2. Lesson Objectives
• List two reasons to do fuels projects.
• Name three methods of doing fuels
treatments.
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3. Introduction
• Fuels are classified as live and dead
materials and are categorized by
size classes and vegetation.
• Hazardous fuel situations are found
where there is thick growth or
accumulation of dead vegetation.
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4. • These hazardous fuel conditions can
be found in remote areas as well as
areas where wildland vegetation is
intermixed with structures.
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5. • Fuels management is the
manipulation and reduction of
hazardous fuels to meet fire or
resource management objectives.
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13. • Fuel treatments primarily reduce fire
intensity and reduce the potential for
fire spread.
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14. • Less intense wildland fire
• Firefighter safety and effectiveness
will increase
• Not reducing fuels can have serious
consequences on adjoining property,
public or private
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15. • Where smoke is an issue or where
topographic features allow,
mechanical treatment can be used
for biomass removal.
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20. • Restoration and maintenance of fire
adapted ecosystems
• Provide economic benefits to
communities
• Allow fire to play it’s natural role in
ecosystems
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22. • What Is A Prescribed Fire?
• Any fire ignited by
management actions to
meet specific objectives
• A written, approved prescribed
fire plan is required
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23. • Benefits Of Prescribed Fire
• Reduce accumulation of dead
material
• Recycle nutrients
• Minimize epidemics
• Firefighter safety
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24. • Benefits Of Prescribed Fire
• WUI – Reduce threat to lives
and property
• Reintroduce fire into the
environment
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25. • Disadvantages Of Prescribed
Fire
• Risk of escape
• Smoke –visibility
• Smoke - individuals
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26. • Who Does The Burning?
• Trained fire management
professionals
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27. • What Is A Burn Prescription?
• Outlines requirements
• How the burn will be executed
• Defines weather and environmental
conditions
• Identifies who will be involved
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29. • What About Smoke?
• Before each burn smoke predictions
are made
• Burn prescription is written to
mitigate
• Natural by-product
• Fire is part of the natural ecosystem
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30. • What Can A Neighboring
Landowner Expect?
• Smoke
• Smell
• Scorching
• Weeds
• Aesthetics
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31. Methods - Hand or Mechanical
• Crusher or masticator
• Other types of mechanical or hand
treatment
• Biomass
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37. Fuel Treatment Methods
• Both hazardous fuels reduction and
vegetation treatment efforts are
essential within the WUI, as well as
the surrounding wildland
environment
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38. Fuel Treatment Methods
• The methods and means of reducing
fuels within a community may be
similar or completely different to
those treatments occurring outside
the community.
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39. Summary and Review Objectives
• List two reasons to do fuels projects.
• Name three methods of doing fuels
treatments.
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