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 six Fridays. Three weekends are held as potential burn days – you need to hold all of them on your calendar. We’ll burn on the first of those dates that has acceptable weather and fuel conditions.
Sep 26 (Fri). Classroom (In person). 2:00 – 4:50 p.m. Course introduction, logistics, schedule, expectations; fire effects and ecological considerations; burn objectives and burn plans.
Sep 30 (Tue). Zoom (remote). 6:00 – 7:20 p.m. Fire effects and objectives.
Oct 3 (Fri). Field session (In person). 2:00 – 4:50 p.m. Unit evaluation and preparation, control lines, firing and holding options.
Oct 4-5 (Sat-Sun). Possible RX Burn Days – hold on your calendar.
Oct 7 (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 11-12 (Sat-Sun). Possible RX Burn Days – hold on your calendar.
Oct 14 (Tue). Zoom (remote). 6:00 – 7:20 p.m. Unit layout and maps.
Oct 17 (Fri). Field session (In person). 2:00 – 4.50 p.m. Measuring fuel loads and on-site weather.
Oct 18-19 (Sat-Sun). Possible RX Burn Days – hold on your calendar.
Oct 21 (Tue). Zoom (remote). 6:00 – 7:20 p.m. Smoke regulations and mitigations.
Oct 28 (Tue). Zoom (remote). 6:00 – 7:20 p.m. Introduction to Behave Plus and fuel models.
Oct 31 (Fri). Lab session (In person, Peavy 215). 2:00 – 4:50 p.m. Fire behavior modeling.
Nov 4 (Tue). Zoom (remote). 6:00 – 7:20 p.m. Developing prescriptions.
Nov 7 (Fri). Lab session (In-person, Peavy 215). 2:00 – 4:50 p.m. Fire behavior modeling for prescribed fire and contingency.
Nov 11 (Tue). Zoom (remote). 6:00 – 7:20 p.m. Complexity analysis.
Nov 18 (Tue). Zoom (remote). 6:00 – 7:20 p.m. Prescribed fire regulations in Oregon.
Nov 21 (Fri). Classroom (in-person). 2:00 – 4:50 p.m. Burn plan presentations. Students present custom burn plans.
Nov 25 (Tue). Zoom (remote). 6:00 – 7:20 p.m. Pile burn considerations.
Dec 2 (Tue). Zoom (remote). 6:00 – 7:20 p.m. Prescribed fire monitoring considerations.
Dec 8-12. Finals week. Revised student burn plans and graduate student papers due Tuesday, Dec 9. Early submission allowed.
