State and National Resources

This wildland fire education and outreach resource table provides links to a variety of southeastern and national publications, workshops, trainings, webinars and more. The goal of this table is to provide free public resources that support landscape resiliency, fire adapted communities and a safe, effective wildland fire response in the Southeast through community action.

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Resource	Type	Organization	Contact
Educator & Extension Agent Resources: Wildfire & Ewin-Wildfire Information Network	Online Training, Publications, Videos	eXtension
Educator & Extension Agent Resources: Changing Roles	Publications, Teaching Modules	Interface South
Educator & Extension Agent Resources: Prescribed Fire	Online Training, Publications, Videos	eXtension
Educator & Extension Agent Resources: Wildfire Information	Publications	EDEN-Extension Educator Disastor Network
Financial Assistance: Grants & Scholarships	Grant Opportunities, Scholarship Opportunities	FireScience.org	Angela Hanners
Landowner Education	Media, Publications	Fire Adapted Communities	National Fire Protection Agency
Landowner Education	Assessments, Media, News	Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network
Landowner Education: Changing Roles	Publications, Teaching Modules	Interface South
Landowner Education: Firewise Information	Events, Maps, News, Publications	Firewise
Landowner Education: Firewise Teaching Resources	Teaching Modules	Firewise
Landowner Education: Forestry Webinar Portal	Webinars	Southern Regional Extension Forestry	Daryl Outlaw
Landowner Education: GoodFires Website	Publications	Southern Group of State Foresters
Landowner Education: Southeastern Wildland Fire Success Stories	Success Stories	National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Stratagy: Southeastern Region	Gary Wood
Landowner Education: Virtual Workshops	Webinars	Firewise
Landowner Education: Wildfire Information	Publications	EDEN-Extension Educator Disastor Network
Landowner Education: Workshops	Workshops	East Gulf Coast Plain Joint Venture	Amity Bass
Wildfire Risk Assessment Guide for Homeowners in the Southern U.S.	Activities, Publications	University of Florida	Alan Long
Youth & Adult Education: Learn Not to Burn & Remembering When	Teaching Modules	National Fire Protection Association
Youth Education: Fire Wars- Where Growth Meets Growth	Teaching Modules	PBS: Nova
Youth Education: Fireworks Educational Program	Activities, Games	Fireworks: US Forest Service	Jane Kapler Smith

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Wildland Fire: Any non-structure fire that occurs in the wildland, including prescribed fire, wildfire, and wildland fire use.
Wildfire: An unplanned, unwanted wildland fire including unauthorized human-caused fires, escaped wildland fire use events, escaped prescribed fire projects, and all other wildland fires where the objective is to put the fire out.
Prescribed Fire: Any fire ignited by management actions under certain, predetermined conditions to meet specific objectives related to hazardous fuels or habitat improvement. A written, approved prescribed fire plan must exist, and NEPA requirements must be met, prior to ignition.
Firewise: A national program that empowers and supports homeowners to take individual responsibility for protecting their homes against wildfire risk.
Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP): A mechanism used to address community wildfire risk and usually is a detailed plan catered to specific community needs.
Certified Prescribed Burner: A person who has completed the training and/or other requirements within their state to be afforded protection from a specified degree of liability.