Prescribed Fire Education
Nevada County RCD offers a free prescribed fire education program to the community. We provide a variety of courses and hands-on workshops on the basics of prescribed burning. The idea is that you can learn to burn legally, safely, responsibly in a way that is improves fire safety and restores ecosystems.
The ABC's of Prescribed Burning
The ABC’s of prescribed burning covers all of the basics of prescribed burning. From what you need to get ready all the way to making sure the fire is out. These resources aren’t a substitute for hands-on learning and experience. Just like getting a driver’s license, you don’t just take a written test. You also have to learn how to drive with someone that knows and get some experience. But they will get your started and if you are already burning, help you to conduct safe, legal and responsible burns. And get the results you want, whether it is making your defensible space around your home safer, getting more native plants, or making your forest healthier.
For more information about our courses that cover the ABC’s of prescribed burning click the headings below.
What is prescribed burning and why is it important?
Fact Sheets:
About Prescribed Fire.pdfOther Useful Info:
Go No Go Burn Checklist.pdfPrescribed Fire Liability in California.pdfSimple Burn Plan Template.docx
Preparing to burn. Clearing ladder fuels and reducing hazards. Building control lines.
Fact Sheets:
Prepare to Burn.pdf
Basic steps to conduct a burn: before, during and after. Organize people to help, water, and burn safely, legally and responsibly. Managing smoke and making sure the fire is out!
Fact Sheets:
Conduct A Burn.pdfBurn Permits.pdfSmoke Management.pdfOther Useful Info:
Link to CAL FIRE burn permit application
Go No Go Burn Checklist.pdf
How to write a simple burn plan, with the CAL FIRE template. Getting permits. Reducing your liability.
Fact Sheets:
Burn Plans and Liability.pdfOther Useful Info:
Simple Burn Plan Completed Sample.pdf
E. EQUIPMENT
Tools of the Trade. Safety gear, tools to build control line and use during a burn, water systems.
Fact Sheets:
Tools of the Trade.pdf
F. FIRE ECOLOGY, FUELS AND FIRE BEHAVIOR
Basic fire behavior (how hot and fast), fuel types and how they burn, and how fire effects plants and soil. Ways to use fire to get the results you want like reducing fuels, enhancing native plants, making forests healthier and less dense.
Fact Sheets:
Fire Behavior.pdfFire Effects.pdf
