Additional Resources
Prescribed fire resources are becoming ever more available online, and these are among the best we have found! We assembled the following “tool box” based on the needs of Wisconsin prescribed burners. These tools are meant to increase the education, safety, capacity of prescribed fire. Be sure to email us with any other helpful resources we may have missed!
Planning Resources
Agencies and Organizations
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources – Fire
- US Fish & Wildlife Fire Management
- The Aldo Leopold Foundation
- Tallgrass Prairie and Oak Savanna Fire Science Consortium
- The Nature Conservancy – Fire Management Manual
- The Nature Conservancy – Wisconsin Chapter
- Joint Fire Science Program
- Lessons Learned Center
- Wildfire Safety Guide
Air Quality – Smoke Management
- DNR Real Time Air Quality
- DNR Air Quality Homepage
- DNR Hotline 866-324-5924
- EPA National
- Smoke Management Guide For Prescribed and Wildland Fire (file download from US Forest Service)
Fireline Management
- National Incident Command System
- Managing the Unexpected in Prescribed Fire and Fire Use Operation: A Workshop on High Reliability Organizations (2.49 MB)