Post Wildfire Recovery Project Resources

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Title	Category
10 and 18	Safety
6 Minutes for Safety	Safety
A coupled modelling approach to assess the effect of fuel treatments on post-wildfire runoff and erosion	Science
A Guide for Pre and Postfire Modeling and Application in the Western United States	Field Guide
A Synthesis of Post-Fire Road Treatment for BAER Teams: Methods, Treatment Effectiveness, and Decisionmaking Tools for Rehabilitation	Field Guide
After the Fire Website - WA Silver Jackets	Field Guide
ALERT Flood Warning Systems	Tools
Arthur Carhartt Wilderness Toolboxes	Tools
Association for Fire Ecology	General Information
Automated Geospatial Watershed Assessment	Tools
BAER Satellite Image Support	Tools
BAER Treatments Catalog	Tools
BAERTOOLS	Tools
Burn Area (BARC) Satellite Imagery Request	Tools
Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) Tools	Science
Burned Area Emergency Response Treatments Catalog	Field Guide
Causes of Post-Fire Runoff and Erosion: Water Repellency, Cover, or Soil Sealing?	Science
Colorado Springs Emergency Preparedness and Safety Guide (2010)	Field Guide
Colorado Watershed Protection Program	General Information
Community Wildfire Desk Guide and Toolkit (NACD 2009)	Field Guide
Department of the Interior Manual: 620 DM 7	Policy and Authorities
DOI Manual, 620 DM 7 (Wildland Fire Management, Post-Wildfire Recovery)	Policy and Authorities
Emergency Post-Fire Rehabilitation Treatment Effects on Burned Area Ecology and Long-Term Restoration	Science
Erosion Risk Management Tool (ERMIT)	Tools
Federal Wildland Fire Qualifications Supplement	Policy and Authorities
FEMA After Fire	General Information
Field Guide for Mapping Post-Fire Soil Burn Severity	Field Guide
Field Validation of Burned Area Reflectance Classification (BARC) Products For Post Fire Assessment	Science
Fire Effect Information System (FEIS)	General Information
Fire Enterprise Geospatial Portel (EGP)	Fire Status
Forest Service Manual 2520 BAER	Policy and Authorities
Freshwater Ammonia Calculator	Field Guide
Fuels & Fire Behavior Advisories	Safety
Impacts of erosion control treatments on native vegetation recovery after severe wildfire in the Eastern Cascades, USA	Science
Incident Response Pocket Guide, PMS 461	Safety
Inciweb	Fire Status
Interagency Burned Area Emergency Response Guidebook	Field Guide
Interagency Burned Area Rehabilitation Guidebook	Field Guide
Interagency Standards for Fire and Fire Aviation Operations (Red Book)	Policy and Authorities
Joint Fire Science Program	General Information
LANDFIRE	General Information
Landscape Assessment (LA) Sampling and Analysis Methods	Science
LCES	Safety
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity	General Information
Mortality reconsidered: Testing and extending models of fire-induced tree mortality across the US	Science
Multihazard Planning Framework for Communities in the Wildland-Urban Interface (2018)	General Information
NASA EOSDIS Worldview Fires	Fire Status
National 7-Day Significant Fire Potential	Fire Status
National Center for Landscape Fire Analysis	General Information
National Interagency Coordination Center	Fire Status
National Interagency Fire Center	Fire Status
National Weather Service Interactive Alerts	Safety
National Weather Service Warnings	Safety
New Mexico After Wildfire	Field Guide
NICC Incident Management Situation Report	Fire Status
NIFC BAER	General Information
NPS BAER	General Information
NWCG Standards for Fire Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations, PMS 515	Policy and Authorities
NWCG Standards for Interagency Incident Business Management, PMS 902	Policy and Authorities
NWCG Standards for Wildland Fire Position Qualifications, PMS 310-1	Policy and Authorities
NWS Post Wildfire Flash Flood and Debris Flow Guide	Flood and Debris
Okanogan County Wildfires Natural Resources Recovery Guide	Field Guide
Operationalizing Resilience and Resistance Concepts to Address Invasive Grass-Fire Cycles	Science
Oregon Post-Wildfire Flood Playbook	Field Guide
Patterns of conifer regeneration following high severity wildfire in ponderosa pine - dominated forests of the Colorado Front Range	Science
Peak Flow and Erosion Estimation	Tools
Post Wildfire Flash Flood Hazards and NWS Products	Flood and Debris
Post Wildfire Recovery Project Resources for the BLM ESR Handbook	Policy and Authorities
Post-Wildland Fire Desertification: Can Rehabilitation Treatments Make a Difference?	Science
Postfire Rehabiliation of the Hayman Fire	Field Guide
Program Brief Wilderness Character and Fire	Wilderness and Fire
Rapid Response Erosion Database	Tools
READ Cohort Document Vault	General Information
Reducing Post-Fire Hillslope Erosion	Science
Resource Advisor’s Guide for Wildland Fire	Field Guide
Rock gabion, rock armoring, and culvert treatments contributing to and reducing erosion during post-fire flooding - Shultz Fire 2010	Science
SDSU Water Research and Modeling	Tools
Standard Operations Guide, National BAER Team 2017	Policy and Authorities
State of New Mexico After Fire Website	Field Guide
State of Washington Silver Jackets Site	Field Guide
Storm Readiness	Flood and Debris
Tall Timbers	General Information
The Relationship of Multispectral Satellite Imagery to Immediate Fire Effects	Science
The Role of Fire in Ecosystem Management	Field Guide
US Fish and Wildlife Service Fire Management Handbook	Policy and Authorities
US Forest Service BAER Reports Database	Tools
USDA Forest Service RMRS Useful Publications	Science
USDA Forest Service, Moscow Fire Science Lab	Flood and Debris
USFS Post-Fire Resource Manager's Tool Kit	Tools
USGS Fire, Floods and Landslides	General Information
Using Remote Sensing to Monitor Post-fire Watershed Recovery as a Tool for Management	Field Guide
Vegetation Response After Post-Fire Mulching and Native Grass Seeding	Science
Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) Model	Tools
Weather Apps	Tools
Weather Earth Global Map	Tools
Weather Satellite Images	Fire Status
Weather-Ready Nation (NOAA): Debris Flow Fact Sheet	Flood and Debris
Wilderness Minimum Requirements for Wildland Fire	Wilderness and Fire
Wildfire-A Resource Guide for Individuals (2019)	Field Guide
Wildland Fire Decision Support System	Tools
Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center	General Information
Wildland Fire Qualifications Supplement	Policy and Authorities
Wildland Fire Terminology	General Information
Wildland Firefighter Foundation	General Information

