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The La Jolla Indian reservation sits on about 10,000 acres an hour north of San Diego. The 700 member tribe was hit hard by the late October Poomacha fire, one of the dozens of fires that hit southern California in the fall of 2007. 92% of reservation land was burned, 55 homes were burned, and 180 tribal members were left homeless. But, once the threat from flames subsided and the smoke cleared a new danger emerged – mud and rock slides. More...
Battling Cheatgrass at Zion NP
There are many ready to proclaim that cheatgrass has won the battle for the west. The 2007 fire season would certainly attest to that claim with cheatgrass fueling range fires in Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming that covered hundreds of thousand of acres. Not everyone is ready to surrender to cheatgrass though. Zion National Park is tackling the cheatgrass problem head-on.
Fire Risk and the Southeastern Drought
In 2007, a complex of fires in and around the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge—eventually named the Georgia Bay Complex—consumed over 500,000 acres across southern Georgia and northern Florida. While state and federal officials are busy preparing for another active fire season they have implemented a number of programs to help recover from last year’s round of fires, and also to better prepare Georgia’s forests for the challenges it will face with a continuing drought. More...
Fire and Climate Change: A Conversation with Peter Fulé
The connection between climate change and the increasing length and severity of fire season has become an important issue in fire science. At the Association of Fire Ecology Conference in Tucson, AZ this past January, almost every talk mentioned climate change to some degree. We sat down and talked with Peter Fulé of Northern Arizona University about his research on the Rodeo-Chedeski Fire, and what lessons he draws from the fire that can help fire managers in facing the challenges of climate change.
The last 25 documents posted on the Lessons Learned Center Web site are listed below:
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SAFETY BULLETIN : Firefighter Fatality, Air Ambulance Collision
(38KB doc posted 7/3/2008)
"A wildland firefighter was killed in a private medical helicopter collision while being transported from the Grand Canyon to a Flagstaff, Arizona hospital on Sunday afternoon, June 29, 2008. Five other occupants of the two air ambulances were also killed and one occupant is listed in critical condition. Two responding ground personnel also received minor burns when the wreckage sustained a secondary explosion. Additional responding Forest Service units suppressed the wildfire caused by the crash."
Green Sheet - Oak Glen Crew 3 ECT Rollover
(312KB pdf posted 7/3/2008)
"On June 23, 2008 at 1937 hours, Oak Glen 3 was returning to Oak Glen Conservation Camp from a vegetation fire – Valley Incident (CARRU-055557) in the area of Wilson Valley Road and Highway 371. On Wilson Valley Road the ECT struck the embankment on the side of the road and rolled onto its right side. Three California Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) firefighters sustained moderate to serious injuries and twelve others received minor injures. The Fire Captain also sustained minor injuries during the accident. The ECT was a total loss."
National Forests In North Carolina Incident Organizer
( doc posted 7/3/2008)
This is a tri fold incident organizer, created by Alyce Harris (North Carolina). It is modeled off the Virginia Coordination Center incident organizer.
Smoke and Inversion Message - Predictive Services
(27KB doc posted 6/28/2008)
Smoke from the growth of our many lightning fires has now become widespread across much of northern CA. Since Sunday the 22nd the atmosphere has been generally stable which, along with shading caused by the smoke itself, has tended to limit smoke rise. In the most-affected areas inversions have lasted into the afternoon hours, and even where they break or lift, the vertical lapse rates have not become as steep as they could under totally sunny conditions.
Learning From the Experts: John Chapman 1
(31MB wmv posted 6/27/2008)
How Does Your Fire Burn?
If you are field-going personnel on wildland fire events, have you thought about how closely tied your success in the field is to the success of the fire behavior analyst assigned to the incident? John Chapman, a longtime crew boss, fed his passion for fire behavior during his experiences in the field. Later, he used his experience in the field to develop fire behavior predictions that would make sense and be useful to field-going personnel. Listen to John as he explains how crew members changed the way he predicted fire behavior.
Learning From The Experts: John Chapman 2
( wmv posted 6/27/2008)
"Firefighting by the Numbers"
Fire behavior analysts are charged with preparing line-going personnel with information they can use in the field to enhance their safety and help them be more effective. What if our predictions are wrong? In the morning briefing, have we armed them with all of the possible outcomes when it comes to how the fire will behave that day? Have we told them where the fire behavior prediction could dramatically change and why? John Chapman talks about how he helped crews understand what could go wrong and why.
Learning From the Experts iPod Video: John Chapman 1
(22MB mp4 posted 6/27/2008)
How does Your Fire Burn?
If you are field-going personnel on wildland fire events, have you thought about how closely tied your success in the field is to the success of the fire behavior analyst assigned to the incident? John Chapman, a longtime crew boss, fed his passion for fire behavior during his experiences in the field. Later, he used his experience in the field to develop fire behavior predictions that would make sense and be useful to field-going personnel. Listen to John as he explains how crew members changed the way he predicted fire behavior.
