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fire0213
(Fuels)
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Posted 5/19/2010
Having the standard interagency template has proven to be profitable for ensuring critical and pertinent information is included in the Prescribed Fire Burn Plan and regardless of agency, individuals can review and implement a Prescribed Burn Plan with assured consistency. Many have asked me how the template can be used to create a programmatic prescribed fire plan. I have attached an example of a programmatic plan I developed for the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Oklahoma if anyone is interested or has suggestions for improvement.
Attachments:
OKWEA_Tallgrass _ Cross Timbers Programmatic_FINAL_2_23_2010.doc [Download]
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npsfuels
(Fuels)
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Posted 1/10/2007
attached is a burn plan example using the new format. Credit for this goes to Ed Bratcher of the Kisatchie NF, USFS Region 8.
Attachments:
R8BurnPlanExample.doc [Download]
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tcaves
(Fire Management)
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Posted 11/14/2006
New Interagency burn plan template has been approved.
Attachments:
interagency_burn_plan_template.doc [Download]
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RivaDuncan
(Fire Management)
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Posted 3/21/2006
I work in the Great Basin, and after mild resistance, I do like having a template. This makes it easier for Technical/Peer reviewers and other folks from within the region who may be helping out on different forests. It also makes it easier to cut & paste when writing new burn plans or updating others. However, the trap there is making mistakes with the cut & paste.
As far as a NATIONAL template, I don't like it. I have worked in 2 other regions besides R4 (8 and 9). The burning is so different in the coastal South that making them use a template that was developed and used in the West is once again trying to use a cookie-cutter approach on too broad of a scale. When I worked in the South it was always frustrating that anything and everything related to fire/rx fire (safety, training, etc.) seemed to always be geared toward the West without taking into consideration the Eastern US and their specific requirements/needs.
If the powers that be want a template, they should allow each region to develop their own.
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gphillips
(Fire Management)
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Posted 3/1/2006
First one has to understand the reason that the Region adopted a standard template. As part of a regional workshop, we peer reviewed examples of current burn plans prepared by the forests around the region. What we found was although we had national direction to address eighteen elements in our burn plans, some of the examples weren't addressing the eighteen and some didn't address them very well. As part of adopting a template to respond to this, a peer review of each burn plan also became became a requirement within the region. A peer review, mandated or not will encourage a mindful approach. Doing it within an office, a forest or between adjacent units is working well.
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TruNorth
(Other)
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Posted 6/1/2004
The Great Basin Region has recently adopted a burn plan format from the BLM that is now being used throughout the region and may become a national standard soon. What are the pros and cons? How can this be adapted to specific needs? If this is the "what to do," what are some ideas on the "how to do?" What are the best ways to have a standard plan not become a "cookie cutter approach" and instead, generate a mindful approach to decision-making throughout the whole process?
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