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NWCG Messaging Project
Wildland Fire Education Working Team
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Agenda

• Introduction
• Messaging Project Overview
• Key Messages
• Role of Wildland Fire
• Current Conditions
• Wildland Fire Management
• Partnerships for Wildland Fire Safety
• Materials Resources
• Discussion

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National Wildfire Coordinating Group

• Organization
• Federal and state representation
• Working teams (13)
• Advisory Groups (2)
• Task Groups (1)

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National Wildfire Coordinating Group

• Goals
• Continuity and standards for training equipment,
  qualifications, and operational functions
• Collaborative efforts among agencies
• Avoid duplication
• Products

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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.

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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

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Messaging Project Overview

• Evolution of Products Communicator's Guide,
  Wildland Fire Brochure, Natl Messages, Fact
  Sheet
• Next Years Products PSAs, integration w/ other
  WTs newsletters periodic communications

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Fire Regime and Condition Class
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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

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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
• gt200 years
• Lethal severity
• Alpine Fir Habitat Types, Boreal Forests

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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

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Example

• Rocky Mountain Region Dry Douglas Fir Habitat
  Types
• FR1
• FRCC 1
• Information/Education
• Considerations

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Example

• Southern Rough
• FR 1
• FRCC 1
• Information/Education
• Considerations

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Example

• Rocky Mountain Region - Alpine Fir Habitat Type
• FR 4
• FRCC 1
• Information/ Education
• Considerations

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Example

• Tall Grass Prairie
• FR 2
• FRCC 1
• Information/ Education
• Considerations

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Example

• Lake States Mixed Forest
• FR 3 (?)
• FRCC 3
• Information/Education
• Considerations

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Example

• Lake States Mixed Hardwoods
• FR?
• FRCC?
• Information/ Education
• Considerations

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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR PRESENTERS
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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
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Artwork Resources

• Additional photos provided by WFEWT

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Artwork Resources

• Additional photos provided by WFEWT

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Artwork Resources

• Additional photos provided by WFEWT

Pocosin
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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