Wildland Fire Management – Past, Present, and Future
Speakers: Bryan Rice, Director, Office of Wildland Fire and Jim Douglas, Past Director, Office of Wildland Fire
Topic: Wildland Fire Management – Past, Present, and Future
Webinar
A Four-Step Approach to Planning for Wildfire in the Wildland-Urban Interface
This talk will focus on a four-step approach to integrating wildfire planning for the wildland-urban interface (WUI) through a variety of planning and implementation processes that work across departments within local governments. Attendees may wish to review the guide on which the talk will be based prior to the session.
Engaging Stakeholders in Developing Adaptation Strategies
Join us during Spring 2017 to explore activities and tools that facilitate effective adaptation and build social-ecological resilience in the context of changing landscapes. See additional information below or contact Laurie Yung
Living with wildland fire: Lessons from Fort McMurray
Every year, thousands of small fires and dozens of large ones break out somewhere in Canada. This has been the story for millenia and will continue as long as there are people and lightning to start fires in the boreal forest. Now more than ever, people work, build, live, and play in the boreal forest and disaster can occur when people and fire intersect.
Wildland Firefighter Safety: 20 years of chasing urine, blood and muscle on the firelines of the west
Dr. Brent Ruby will present his informative webinar on the physiological limits of wildland firefighters and how to address energy loss on the fireline. Learn what you can do to help your colleagues when they become fatigued while fighting fire (and what NOT to do).
Do-It-Yourself Data Tinkering: Adapting Spatial Data for Local Use
REGISTER HERE: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1610317622548387331
Presenter: Kori Blankenship, The Nature Conservancy
Indoor Air Quality During Wildland Fires: Experience and Research
Kris Ray (Air Quality Program, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation) and Shelly Miller (University of Colorado) will be the presenters at this NWCG Smoke Committee webinar.