Presenter: Molly Hunter – Northern Arizona University Fire suppression has been the dominant fire management strategy in the West over the last century. However, managers in the Gila National Forest and Saguaro National Park have allowed fire to play a more natural role for decades. In a newly published report, we summarize the effects of …
Presenter: Cathie Schmidlin, Type 1 PIO, retired USFS Region 3 Media Officer This webinar will cover the basic steps of public information when interacting with communities, general public and media. Click here to register for this webinar now! Cathie has been a public Information officer with a Type 1, Southwest Incident Management Team, off and on …
Read more “April 20, 2016: Simple Steps to Wildland Fire Communication”
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Presenter: Paul Werth Extreme fire behavior indicates a level of fire behavior characteristics that ordinarily precludes methods of direct control action. One or more of the following is usually involved: high rate of spread, prolific crowning/spotting, presence of fire whirls, and strong convection column. This webinar will summarize the recent JFSP publication that connects the …
Read more “December 9, 2012: Synthesis of Knowledge of Extreme Fire Behavior for Fire Managers”
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Climate Change and the Future Impacts across the Southwest Region PowerPoint presentation by Darren McCollum and Robert Bohlin of the National Weather Service Flagstaff, Arizona Resilience Workshop Tucson, AZ February 2014
Presenter: Duncan Lutes (RMRS Fire Modeling Institute, Missoula, MT) FOFEM is a computer program for predicting first order fire effects including tree mortality, fuel consumption, smoke production, and soil heating caused by prescribed fire or wildfire. In this webinar you will learn about the FOFEM algorithms, how to prepare the input data, run the tool …
Read more “April 18, 2012: First Order Fire Effects Model (FOFEM)”
2019 Wildfire Season: An Overview- Southwestern U.S. by Michael Lynch and Alexander Evans.