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SOUTHEAST REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR PLANNING AND SUSTAINABIL ITY
PRESCRIBED F IRE WORK GROUP
Implementing the “Comprehensive Strategy for Prescribed Fire to
Restore Longleaf Pine in the SE U.S.”Partnership Council Meeting
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Outline
Background What are we doing?What is still needed? What will be done in the
future?Conclusion/Questions
Photo by Jennifer Evans, North Carolina State University
Fort Bragg, North Carolina
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Background-Challenges
National Prescribed Fire Use Survey Report (2012) Listed Top 3 Challenges:
Capacity Liability Smoke Management/Air Quality
A National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy’s (2012) Barriers in SE Include:
Air Quality Policy Lack of Resources
Photo by Laurie Gharis, North Carolina State University
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Background-SERPPAS Prescribed Fire Work Group Priorities
Increase capacity to burnMinimize risk of liabilityMinimize local smoke
impacts; maximize coordination between air quality and fire communities
Ensure resources to implement increased prescribed fire operations
Photo by Jennifer Evans, North Carolina State University
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What Are We Doing?
Smoke Management/Air QualityMobile App-http://bit.ly/H1tg4GCurriculum
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What Are We Doing?
LiabilityState law & liability summariesCurriculumWebinars
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What Are We Doing?
TrainingTrainer’s guide
Online, integrated curriculum
Modules include prescribed fire for new landowners, fire safety, smoke management/air quality, and liability
Webinars
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What Are We Doing?
Resources• Summary of prescribed fire resources http://
bit.ly/17tJ5XH• Cost estimates
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What Is Still Needed?
Support Required Number
Annual Cost
Burn Teams 8 $1,800,000
Additional Certified Burners
390 $140,000
Air Quality/Prescribed Fire Meetings
25 $85,000
Fort Bragg, North Carolina (Fire & Ice)
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What Is Still Needed?
Increased Burning Short Term-Burn Team
Long Term-Training
Partnerships Air Quality and
Prescribed Fire
Private, State, &
Federal
Policy State Statutes
Exceptional Events
Fire Smoke
State NegligenceGross
Negligence NegligenceGross
Negligence
VA x
NC x
SC x x
GA x x
FL x x
AL x x
MS x x
LA x x
TX x x x x
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Highlighting Successes
Apalachicola National ForestGulf Coastal Plain Ecosystem PartnershipOsceola National Forest Sandhills Conservation Partnership
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What Will Be Done in the Future?
Finish integrated curriculum
Develop prescribed fire
videos focused on private
landowners
Field classes for private
landowners and key
stakeholders unfamiliar with
prescribed fire
Options for resource sharing
Fort Bragg, North Carolina
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What Do We Expect in the Future?
1. Changes in the climate Sea level rise Increasing temperatures Reduction in water availability
2. Fiscal constraints Prescribed burning is not a 9-5 job Training is important Burns must be conducted regularly to
see benefits Weather can prevent burns Lost burn days (due to fiscal
constraints) are hard to make up
Photo by Jennifer Evans, North Carolina State University
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Acknowledgements
SERPPAS Prescribed
Fire Work Group
U.S. Forest Service
Office of the
Secretary of Defense
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Questions?
Twitter: @SE_RxFireFacebook: Southeast Rx Fire
Blog: http://cnr.ncsu.edu/blogs/southeast-fire-update/E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]