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May 17, 2017: Getting ahead of the wildfire problem: Linking operational fire response to landscape planning objectives

by swfscEvents, Webinars May 3, 2017April 3, 2024No Comments

Getting ahead of the wildfire problem: Linking operational fire response to landscape planning objectives Date: May 17, 2017 11am AZ/12pm MDT Presenter: Christopher O’Connor, US Forest Service RMRS Human Dimension Program, Wildfire Risk Management Team Part of the solution to dealing with the increasing complexity of wildfire management is to reduce uncertainties inherent within active fire …

What is a forest fuel treatment?

by swfscFactsheet February 19, 2017April 3, 2024No Comments

Forest fuel treatments are used by managers for ecological restoration and reducing fire hazard. Due to past management decisions and long-term fire exclusion, forests are more dense and are susceptible to severe wildfires. Fuel treatments aim to reduce the intensity and size of wildfires, increase species diversity, and restore forests to their historical condition. Read …

2015 SW Wildfire Season Overview

by swfscSouthwestern Wildfire Season Overview August 14, 2016April 3, 2024No Comments

Read the 2015 Wildfire Season: An Overview – Southwestern U.S. PDF.

April 20, 2016: Simple Steps to Wildland Fire Communication

by swfscEvents, Webinars May 3, 2016April 3, 2024Comments are Disabled

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 …

World of Wildland Fire – Intro to Wildland Fire Videos

by swfscVideos January 28, 2016April 3, 2024No Comments

This series of videos serves as an introduction to wildland fire and has been produced through the Wildfire Education & Training Collaborative (WETC). More in-depth videos will be added as they become available. WETC Mission Statement: To develop multiple sources of media, including but not limited to books, videos and classroom exercises, for the purpose …

2014 SW Wildfire Season Overview

by swfscSouthwestern Wildfire Season Overview July 1, 2015May 19, 2023No Comments

View working paper. Reduced size for web viewing, please contact the SWFSC for a full resolution version.

May 12, 2015: The Southwest Fire Season: 2014 Overview and 2015 Outlook

by swfscEvents, Webinars May 26, 2015May 17, 2023Comments are Disabled

Presenter: Zander Evans, Forest Guild and Chuck Maxwell, Predictive Services Please join us for a webinar to review last year’s fires and look ahead toward conditions for this year. Dr. Zander Evans will present an overview of the 12 largest fires in the Southwest during 2014. He will share summaries of forest types and burn severities …

April 2015: Planning for the Next Big One: Managing the Post-fire Environment in a Time of Change

by swfscEvents, Workshops May 1, 2015May 17, 2023Comments are Disabled

The Burned Area Learning Network Workshop Together with the Fire Learning Network, the SWFSC hosted a collaborative workshop to improve advance planning for post wildfire impacts April 16-17, 2015 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Materials and Notes from the workshop can be downloaded below. If you have further questions, contact Anne Bradley with The Nature …

January 21, 2015: The Ability of Wildfire to Act as a Fuel Treatment

by swfscEvents, Webinars February 1, 2015April 3, 2024Comments are Disabled

Presenter: Sean Parks, Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, Rocky Mountain Research Station, U.S. Forest Service In partnership with the Northern Rockies Fire Science Network, Sean will present the results from a JSFP-funded study that highlights the ability of wildfire to act as a fuel treatment. This study evaluated whether or not wildfires limited the occurrence, …

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

by swfscEvents, Workshops December 10, 2014May 17, 2023Comments are Disabled

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” …