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2 Wildland Fire Leadership Council Membership USDA Undersecretary and DOI Associate Deputy Secretary (co-chairs) Department of Defense, Assistant Secretaries (2) FS and DOI Bureau Chiefs (BLM, FWS, NPS, BIA, USGS) FEMA/USFA Administrator Governor from the West National Governors Association National Association of Counties National League of Cities Intertribal Timber Council International Association of Fire Chiefs National Association of State Foresters
3 Wildland Fire Leadership Council Mission Dedicated to consistent implementation of wildland fire policies, goals and management activities. Provides strategic oversight to ensure policy coordination, accountability and effective implementation of long-term strategies.
4 Safely and effectively extinguish fire, when needed; use fire where allowable; manage our natural resources; and as a nation, live with wildland fire.
5 All Hands All Lands Restore Resilient Landscapes: Landscapes across all jurisdictions are resilient to fire-related disturbances in accordance with management objectives Fire Adapted Communities: Human populations and infrastructure can withstand a wildfire without loss of life and property Wildfire Response: All jurisdictions participate in making and implementing safe, effective, efficient risk-based wildfire management decisions
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7 PFCs key partners: fire unites Passionate professional, committed group of prescribed fire practitioners. building partnerships around fire Federa l State Private
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9 2014 Forestry & Agricultural Prescribed Fire Activity by Region 3% 28% Northeast 69% Southeast West
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15 Capacity Concerns Weather Concerns Air Quality/Smoke Management Concerns Resource Concerns Public Perception Concerns Liability/Insurance Concerns Permitting/Legal Concerns WUI/Population Growth Concerns Low Priority Limited personnel, training, private contractor availability, partnerships, equipment Narrow burn windows, drought, available burn days Visibility, nuisance, emission impacts Limited funding, high implementation costs Lack of public understanding/acceptance Landowner liability, insurance availability and/or cost State law, burn bans, local restrictions, NEPA process, ESA Urbanization, influx of new residents Agency or landowner priority, too difficult
16 Percent of Responses Top Impediment Limiting Prescribed Fire Use - West Ranking 45% 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% West National
17 WILDLAND FIRE AIR QUALITY: 2017 LESSONS & OPPORTUNITIES Presented by Pete Lahm Forest Service Fire & Aviation Management Washington Office // Cell Partners in this effort: USFS, NPS, NOAA NWS, EPA, State and local agencies
18 Living with Smoke and Fire Wildfires single biggest source of high-level air quality impacts (in U.S.) Single wildfires and multiple regional wildfires are known to cause significant impacts to millions Health, Safety, Economics, Disruption of Life, Children/School/Athletics impacts Long durations of high levels of pollutants Can contribute to fatal traffic accidents Public impacts of smoke: 1 in 3 households has someone with respiratory issues, E.g. children with asthma, COPD, emphysema Wildland fires contributing to more than 32% of US fine particulate matter (PM2.5) based on the EPA s 2011 National Emission Inventory (40% if newer emission factors had been used) 2017 was the Summer of Smoke NPR, Washington Post, Congressional Hearing Focus NY Times What to Know Before Buying an Air Purifier to Clear Wildfire
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20 Wildland Fire Air Quality Response Program Interagency response (2011-Present) Operationally addressing wildfire smoke Public health Transportation safety Fire personnel exposure Four components: Modeling Monitoring Messaging / Communication Air Resource Advisors (ARA) Active Coordinated Response Integration / coordination EPA, NOAA, NASA, CDC, States, and beyond
21 BlueSky Production Run Domains
22 Air Resource Advisors Smoke specialists deployed as part of an Incident Management Team (THSP in ICS) Roughly 48 ARA s and 24 trainees Highly diverse group: FS, BLM, NPS, FWS, EPA, State Forestry, Tribes, NRCS, County FD and AD s. Backgrounds: Wildland Fire, Air Quality, meteorology Training: Annual , 2018 planned Enables: Reduction of exposure through behavior modification (public or personnel) Allows incident information to be made available for modeling, etc to develop smoke outlooks and other documents for communications Works with state/tribal/local air quality regulatory agencies, public health departments and ARA Deployments by Year impacted communities
23 2017 WFAQRP Efforts Over 100 ARA deployments, 50% multi-fire outlooks More than 1100 Smoke Outlooks, 3000 smoke trajectories Outlook aligns with EPA s AQI and Nowcast Many state regulatory agencies very engaged in Some State Forestry engagement on smoke issues -Much greater health department engagement Challenges in messaging (1 hr impacts vs Nowcast) ARA Deployment Map consistency
24 Moving Forward Continued dialogue and work with EPA and CDC on smoke Some EPA rules likely need further exploration. 100 s of wildfire exceedances for PM2.5 in the west = high Exceptional Event Rule demonstration load for states & EPA Unaware of any western prescribed fire EER demos to date Opportunity to discuss best approaches in advance of prescribed fire increases or an exceedance General Conformity Rule needs update for consistency Critical relationships are with state and local regulators Increasing prescribed fire use will need greater commitment to addressing smoke by land managers. Local specialists or part of the job of fire practitioners. NWCG requires RX-410 for all RXB2 s (2017 change from previous policy) Basic Smoke Management Practices 2 year window to determine as community what practices are appropriate Example efforts are the CA Fire MOU Partnership aimed at addressing fuels, AQ and using prescribed fire Public Health Department engagement??? Smoke-Ready Communities and a Smoke-Wise Public Transportation and smoke concerns Regional Haze Rule opportunity to include prescribed fire in endpoint of glide path to natural conditions Clarity on perceptions of what can be changed in state Smoke Management Plans that have been submitted as part of a State Implementation Plan Living with smoke from wildland fire is a key of the future discussion.
