The Next Central Florida Prescribed Fire Council Meeting
will be Friday November 3, 2023
More information and a link to register will be posted here
and on our PFC Facebook page around September 2023
Co-hosted with the Southern Fire Exchange
Both in-person and virtual registration is free
As in the past, the in-person meeting will be held at Osceola Heritage Park in the Extension Services building
Osceola Heritage Park
Extension Services
1875 Silver Spur Lane
Kissimmee, FL 34744
Attend either in-person or virtually to receive Florida Certified Burn Manager credit.
Society of American Foresters Continuing Forestry Education (CFE) credit expected.
2022 Central Florida Prescribed Fire Council Hybrid Meeting
Virtually Hosted with
The Southern Fire Exchange
🔸 Central FL Fire Weather Outlook for Fire Practitioners (Presentation Recording) (Download Slides)
(John Pendergrast, Senior Meteorologist, National Weather Service)
🔸 Bunchgrass Ecology in Southeastern Pine Savannas (Presentation Recording) (Download Slides)
(Dr. Rae Crandall, Assistant Professor of Fire Ecology, University of Florida)
🔸 Prescribed Fire Insurance for Private/Non-profit Entities (Presentation Recording)
(Hinson Arwood, Vice President of Sales, J. Smith Lanier and Co.)
🔸 Burning on Yarborough Ranch, The Stories I’ve Heard (Presentation Recording)
(JK Yarborough, UF/IFAS Livestock and Natural Resources Extension Agent)
🔸 Cost Share Programs for Florida Landowners (Presentation Recording) (Download Slides)
(Will Liner, Cooperative Forestry Assistance Supervisor, Florida Forest Service)
🔸 Engaging the Public in Prescribed Fire (Presentation Recording) (Download Slides)
(Ludie Bond, Public Information Officer and Wildfire Mitigation Specialist, Florida Forest Service)
🔸 Using Terrestrial LiDAR for Forest Ecology (Presentation Recording) (Download Slides)
(Emily Link, Ecologist with LiDAR Monitoring Project, USFWS)
🔸 Florida Forest Service Update (Presentation Recording) (Download Slides)
(John Saddler, Prescribed Fire Manager, Florida Forest Service)
Click Here for a List of Quick Access Links to resources from the presentations at the 2022 Meeting, resources for southeastern fire practitioners and researchers, and links to PFC and partner resources.
2021 Central Florida Prescribed Fire Council Virtual Meeting
Virtually Hosted with
the Southern Fire Exchange
🔸 Welcome and Introductions (Presentation Recording)
(Sammy McGee, Ben Gugliotti, and Brent Saulsbury; Central Florida PFC Officers)
🔸 Fire Training in the Time of Covid-19 (Presentation Recording) (Download Slides)
(Zach Prusak, Wildland Fire Training Specialist, Tall Timbers)
🔸 Florida Forest Service Experience with Ignition Drone Use on Florida State Forests (Presentation Recording)
(Keith Mousel, Withlacoochee Forestry Center Manager, Florida Forest Service)
🔸 Merchandise and Sponsors (Presentation Recording) (Download Slides)
(Brent Saulsbury, CFPFC Treasurer)
🔸 Prescribed Fire in the Wildland Urban Interface: Success Through Collaboration in Florida’s Flatwoods (Presentation Recording) (Download Slides)
(Dr. Patrick Bohlen, Director of UCF Landscape and Natural Resources Program and Brent Saulsbury, Biologist for UCF Landscape and Natural Resources Program)
🔸 Central Florida Weather Outlook and Update for Fire Practitioners (Presentation Recording) (Download Slides)
(Rodney Wynn, Fire Weather Program Manager, National Weather Service)
🔸 A Florida Burner’s Value to Western Fire Contracting (Presentation Recording) (Download Slides)
(David and Brooke Hogrefe, Sandpine Alliance)
🔸 Florida Forest Service Update and Air Quality as it Relates to Burning Authorizations (Presentation Recording) (Download Slides)
(John Saddler and Sean Gallagher, Florida Forest Service)
2019 Central Florida Prescribed Fire Council Meeting
Download Presentation Slides:
🔸 Welcome & Introduction
🔸 Restoration Roller-Chopping
(Paula Benshoff, Robert Dye, and Jean Huffman)
🔸 2019 Florida Forest Service Update
(John Sadler)
🔸 Understanding Duff Fires and Pine Mortality
(Dr. Morgan Varner)
🔸 National Weather Service – Tools, resources, update, and outlook
(John Pendergrast )
🔸 Florida Groundcover
(Jean Huffman)
🔸 Roller Chopping Equipment 101
🔸 Prescribed Fire at the Space Launch Site
(Tim Kozusko and Michael Good)
2018 Central Florida Prescribed Fire Council Meeting
Presentation Downloads
Download Presentation Slides:
- Introduction
- Central Florida Prescribed Fire Council Annual Meeting
- Wildfire Effects on Space Use and Movement of White-Tailed
- Extension Update
- Fire in Wetlands: Fire Ecology & Prescribed Fire Tactics for Managing Wetlands
- Fire Ignition Management with Drones – IGNIS
- Incorporating the BAECV Product Into a Fire History Geodatabase
- In the Rearview Mirror: Are You Making Fire Science Work for You?
