Events

Fire history and ecology

Webinar recordings of the Forest Service's Research and Development SCIENCEx FIRE week. Fire History and Ecology Introduction to SCIENCEx Fire Week​ | Jens Stevens ​Indigenous Fire Stewardship and Cultural Burning​…

Fire weather and smoke

Webinar recording. The second webinar of the Forest Service's Research and Development SCIENCEx FIRE week. Fire Weather and Smoke Fire Weather Forecasting |​ Brian Potter New Technology for Monitoring Smoke…

Fire behavior

Webinar recording. The third webinar of the Forest Service's Research and Development SCIENCEx FIRE week. Fire Behavior Wildland Fire Behavior and Ignition | Sara McAllister 3D Time-Dependent Fire Behavior Models:​…

Modeling risks and tradeoffs

Webinar recording. The fourth webinar of the Forest Service's Research and Development SCIENCEx FIRE week. Modeling Risks and Tradeoffs Wildland Fire Behavior and Ignition |​ Greg Dillon Juggling Risks and…

Looking toward the future

Webinar recording. The fifth webinar of the Forest Service's Research and Development SCIENCEx FIRE week. Looking Towards the Future Historical and Future Fire in Temperate Rainforest ​of the Pacific Northwest |​ Matt Reilly Assessing Wildfire Risk for Strategic Forest Management Decision-Making in the Southern US |​ Sandhya Nepal Wrap-Up |​ Jens Stevens

Community-focused programs, datasets, and planning resources for wildfire risk mitigation

Webinar recording. Much of the current dialogue around mitigating wildfire risk to people and property in the United States focuses on vegetation treatments to reduce fuel loads on public lands. There is good reason for that – responsible management of lands within their jurisdiction is embedded within the mission of the Forest Service and other…

How an evidence-based approach to community-focused wildfire education programs can put people at the center of wildfire solutions

Webinar recording. This seminar builds of the March 9, 2023 “Community-focused programs, datasets, and planning resources for wildfire risk mitigation” seminar (presenters: Greg Dillon, Eva Karau, Kelly Pohl) by focusing on how to support creation of fire-resilient communities. In particular, the presentation will highlight how the paired parcel risk and social data approach developed by…