Links

We have assembled the following resources based on the regular needs of prescribed burners in Michigan. We hope they will be of use to you. Send us an e-mail (info@firecouncil.org) to suggest a helpful resource we may have missed.

Weather

National Weather Service Fire Weather

NOAA Fire Weather

RAWS

Air Quality - Smoke Management

DNRE Real Time Air Quality

EPA National

Smoke Management Guide for Prescribed and Wildland Fire (file download from NWCG)

Fire Behavior

Standard Fire Behavior Fuel Models - New Fuel Models

Fireline Management

Managing the Unexpected in Prescribed Fire and Fire Use Operation: A Workshop on High Reliability Organizations

Fire Effects

Fire Effects Information System

Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Effects of Fire on Flora (8.18 MB)

Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Effects of Fire on Fauna (1.36 MB)

Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Effects of Fire on Air (1.02 MB)

Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Effects of Fire on Soils and Water (11.63 MB)

Using Fire to Manage Invasive Vegetation: The State of the Art (447 KB)

The Use of Fire as a Tool for Controlling Invasive Plants (2.5MB)

Fire Research and Management Exchange System (FRAMES)

Liability

Liability, incentives, and prescribed fire for ecosystem management. Ecological Society of America

Liability, regulation and endogenous risk: Incidence and severity of escaped prescribed fires in the United States. Washington State University School of Economic Sciences

Incentives and Timing of Prescribed Fire for Wildfire Risk Management Journal of Forestry

Legal Liability Exposures Created by Prescribed Burning, 1993 Proceedings of the Midwest Oak Savanna Conference

Other Fire Councils

Coalition of Prescribed Fire Councils
The Coalition’s core mission is to promote the appropriate use of prescribed fire for enhancing public safety, managing resources, and sustaining environment quality. In addition, the Coalition encourages and facilitates the organization of prescribed fire councils in states that lack active councils.

Agencies and Organizations

Joint Fire Science Program

Lake States Fire Science Consortium

Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment - Fire Management

The Nature Conservancy - Global Fire Initiative

US Fish & Wildlife Service - Fire Management

US Forest Service - Fire & Aviation Management

Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center