{"id":2,"date":"2022-02-02T15:24:17","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T15:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rxpracticum\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-11-05T16:13:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T16:13:00","slug":"resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rxpracticum\/resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:#fff;color:#a30000\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>This page will evolve as the course proceeds.<\/strong> <\/mark>This is where you&#8217;ll find materials directly related to the course, as well as information that you&#8217;ll likely find useful as you consider prescribed fire opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#fff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-blue-color\">Grading Guides<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5297\/files\/2025\/10\/Burn-plan-and-presentation-grading-guide.pdf\">Burn plan and presentation grading guide<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5297\/files\/2025\/10\/Final-Paper-Grading-Guide-FOR552-Fall-2025.pdf\">Graduate student ecological context paper grading guide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#fff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-blue-color\">Class references, readings, and assignments<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fire Regimes and Vegetation Effects<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5297\/files\/2023\/10\/Fire-Regimes-History-FOR452-552-Prescribed-Fire-Practicum.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PNW Fire Regimes &#8211; PPT<\/a> by Steve Fitzgerald<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.feis-crs.org\/feis\/\">Fire Effects Information System<\/a> (reference)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wildlfire interaction with prescribed fire units &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.org\/en-us\/about-us\/where-we-work\/united-states\/oregon\/stories-in-oregon\/climate-change-wildfire-recovery\/\">Sycan Marsh example<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fire Behavior Modeling<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5297\/files\/2023\/10\/int_gtr122.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Original&#8221; 13 Fuel Models <\/a>(Anderson&#8217;s 1982 selection guide)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5297\/files\/2023\/10\/rmrs_gtr153.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;New&#8221; 40 Fuel Models<\/a> (Scott and Bergan 2005)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5297\/files\/2023\/10\/Introduction-to-Fuel-Models.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Exercise: Selecting Fuel Models<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tutorial: Behave Plus 6.0 Surface Fire 2021 (<a href=\"https:\/\/wildlandfirelearningportal.net\">https:\/\/wildlandfirelearningportal.net<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tutorial: Behave Plus 6.0 for Prescribed Fire 2021 (<a href=\"https:\/\/wildlandfirelearningportal.net\">https:\/\/wildlandfirelearningportal.net<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tutorial: IFTDSS Overview 2022 (<a href=\"https:\/\/wildlandfirelearningportal.net\">https:\/\/wildlandfirelearningportal.net<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5297\/files\/2023\/10\/Fire-behavior-information-flow.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Fire behavior information flow chart<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exercise: <a href=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5297\/files\/2023\/11\/Intro-to-Fire-Behavior-Modeling-student.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Using Behave Plus 6.0 for basic fire behavior modeling<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exercise: <a href=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5297\/files\/2025\/10\/Modeling-for-Containment.pdf\">Using Behave Plus 6.0 to anticipate containment resources<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frames.gov\/documents\/behaveplus\/publications\/NWCG_2021_FireLineProductionRates.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Line construction rate tables<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Burn Plan Templates and Instructions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5297\/files\/2023\/11\/Burn-plan-template.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prescribed Fire Plan Template<\/a> (Oregon Certified Burn Manager Template)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NWCG Standards for Prescribed Fire Planning and Implementation. PMS 484. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwcg.gov\/publications\/484\">https:\/\/www.nwcg.gov\/publications\/484<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NWCG Prescribed Fire Plan Template. PMS 484-1. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwcg.gov\/publications\/484-1\">https:\/\/www.nwcg.gov\/publications\/484-1<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwcg.gov\/publications\/424-1\">www.nwcg.gov\/publications\/424-1<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Burn Plan Examples<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Burn plan example <a href=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5297\/files\/2023\/11\/Dunn-CFIRP-2-burn-plan-Oct-2023-v2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(Dunn CFIRP2)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Weather\/Moisture<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5297\/files\/2023\/10\/us_2012_temp-rh-dewpoint-lookup-tables_fbfc.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">RH Lookup Tables<\/a> (Elevation Adjusted)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5297\/files\/2023\/10\/PIG-handout.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fine Dead Fuel Moisture Tables<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5297\/files\/2025\/10\/PIG.pdf\">Probability of Ignition Tables<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5297\/files\/2023\/10\/Live-Moisture-Content.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Live Fuel Moisture Tables<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5297\/files\/2024\/10\/Wind-adjustment-factor-rmrs_gtr266-Andrews2012.pdf\">Wind Speed Adjustment<\/a> &#8211; How it&#8217;s calculated and applied<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fuel Load Estimation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5297\/files\/2023\/10\/int_gtr016-Browns-Transects.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Brown&#8217;s Transects<\/a> publication<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5297\/files\/2023\/10\/rmrs_gtr190-Keane-photoload.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Keane&#8217;s Photoload<\/a> publication<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ODF Simple (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oregon.gov\/odf\/Documents\/fire\/SimpleBrownsTallySheetClemons.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\">tally sheet and instructions<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/QUOzgjmBe1c\" target=\"_blank\">tutorial video<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/smkmgt.com\/weather\/tools\/fuel_loading\/fuel_loading_tool_home.html\" target=\"_blank\">calculation tool<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5297\/files\/2023\/11\/Large-Wood-Tons-Simple.