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Lesson Objectives• List two reasons to do fuels projects.
• Name three methods of doing fuels treatments.
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Introduction• Fuels are classified as live and dead
materials and are categorized by size classes and vegetation.
• Hazardous fuel situations are found where there is thick growth or accumulation of dead vegetation.
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• These hazardous fuel conditions can be found in remote areas as well as areas where wildland vegetation is intermixed with structures.
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• Fuels management is the manipulation and reduction of hazardous fuels to meet fire or resource management objectives.
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Timber Slash Removal
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Handwork
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Fuel Reduction
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Roadside Hazard
Reduction
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Fuelbreaks
Fuel Reduction
Zones
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Structure Fuelbreaks
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Prescribed Fire
• Fuel treatments primarily reduce fire intensity and reduce the potential for fire spread.
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• Less intense wildland fire• Firefighter safety and effectiveness
will increase• Not reducing fuels can have serious
consequences on adjoining property, public or private
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• Where smoke is an issue or where topographic features allow, mechanical treatment can be used for biomass removal.
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Mechanical Removal
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Chipping
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Grazing Animals
Why Do Fuels Management?
• Protection – Protecting property
• Protection – Protecting resources
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• Restoration and maintenance of fire adapted ecosystems
• Provide economic benefits to communities
• Allow fire to play it’s natural role in ecosystems
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Fuels Management Methods
• Prescribed fire
• Mechanical
• Biological
• Chemical
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• What Is A Prescribed Fire?• Any fire ignited by
management actions to meet specific objectives
• A written, approved prescribed fire plan is required
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• Benefits Of Prescribed Fire• Reduce accumulation of dead
material• Recycle nutrients• Minimize epidemics• Firefighter safety
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• Benefits Of Prescribed Fire• WUI – Reduce threat to lives
and property• Reintroduce fire into the
environment
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• Disadvantages Of Prescribed Fire
• Risk of escape• Smoke –visibility• Smoke - individuals
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• Who Does The Burning?• Trained fire management
professionals
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• What Is A Burn Prescription?• Outlines requirements• How the burn will be executed• Defines weather and environmental
conditions• Identifies who will be involved
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• What About Smoke?• Before each burn smoke predictions
are made• Burn prescription is written to
mitigate• Natural by-product• Fire is part of the natural ecosystem
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• What Can A Neighboring Landowner Expect?
• Smoke• Smell• Scorching• Weeds• Aesthetics
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Methods - Hand or Mechanical
• Crusher or masticator
• Other types of mechanical or hand treatment
• Biomass
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Fuel Breaks - Defensible Space Zones
• What are they?
• How are they designed?
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Fuels Management Methods – Fuel Breaks - Defensible Space Zones
• Fuelbreaks are expected to:
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Other Types of Treatments
• Chemical
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Other Types of Treatments
• Biological
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Fuel Treatment Methods
• Both hazardous fuels reduction and vegetation treatment efforts are essential within the WUI, as well as the surrounding wildland environment
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Fuel Treatment Methods
• The methods and means of reducing fuels within a community may be similar or completely different to those treatments occurring outside the community.
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Summary and Review Objectives
• List two reasons to do fuels projects.
• Name three methods of doing fuels treatments.
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