RGrizzzz
Administrator
I want to share this email I got from PSU a few weeks ago.
You reached out in the past with questions regarding the use of prescribed burning on private lands. A big step has been made in moving private lands burning forward in Pennsylvania through the development of a Pennsylvania Certified Prescribed Burn Manager (CPBM) training program. This provides an opportunity for consultants, landowners, etc., to get prescribed fire training and to become a certified prescribed burn manger (CPBM). A Pennsylvania CPBM is able to conduct low complexity burns while benefiting from the liability protections of the PA Prescribed Burn Practices Act (2009). If you are interested in in CPBM training, there is more information on the PA Prescribed Fire Council webpage (https://paprescribedfire.org/cpbm/). It is likely that we (the CPBM training cadre) will hold the next CPBM training in late summer or fall. If you have interest, you can fill out a CPBM student interest form (there is a link in the above webpage). The course will likely be limited to somewhere between 25 and 30 students.
NOTE: There are minimum training requirements necessary to have had prior to getting into the CPBM course. Those minimum training requirements are listed on that PA Prescribed Fire Council CPBM webpage. Most of that training is available online through the Wildland Fire Learning Portal (https://www.wildlandfirelearningportal.net/login/index.php?loginredirect=1. However, a field day is required to fully complete the S-130 firefighter training. We on the training team for the CPBM program have discussed the possibility of providing a field to those who have finished the online training but cannot get the field day portion. You might also reach out to your local DCNR fire forester or someone from the Game Commission to see if they would have any opportunities to join in on a field day with them. They usually do the training in early spring. I don’t know that any of those agencies would allow you to join their field day training or not, but it might be worth asking.
If you don’t have interest in the CPBM training yourself but are interested in having a consultant burn on your land this opportunity should increase the pool of qualified consultants who will offer prescribed burning services.
Thanks
Jesse
Jesse K. Kreye, PhD
Associate Research Professor
Fire and Natural Resources Management
Department of Ecosystem Science & Management
Penn State University
University Park, PA
juk1097@psu.edu
You reached out in the past with questions regarding the use of prescribed burning on private lands. A big step has been made in moving private lands burning forward in Pennsylvania through the development of a Pennsylvania Certified Prescribed Burn Manager (CPBM) training program. This provides an opportunity for consultants, landowners, etc., to get prescribed fire training and to become a certified prescribed burn manger (CPBM). A Pennsylvania CPBM is able to conduct low complexity burns while benefiting from the liability protections of the PA Prescribed Burn Practices Act (2009). If you are interested in in CPBM training, there is more information on the PA Prescribed Fire Council webpage (https://paprescribedfire.org/cpbm/). It is likely that we (the CPBM training cadre) will hold the next CPBM training in late summer or fall. If you have interest, you can fill out a CPBM student interest form (there is a link in the above webpage). The course will likely be limited to somewhere between 25 and 30 students.
NOTE: There are minimum training requirements necessary to have had prior to getting into the CPBM course. Those minimum training requirements are listed on that PA Prescribed Fire Council CPBM webpage. Most of that training is available online through the Wildland Fire Learning Portal (https://www.wildlandfirelearningportal.net/login/index.php?loginredirect=1. However, a field day is required to fully complete the S-130 firefighter training. We on the training team for the CPBM program have discussed the possibility of providing a field to those who have finished the online training but cannot get the field day portion. You might also reach out to your local DCNR fire forester or someone from the Game Commission to see if they would have any opportunities to join in on a field day with them. They usually do the training in early spring. I don’t know that any of those agencies would allow you to join their field day training or not, but it might be worth asking.
If you don’t have interest in the CPBM training yourself but are interested in having a consultant burn on your land this opportunity should increase the pool of qualified consultants who will offer prescribed burning services.
Thanks
Jesse
Jesse K. Kreye, PhD
Associate Research Professor
Fire and Natural Resources Management
Department of Ecosystem Science & Management
Penn State University
University Park, PA
juk1097@psu.edu
