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NWCG Messaging Project

Wildland Fire Education Working Team

Agenda• Introduction• Messaging Project Overview• Key Messages

• Role of Wildland Fire• Current Conditions• Wildland Fire Management• Partnerships for Wildland Fire Safety

• Materials & Resources• Discussion

National Wildfire Coordinating Group

• Organization• Federal and state representation• Working teams (13)• Advisory Groups (2)• Task Groups (1)

National Wildfire Coordinating Group

• Goals• Continuity and standards for training

equipment, qualifications, and operational functions

• Collaborative efforts among agencies• Avoid duplication• Products

NWCG Wildland Fire Education Working Team• Wildland Fire Education Working Team

VISION: All people understand and overwhelmingly support the role of fire in ecosystems.MISSION: To provide leadership in the development, implementation and continuity of national level wildland fire education programs.

NWCG Wildland Fire Education Working Team

• WFEWT Messaging Task Group• GOAL: The public is aware of the role of

fire in ecosystems• Task Group and Working Team

Membership• USDA Forest Service• U.S Dept. of Interior agencies (BIA, NPS,

FWS, BLM)• National Association of State Foresters• The Nature Conservancy

Messaging Project Overview• Evolution of Products: Communicator's Guide, Wildland Fire Brochure, Nat’l Messages, Fact Sheet

• Next Year’s Products: PSAs, integration w/ other WTs; newsletters; periodic communications

Fire Regime and Condition Class

Fire Regime Overview

• FR I• 0 to 35 years • Low severity • Ponderosa Pine

and Dry Douglas Fir Habitat Type

• FR II• 0 to 35 years• mixed severity• Grassland, tall

grass prairie• Shrublands• Some Chaparral

Fire Regime Overview• FR III

• 35 to 100 years• Mixed Severity• Wet Douglas Fir

Habitat Types• Woodlands• Bosque• Chaparral

• FR IV• 35 to 100 years• Lethal severity• LPP & Jack Pine

• FR V• >200 years• Lethal severity• Alpine Fir Habitat

Types, Boreal Forests

Fire Regime Condition Class

• FRCC1• Within Historic

Range of Variability• Maintenance

treatments• FRCC2

• Altered• One fire cycle

skipped

• FRCC3• Severely altered• Several fire

cycles skipped• Mechanical

treatments required

Example

• Rocky Mountain Region – Dry Douglas Fir Habitat Types

• FR1• FRCC 1• Information/Education• Considerations

Example

• Southern Rough• FR 1• FRCC 1• Information/Education• Considerations

Example

• Rocky Mountain Region - Alpine Fir Habitat Type

• FR 4• FRCC 1• Information/

Education• Considerations

Example

• Tall Grass Prairie• FR 2• FRCC 1• Information/

Education• Considerations

Example• Lake States Mixed Forest

• FR 3 (?)• FRCC 3• Information/

Education• Considerations

Example• Lake States Mixed Hardwoods

• FR?• FRCC?• Information/

Education• Considerations

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR PRESENTERS

Partnerships

BlueSkyRAINS• Web-based, automated smoke prediction system

• Estimates, tracking, and forecasting

• Fire managers, air quality agencies, & general public can view

• Developed by EPA R10 & USFS PNW Lab

http://blueskyrains.org

Artwork Resources

• Additional photos provided by WFEWT

Hard wood forest FR1 CC2

Long Leaf Pine FR1 CC1

Ponderosa Pine Northern AZ CC1

Southern Rough FR1CC1Tallgrass FR2 CC1

Artwork Resources

• Additional photos provided by WFEWT

Alpine Fir FR5CC1Black Spruce FR2 CC1 Ponderosa Pine AZ CC2

Southern Rough FR1CC3Swamp Riparian FR1CC3 Tundra FR2 CC1

Artwork Resources

• Additional photos provided by WFEWT

Dry Douglas Fir FR1CC1

Pocosin

Pocosin in need of fire.Typical pocosin conditions.

Artwork Resources

• Additional artwork is available via the following websites

• www.nifc.gov• Photo Gallery

• www.fs.fed.us• Photo and Video Gallery

• www.firewise.org• Enhanced Media, Photos