Prescribed Burning - Your Firing Patterns Matter!

After having people chase "spot fires" around for a few hours, we decided to give folks some BONUS CONTENT and put on a miniature "ignition operations" class. We talk about different firing patterns and how fires will behave (generally, of course!) with each one and what kind of effects (again, GENERALLY!) one can expect from each!

00:00 - Discussion on firing/ignition patterns: Strip, Dot, Chevron
01:12 - Use Dot Firing to Reduce Fire Intensity
03:46 - "What is 'Natural' Fire?" Slope vs Fuels and Fire Behavior
05:02 - Alternatives to Ring-Head Fire Technique and Associated Watch-Out Situations
07:15 - Strip Fire Demonstration
07:50 - "Rates of Spread" and How to Guesstimate Fire Speeds
09:15 - Dot Fire Demonstration
11:22 - "When to pick strip fire vs dot fire?"
12:26 - Spacing Matters a LOT with Dot Firing!
12:48 - Discussion on Chevron Firing
15:05 - Chevron Fire Demonstration
16:30 - BIG Chevron Demonstration
18:09 - Fire Effects = Intensity x Residence Time
19:08 - Growing Season Burning Isn't All Bad!
20:25 - The "Mosaic" or Patchy Burn Can Be Good!

This is from the Spot Fire Suppression Workshop held April 20th in Collins, MO - the first run of this Workshop in Western Missouri - it has been run previously at Shaw Nature Reserve just outside St Louis since 2021. Now we're taking the show on the road!

We're teaching private landowners, Prescribed Burn Association members, Fire Contractors, and others to safely suppress spot fires that may occur on a Prescribed Fire! All training occurred on a specially-prepared Prescribed Fire unit, within the "moderate" range of the prescription, with safety as a top priority.

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CADRE:
Mark Howell of Grounded Truths LLC served as Course Coordinator and Instructor. Mark is in his 19th year working in Wildland and Prescribed Fire across the US.
Ryan Gauger hosted the workshop at his private farm and served as Lead Instructor/Burn Boss. Ryan has been in Wildland and Prescribed Fire for over 16 years and is a nationally-recognized leader in promoting, executing, and teaching Prescribed Fire.
Len Gilmore is retired from the Missouri Dept of Conservation, and remains in Prescribed Fire practice with the Upper Osage PBA. Len has nearly 40 years of Wildland and Prescribed Fire experience.
ALL 3 Cadre members have significant experience as Initial Attack Incident Commanders, Prescribed Fire Burn Bosses, and in teaching Wildland Fire courses.

Filmed with a GoPro Hero 11 Black with a helmet mount attached to my lid!

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