Presenter: Chuck Maxwell, Fire Meteorologist, Southwest Coordination Center, Predictive Services Chuck Maxwell will discuss how Predictive Services develops seasonal fire potential predictions and what the outlook is this year for the Southwest. Join this webinar to get an inside view of the data and methods that go into fire season predictions, and equally important where …
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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 …
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Fostering resilience in Southwestern ecosystems: A problem solving workshop Ecosystems and fire regimes are moving into new domains as a consequence of climate change, disturbance, and other causes. Fire professionals and land managers in the region are confronted with new fire regimes, fire effects, and ecosystem recovery trajectories following disturbance. To help fire and ecosystem …
Read more “February 2014: Fostering resilience in Southwestern ecosystems: A problem solving workshop”
The Wildland Urban Fire (WUF) Summit is one of New Mexico’s largest events designed to discuss and prepare the state for wildfires, including the impending 2018 wildfire season. The theme for this year’s WUF Summit is “Collaborative Community Action” and this topic will be highlighted throughout the two-day summit. There will be three concurrent track …
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This 2023 report is the eleventh in a series of annual Southwest wildfire season overviews available from the Southwest Fire Science Consortium and the Ecological Restoration Institute. The goal of this overview is to provide a concise summary of the fire season and to facilitate comparisons with past fires and fire seasons. It follows the …
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SWFSC Introduction PowerPoint presentation by Andi Thode on the SWFSC November 6, 2014
Smoke Management and You PowerPoint presentation by Caludia Standish of the BLM Overview: basic understanding of smoke impacts, NM Smoke Management Program, show tools we use to inform YOU about smoke January 2014
May the Smoke be Ever In Your Favor: Simplicity and Sincerity in Smoke Messaging PowerPoint presentation by Holly Krake, Fire Information Officer with USFS November 6, 2014
Spring 2013 Newsletter Our 2013 spring newsletter
Date: November 14, 2017 12pm Mountain Presenters: Stacey Frederick, Coordinator, California Fire Science Consortium The importance of smoke has been well-observed by managers through frequent concerns expressed over smoke. Public perceptions of fuel reduction techniques, with a particular emphasis on using prescribed fire as a management tool, have been under study for almost a decade. However, research …
Read more “November 14, 2017: Where there’s smoke… there’s social science! Public perceptions of smoke & communication from multiple regions”
