Prescribed Burn Alliance of Texas
"Taking the WILD out of Fire"
MEMBER RESOURCES
Resource info to help plan your Rx burn and complete your pre- and post-burn plans, including burn plan templates, mapping, smoke management, weather, fuel moisture, report post-burns, burn schools, rules and regulations.
FOLLOW YOUR PBA'S SPECIFIC GUIDELINES AND POLICIES
BURN PLAN TEMPLATES
BLANK BURN PLAN TEMPLATES
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Fillable form blank burn plans: click on a blue link below, save the form, then open to complete it. Save your plan to print or email per your PBA's requirements.
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Or click on for pdf version
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Edwards Plateau Prescribed Burning Assoc
Handy Q&A to determine burning conditions
Prescribed Burn Alliance of Texas
Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept
Texas Dept of Agriculture
USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service
US Fish & Wildlife
MAPPING
Map My Property
The Texas A&M Forest Service provides the Map My Property application for locating and mapping your property; insert your address and map it.
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GOOGLE EARTH: if using Google Earth for making maps, you must also use a companion program called GE Path to calculate acreage and display GPS points.
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SMOKE MANAGEMENT
BLUE SKY SMOKE MODEL
AND OTHER TOOLS
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https://tools.airfire.org/playground/v3/emissionsinputs.php
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WEATHER
National Weather Service Forecast
WEATHER FORECAST INFO
Click on the links below
Note: after clicking on links, change the weather page to your own zip code or location, then save the site/link to your computer.
National Weather Service Forecast
FUEL MOISTURE/BURN BANS
MOISTURE CONTENT
Look up a value for your county using the Wildland Fire Assessment System (WFAS) website for green moisture and dead moisture for 1, 10, 100 and 1000 hr fuels. Huge database; some stations take measurements every two weeks.
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It can still be best to perform your own moisture content analysis, since conditions can vary greatly over the entire county.
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How to Determine Moisture Content
Sam Jetton
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Pull leaves off a number of junipers. Leaves should be 3-4 feet off the ground. I would select from all sides of trees. It is imperative that no woody material be included in the sample. Weigh the sample. Remember to subtract bag weight. Microwave the sample. I will usually microwave for 1.5 minutes and then re-weigh the sample. I then continue to nuke the sample for 30 seconds. I have also found it helps to mix the sample periodically so the lower leaves are brought up so they can dry more easily. Always re-weigh when it comes out of the microwave. Once you get the same weight then you are finished.
The equation to compute green leaf moisture is:
Green Weight – Dry weight/Dry Weight X 100
You can wind up with over 100% glm with this approach. You can use the same procedure to determine liveoak leaf moisture and what the moisture content is of the grass.
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REPORT POST-BURNS
Please report all completed prescribed burns
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf01u-KlLgLxKt5fhX2wvzogQDYI44OQ5Cb0wnszPG-zHQ7qw/viewform
For research purposes, Oklahoma State University/OK Extension and Oklahoma PBA maintain a comprehensive database of prescribed burn activity and safety records. No personal information is required.
BURN SCHOOLS
Texas Department of Agriculture Prescribed Burning School
https://www.texasagriculture.gov/Home/Production-Agriculture/Prescribed-Burn-Program/Prescribed-Burning-Training
RULES AND REGULATIONS
Check Out Prescribed Fire Education and Training Materials Including:
Spotfires, the 40% Rule by John Weir
Prescribed Fire Safety by Butch Taylor
Rules, Regulations and Liability:
On-site Brush Pile Burning in Texas
Prescribed Burning: Liability Considerations
Texas Open Burning Rules and Regulations
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