Prescribed Fire on Private Lands workshops are designed for landowners and managers looking to gain skills in prescribed fire planning and implementation. The first day typically consists of classroom lecture, instruction, and exercises. Workshops with a second day will include a field trip to view lands actively managed with prescribed fire and take part in a prescribed fire, permit / weather allowing.
Workshop Topics:
- Prescribed fire as a management tool
- Cultural burning
- Permitting and legal considerations
- Cal Fire’s Vegetation Management Program
- Fire weather forecasting / online tools
- Air quality and smoke management
- Prescribed burn associations
- Local fire history
- Fire terms and fire behavior
- Burn plan development
- Burn unit preparation
- Tools and equipment
These workshops are offered frequently and in collaboration with local partners. Presentation materials and content from past workshops may be found below.
Why prescribed fire
- 5-2019 Workshop introduction Dr. Rob York, Forestry Extension Specialist, UC Berkeley
- 5-2019 Imagining the future of Rx fire in California Susie Kocher, Forestry Advisor, UCCE
- 5-2019 Prescribed burning - how it's done in Florida 10-2019 Prescribed fire - the Florida example Ariel Roughton, Interim Manager, UCB Blodgett Research Forest
- 10-2019 The natural benefits of prescribed fire Kate Wilkin, Fire and Forestry Advisor, UCCE
- 10-2019 Options for burning on private lands Kate Wilkin, Fire and Forestry Advisor, UCCE
- 10-2019 Fire ecology and behavior , Susie Kocher, Forestry Advisor, UCCE
- 10-2019 Options for burning on private land Ryan Tompkins, Forestry Advisor, UCCE
Objectives for burning
- Fighting Fire with Fire, Honorable Ron Goode, North Fork Mono Tribe
- 5-2019 Using prescribed fire to manage forest ecosystems Dr. Rob York, UC Berkeley
- 10-2019 Winter burning opportunities for private landowners 11-2019 Winter burning opportunities for private landowners Dr. Rob York, UC Berkeley
- 10-2019 Prescribed Fire on California Rangelands Scott Oneto, Farm Advisor, UCCE
- 11-2019 California Rangelands and Prescribed Fire Rebecca Ozeran, Livestock and Range Advisor, UCCE
Burning at the local scale
- 11-2019 SCE and CalFire VMP partnership Ryan Stewart, Southern California Edison
- 10-2019 Update on the Humboldt County Prescribed Burn association, Lenya Quinn-Davidson, Fire Advisor UCCE
- 10-2019 Using Prescribed fire at the ranch scale Lara McNichol, Columbia College and Brown's Meadow Ranch
- 10-2019 PUC Underburn Process , 10-2019 PUC Land Assessment Form , 10-2019 PUC Membership Form Plumas Underburn Cooperative forms
- 5-2019 Conducting a Rx burn program Keegan Schafer, Zephyr Crew Supervisor, Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District
CalFire Permitting and Veg Management Program
- 11-2019 Local fire history in Fresno county Jim McDougald, CalFire
- 11-2019 Prescribed fire for California property owners Len Nielson, CalFire, Southern Region VMP Coordinator
- 5-2019 CalFire VMP in the Amador El Dorado Unit Patrick McDaniel, VMP Coordinator, CalFire
- 5-2019 Being part of a CalFire Vegetation Management Plan Ryan Stewart, Forester, Southern California Edison
- 10-2019 CAL FIRE permitting and legal considerations related to prescribed burning Adam Frese, CalFire Tuolumne Calaveras Unit
- Prescribe Burn VMP_Permits Chris Christopherson, CalFire
California Certified Burn Boss Program
- 10-2019 California Certified Burn Boss program and burn plan elements -Lenya Quinn-Davidson, UCCE
Air Quality
- 11-2019 Burn Unit Preparation & Firing Techniques Jason Lawler, San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control Distict
- 10-2019 Air quality and smoke management Jim McHargue, Amador County Air Pollution Control Officer
- 5-2019 Air quality and smoke management Rania Serieh, Air Quality Engineer, El Dorado County Air Quality Management District
- 10-2019 Air quality and smoke management Bill Sandman, Tuolumne County Air Quality Management District
- 10-2019 Air quality and Permitting Northern Sierra Air Quality Management District
