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6. NWCG Messaging Project Wildland Fire Education Working Team

7. Agenda Introduction Messaging Project Overview Key Messages Role of Wildland Fire Current Conditions Wildland Fire Management Partnerships for Wildland Fire Safety Materials & Resources Discussion

8. National Wildfire Coordinating Group Organization Federal and state representation Working teams (13) Advisory Groups (2) Task Groups (1)

9. National Wildfire Coordinating Group Goals Continuity and standards for training equipment, qualifications, and operational functions Collaborative efforts among agencies Avoid duplication Products

10. NWCG Wildland Fire Education Working Team Wildland Fire Education Working Team VISION: All people understand and overwhelmingly support the role of fire in ecosystems. MISSION: To provide leadership in the development, implementation and continuity of national level wildland fire education programs.

11. NWCG Wildland Fire Education Working Team WFEWT Messaging Task Group GOAL: The public is aware of the role of fire in ecosystems Task Group and Working Team Membership USDA Forest Service U.S Dept. of Interior agencies (BIA, NPS, FWS, BLM) National Association of State Foresters The Nature Conservancy

12. Messaging Project Overview Evolution of Products: Communicator's Guide, Wildland Fire Brochure, Nat’l Messages, Fact Sheet Next Year’s Products: PSAs, integration w/ other WTs; newsletters; periodic communications

13. Fire Regime and Condition Class

14. Fire Regime Overview FR I 0 to 35 years Low severity Ponderosa Pine and Dry Douglas Fir Habitat Type FR II 0 to 35 years mixed severity Grassland, tall grass prairie Shrublands Some Chaparral

15. Fire Regime Overview FR III 35 to 100 years Mixed Severity Wet Douglas Fir Habitat Types Woodlands Bosque Chaparral FR IV 35 to 100 years Lethal severity LPP & Jack Pine FR V >200 years Lethal severity Alpine Fir Habitat Types, Boreal Forests

16. Fire Regime Condition Class FRCC1 Within Historic Range of Variability Maintenance treatments FRCC2 Altered One fire cycle skipped FRCC3 Severely altered Several fire cycles skipped Mechanical treatments required

17. Example Rocky Mountain Region – Dry Douglas Fir Habitat Types FR1 FRCC 1 Information/Education Considerations

18. Example Southern Rough FR 1 FRCC 1 Information/Education Considerations

19. Example Rocky Mountain Region - Alpine Fir Habitat Type FR 4 FRCC 1 Information/ Education Considerations

20. Example Tall Grass Prairie FR 2 FRCC 1 Information/ Education Considerations

21. Example Lake States Mixed Forest FR 3 (?) FRCC 3 Information/ Education Considerations

22. Example Lake States Mixed Hardwoods FR? FRCC? Information/ Education Considerations

23. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR PRESENTERS

24. Partnerships BlueSkyRAINS Web-based, automated smoke prediction system Estimates, tracking, and forecasting Fire managers, air quality agencies, & general public can view Developed by EPA R10 & USFS PNW Lab http://blueskyrains.org

25. Artwork Resources Additional photos provided by WFEWT Hard wood forest FR1 CC2Long Leaf Pine FR1 CC1 Ponderosa Pine Northern AZ CC1 Southern Rough FR1CC1Tallgrass FR2 CC1

26. Artwork Resources Additional photos provided by WFEWT Alpine Fir FR5CC1 Black Spruce FR2 CC1Ponderosa Pine AZ CC2 Southern Rough FR1CC3 Swamp Riparian FR1CC3 Tundra FR2 CC1

27. Artwork Resources Additional photos provided by WFEWT Dry Douglas Fir FR1CC1 Pocosin Pocosin in need of fire. Typical pocosin conditions.

28. Artwork Resources Additional artwork is available via the following websites www.nifc.gov Photo Gallery www.fs.fed.us Photo and Video Gallery www.firewise.org Enhanced Media, Photos