FORS 230 - Forest Fire Management & Environmental Change

Credit(s): 3

This course covers forest fire prevention, presuppression, suppression, and the uses of fire in land management practices both historically and present day. Emphasis will be on fire behavior, fire weather, the national fire danger rating system, fuels loading, and fire control organization. (Spring Semester)

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of the course, students will be able to

Discuss wildland fire problems and policy.
Discuss the national fire danger rating system and fire control organization.
Characterize fire over space and time, including the fire regimes and the factors affecting them.
Apply fire ecology knowledge to ecological restoration and fire management issues.
Describe fire suppression methods.
Describe the conceptual framework behind fuels classification and mapping.