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November 12–16, 2013 – Salt Lake City, UT
The National Fire Protection Association’s Backyards & Beyond conference brings together a diverse audience of leading wildfire experts, Firewise community representatives, community planners, civic leaders, homeowners and residents, insurance professionals, landscape architects and others, and offers attendees a chance to network with like-minded professionals and share best-practices that they can take back to their communities and workplaces. A pre-conference workshop, "Assessing Wildfire Hazards in the Home Ignition Zone", will be offered November 12 – 13 with instructors, Jack Cohen, Physical Research Scientist, USDA Forest Service, and Pat Durland, President and Wildland Fire Consultant, Stone Creek Fire.
July 21–24, 2013 – Reno, NV
68th International Annual Conference of the Soil and Water Conservation Soceity
July 16–18, 2013 – Honolulu, HI
Highlights include: thought provoking keynote speakers; innovative panels and forums; a community event, novel lunch & reception, training opportunities, and more.
Session and Abstract Proposals Deadline: January 21, 2013
November 12–16, 2013 – Salt Lake City, UT
The National Fire Protection Association’s Backyards & Beyond conference brings together a diverse audience of leading wildfire experts, Firewise community representatives, community planners, civic leaders, homeowners and residents, insurance professionals, landscape architects and others, and offers attendees a chance to network with like-minded professionals and share best-practices that they can take back to their communities and workplaces. A pre-conference workshop, "Assessing Wildfire Hazards in the Home Ignition Zone", will be offered November 12 – 13 with instructors, Jack Cohen, Physical Research Scientist, USDA Forest Service, and Pat Durland, President and Wildland Fire Consultant, Stone Creek Fire.
February, 18, 2012 – Raleigh, NC
A highly educational, engaging and entertaining event featuring selected keynote addresses, numerous plenary, concurrent, and poster presentations, several panel discussions, educational and training workshop opportunities, vendor exhibits/displays, and field trip opportunities.
July, 31, 2012 – Oahu, HI
Hawaii Conservation Conference will be a three day conference of lectures, presentations, and interactive learning. PFX's Elizabeth Pickett will also be presenting on the new Pacific Fire Exchange.
Joint Fire Science Program Consortia Conference
June, 4, 2012 - Boise, ID
The JFSP brings together all regional fire science consortia throughout the U.S. for an annual conference to coordinate
March, 24, 2012 – Oahu, HI
The annual WUI conference held in Reno, Nevada is one of the largest meetings of fire managers across the U.S. Here, the PFSC was unveiled to greater fire management community as a new and important presence in the Pacific. This convention also demonstrated the latest in fire research, technologies, and equipment.
The 2011 Fire Science Workshop was held at the U.S. Forest Service, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, in Hilo, HI.
The experts and technologies present at this workshop are on the forefront of global fire sciences. Presentations on fire risk modeling, prediction, imaging and mapping led the way through the workshop's proceedings.
The Pacific Fire Science Consortium officially announced it's first round of funding and held meetings on plans for future direction and development.
Pacific Fire Science Workshop 2011
Elizabeth Pickett
Executive Director
Hawaii Wildfire Management Organization
elizabeth@hawaiiwildfire.org
808-885-0900
Douglas Cram
Wildland Fire Specialist
University of Hawaii
dcram@hawaii.edu
808-969-8264
Christian Giardina
Research Ecologist
U.S. Forest Service
cgiardina@fs.fed.us
808-854-2619
Pacific Fire Exchange Contacts
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