The same all-risk response personnel and overhead deployed across the nation to emergency incidents are also capable of safely planning and implementing prescribed fire projects in a variety of fuel types. CFI personnel are knowlegeable about the effects of fire utilization to decrease the threat of catastrophic wildfire, improve wildlife habitat and livestock grazing forage, and improve the overall ecological health of an ecosystem. These services are availabe to the smallest residential lot landowner to the largest corporate landowner or land management agency.
Planning
CFI is capable of determining whether the need for prescribed fire as a land management tool exists, laying out the burn unit, composing a comprehensive burn plan, obtaining all necessary permits, and coordinating with all local forestry and emergency services jurisdictions.
Implementation
CFI also has the capability to safely conduct and oversee the pre-burn preparation of a unit, as well as the igniting, holding, and mopping-up. This planning process implemented entails a variety of fire management professionals utilizing numerous wildland fire behavior and smoke modeling software products to graphically display to the layperson the anticipated results of the burn.
Monitoring
Burning without a plan is nearly as short-sighted as not conducting follow-up monitoring of first order fire effects to evaluate whether or not a planned burn was successful in achieving the desired management objectives laid out for the project. That’s why CFI has personnel on staff competent and confident in conducting this post-burn evaluation process.