Learning From the Experts iPod Video: John Chapman 2
(23MB mp4 posted 6/27/2008)
Fire Fighting by the Numbers
Fire behavior analysts are charged with preparing line-going personnel with information they can use in the field to enhance their safety and help them be more effective. What if our predictions are wrong? In the morning briefing, have we armed them with all of the possible outcomes when it comes to how the fire will behave that day? Have we told them where the fire behavior prediction could dramatically change and why? John Chapman talks about how he helped crews understand what could go wrong and why
2008 California Fire Season Outlook
(675KB pdf posted 6/26/2008)
"This Assessment is an update from, and expands upon, the preliminary outlook produced in late April 2008. It should be considered the primary assessment of expected fire season severity for the remainder of the Northern California fire season. It will only be updated again if necessary. The Assessment is produced by subject matter experts in fire weather meteorology, climate, fuels, fire danger and GIS technology. It is based on past developments, current conditions, recent trends, and present predictions for the next four months (July through October)."
Summit Incident Green Sheet
(67KB pdf posted 6/25/2008)
"0n June 1st 2008 at 1630 hours, a private D6mxl high track bulldozer with operator was working on the Summit incident fire suppression repair. During movement on the line, the dozer ran up and onto a hidden root ball. The dozer slid off of the root ball with its momentum causing the dozer to turn onto its side in loose soil. The dozer operator was not injured. The dozer was winched upright, inspected by a mechanic, and found to be undamaged. After minor preventive maintance the dozer was returned to work on the incident."
Nicolaus Fire Burnover Green Sheet
(514KB pdf posted 6/25/2008)
"On June 11, 2008, Placer County Fire Department Brush 75 (BR75) and Brush 73 (BR73) were involved in a burnover accident during wildland fire suppression activities on the Nicolaus Fire, west of Lincoln, California. The burnover resulted in burn injuries to two CAL FIRE Firefighters and one Placer County Volunteer Firefighter. Both fire engines were destroyed by the fire."
HRO Teaching Tips Video Trailer
(3MB wmv posted 6/25/2008)
HRO Teaching Tips short video trailer highlighting the DVD.
Communities at Risk from Wildfire: How much is on federal lands?
(1MB pdf posted 6/24/2008)
Overview of a project to map community protection zones (CPZs) across the country, and to determine who owns what and where.
Managing the Landscape for Fire
(375KB pdf posted 6/24/2008)
This report outlines a simple model to address wildland fire comprehensively across landscapes and describes how that model may be applied in the development of land and resource management plans.
Integrating Science into Fire Management Planning
(820KB pdf posted 6/24/2008)
Brief describes federal policies that direct federal land management agencies to develop FMPs and discusses the difficulties in assessing compliance with those policies.
Wildland Fire Use: An Essential Fire Management Tool
(853KB pdf posted 6/24/2008)
Overview WFU - the management process, benefits and challenges of fire use.
Stewardship Contracting: An Assessment of Opportunities for Forest Restoration and Rural Communities
(581KB pdf posted 6/24/2008)
Overview of details of stewardship contracting as a means to accomplish fuel reduction objectives. Brief covers some of the potential of the contracts as well as the limitations and concerns.
The Federal Wildland Fire Budget: Let's Prepare, Not Just React
(456KB pdf posted 6/24/2008)
Summary of a report examining problems in the way fire management is budgeted within the federal land management agencies - report looks at funding for fuel reduction, fire borrowing, and increasing suppression costs.
Restoring Balance to Wildland Fire Policy
(674KB pdf posted 6/24/2008)
Overview highlights the critical factors of fire behavior, the basics of fire ecology, important changes in fire policy, importance of restoring fire on landscapes, and how communities can better protect themselves from wildfire risk.
Roadless Areas Pose No Threat to Communities at Risk from Wildfire
(1MB pdf posted 6/24/2008)
This brief identifies roadless areas within half mile wide community protection zones - areas where management of fuel loads is critical to protect homes from wildfire.
Dead Trees and Healthy Forests: Is Fire Always Bad?
(686KB pdf posted 6/24/2008)
Brief describing why fire is a natural part of many ecosystems and also why thinning is not appropriate in some forest types.
Fire and Fuels: Does Thinning Stop Wildfires?
(461KB pdf posted 6/24/2008)
Analysis of the role of thinning in stopping wildfires or in changing fire behavior.
Economics of Fuel Treatment
(1MB pdf posted 6/24/2008)
Brief describing study looking at the costs of fuel treatments and the long term potential of treatments to reduce fire risk.
California Fuels and Fire Behavior Advisory June 2008
(983KB pdf posted 6/23/2008)
Subject: Low live and dead fuel moistures, along with persistent drought, have created the potential for active to extreme fire behavior in many low to mid-elevation parts of the state. Discussion: With the exception of the northwest corner of the state, most of California is experiencing drought conditions. Effects of lower than normal live and dead fuel moistures and localized sudden oak death are the focus of this advisory.
Indians Fire Engine 71 Burn Incident 24 Hour Report
(96KB pdf posted 6/19/2008)
"At approximately 1615 hours while supporting a firing operation, Engine-71 was involved in a localized fire blow-up. A cyclonic fire wind event caused four members of Engine-71 to be overcome by the fire. The crew was suppressing spot fires near the roads edge when they experienced extreme fire and wind behavior."
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