Prescribed Burning Techniques

Question 0

Reasons to conduct prescribed burns

Answer 0

• Fire hazard abatement
• Site prep for regen
• pest management
• Ecosystem restoration
• WILDLIFE habitat enhancement

Question 1

What is prescribed burning?

Answer 1

knowledgeable application of fire to a land area to accomplish forest management or land use objectives.

Question 2

What are some ways burning can reduce fire hazards?

Answer 2

• reduction of fine and large fuels

- creation of fuel breaks at the landscape level

Question 3

How might burning be used in regen?

Answer 3

• Slash reduction to improve plantability
• enhance natural regen
• reduce brush competition
• Reduction of brush competition

Question 4

How might burning be used in pest management?

Answer 4

• reduce post harvest pathogens before regeneration

- reduce undesirable insect populations

Question 5

How might fire be used for habitat enhancement?

Answer 5

• improve winter range
• enhance wildlife tree density and type
• encourage new growth

Question 6

How might fire be used in ecosystem restoration?

Answer 6

• Encourage growth of desired plant species
• enhance biodiversity
• reduce presence of undesired alien species

Question 7

What factors must be considered when planning prescribed burning

Answer 7

• Legislation
• Policy
• Hazards and risks
• timing and weather
• contingency plans
• method of quantifying outcomes
• possibility of undesirable impacts
• resource availability (contingency plan)

Question 8

What do burn plans include?

Answer 8

• name of company/agency conducting burn
• name of supervisor responsible for burn
• Geographic area, legal description and hectares to be treated
• Type of burn
• Anticipated desired impacts/objectives
• Desired fire weather indices required to achieve the objectives
• preparations
• contingency plan ready
• neighboring propery owners/ other interest parties must be consulted
• Maps and air photos indicating locations of relevance
• Signature of person responsible for preparing burn plan and approvals

Question 9

What are some hand light up techniques?

Answer 9

• drip torch
• gelled gasoline
• tiger torch
• propane methods

Question 10

Aerial Ignition techniques

Answer 10

• Aerial driptorch

- AID machine - fires incendiary balls

Question 11

What are some common light up patterns?

Answer 11

Pile burning
Convection
Backing