Webinar: Fire Weather on Pacific Islands

Derek Wroe, Lead Forecaster for the National Weather Service Honolulu Office, presents on the climate- and weather-driven factors of wildfire in Hawaii (54 MINS) WATCH THE WEBINAR

Research Brief: Restoration Impacts on Fuels & Fire Potential

A look at how fuels and fire management can be complementary with ecological restoration goals. DOWNLOAD PDF

Fuels & Wildfire Behavior – A Training Module

This PFX Training Module is a self-paced mini-course that will help you understand how fuel type, characteristics, arrangement, and environment affects fire risk and fire behavior. You will also learn to identify hazardous fuels types and arrangements on a landscape.

Fuels & Wildfire Behavior – A Training Module

This PFX Training Module is a self-paced mini-course that will help you understand how fuel type, characteristics, arrangement, and environment affects fire risk and fire behavior. You will also learn to identify hazardous fuels types and arrangements on a landscape.

Grazing to Reduce Blazing

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Field Notes – Media Spotlights Current Wildfire Risk and Firefighting Challenges in Hawaii

Raising public awareness of current fire danger is critical because proactive actions by households and landowners can reduce fire risk and because most fires on Pacific Islands are human-caused.  In Hawaii, PFX…

Pre-Fire Planning Guide for Hawaii and Pacific Islands

Local knowledge of resources like water, road access, and high priority landscape features (crops, endangered species) is critical to minimizing the impacts caused directly by the wildfire as well as the impacts…

Comparing Soil Stabilization After Fire

After fire, it is critical to understand the different environmental zones at risk and potential costs and benefits of different techniques (Source: 2014 Wahikuli-­‐Honokōwai Wildfire Mitigation Plan, Hawai`i Wildfire Management Organization). Tags:…

Wildfire in Hawaii

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Field notes – Makaha Fire Break

Learn the perspectives of Amy Tsuneyoshi and Kaimana Wong from the Honolulu Board of Water Supply (HBWS) and Mikaela Bolling from the Waianae Mountain Watershed Partnership (WMWP) with respect to fire breaks and fire prevention.

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