata, USFS Fire Ecologist, “You Want to Implement HOW Many Acres of Prescribed Fire?” (to view a video of her presentation, click here)

Concurrent Session 3

• Pat Pacheco, BLM, “Burn Boss Responsibilities and Smoke”
• Don Kearney, Retired BLM, “New Mexico Prescribed Fire Council”
• Pete Lahm, USFS National Air Resource Advisor, “Basic Smoke Management Practices”

Afternoon Plenary

• Ted Grussing, Photographer, Private Citizen, “My Perspective on Smoke”
• Eytan Krasilovsky, Forest Guild Southwest Region Director, “Wildfires, Prescribed Fires, and Smoke: Experiences from the Fire Adapted Community Learning Network” (to view a video of his presentation, click here)

Presentations – November 7, 2014

Morning Plenary

• Sarah McCaffrey, Northern Research Station Scientist, “Research Insights into Effective Smoke Communication with the Public” (to view a video of her presentation, click here)
• Dona Upson, MD, “Fire Smoke and Human Health: How We Share What We Know” (to view a video of her presentation, click here)
• Ann Cooke, Private Citizen, “My Perspective on Smoke” (to view a video of her presentation, click here)

Concurrent Session 1

• Kenneth Geter, New Mexico Department of Health, “5-3-1 Communication Resources/Visibility Chart (click here to view a video of this presentation)
• Susan O’Neill, USFS, “Air Quality and Visible Range”

Concurrent Session 2

• George Broyles, USFS Fire and Fuels Project Leader *George did not present with powerpoint, but here is a DRAFT product related to his presentation: “Wildland Firefighter Smoke Exposure”
• Heidi Krapfl, New Mexico Department of Health Epidemiologist, “Health Outcomes Associated with Smoke Exposure during the 2011 Wallow Fire”

Concurrent Session 3

• Doreen Gatewood, BIA Forestry and Fire Management, “BIA/Tribal Smoke Management Programs”
• Rita Bates, New Mexico Air Quality Bureau Planning Section Chief, “New Mexico Smoke Management Program”
• Ron Sherron, USFS Arizona Interagency Smoke Management, “Arizona Smoke Management Program”

Afternoon Plenary

• Jeff Stonesifer, Albuquerque Air Quality Program, “Smoke and Health Alerts” (to view a video of his presentation, click here)
• Holly Krake, USFS Public Affairs Officer, “May the Smoke be Ever in your Favor: Simplicity and Sincerity in Smoke Messaging” (to view a video of her presentation, click here)
• David Robinson, NPS/USFS North Zone Fuels Specialist, “Managing and Mitigating Smoke Impacts within the Wildland Urban Interface on the Kaibab Plateau” (to view a video of his presentation, click here)

Presentations – November 8, 2014

Plenary

• Roy Hall, Arizona State Forestry, “Fire Smoke Repeat: Managing Smoke on the Edge of Tomorrow” (to view a video of his presentation, click here)
• Jake Nuttall, US Fish & Wildlife Service, “Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge Educational Prescribed Burns” (to view a video of his presentation, click here)
• Matt Rau, USFS Fire Management Officer, “Clearing the Skies for the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta” (to view a video of his presentation, click here)
• Deyonne Sandoval, New Mexico Department of Health, “5-3-1 Visibility Chart”
• Brent Wachter, NWS Fire Weather Program Manager, “National Weather Service Situational Awareness” (to view a video of his presentation, click here)

If you have questions regarding this workshop, please contact the SWFSC Coordinator at: swfireconsortium@gmail.com.