Publications About Prescribed Burning

There are hundreds, if not thousands of publications, pamphlets, and books about prescribed fire. The list below is by no means exhaustive, but does include many highly regarded and widely used publications relevant to the Southeast. Your state forestry agency, wildlife agency, Cooperative Extension Service, or prescribed fire council may also have publications that include state-specific information. Most regional and national wildland fire agencies and organizations also have a publications page, some of which are included below.

• Beyond the Bonfire: A Primer on Prescribed Fire for Virginia’s Private Landowners (Virginia Prescribed Fire Council, 2020)
• The Fire Manager’s Guide to Blue Ridge Ecozones (Warwick TNC, 2021)
• Fire in the Southern Appalachians: Understanding Impacts, Interventions, and Future Fire Events (USDA Forest Service, 2020)
• Fire Resistant Landscaping in North Carolina (NC State Extension, 2020)
• Guide for Prescribed Fire in Southern Forests (USDA Forest Service, 1988)
• Historical Foundations of Prescribed Burning for Wildlife: a Southeastern Perspective (Johnson & Hale, 2002)
• History of Fire in the Southern United States (Fowler & Konopik, 2007)
• Introduction to Prescribed Fire in Southern Ecosystems (USDA Forest Service, revised 2018)
• The Longleaf Leader Past Issues (The Longleaf Alliance)
• Longleaf Resiliency Fact Sheets (America’s Longleaf Restoration Initiative, 2019 & 2020)
• National Prescribed Fire Use Survey (National Association of State Foresters & Coalition of Prescribed Fire Councils, 2018)
• NWCG Publications
• Photo Guide for Estimating Fuel Loading in the Southern Appalachian Mountains (USDA Forest Service, 2019)
• Prescribed Fire: Understanding Liability, Laws and Risk (Oklahoma State Cooperative Extension Service, 2020)
• Restoring Fire to Long-Unburned Pine-Dominated Stands on Georgia Private Lands (University of Georgia 2020)
• Smoke Management Guidebook for Prescribed Burning in the Southern Region (University of Georgia, 2020)
• Southern Fire Exchange Fact Sheets and Other Publications
• A Primer for the Call-when-Needed Crew Model (Warwick TNC, 2021
• Using Fire to Improve Wildlife Habitat (NC State Extension, revised 2016)
• Wildland Fire Programming for Extension and Outreach Professionals (NC State Extension, 2020)

The publications below  are written for Spanish speakers. There is a growing need for Spanish-language publications to communicate with communities whose first language is not English.

• 10 y 18 Cartel (NWCG, 2020)
• Gráfico de Comunidades Adaptadas al Fuego y la Guía del Facilitador (Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network, 2020)
• Guía de Respuesta de Incidente de Bolsillo (NWCG, 2018)
• Informe de Incidente Medico – ICS 206 WF (NWCG, 2020)
• Las 10 Normas Para Combatir Incendios (NWCG, 2021)
• Las 18 Situaciones Que Gritan Cuidado (NWCG, 2021)
• Six Great Wildfire Adaptation Resources in Spanish: It’s About More Than Word-for-Word Translations (Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network, 2018)

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