Navigating Treatment Data: Choosing the Right Dataset for Your Needs

Friday, May 15, 2026 | 10-11:30a PT/1-2:30p ET

Description

There is a growing demand for high quality, spatially explicit, cross boundary treatment data including information on the type, location, age, and ownership of fuel and vegetation treatments. This information is essential for reporting accomplishments and understanding fuel treatment effectiveness in reducing wildfire risk to values. Several platforms now offer cleaned and collated treatment data from disparate source databases. Researchers and practitioners need to understand the nuances between the different datasets; for example, who can access the data, what source data are used, and which treatments are included or excluded.

Understanding these differences and deciding which dataset best meets a user’s needs can be challenging. The goal of this webinar is to help users understand the similarities and differences between the primary aggregated treatment datasets available to them including the Integrated Interagency Fuel Treatment Service, Fuel Treatment Effectiveness Monitoring, GARP Hub, TWIG, and LANDFIRE’s Disturbance and Treatment Polygons.

Participants will leave the webinar with a general understanding of these datasets, how to select a dataset based on their specific use case, and where to go to learn more.

Agenda

• Overview of the treatment data space

• Overview of the major datasets and their respective uses

• Q&A and facilitated discussion

Speakers

• Kirk Davis, Timmons

• Aaron Kimple, SWERI

• Amanda Rumsey, WFS

• Patrick Johnson, USFS

• Inga LaPuma, USFS

• Aidan Franko, SWERI

• Brenda Lundberg, KBR

• Andrew Johnson, USFS

• Matt Tansey, USFS