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NWCG Messaging ProjectNWCG Messaging Project
Wildland Fire Education Working Team
Agenda
• Introduction
• Messaging Project Overview
• Key Messages• Role of Wildland Fire• Current Conditions• Wildland Fire Management• Partnerships for Wildland Fire Safety
• Materials & Resources
• Discussion
National Wildfire Coordinating Group
• Organization• Federal and state representation
• Working teams (13)
• Advisory Groups (2)
• Task Groups (1)
National Wildfire Coordinating Group
• Goals• Continuity and standards for training
equipment, qualifications, and operational functions
• Collaborative efforts among agencies
• Avoid duplication
• Products
NWCG Wildland Fire Education Working Team
• Wildland Fire Education Working Team
VISION: All people understand and overwhelmingly support the role of fire in ecosystems.
MISSION: To provide leadership in the development, implementation and continuity of national level wildland fire education programs.
NWCG Wildland Fire Education Working Team
• WFEWT Messaging Task Group• GOAL: The public is aware of the role of
fire in ecosystems
• Task Group and Working Team Membership• USDA Forest Service• U.S Dept. of Interior agencies (BIA, NPS,
FWS, BLM)• National Association of State Foresters• The Nature Conservancy
Messaging Project Overview
• Evolution of Products: Communicator's Guide, Wildland Fire Brochure, Nat’l Messages, Fact Sheet
• Next Year’s Products: PSAs, integration w/ other WTs; newsletters; periodic communications
Fire Regime and Condition ClassFire Regime and Condition Class
Fire Regime Overview
• FR I• 0 to 35 years
• Low severity
• Ponderosa Pine and Dry Douglas Fir Habitat Type
• FR II• 0 to 35 years
• mixed severity
• Grassland, tall grass prairie
• Shrublands
• Some Chaparral
Fire Regime Overview
• FR III
• 35 to 100 years
• Mixed Severity
• Wet Douglas Fir Habitat Types
• Woodlands
• Bosque
• Chaparral
• FR IV• 35 to 100 years• Lethal severity• LPP & Jack Pine
• FR V• >200 years• Lethal severity• Alpine Fir Habitat
Types, Boreal Forests
Fire Regime Condition Class
• FRCC1• Within Historic
Range of Variability
• Maintenance treatments
• FRCC2• Altered
• One fire cycle skipped
• FRCC3• Severely altered
• Several fire cycles skipped
• Mechanical treatments required
Example
• Rocky Mountain Region – Dry Douglas Fir Habitat Types
• FR1
• FRCC 1
• Information/Education
• Considerations
Example
• Southern Rough• FR 1
• FRCC 1
• Information/Education
• Considerations
Example
• Rocky Mountain Region - Alpine Fir Habitat Type
• FR 4• FRCC 1• Information/
Education• Considerations
Example
• Tall Grass Prairie• FR 2
• FRCC 1
• Information/ Education
• Considerations
Example
• Lake States Mixed Forest• FR 3 (?)• FRCC 3• Information/
Education• Considerations
Example
• Lake States Mixed Hardwoods• FR?• FRCC?• Information/
Education• Considerations
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR PRESENTERSADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR PRESENTERS
Partnerships
BlueSkyRAINS• Web-based, automated
smoke prediction system
• Estimates, tracking, and forecasting
• Fire managers, air quality agencies, & general public can view
• Developed by EPA R10 & USFS PNW Lab
http://blueskyrains.org
Artwork Resources
• Additional photos provided by WFEWT
Hard wood forest FR1 CC2
Long Leaf Pine FR1 CC1
Ponderosa Pine Northern AZ CC1
Southern Rough FR1CC1Tallgrass FR2 CC1
Artwork Resources
• Additional photos provided by WFEWT
Alpine Fir FR5CC1Black Spruce FR2 CC1 Ponderosa Pine AZ CC2
Southern Rough FR1CC3Swamp Riparian FR1CC3 Tundra FR2 CC1
Artwork Resources
• Additional photos provided by WFEWT
Dry Douglas Fir FR1CC1
Pocosin
Pocosin in need of fire.Typical pocosin conditions.
Artwork Resources
• Additional artwork is available via the following websites
• www.nifc.gov• Photo Gallery
• www.fs.fed.us• Photo and Video Gallery
• www.firewise.org• Enhanced Media, Photos