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NWCG 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 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 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