Fuels, Fire Ecology & Smoke Management
The Pacific Southwest Region Fuels Management, Fire Ecology and Smoke Management Programs are dedicated to protecting, restoring and enhancing the ecosystems of the Pacific Southwest through the use of fire and mechanical treatments.
Summary of Fuel Treatment Effectiveness in the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group (HFQLG) Pilot Project Area » This report documents the effectiveness of fuel treatments that interacted with wildfires within the HFQLG Forest Recovery Act Pilot Project area. Other resource reports within the HFQLG Pilot Project area
Fuel Treatment Effects on Fire Behavior, Suppression Effectiveness, and Structure Ignition » Grass Valley Fire, San Bernardino National Forest.
Home Destruction Examination » Grass Valley Fire, Lake Arrowhead, CA
Interagency Prescribed Fire Planning and Implementation Procedures Reference Guide » This Guide supports the Interagency Strategy for the Implementation of Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy. It provides unified direction and guidance for prescribed fire planning and implementation.
Fuel Treatment Effectiveness Assessments »
Weather
- Northern California Weather Service
- Southern California Weather Service
- Northern California Fire Intelligence/Predictive Services
- Southern California Fire Intelligence/Predictive Services
Implementation Guides
- Cohesive Strategy
- 10 Year Comprehensive Strategy
- Communities at Risk Federal Register listing of Communities at Risk
- FRAP (CA Fire and Resource Assessment Program)
- Fire Regime and Condition Class
NEPA/Planning
Fire Effects
- Association for Fire Ecology
- FOFEM (First Order Fire Effects Model)
- FEIS (Fire Effects Information System)
- Prescribed Fire Monitoring
Smoke Management/Air Quality
Research
- Fire Behavior and Effects Relating to Suppression, Fuel Treatments, and Protected Areas on the Antelope Complex Wheeler Fire
- An Assessment of Fuel Treatment Effects on Fire Behavior, Suppression Effectiveness, and Structure Ignition on the Angora Fire
- Prescribed Fire and Research
- Joint Fire Science Project