Here’s our anticipated schedule for the course. The dates are solid, but the content covered on any particular date may evolve as we progress – we may need to accommodate weather limitations on access to field sites. Note that the course meets each Tuesday evening by Zoom, and on five Fridays. Three Sundays are held as potential burn days – you need to hold all of them on your calendar. We’ll burn on the first of those Sundays that has acceptable weather and fuel conditions.
Sep 27 (Fri). Classroom (In person). 1:00 – 4:50 p.m. Course introduction, logistics, schedule, expectations; fire effects and ecological considerations; burn objectives and burn plans.
Oct 1 (Tue). Zoom (remote). 6:00 – 7:20 p.m. Firing and holding. Rx fire containment principles and practices, ignition options and procedures, burn organization.
Oct 4 (Fri). Field Session (In person). 1:00 – 4:50 p.m. Unit evaluation and preparation, control lines, firing and holding options.
Oct 6 (Sun). Possible RX Burn Day – hold this on your calendar. 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Oct 8 (Tue). Zoom (remote). 6:00 – 7:20 p.m. Accessing and using weather data. Understanding 20-foot, eye-level, and mid-flame wind speeds.
Oct 13 (Sun). Possible RX Burn Day – hold this on your calendar. 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Oct 15 (Tue). Zoom (remote). 6:00 – 7:20 p.m. Smoke regulations and mitigations.
Oct 20 (Sun). Possible RX Burn Day – hold this on your calendar. 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Oct 22 (Tue). Zoom (remote). 6:00 – 7:20 p.m. Unit layout and mapping.
Oct 25 (Fri). Field session (in-person). 1:00 to 4:50 p.m. Weather measurements, fuel moisture measurements, fuel load estimation.
Oct 29 (Tue). Zoom (remote). 6:00 – 7:20 p.m. Monitoring considerations and practices.
Nov 5 (Tue). Zoom (remote). 6:00 – 7:20 p.m. Intro to Behave Plus and fuel models.
Nov 8 (Fri). Classroom (in-person). 1:00 – 4:50 p.m. Fire behavior modeling for prescribed fire and contingency.
Nov 12 (Tue). Zoom (remote). 6:00 – 7:20 p.m. More on fire behavior and its implications, developing prescriptions.
Nov 19 (Tue). Zoom (remote). 6:00 – 7:20 p.m. Complexity analysis.
Nov 22 (Fri). Classroom (in-person). 1:00 – 4:50 p.m. Burn plan presentations. Students present custom burn plans.
Nov 26 (Tue). Zoom (remote). 6:00 – 7:20 p.m. Prescribed fire regulations (in Oregon).
Dec 3 (Tue). Zoom (remote). 6:00 – 7:20 p.m. Prescribed fire logistics, effective briefing and communication.
Dec 9-13. Finals week. Revised student burn plans and graduate student papers due Tuesday, Dec 10. Early submission allowed.