NWCG Latest Announcements

The Experiential Learning Subcommittee is looking for your feedback on Staff Rides

Date: September 20, 2024
Contact: Ashleigh D'Antonio and George Risko, Leadership Committee

The Experiential Learning Subcommittee needs to hear from the field about where the greatest need lies regarding staff rides and their accessibility.

Do you have an event you would like to turn into a learning experience?
Do you have a staff ride built, but are struggling to implement the delivery?
Do you need help building capacity?
What other ideas do you have to support experiential leadership training?

Fill out this short survey below to help us help you.

References:

Staff Rides: Feedback

Staff Rides

Updated NWCG Single Resource Casual Hire Information, PMS 934

Date: September 19, 2024
Contact: Incident Business Committee

The Incident Business Committee has updated the NWCG Single Resource Casual Hire Information, PMS 934. This update expands the provisions for hiring emergency personnel.

References:

NWCG Single Resource Casual Hire Information, PMS 934

IBC Memorandum 24-03

NWCG 2024 Spring/Summer Highlights

Date: September 13, 2024

Welcome to our latest highlights from the National Wildfire Coordinating Group, where we explore the latest updates, insights, and efforts that develop interoperable wildland fire operations among federal, state, local, Tribal, and territorial partners.

The Performance Support Package, which for ABRO includes the Incident Position Standards and Next Generation Position Task Book were developed through the Incident Performance and Training Modernization (IPTM) effort. The Performance Support Package will support trainees, those qualified in the position, and evaluators.

