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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 ClassFire 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 PRESENTERSADDITIONAL 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