Resources
Wildland fire resources are critical to understanding the complexities of how to best manage the natural and human elements of wildland fire. This space contains information to increase information sharing within the community of practice working on Wildland Fire and Prescribed Burning.
Scientists participate in a Prescribed Fire Science Consortium collaborative fire research event at Tall Timbers Research Station. Photo: David Godwin, Southern Fire Exchange / University of Florida.
Oklahoma Burn Plan for Prescribed Burning
Learn about the importance of a burn plan, view a filled out burn plan, and access a template you can use in your own prescribed burning efforts.
Fire Prescriptions for Restoration and Maintenance of Native Plant Communities
Learn about how to use prescribed burning to enhance native ecosystems. This fact sheet outlines guidelines for prescribed burning in Oklahoma as well as recommended fire frequency, types on fuels and fuel moisture, and tips for safety management. Applicable to practitioners, producers, and landowners across the Great Plains that are interested in prescribed burning.
Smoke Management for Prescribed Burning
Smoke management is an important consideration when planning all prescribed burns. Learn about ways to best manage smoke before, during, and after a prescribed burn. Designed for practitioners, landowners, and others interested in prescribed burning.
Firebreaks for Prescribed Burning
Firebreaks are one of the most important elements of a properly conducted prescribed fire. Learn about the different kinds of firebreaks used in prescribed fire, how to build them, and how to prevent erosion after a prescribed burn. Resource designed for landowners, farmers, and producers interested in bringing fire to their land.
Burning in the Growing Season
Learn about the opportunities of using prescribed fire during the growing season in the warm Summer and Fall months. Prescribed fire can help livestock operations extend good forage later into the year. This factsheet designed for landowners and producers interested in prescribed fire and the practitioners that support them.
The Longleaf Academy
The Longleaf Academy prepares natural resource professionals and private landowners to manage, restore, and enhance longleaf pine ecosystems. A program of The Longleaf Alliance that aims to create a uniformly well-informed network of longleaf ecosystem professionals. To browse their offerings, please visit their website.
OSU: Introduction to Prescribed Fire
Interested in learning how to conduct a safe and effective prescribed burn? Enroll in the OSU Extension Introduction to Prescribed Fire online course to learn best practices for conducting a safe and effective burn. The course features interactive learning activities and custom videos.
Introduction to LANDFIRE video series
Through a short series of videos, learn about LANDFIRE: a shared program between federal wildland fire management programs that provides landscape scale geospatial products to support cross-boundary planning, management, and operations. Use LF data for landscape assessment, modeling, analysis, and more.
National Park Service Wildfires, Prescribed Fires, and Fuels
The National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), located in Boise, Idaho, is the nation's support center for wildland firefighting. Eight different agencies and organizations are part of NIFC. Decisions are made and priorities set through close interagency cooperation. The National Park Service’s Division of Fire and Aviation Management (FAM) is located at NIFC and is the National Park Service’s national office that provides policy guidance, management, and oversight for the Wildland Fire Management, Structural Fire Management, and Aviation Management programs in the national parks.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Fire Management
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has assumed a leadership role in the use of fire to maintain and support healthy ecosystems. The Service has traditionally led DOI agencies in using prescribed fire to reduce dangerously overgrown vegetation, known as "hazardous fuels," keeping lands in good condition while accomplishing the most with the least funding.
NRCS Prescribed Burning
Prescribed burning is applying controlled fire to a predetermined area of land.
USDA Forest Service Prescribed Fire
Prescribed fires, also known as prescribed burns or controlled burns, refer to the controlled application of fire by a team of fire experts under specified weather conditions to restore health to ecosystems that depend on fire.
Forest and Rangelands National Priority Maps
Contains maps for: National Priorities for Broad-Scale Fuels Management; National Priorities for Community Planning and Coordination; National Priorities for Managing Human-Caused Ignitions; and Large, long-duration wildfire potential with opportunities map for managing wildfires for resource objectives.
NFPA Firewise USA
Every year, devastating wildfires burn across the United States. At the same time, a growing number of people are living where wildfires are a real risk. While these fires will continue to happen, there are things you can do to protect your home and neighborhood as well as your family’s safety. The Firewise USA® program is here to help you get started.
Oak Woodlands & Forests Fire Consortium Research Briefs
The Oak Woodlands & Forests Fire Consortium is an exchange for fire science information. Funded by the Joint Fire Science Program, our goal is to increase the availability and consideration of credible fire science information to those making land management decisions.
Consortium of Appalachian Fire Managers & Scientists
The Consortium of Appalachian Fire Managers & Scientists (CAFMS) is one of 15 knowledge exchange networks supported by the Joint Fire Science Program. Our goal is to promote communication among fire managers and scientists in the Appalachian Mountains region. CAFMS is largely successful because of a strong relationship between the U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Stations and The Nature Conservancy's Fire Learning Network
Southern Fire Exchange Publications
The Southern Fire Exchange disseminates fire research results and information through fact sheets, the Fire Lines newsletter, presentations, and research syntheses. The topics covered in SFE products are identified through needs assessments, surveys, and by the SFE Advisory Board. SFE also works with partners to identify critical fire science research needs for the Southern region.
EPA Wildland Fire Publications, Fact Sheets and Other Resources
This page provides guides, fact sheets, brochures, infographics and web resources for use in learning about the health impacts of wildland fire smoke.
Great Plains Fire Science Exchange Publications
Publications from the Great Plains Fire Science Exchange.
Joint Fire Science Program Fire Science Exchange Network
The Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) Fire Science Exchange Network is a national collaboration of 15 regional fire science exchanges that provides the most relevant, current wildland fire science information to federal, state, local, tribal, and private stakeholders within ecologically similar regions. The network brings fire managers, practitioners, and scientists together to address regional fire management needs and challenges.
