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Resources for Prescribed Burners
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General
Publications Concerning Prescribed Burning
Prescribed Burning Websites
North Carolina Fire Laws and Links for Burner
Smoke Management and Air Quality for Land Managers
Prescribed Burn Associations
Air Quality Regulations in North Carolina
Fire Behavior Modeling
Fire Weather/Danger Links
Training Opportunities
Other Resources
General
General Resources
Publications Concerning Prescribed Burning
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
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
North Carolina Fire Laws and Links for Burner
Smoke Management and Air Quality for Land Managers
Smoke Management and Air Quality for Land Managers
Prescribed Burn Associations
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
Air Quality Regulations in North Carolina
- Administrative Code
- Does your area meet National Air Quality standards?
Fire Behavior Modeling
Fire Behavior Modeling
- Fire behavior prediction models (standard free software)
Fire Weather/Danger Links
Fire Weather/Danger Links
Training Opportunities
Training Opportunities
Other Resources