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Resources for Prescribed Burners
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NC Prescribed Fire Council General Resources
NC Prescribed Fire Council Newsletters
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
NC Prescribed Fire Council General Resources
NC Prescribed Fire Council General Resources
NC Prescribed Fire Council Newsletters
NC Prescribed Fire Council Newsletters
Quarterly newsletters are distributed directly to current PFC members.
Newsletters are posted here on a 6 month delay.
Publications Concerning Prescribed Burning
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
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
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 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/
- 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
Air Quality Regulations in North Carolina
- NC DEQ Smoke Wildfires, and Prescribed Burns
- Does your area meet National Air Quality standards?
Fire Behavior Modeling
Fire Behavior Modeling
- Smoke and Fire Behavior Models (Southern Fire Exchange master list)
Fire Weather/Danger Links
Fire Weather/Danger Links
Training Opportunities
Training Opportunities
Other Resources