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Coarse Wood Load Spreadsheet <\/a>(fixed area plots)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5297\/files\/2023\/11\/Browns-calcs.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brown&#8217;s Spreadsheet<\/a> (individual plot)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5297\/files\/2023\/11\/Fuel-Load-calculator-with-data-sheet.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\">Brown&#8217;s Spreadsheet<\/a> (USFS Central Oregon version &#8211; note that its formula doesn&#8217;t correct for slope, uses .4 as density for rotten logs (Brown used .3), and uses 1.13 for secant for all small wood classes)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Smoke Management and Smoke Permitting\/Reporting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5297\/files\/2023\/11\/pms420-3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">NWCG Smoke Management Guide for Prescribed Fire<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tools.airfire.org\/playground\/v3.5\/emissionsinputs.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blue Sky Playground<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1139\/X07-143\" target=\"_blank\">Fuel Beds<\/a> (see appendix A in this publication)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oregon Department of Forestry <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oregon.gov\/odf\/fire\/pages\/burn.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Burning and Smoke Management<\/a> website<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Class presentation: <a href=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5297\/files\/2023\/11\/Smoke-from-fire-in-Oregon-JWP.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Smoke from Fire in Oregon<\/a> (from 2023 &#8211; I may update for 2025)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prescription Development<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5297\/files\/2025\/11\/Prescription-Development-PDF-2025.pdf\">Prescription development presentation &#8211; PDF version<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/media.oregonstate.edu\/media\/t\/1_m3dnrcfw\">Prescription development lecture recording<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Regulations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Regulations impacting prescribed fire on private lands (<a href=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5297\/files\/2024\/11\/Regulation-ppt.pdf\">presentation PDF<\/a> from 2024 &#8211; I may update for 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregon.gov\/odf\/documents\/workingforests\/fpa-rule-book-2024.pdf\">Oregon Forest Practices Act<\/a>: See in particular Div 615 Treatment of Slash, Div 635 Water Protection Rules\/Riparian Management Areas, Div 643 Water Protection Rules\/Vegetation Along Streams.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use of water for wildland and prescribed fire: <a href=\"https:\/\/oregon.public.law\/statutes\/ors_537.141\">ORS537.141<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>OFRI publication section on <a href=\"https:\/\/oregonforests.org\/publication-library\/wildlife-managed-forests-forest-practices-act-reference-series\">wildlife and Oregon Forest Practices Act<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Complexity Analysis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>NWCG <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nwcg.gov\/publications\/424\" target=\"_blank\">complexity rating system<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5297\/files\/2023\/11\/pms424-1.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spreadsheet<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oregon Certified Burn Manager <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5297\/files\/2023\/11\/Complexity-Rating-Worksheet-Portrait.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">complexity rating worksheet<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maps<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For map examples, see the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5297\/files\/2023\/11\/Dunn-CFIRP-2-burn-plan-Oct-2023-v2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">burn plan example<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Standardized map symbols (recommended) <a href=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5297\/files\/2024\/10\/NIFS_2024_Symbology_PosterArchE.pdf\">poster<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/dbaa887b2b8a4e0b8e6aff4986e7f649\">storymap<\/a> (guide to use), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.napsgfoundation.org\/all-resources\/symbology-library\/\">GIS symbol library<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Avenza Maps has become a common tool among fire practitioners. Read about it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avenza.com\/avenza-maps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. Find tutorials <a href=\"https:\/\/support.avenzamaps.com\/hc\/en-us\/sections\/5524662246676-Tutorials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. The free version allows you to load three maps &#8211; but you can save maps in a folder and import to Avanza as needed. The Pro version allows unlimited maps and has more robust features.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Briefing Example<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5297\/files\/2023\/11\/RX-Burn-Briefing-Example.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RX Burn Briefing Example<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#fff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-blue-color\">Additional (optional) resources relevant to prescribed fire planning and implementation<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregon.gov\/odf\/Documents\/forestbenefits\/ips.pdf\">Ips Beetles (2021).<\/a> Forest Health Fact Sheet. Oregon Department of Forestry.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregon.gov\/odf\/Documents\/forestbenefits\/slashmanagement.pdf\">Slash Management for Bark Beetle Prevention (2021).<\/a> Forest Health Fact Sheet. Oregon Department of Forestry.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.oregonstate.edu\/catalog\/pub\/em-9230-fire-faqs-what-forest-fuel-what-are-fuel-treatments\">What is Forest Fuel, and What are Fuels Treatments? (2019).<\/a> Fire FAQs. EM 9230. OSU Extension Catalog.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/woodlandfishandwildlife.com\/publications\/eastside-dry-habitats\/wildlife-friendly-fuels-reduction-in-dry-forests-of-the-pacific-northwest\/\">Wildlife-Friendly Fuels Reduction in Dry Forests of the Pacific<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/knowyourforest.org\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/Wildlife-Friendly%20Fuels%20Reduction%20in%20Dry%20Forests%20of%20the%20Pacific%20Northwest%20v2.pdf\"> <\/a>Northwest (2016). Woodland Fish &amp; Wildlife.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This page will evolve as the course proceeds. This is where you&#8217;ll find materials directly related to the course, as well as information that you&#8217;ll likely find useful as you consider prescribed fire opportunities. 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