Maryland Wildland Firefighters Honored for Exemplary Efforts in 2020
February 23, 2021
Governor Hogan Addresses DNR Crews That Battled Fires in 11 States
Maryland’s wildland firefighter crews were deployed to Six Rivers National Forest in Northern California in October 2020. Maryland DNR photo.
Maryland’s wildland firefighters who served on interagency crews nationwide through the busy and challenging 2020 wildfire season were honored recently in a virtual recognition event. Governor Larry Hogan addressed the firefighters with a recorded greeting and Maryland Department of Natural Resources Secretary Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio presented the firefighters with a departmental citation.
Last year, 65 Maryland fire crew members participated in 103 assignments, working on 28 different incidents in 11 states. The 2020 Interagency Wildfire Season began early in the year, with new protocols developed to mobilize firefighters in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Crews also served an exceptionally long season, serving in deployments as late as November.
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FIRE BREAK - FEBRUARY 22, 2021
Download NFPA’s free toolkit to get help with planning wildfire risk reduction projects
BY MICHELE STEINBERG
Are you planning what you and your community can do for Wildfire Community Preparedness Day on Saturday, May 1, 2021? Don’t be overwhelmed – download the 2021 Wildfire Community Preparedness Day toolkit for guidance on planning and delivering a great and effective project.
The NFPA Prep Day toolkit shares resources that will help you create your own unique wildfire safety plan. It provides checklists and simple steps to create projects to improve the safety of your home and neighborhood.
Whether you’re looking for tips on how to keep people safe while conducting a project, who to include in your project planning, or how to get a $500 project award from NFPA and State Farm to help with your project budget, it’s all in this free, 8-page toolkit.
The steps you take to keep your home and family safer from wildfire will make a difference. Find the toolkit, award application link, fact sheets, announcements, and other resources at www.wildfireprepday.org today!
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New USGS Strategy Harnesses State-of-the-Art Science to Tackle Wildfires Before, During and After the Flames
Release Date: FEBRUARY 23, 2021
To help address growing wildfire-related challenges in America, the U.S. Geological Survey is rolling out a new Wildland Fire Science Strategy that lays out the critical needs for wildfire research over the next five years. Released today, this strategy can be used to better understand the balance between fire’s benefits and its detrimental impacts.
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LANDFIRE 2019L is coming!
“L” is for Limited. LANDFIRE recognizes the need for more frequent updates to the product suite. In response to this we are working to provide a transitional product suite as we wrap up LF 2016 Remap and move the program from bi-annual updates to annual product updates. The LF 2019L product includes CONUS and will only include 2017, 2018 and 2019 disturbances submitted to LANDFIRE directly or available in national data bases (e.g., FACTS, NFPORS, MTBS, etc.). Disturbances that occurred in 2020 will not be included in LF 2019L, nor some disturbances from earlier years if they were not provided to the LF Program. Specific information on which disturbances are included will be available once delivered (est. June 2021). Vegetation and fuels layers in disturbed areas will be processed to estimate conditions in 2021 (2021 "capable" fuels*) not 2019. Areas that were not identified as disturbed (disturbance data listed above) will be identical to LF Remap 2016 (as such there will be no changes in any LF product for non-disturbed areas).
Picture: Showshoe hare (winter pelage) in Alaska, United States, Charlie Ott, The Nature Conservancy. |
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NOTABLE UPCOMING EVENTS
Wildfire Community Preparedness Day
National Cohesive Strategy Workshop
The 4th National Cohesive Wildland Fire Strategy Workshop will be held in Asheville, North Carolina on October 4-8, 2021.
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Meetings and Trainings
Regional
April 6-8, 2021: Fire in Minnesota Ecosystems: Fire in Boreal Forests [online]
National
May 1, 2021: Wildfire Community Preparedness Day [everywhere]
May 24-27, 2021: 16th International Wildland Fire Safety Summit & 6th Human Dimensions of Wildland Fire Conference [virtual]
OCTOBER 4-8, 2021: 4th Annual National Cohesive Strategy Workshop, Asheville, North Carolina
November 2021: IAFC WUI Conference, Reno, NV
Nov. 30-Dec. 4, 2021: 9th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress [online and Miramar Beach, FL]
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The Northeast Regional Strategy Committee (NE RSC) delivers articles and stories each month that demonstrate the collaborative efforts of agencies, organizations and communities supporting and promoting the three goals of the Cohesive Strategy: Restoring Resilient Landscapes, Creating Fire Adapted Communities and Responding to Wildfire.
This news update is our primary communication tool with our partners and the public. Looking for more Northeast Region Cohesive Strategy information or past published news update issues? Go to: http://northeasternwildfire.net
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