- Starting a Prescribed Burn Association – A Landowner’s Perspective
2015 Central Florida Prescribed Fire Council Meeting
Download Presentation Slides:
- Archbold Biological Station Fire Program
Kevin Main, ABS - 2015-2016 Winter/Spring Outlook
Derrick Weitlich, National Weather Service Melbourne - Fresh From the Florida Forest Service
John Saddler, Florida Forest Service - Using Tree Rings To Determine Prehistoric Fire Patterns In Florida
Jean Huffman - Fire in the Evolutionary Environment of FL and the Southeastern Coastal Pla
Reed Noss, University of Central Florida - What is the Ocala Local Implementation Team and Should You Be a Part of It?
Cheryl Millett, The Nature Conservancy - Providing Threatened and Endangered Species Assurances For Prescribed Burning
Stan Simpkins, US Fish &Wildlife Service - Southern Fire Exchange
Alan Long, Tall Timbers Research Station, University of Florida - Practical Advice Learned After 40 Years of Burning
Sam Van Hook, Kissimmee Valley Forester - Saddle Blanket Scrub Preserve
Steve Morrison and Dylan Gavagni, TNC/Florida Park Service
2013 Central Florida Prescribed Fire Council Meeting
Presentation Downloads
- Introduction
- Agencies and Prescribed Fire: To contract or not to contract? What are the questions?
Raquel Flipek; The Nature Conservacy - Prescribed Burning Associations: Land Owners Effectively Applying Fire to the Land
John R Weir; Oklahoma State University - Low Visibility Driving Environment
Florida Highway Patrol Training Academy - National Interagency Prescribed Fire Training Center
Greg Seamon, Fire Training Specialist; PFTC - Southern Fire Exchange Update
Dr. David Godwin, Program and Outreach Coordinator; Southern Fire Exchange - Cogongrass Imperata cylindrica
Greg MacDonald; University of Florida - Outlook Winter/Spring 2014
John Pendergrast; National Weather Service - A Proposal To Improve Safety And The Productivity Of CFPFC Member Burn Activities
Larry Lazar, Account Manager; Car-Comm, Inc.
2012 Central Florida Prescribed Fire Council Meeting
Presentation Downloads
- Introduction
- My Phone Is On Fire: Fire Apps
Mindy Moss, C.B.M.; Legacy Forestry Services - Prescribed Fire Services
- Private Forestry Update
Eric H. Hoyer, C.F. and C.B.M. Legacy Forestry Services - Florida Forest Service Update
John Saddler; Prescribed Fire Manager - Cogongrass
- Pine-grassland Birds and the Effects of Fire Frequency, Seasonality, and Scale
Jim Cox; Tall Timbers Research Station - What’s New at the Southern Fire Exchange?
Alan Long; Tall Timbers Research Station, UF - Apps
- Outlook – Winter/Spring 2013
John Pendergrast; National Weather Service
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