25 Prescribed Fire, Smoke Management and Air Quality Regulations Prescribed Fire: Smoke Management and Regulatory Challenges WGA Webinar December 19, 2017
26 WESTAR and WRAP region
27 What is important to know about Exceptional Events? Clean Air Act and EPA regulations rely heavily upon monitored air quality data to characterize the attainment of National Ambient Air Quality Standards. The Clean Air Act recognizes that some monitor data may not be appropriate to characterize the air quality of a city or region when that data is influenced by exceptional events that are not otherwise controllable. Events may be human-caused or natural. EPA has developed a regulation specifying how states may identify monitor data influenced by exceptional events, exclude that data and protect public health from unhealthy levels of air pollution during these events.
28 Prescribed Fire and the EPA Exceptional Events Rule Definitions Wildland means an area in which human activity and development are essentially non existent, except for roads, railroads, power lines, and similar transportation facilities. Structures, if any, are widely scattered. Prescribed Fire is any fire intentionally ignited by management actions in accordance with applicable laws, policies, and regulations to meet specific land or resource management objectives. A prescribed fire is a humancaused event that is eligible for treatment as an exceptional event. Wildfire is any fire started by an unplanned ignition caused by lightning; volcanoes; other acts of nature; unauthorized activity; or accidental, human caused actions, or a prescribed fire that has developed into a wildfire. A wildfire that predominantly occurs on wildland is a natural event and is eligible for treatment as an exceptional event.
29 Exceptional Events rule provisions for prescribed fire Rule recognizes the need for and benefits of prescribed fire Rule criteria looks for: clear causal relationship, human activity unlikely to recur recurrence is either the natural fire return interval OR the fire frequency needed to establish, restore and/or maintain a sustainable and resilient wildland ecosystem (as documented in a land/resource management plan), Not reasonably preventable, and Not reasonably controllable fire conducted under a certified and implemented Smoke Management Program or using basic smoke management practices.
30 Exceptional Events Rule Requirements for Prescribed Fire Land managers, burn managers and air agencies must collaborate regarding the process by which the agencies will work together to include general expectations for selection and application of appropriate Basic Smoke Management Practices Land/Resource Management Plans can be relied upon to address recurrence and not reasonably preventable provision Requirements of rule apply equally to federal, public and private landowners
31 Roles and Responsibilities under the Exceptional Events Rule Burn manager/agency can provide fire specific information (e.g., emissions, acres burned, meteorology, modeling, communication and outreach, etc.) Air agency and/or FLM can assess regulatory significance and the usefulness of getting EPA approval for data exclusion Air agency and/or FLM can prepare the technical demonstration, which involves several data gathering and analysis tasks Air agency is responsible for initial notification to EPA, deciding (with EPA input) whether to submit a demonstration, and submitting the prepared demonstration and/or endorsing the FLM s submission
32 What are Smoke Management Plans? State-developed plans for states to receive information about burning events and smoke emissions and implement measures to reduce public health impacts from prescribed burning. States may develop plans for Exceptional Events or other regulatory requirements, such as regional haze. Smoke Management Plans are unique to each states needs, may not cover all of the areas of the state and don t broadly restrict burning. Not all western states have smoke management plans. Smoke management plan development and implementation is at the state-level. Some states use their air quality state implementation plan to formally adopt a plan, but this is not required.
33 Smoke Management Plan Elements Authorization to burn process Requirement to consider alternatives to burning and minimize air emissions from prescribed burning to limit impacts to public health Requirement for submission of burn plans Methods to minimize emissions Plans to evaluate dispersion How the public will be notified How public exposure will be reduced How burning emissions will be monitored Public Education and Awareness of smoke emissions How the agency will provide surveillance and enforcement for authorizations Program Evaluation for effectiveness on a periodic basis
34 Fire and Smoke Challenges for Air Quality Managers Longer, more intense, and larger fires contributing smoke to monitored air pollution Large fires transport smoke well away from the immediate area of the fire, reaching other jurisdictions and impacting public health For particulate air quality, exposure to smoke is a chronic as well as an acute issue Applications of even small prescribed fires can leave smoke in western valleys under stagnant air conditions on the day(s) after, even when dispersion conditions are good on the day of the prescribed fire activities Even so: There are excellent relationships in place for land managers with air managers through smoke mgmt. programs to deal with prescribed fire.
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