NRCS
- 10-2019 NRCS Forest health and Rx burning Jenny Johnson, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Fire Safe Councils
- 10-2019 Amador County Fire Safe Council Amanda Watson, Amador County Fire Safe Council
- 10-2019 Plumas County FIre Safe Council Plumas County Fire Safe Council
How to burn
- Fall 2019 Fire weather - useful websites and tools Kate Wilkin, Forest and Fire Advisor, UCCE
- 11-2019 Prescribed fire burn planning , 10-2019 Prescribed fire burn plans Rob York, UC Berkeley
- 10-2019 Fire behavior - Understanding how fire burns and how we can influence that Susie Kocher, Forestry Advisor, UCCE
Burn unit prep, firing and mop up
- 11-2019 Burn Unit Preparation & Firing Techniques , Adam Hernandez, Professor, Reedley College
- 10-2019 Burn unit prep, firing and mop up Ryan Tomkins, Forestry Advisor, UCCE
- 10-2019 Unit Prep and Ignitions Ariel Roughton, UC Berkeley Blodgett Forest Interim Manager
- 10-2019 Burn Unit Preparation and Ignition Patterns Ryan Bauer, USFS Plumas NF
Personal Protective Equipment
- 5-2019 Fire behavior and Personal Protective Equipment Kate Wilkin, Forest and Fire Advisor, UCCE
- 10-2019 Prescribed fire equipment - what do you need to do it effectively and safely Susie Kocher, Forestry Advisor, UCCE
Handouts:
- Prescribed fire gains momentum 2019 California Agriculture
- Stackhouse and QuinnDavidson 2019_Options for Rx Fire in CA
- California Code_Rx fire
- Prescribed Fire Plan (draft)
- Prescribed fire burn plan - Iowa State University
- CAL FIRE Debris Burning Requirements
- Prescribed Fire Equipment
- Quinn-Davidson and Stackhouse 2019 Building Burn Trailers
- Quinn-Davidson and Stackhouse 2019 Burning By The Day
- Wheeler - Prescribed Burn Associations as TREX-Capacity Solutions
- Jaramillo- Volunteer Fire Departments as TREX-Capacity Solutions
- Quinn-Davidson- Prescribed Fire Councils as a TREX- Capacity Solutions
- Davis et al 2019 Trinity Integrated Fire Management Partnership
Workshop Agendas
- March 13th, 2020: UC Cooperative Extension Office, 1710 Soscol Avenue, Suite 4, Napa, CA Napa Rx Fire Workshop flyer_March2020 final
- March 13th http://ucanr.edu/prescribedfiremarch13
- March 19th/20th http://cemariposa.ucanr.edu
- March 24th http://ucanr.edu/2020rxworkshop
- March 25th https://www.eventbrite.com/e/prescribed-fire-on-private-lands-workshop-orland-tickets-97794683531
- March 26th http://ucanr.edu/2020rxworkshop
- April 28th & 29th: On line (two days): Recorded presentations with online chat with speakers on workshop days. Rx Fire for Foresters online workshop April 28 & 29 2020
- December 13th, 2019: Chico State University’s Big Chico Creek Reserve, 3521 14 Mile House Rd, Forest Ranch, CA
- November 5th and 6th, 2019: Central Sierra Historical Museum, 42642 Tollhouse Road, Shaver Lake, CA 93664 2019 Prescribed Fire Workshops Shaver Lake
- October 18th and 19th, 2019: UC Berkeley Forestry Camp, 8091 Schneider Creek Rd, Meadow Valley, CA 95956. 2019 Prescribed Fire Workshops _Plumas flyer .
- October 10th, 2019, 9am - 4:30pm: American Legion Hall, 11401 American Legion Drive, Sutter Creek, CA 2019 Prescribed Fire Workshops Central Sierra
- October 8th, 2019, 9am - 4:30pm: Ambulance, Fire and EOC Facility, 18440 Striker Court, Sonora, CA. 2019 Prescribed Fire Workshops Central Sierra
- June 5 and 6, 2019 at Hollister Veteran’s Memorial Building, 649 San Benito St, Hollister, CA Prescribed Burn Workshop 6-5 & 6 2019 - San Benito County
- June 3, 2019 at Hopland Research and Extension Center, Hopland, CA, HREC Rx Fire Workshop flyer_June 2019 (002)
- May 17 and 18, 2019 at at UC Berkeley's Blodgett Research Forest, Blodgett Prescribed Fire Workshop 5-17 to 18 2019
- Agenda for the Prescribed Fire Workshop 12-13-2019 Chico
- Agenda for the Prescribed fire workshop 11-5 & 11-6-2019 Shaver Lake
- Agenda for Prescribed Fire Workshop 10-18 & 19 2019 Plumas
- Agenda for Prescribed Fire for Private Land workshop 10-8-2019 Sonora
- Agenda for Prescribed Fire on Private Land workshop 10-10-2019 Sutter Creek
- Agenda for May 17 & 18 2019 Prescribed Fire workshop