Resources

NC Prescribed Fire Council General Resources

• North Carolina Prescribed Fire Council Strategic Plan (20.2 MB)
• North Carolina Prescribed Fire Council By-Laws
• Code of Ethics for NC Prescribed Burners

NC Prescribed Fire Council Newsletters

Quarterly newsletters are distributed directly to current PFC members.

Newsletters are posted here on a 6 month delay.

• Spring 2024
• Winter 2023
• Fall 2023
• Summer 2023
• Spring 2023
• Winter 2022
• Fall 2022
• Summer 2022
• Spring 2022

Publications Concerning Prescribed Burning

• Guidebook for Prescribed Burning in the Southern Region
• First North Carolina Prescribed Fire Needs Assessment
• 2023 Prescribed Fire Liability Report for the Southern United States
• 2021 Prescribed Fire Use Survey Report
• A Guide for Prescribed Fire in Southern Forests
• Controlled Burning for Healthy Forest Management in the Appalachians
• Fire-Resistant Landscaping in North Carolina
• The Nature Conservancy – Controlled Burning for Safe Communities & Healthy Ecosystems
• Using Fire to Improve Wildlife Habitat

Prescribed Burning Websites

• Coalition of Prescribed Fire Councils
• Consortium of Appalachian Fire Managers and Scientists
• Georgia Prescribed Fire Council
• Southern Group of State Foresters Prescribed Fire in the South
• NC Forest Service Fire Control
• Prescribed Fire Councils of Florida
• South Carolina Prescribed Fire Council
• Southern Fire Exchange
• Southeast Prescribed Fire Update
• Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Program
• TNC Why We Work with Fire

North Carolina Fire Laws and Links for Burner

• NC Open Burning Laws
• Prescribed Burning in NC (in 2023 this act was updated, however that new language is not yet available online)

Smoke Management and Air Quality for Land Managers

• Smoke Management for Prescribed Fires
• Smoke Management Guidelines
• Basic Smoke Management Practices

A Prescribed Burn Association (PBA) is a group of landowners and other concerned citizens that form a partnership to conduct prescribed burns. Association members pool their knowledge, man-power and equipment to help other people in their association conduct prescribed burns.

The following are currently active PBAs in North Carolina:

• Bladen Lakes Area: Contact Benjy Strope, [email protected]

• Down East: https://www.facebook.com/groups/downeastpba/

• Eastern: https://www.facebook.com/EasternPBA/

• Piedmont: https://www.piedmontpba.org/

• Sandhills: https://www.sandhillspba.org/

• Southern Blue Ridge: https://southernblueridgepba.org/index.php/home

• Triangle Prescribed Burn Association: https://orange.ces.ncsu.edu/triangle-prescribed-burn-association-across-5-counties-orange-alamance-person-durham-and-chatham/

Air Quality Regulations in North Carolina

• NC DEQ Smoke Wildfires, and Prescribed Burns
• Does your area meet National Air Quality standards?
  • For PM2.5?
  • For Ozone?

Fire Behavior Modeling

• Smoke and Fire Behavior Models (Southern Fire Exchange master list)

Fire Weather/Danger Links

• NC Fire Weather Intel Portal
• Weather Stations
• Burn Permits
• Wildland Fire Assessment System
• National Weather Service Fire Weather and Fire Weather Forecasts
• Southern Area Coordination Center
• AirNow Air Quality Map

Training Opportunities

• NC Forest Service Certified Burner Program
• Wildland Fire Learning Portal
• Southern Area Wildland Fire Interagency Training
• National Interagency Prescribed Fire Training Center
• Southern Fire Exchange Training Events Calendar
• The Nature Conservancy
• TN-KY training academy
• Basic Prescribed Fire Training

Other Resources

• NCPFC Policy Regarding Overhead
• NWCG Task Book Catalog