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Lesson Objectives• List two reasons to do fuels projects.

• Name three methods of doing fuels treatments.

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Introduction• Fuels are classified as live and dead

materials and are categorized by size classes and vegetation.

• Hazardous fuel situations are found where there is thick growth or accumulation of dead vegetation.

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• These hazardous fuel conditions can be found in remote areas as well as areas where wildland vegetation is intermixed with structures.

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• Fuels management is the manipulation and reduction of hazardous fuels to meet fire or resource management objectives.

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Timber Slash Removal

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Handwork

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Fuel Reduction

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Roadside Hazard

Reduction

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Fuelbreaks

Fuel Reduction

Zones

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Structure Fuelbreaks

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Prescribed Fire

• Fuel treatments primarily reduce fire intensity and reduce the potential for fire spread.

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• Less intense wildland fire• Firefighter safety and effectiveness

will increase• Not reducing fuels can have serious

consequences on adjoining property, public or private

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• Where smoke is an issue or where topographic features allow, mechanical treatment can be used for biomass removal.

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Mechanical Removal

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Chipping

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Grazing Animals

Why Do Fuels Management?

• Protection – Protecting property

• Protection – Protecting resources

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• Restoration and maintenance of fire adapted ecosystems

• Provide economic benefits to communities

• Allow fire to play it’s natural role in ecosystems

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Fuels Management Methods

• Prescribed fire

• Mechanical

• Biological

• Chemical

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• What Is A Prescribed Fire?• Any fire ignited by

management actions to meet specific objectives

• A written, approved prescribed fire plan is required

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• Benefits Of Prescribed Fire• Reduce accumulation of dead

material• Recycle nutrients• Minimize epidemics• Firefighter safety

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• Benefits Of Prescribed Fire• WUI – Reduce threat to lives

and property• Reintroduce fire into the

environment

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• Disadvantages Of Prescribed Fire

• Risk of escape• Smoke –visibility• Smoke - individuals

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• Who Does The Burning?• Trained fire management

professionals

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• What Is A Burn Prescription?• Outlines requirements• How the burn will be executed• Defines weather and environmental

conditions• Identifies who will be involved

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• What About Smoke?• Before each burn smoke predictions

are made• Burn prescription is written to

mitigate• Natural by-product• Fire is part of the natural ecosystem

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• What Can A Neighboring Landowner Expect?

• Smoke• Smell• Scorching• Weeds• Aesthetics

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Methods - Hand or Mechanical

• Crusher or masticator

• Other types of mechanical or hand treatment

• Biomass

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Fuel Breaks - Defensible Space Zones

• What are they?

• How are they designed?

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Fuels Management Methods – Fuel Breaks - Defensible Space Zones

• Fuelbreaks are expected to:

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Other Types of Treatments

• Chemical

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Other Types of Treatments

• Biological

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Fuel Treatment Methods

• Both hazardous fuels reduction and vegetation treatment efforts are essential within the WUI, as well as the surrounding wildland environment

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Fuel Treatment Methods

• The methods and means of reducing fuels within a community may be similar or completely different to those treatments occurring outside the community.

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Summary and Review Objectives

• List two reasons to do fuels projects.

• Name three methods of doing fuels treatments.

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