Southeast Rx Fire

🔥Tippin’ Torch: Tips for the Season!

Above-normal temperatures are likely over the next few months and as we go out into that heat to do work, let's remind ourselves about the risks and mitigations of heat-related illness.

Check out this short selection of useful resources below:

6 Minutes for Safety briefs on Heat Stress and Heat Disorders:
https://www.nwcg.gov/6mfs/firefighter-health-and-first-aid/heat-stress
https://www.nwcg.gov/6mfs/firefighter-health-and-first-aid/heat-disorders

Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center blog post about heat stress:
https://wildfirelessons.wpcomstaging.com/2020/06/12/heat-stress-its-not-just-about-drinking-water/

CDC HeatRisk Tool to find the current HeatRisk for your area:
https://ephtracking.cdc.gov/Applications/HeatRisk/

Southeast Heat Monitor:
https://products.climate.ncsu.edu/heat-monitor/?utm_source=Merged+Symposium+and+Newsletter+Lists&utm_campaign=348b502023-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_05_20_01_39_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bd5faaf92a-348b502023-450838867

NC State University Extension Forestry and Derrick Moore with the Down East Prescribed Burn Association (PBA) are hosting an upcoming webinar concentrating on burn plan prep review and mapping. 🔥

The webinar will review the important sections of writing a North Carolina burn plan and demonstrate how to utilize various applications to produce the required maps. This webinar aims to help landowners and PBA members overcome common planning challenges and build greater confidence in executing prescribed fires.

Register here: https://ncsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/f3Fd6kjTQYiZOnbNYtDbrQ #/registration

The U.S. Seasonal Drought Outlook has been released for May 21-August 31 from the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center.

Drought is predicted to continued to either persist or remain (with improvement) across the Southeast.

Check it out here:
https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/expert_assessment/sdo_summary.php

LANDFIRE has introduced the Fire Needs Assessment (FNA), a spatial analysis tool designed to help land managers determine where fire is needed to maintain ecosystem health.

The assessment compares current vegetation and fire regimes to historical reference conditions to identify areas of "fire deficit" or excessive fire. This data-driven approach allows practitioners to prioritize prescribed burns and fuel treatments more effectively across large, diverse landscapes.

Read more about the tool: https://landfire-tnc.github.io/LANDFIRE_FNA/