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Explore the role of fire in ecosystems, key messages, current conditions, management strategies, and partnerships for fire safety. Join the discussion to access materials and resources for effective education programs.

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  3. NWCG Messaging Project Wildland Fire Education Working Team

  4. Agenda • Introduction • Messaging Project Overview • Key Messages • Role of Wildland Fire • Current Conditions • Wildland Fire Management • Partnerships for Wildland Fire Safety • Materials & Resources • Discussion

  5. National Wildfire Coordinating Group • Organization • Federal and state representation • Working teams (13) • Advisory Groups (2) • Task Groups (1)

  6. National Wildfire Coordinating Group • Goals • Continuity and standards for training equipment, qualifications, and operational functions • Collaborative efforts among agencies • Avoid duplication • Products

  7. 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.

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. Fire Regime and Condition Class

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. Example • Rocky Mountain Region – Dry Douglas Fir Habitat Types • FR1 • FRCC 1 • Information/Education • Considerations

  15. Example • Southern Rough • FR 1 • FRCC 1 • Information/Education • Considerations

  16. Example • Rocky Mountain Region - Alpine Fir Habitat Type • FR 4 • FRCC 1 • Information/ Education • Considerations

  17. Example • Tall Grass Prairie • FR 2 • FRCC 1 • Information/ Education • Considerations

  18. Example • Lake States Mixed Forest • FR 3 (?) • FRCC 3 • Information/Education • Considerations

  19. Example • Lake States Mixed Hardwoods • FR? • FRCC? • Information/ Education • Considerations

  20. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR PRESENTERS

  21. 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

  22. Artwork Resources Tallgrass FR2 CC1 Southern Rough FR1CC1 Long Leaf Pine FR1 CC1 Hard wood forest FR1 CC2 Ponderosa Pine Northern AZ CC1 • Additional photos provided by WFEWT

  23. Artwork Resources Ponderosa Pine AZ CC2 Alpine Fir FR5CC1 Black Spruce FR2 CC1 Swamp Riparian FR1CC3 Tundra FR2 CC1 Southern Rough FR1CC3 • Additional photos provided by WFEWT

  24. Artwork Resources Dry Douglas Fir FR1CC1 Typical pocosin conditions. Pocosin in need of fire. • Additional photos provided by WFEWT Pocosin

  25. 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

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