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Overview

Learn the process to do your own prescribed fire with this hands-on workshop helping landowners prep, pile burn, and conduct their own burn. This is a larger burn operated by a California Burn Boss and will be a burn from the 8th through the 10th.

The educational workshop will be led by NCRCD Prescribed Fire Educator Haley Coopergard.

Feel free to stop by and learn! Workshops vary from 4 to 6 hours, depending on the size of our burn unit.

Description:

Prepare to Burn: This is a hands-on workshop at a landowner’s property, where they plan on burning. Learn about the steps to prepare for a prescribed burn including planning, preparing the site, and the permitting process. Learn about and practice locating a burn site, building control lines, what tools to use and when, and how to prepare a site for safe burning using techniques like selective pruning and ladder fuel removal.

Conduct a Burn or Pile Burn: Visit a prepped burn unit or an actual prescribed burn in progress to learn what do before, during, and after a burn. Before: setting up water, getting the help you need, gathering permits, setting up logistics for volunteers and notifying neighbors. During: giving a briefing, test burn, the different roles people play on a prescribed burn, smoke management, and the firing process. We will also discuss the steps taken after a prescribed burn is complete including mop-up, monitoring, evaluation, and maintenance.

 

Note: Weather depending, this workshop may be a live prescribed fire, a pile burning demonstration, or prepping land for a prescribed fire. The workshop type and location will be announced the week before the workshop.

 

Location: to be sent out via email; please look for an email from Eventbrite in your spam the week of the workshop!

Point of contact:

Haley Coopergard

Prescribed Fire Educator
Phone: (530) 575-7313
Email:haley.coopergard@ncrcd.org113 Presley Way, Ste. 1
Grass Valley, CA 95945
www.ncrcd.org

 

 

Please Bring:

• Plenty of water, snacks, medications, and anything else you need for a day outside in the woods – Please bring your own lunch
• Hand tool (pitch fork, rake, shovel, pulaski, hoe, etc.) some extras tools may be available
• Leather boots
• Leather gloves
• Natural fiber clothing (long sleeves, long pants) - NO SYNTHETICS UNLESS FIRE RESISTANT
• Hat or helmet
• Eye Protection – Glasses or sunglasses are fine
• Sunscreen/sun protection