Resources

General Resources

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

Publications Concerning Prescribed Burning

• 2012 Escaped Prescribed Fire Review Summary
• 2018 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
• Good Fire, Bad Fire
• Landscaping Can Be Attractive & Firewise
• Minimizing Wildfire Risk – A Forest Landowner’s Guide
• National Prescribed Fire Use Survey (2012)
• Prescribed Fire in the Wildland/Urban Interface
• The Nature Conservancy – Controlled Burning for Safe Communities & Healthy Ecosystems
• The Nature Conservancy’s Fire Initiative
• 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
• Good Fires
• NC Forest Service
• 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 Site
• TNC Global Fire Initiative
• TNC – Maintaing Fire’s Natural Role
• Why do Good Forest Managers Burn the Woods?
• Your Home in the Line of Fire

North Carolina Fire Laws and Links for Burner

• NC Open Burning Laws
• Prescribed Burning in NC

Smoke Management and Air Quality for Land Managers

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

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/

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

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

Air Quality Regulations in North Carolina

• Administrative Code
• Does your area meet National Air Quality standards?
  • For PM2.5?
  • For Ozone?

Fire Behavior Modeling

• Fire behavior prediction models (standard free software)

Fire Weather/Danger Links

• NC Fire Weather Intel Portal
• Weather Stations
• Burn Permits
• Fuel Moisture (WFAS)
• National Weather Service – Fire Weather Forecasts
• Southern Area Coordination Center
• Air Quality Forecast

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
• National Fire Training
• TN-KY training academy

Other Resources

• Black Carbon report to Congress
• NCPFC Policy Regarding Overhead
• NWCG – Forms and taskbooks