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After eFIRE: Next-Step Resources

After you’ve experienced eFIRE, the following resources can help you take the next step.

Hire a Burner

In many states, your state forestry agency can help you with one or more prescribed fire activities, including planning your burn, installing firebreaks, conducting a burn, standing by during a burn that you are managing, or providing general assistance. There may be a waitlist, so check with your state agency if your burn needs to be conducted within a specific time frame.

Private contractors may also be available to complete these same activities.

Financial assistance may be available through programs such as those offered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, or NRCS, to help offset the cost of hiring someone to assist with your burn.

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Become a Certified Burner

To become a certified prescribed burner, you will need to complete a certified prescribed burner training course, at a minimum, for the state in which you intend to conduct your burning.

Some states may have additional requirements beyond the training course, such as participating in live burns or preparing a burn plan. Certification classes are typically conducted by the state forestry agency and provide training on how to properly conduct a prescribed burn.

Depending on the state, the course may last from one day to several days. It may include only classroom instruction, or it may include both classroom and field components.

In many states, certification allows burners to burn when others cannot and may offer liability protection, provided the burner follows all requirements in state law.

Click on your state below to learn more about certification requirements, upcoming course dates and locations, and registration.

Certified Burner Training by State

Join a Prescribed Fire Council

Prescribed Fire Councils are organized at the state and local level. They provide information-sharing and networking opportunities for individuals, agencies, and organizations interested in prescribed burning.

Click on your state Council’s website below to learn more about the organization and how to join.

The Coalition of Prescribed Fire Councils partners with Councils across the country to create a unified voice for fire practitioners, policymakers, regulators, and citizens on issues related to prescribed fire use. The Coalition also helps support the development of new Councils in states that do not yet have one.

Prescribed Fire Councils

Resources

Often individuals are familiar with programs that offer financial incentives, but may not be as familiar with non-financially oriented programs that provide education, outreach, and research support for prescribed fire. Although not all inclusive, the linked table of resources, developed with the support of the Southeast Regional Partnership for Planning and Sustainability’s Prescribed Fire Work Group, will help you better understand the significant number of programs that currently support prescribed fire in the Southeastern United States.

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