2010
Five North
Carolina State Park staff attend the National Association for
Interpretation meeting in Asheville.
This regional meeting of a national organization offering such notable
speakers, engaging sessions and excellent networking opportunities.
With so many different backgrounds and experiences, there are several
resources for new ideas to apply, or to get advice from when dealing
with issues that someone else has already had to deal with and resolve.
Staff members from across the state are attending to learn from others.
The entire group is then to visit Mt Mitchell to watch and learn from
our local staff. Great Outdoor Provision Company also generously
contributed to this project.
2009
One
ranger to RX-410
SMOKE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES
COURSE
DESCRIPTION: This course leads
students through the ecological and historical role of fire,
characteristics of smoke and the health, safety, and visibility impacts
of smoke. Other topics include: public relations, legal
requirements, meteorology, fuel consumption, smoke production
dispersion modeling, and operational smoke management strategies.
This course is
designed to be interactive in nature. It contains a panel
discussion, several exercises designed to facilitate group and class
participation and case studies from a variety of fuel types and
political challenges. The pre-course work assignment is
designed to familiarize students with the Smoke Management Guide and
air quality regulations that impact prescribed fire programs.
OBJECTIVES:
The overall objective of this course is to provide land managers with
the knowledge to manage smoke and reduce the impacts on public health
and welfare. Given existing and potential air quality
regulations, political and social sensitivities, the students will be
able to:
- Predict,
manage, and monitor prescribed fire smoke.
- Describe
the
legal, professional, and ethical reasons for managing smoke.
- Describe
the
roles of federal, state, and local agencies and organizations involved
with and affected by smoke from prescribed fire.
