RX-310: Introduction to Fire Effects at the 11th international fire ecology and management congress
Wildland fire managers and practitioners can access the latest fire and fuels science and connect with other wildland fire professionals while completing Introduction to Fire Effects (RX-310) in conjunction with the 11th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress in New Orleans, LA. This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize and communicate the relationships between basic fire regimes and fire effects, the effects of fire treatments on fire effects, and to manipulate fire treatments to achieve desired fire effects (NWCG 2017) while learning about the latest tools and techniques from wildland fire practitioners and researchers from across the globe.
This course is broken down into three components: 1) the course material, where students learn about fire effects on a variety of natural resources, 2) discussions with experts on the expansion and application of the concepts learned in the course material, and 3) the tasksheet, where students practice what they have learned. The course material includes 11 interactive self-paced online units (20 to 22 hours) that will be made available one month before the start of the course and the conference. The discussion requirement will be fulfilled by attending at least 10 concurrent sessions at the conference that relate to the topics covered in the course units. The tasksheet will be fulfilled through independent work, an interview with a subject matter expert at the conference, and a trip to the field where they will observe and discuss fire effects under different conditions.
Schedule:
November 1: Online course material opens
November 17, 9-11am PST: Virtual course meeting
December 2 or 6: Field trip
December 3-5: Attend conference sessions and interview a subject matter expert
December 31: Course closes - all work must be completed and submitted online.
Registration:
The course cost is $445 (or $395 with an Association for Fire Ecology membership) and is open to wildland fire managers. There will be an additional $40-$60 field trip fee (depending on the field trip you choose during registration).
Instructors:
Heather Heward, Lead Instructor - Senior Fire Ecology and Management Instructor, University of Idaho
Jack McGowan-Stinski, Class Coordinator and Instructor - Program Manager, Lake States Fire Science Consortium
