RX301 Prescribed Fire Implementation Unit 8 PostBurn Activities

RX-301 Prescribed Fire Implementation Unit 8 Post-Burn Activities and Documentation 08 -1 -RX 301 -PPT

RX-301 Prescribed Fire Implementation Unit 8 Post-Burn Activities and Documentation Unit Objectives • Describe the post-burn activities that must be completed by the prescribed fire burn boss. • List the required components of post-burn documentation folder. 08 -2 -RX 301 -PPT

RX-301 Prescribed Fire Implementation Unit 8 Post-Burn Activities and Documentation Post-Burn Activities • Post-burn activities are paramount to a successful prescribed fire program. The burn boss should ensure that post-burn activities are completed and documented. 08 -3 -RX 301 -PPT

RX-301 Prescribed Fire Implementation Unit 8 Post-Burn Activities and Documentation Post-Burn Activities • After Action Review – – What was planned? What actually happened? Why did it happen? What can we do next time? 08 -4 -RX 301 -PPT

RX-301 Prescribed Fire Implementation Unit 8 Post-Burn Activities and Documentation Post-Burn Activities • Post-burn Report – A summary of how the burn went and how well it met short-term burn objectives – This can be in the form of a unit log, narrative, or chronological report • Other Activities – Safety mitigation measures – Rehabilitation – Declaring the prescribed fire out 08 -5 -RX 301 -PPT

RX-301 Prescribed Fire Implementation Unit 8 Post-Burn Activities and Documentation Post-Burn Documentation • Project files should be as complete and organized as possible. • They are legal documents that will need to be accessed in the event of an investigation or review. • There is also historic value as a source of empirical evidence for further land management actions. 08 -6 -RX 301 -PPT

RX-301 Prescribed Fire Implementation Unit 8 Post-Burn Activities and Documentation Post-Burn Documentation • Required Documentation – Prescribed fire plan – Monitoring data • • Weather observations Fire behavior Fire effects Smoke dispersal observations – Weather forecasts – Notifications 08 -7 -RX 301 -PPT

RX-301 Prescribed Fire Implementation Unit 8 Post-Burn Activities and Documentation Post-Burn Documentation • Required Documentation – Documented prescribed fire organizations – Agreements related to implementation – Prescribed Fire GO/NO-GO Checklist – Revalidation of the Agency Administrator Pre-Ignition Approval Checklist – Agency specific reports 08 -8 -RX 301 -PPT

RX-301 Prescribed Fire Implementation Unit 8 Post-Burn Activities and Documentation Post-Burn Documentation • Optional Documentation – – – – – After action review Incident action plan, unit logs Press releases Actual ignition patterns and sequences Smoke management information-Air Quality NOV Reviews Agency individual fire occurrence form Detailed post burn report NEPA documentation Permits Project cost summary 08 -9 -RX 301 -PPT

RX-301 Prescribed Fire Implementation Unit 8 Post-Burn Activities and Documentation As a prescribed fire burn boss, what dictates your responsibility for the contents of the project file? 08 -10 -RX 301 -PPT

RX-301 Prescribed Fire Implementation Unit 8 Post-Burn Activities and Documentation Unit Objectives • Describe the post-burn activities that must be completed by the prescribed fire burn boss. • List the required components of post-burn documentation folder. 08 -11 -RX 301 -PPT