Events

Wildland Urban Interface Conference 2021

Conference website for on-demand content. The International Assoc of Fire Chief's Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) conference offers hands-on training and interactive sessions designed to address the challenges of wildland fire. If you're one of the many people responsible for protecting local forests or educating landowners and your community about the importance of land management—then this is…

Tribal experiences in collaborative fire management in the Northwest

Webinar recording. Hear from tribal representatives who work in a variety of roles related to fire stewardship, research and management. These panelists share their goals around managing and stewarding fire, their perspectives on how scientists and managers can help ensure that collaborative fire projects meet the goals of tribal communities, how non-tribal scientists and managers…

Prioritizing your home hardening approach

Webinar recording. Fire Aware. Fire Prepared. Wildfire Wednesday's with Oregon State University Extension are returning this fall.  Visit the Online Webinar Guide on the Fire Program website for more information.

First Nations wildfire evacuations- A guide for communities and external agencies

Webinar recording. Presenter: Henok W. Asfaw, Postdoc and Project Manager for the First Nations Wildfire Evacuation Partnership Project, University of Alberta Description: This webinar presents results of research carried out as part of the First Nation Wildfire evacuation partnership in Canada and was recently published in a book titled “First Nations Wildfire Evacuations: A Guide…

Landscape fuel treatments and wildland fire management strategies within recent large fire events

Webinar recording. This 1-hour webinar presents findings from a recently completed study, which was funded by the Joint Fire Science Program, on landscape fuel treatment effectiveness within recent large wildfire events in north-central Washington State. It provides an overview of climate change and wildfires and the imperative for broad-scale adaptive management to increase landscape and…

9th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress

Event website. The 9th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress, hosted by the Association for Fire Ecology in cooperation with Tall Timbers, was held in the Florida Panhandle at Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort, November 30 to December 4, 2021.

Comparing air quality and public health impacts from prescribed fire and wildfire smoke

Webinar recording. This webinar will introduce the recent release of the EPA Report on Comparing Air Quality and Public Health Impacts from Prescribed Fire and Wildfire Smoke. Jason Sacks, with the Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will present an overview of the…