Fire Behavior Workshop

Fire Behavior Workshop

Drought conditions across the region have increased the risk of fire intensity and severity, raising concerns about potential catastrophic loss from fire happening this fire season.
Daniel Leavell, OSU Assistant Professor of Forestry, Natural Resources and Fire Science, explains the why behind an upcoming workshop on fire behavior.
Leavell: “We’re having it because fire is a big concern to everybody. If you look at a historic maps of lightening strikes and of fire occurrence in the state of Oregon — there is a belt. The belt pretty much starts down at the Southwestern corner and it goes all the northeast corner through Central Oregon. It goes even into Idaho.That is where the forests are the most numerous in the state and that is where fire has happened most often in the state.”
Fire behavior, history, tools to evaluate conditions, and state regulations and policies will be discussed in a free workshop next Thursday, April 30th in Dayton, Washington. Who should attend?
Leavell: “Well anyone living around the state — because fire can happen anywhere and has — but especially in that belt should know about fire should know about fire behavior. How it occurs. When it occurs. What it does. Otherwise the reaction is understood. A lot of people are afraid of it. People should respect it and you respect it by knowing it.”
Go to http://ext100.wsu.edu/spokane/forestry/classes-events/ to sign up and get details about the workshop, which is put on by Washington State University Extension in cooperation with Oregon State University Extension.

 

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