NASA JOINS NWCG!

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is officially an associate member of NWCG. As such, NASA is beginning to collaborate with wildland fire management agencies with the goal of increasing collaboration across agencies and leveraging NASA data, technology, and innovation for nation-wide efforts in wildland fire management. NASA has a rich history of research, development, and technology transfer in the areas of Earth science, space technologies, and aeronautics that support the NWCG mission.

WWW.NWCG.GOV HAS A NEW LOOK AND DESIGN

The NWCG web team dedicated the past two years to making a significant upgrade to the www.nwcg.gov site. This upgrade involved a comprehensive redesign of over 7,700 web pages.

The modernization of NWCG’s website involved migrating to Drupal 10, a cutting—edge content management system, and leveraging Amazon Web Service GovCloud for secure and efficient hosting. These upgrades help ensure that the NWCG website remains current in content management practices, offering enhanced customization, improved performance, and an overall superior user experience.

NWCG Leadership Committee

The Wildland Fire Leadership Development Program announced the Professional Reading Program’s 2024 list!

The years books include:

Young Men and Fire by Norman Maclean
The Wisdom of the Bullfrog by William H. McRaven
The Art of Clear Thinking by Hasard Lee
Emotional Agility by Susan David
Writing to Persuade by Trish Hall

Learn more at the NWCG Leadership Committee

INCIDENT PERFORMANCE AND TRAINING MODERNIZATION

In 2023, NWCG kicked off the Incident Performance and Training Modernization (IPTM) effort. A training system overhaul focused on developing a performance-based training system designed to shift training to on-the-job when appropriate.

Over the next five years, NWCG intends to analyze all positions within the NWCG Standards for Wildland Fire Position Qualifications, PMS 310-1. To date we are currently working on 30 incident positions, and planning for 20+ in calendar year 2025.

Subject Matter Experts from a variety of geographical areas and agencies recently completed the position analysis for 16 positions. From this analysis, Incident Positions Standards and a Next Generation Position Task Book will be developed for each position.

Incident Performance and Training Modernization

NEXT GENERATION POSITION TASK BOOK

In April 2024, NWCG launched the new Next Generation Position Task Book (Next Gen PTB) which is a key component of the IPTM effort. This revised evaluation tool is designed to work in conjunction with the newly developed Incident Position Standards.

Major Next Gen PTB changes:

Structured to improve constructive conversations between evaluators and trainees.
Reference new Incident Position Standards.
Include only tasks required to be evaluated for successful performance.
Trainees will be rated on their performance vs. initialing whether a task was completed.
Must include written feedback when trainee does not meet the standard.
Will be position specific (no combined PTBs).

Screen shot of the Next Gen Position Task Book

Banner image of the Wildland Fire Learning Portal website

NWCG’s training course catalog is now available on the Wildland Fire Learning Portal (WFLP).

To access the training course catalog, visit WFLP and either set up an account or login as a guest.

The Incident Position Standards and Next Generation Position Task Book are now available for Aircraft Base Radio Operator (ABRO)

Date: September 12, 2024
Contact: Interagency Helicopter Operations Subcommittee

NWCG is excited to announce that the NWCG Incident Position Standards for Aircraft Base Radio Operator, PMS 350-87 and NWCG Position Task Book for Aircraft Base Radio Operator (ABRO), PMS 311-87 are now available.

References:

NWCG Aircraft Base Radio Operator Position Page

NWCG Incident Position Standards for Aircraft Base Radio Operator, PMS 350-87

NWCG Position Task Book for Aircraft Base Radio Operator, PMS 311-87

Post Wildfire Recovery Project Resources

NWCG Latest Announcements

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NASA JOINS NWCG!

WWW.NWCG.GOV HAS A NEW LOOK AND DESIGN

NWCG Leadership Committee

INCIDENT PERFORMANCE AND TRAINING MODERNIZATION

NEXT GENERATION POSITION TASK BOOK

References:

NWCG National Wildfire Coordinating Group

NWCG

National Wildfire Coordinating Group