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A geospatial framework to assess fireline effectiveness for large wildfires in the western USA

By Benjamin M. Gannon; Matthew P. Thompson; Kira Z. Deming; Jude Bayham; Yu Wei; Christopher D. O’Connor Quantifying fireline effectiveness (FLE) is essential to evaluate the efficiency of large wildfire management strategies to foster institutional learning and improvement in fire management organizations. FLE performance metrics for incident-level evaluation have been developed and applied to a…
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Mitigating Source Water Risks with Improved Wildfire Containment

By Benjamin M. Gannon, Yu Wei and Matthew P. Thompson In many fire-prone watersheds, wildfire threatens surface drinking water sources with eroded contaminants. We evaluated the potential to mitigate the risk of degraded water quality by limiting fire sizes and contaminant loads with a containment network of manager-developed Potential fire Operational Delineations (PODs) using wildfire…
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Prototyping a Geospatial Atlas for Wildfire Planning and Management

by Matthew P. Thompson, Benjamin M. Gannon, Michael D. Caggiano, Christopher D. O’Connor, April Brough, Julie W. Gilbertson-Day and Joe H. Scott Wildland fire managers are increasingly embracing risk management principles by being more anticipatory, proactive, and “engaging the fire before it starts”. A key innovation in planning is the development of potential operational delineations…
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Fire and biodiversity in the Anthropocene

Publication Abstract: Fire has played a prominent role in the evolution of biodiversity and is a natural factor shaping many ecological communities. However, the incidence of fire has been exacerbated by human activity, and this is now affecting ecosystems and habitats that have never been fire prone or fire adapted. Kelly et al. review how…
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Wildfire-driven Forest Conversion in Western North American Landscapes

Webinar recording FRAMES Resource Page Presenters: Jonathan D. Coop, Sean A. Parks, and Camille S. Stevens-Rumann. Changing disturbance regimes and climate can overcome forest ecosystem resilience. Following high-severity fire, forest recovery may be compromised by lack of tree seed sources, warmer and drier postfire climate, or short-interval reburning. A potential outcome of the loss of…
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LANDFIRE Remap in the Southwestern U.S: “Mega” Southwest U.S. Webinar

Webinar Recording FRAMES Resource Page Webinar co-hosted with LANDFIRE on October 9, 2019, by the Southern Rockies, Great Basin and Southwest Fire Science Networks. Geography includes LF’s Southwest GeoArea: Nevada, Utah, and Arizona, and sections of New Mexico, Colorado, and California. Presenters Jim Smith and Kori Blankenship of The Nature Conservancy’s LF team review improvements…
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Building a prescribed fire program on the Colorado Front Range: The role of landowner engagement

Webinar Recording FRAMES Resource Page Presenter: Katie McGrath, Colorado State University Despite recognition of the value of prescribed fire in scientific literature and policy, a number of factors impede its widespread implementation in the United States. Social acceptance of prescribed fire is a key factor, making consistent and effective outreach an important part of efforts…
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Sharing Science and Lessons Learned- COVID-19 and Wildfire

Webinar Recording As COVID-19 cases and wildland fire activity increase across the country, wildland fire personnel are looking for ways to quickly identify cases and prevent the spread of the disease on the fireline. The Southwest Fire Consortium hosted a webinar sharing information about the current state of the science and lessons learned from the…
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NWCG Smoke Management Guide for Prescribed Fire

NWCG Smoke Management Guide for Prescribed Fire More info from NWCG on their website. Thumbnail photo credit: Tyler Gilbert, Forest Stewards Guild. Nebraska Private Landowner Rx Burns, Nebraska, 2019.
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Recent Research on Perceived Risks, Legal Liabilities, and Insurance Coverage Associated with Prescribed Burning on Private Lands

The Southern Fire Exchange recently released a new publication: “Recent Research on Perceived Risks, Legal Liabilities, and Insurance Coverage Associated with Prescribed Burning on Private Lands.” Written by Rajan Parajuli, Jennifer E. Fawcett, and Laurel Kays, of North Carolina State University. This publication addresses many concerns landowners might have surrounding liabilities of prescribed fire on…
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