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This activity will give the students an understanding of the legal, regulatory and administrative framework that federal prescribed burning programs must operate under.
Review the following reference materials and briefly answer the questions outlined below.
- Chapter 18 (Fuels Management/Prescribed Fire) of the Interagency Standards for Fire and Aviation Operations (NFES 2724).
- Your agency required elements for a prescribed burn plan.
- Identify the state agency (or agencies) that regulate prescribe burning and smoke management for your home unit.
- Prescribed Fire Positions in the Wildland and Prescribed Fire Qualification
- System Guide, PMS 310-1 (NFES 1414).
Complete a NWCG Prescribed Fire Complexity (NFES 2474) rating for a prescribed burn unit on your station (a previously completed NWCG complexity rating from a RX burn is sufficient) and send to the address provided in your selection letter.
The review system (below) will ask the following:
List the minimum requirements for a NWCG Prescribed Burn Boss Type II (RXB2) and any additional qualifications as required by your agency.
Summarize your responsibilities as an FMO/Prescribed Burn Boss under state law to conduct a prescribed burn on your home unit (this may require some local research).
List the signatures needed (by position) that are required to review and sign a prescribed burn plan for your agency.
List your agencies responsibilities as it pertains to NEPA compliance and prescribed burning projects.
Define, in your own words, (as per your agency guidelines) when an escaped prescribed fire becomes a wildfire.
List the databases that must be updated every time you conduct a prescribed burn.
Write a short statement on the types of mechanical treatments done on your home unit and list why the mechanical treatment was the preferred method.
You have now completed Lesson 4F, Treatment Applications.
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