`Publications`

Welcome to the Fire Safe Council of Nevada Counties on-line library. This library is designed to provide you with information regarding the wildland urban interface fire issues. What you will find here are homeowner brochures, articles, videos, news clips and other publications.

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`FSCNC Publications`
	Brushland - A Homeowners Guide to Firewise Landscaping in Nevada County.
	Fire Wise Plants for Nevada County - The purpose of this plant list is to help you select and place fire wise plants for the different growing conditions in Nevada County.
	Grassland - A Homeowners Guide to Firewise Landscaping in Nevada County.
	How To Reduce Fire Hazards "Creating Defensible Space."
	Senior and Disabled Assistance Program - Brochure.
	Team Up For Fire Safety - Activity Book for Kids, third thru fifth grade.
	Timberland - A Homeowners Guide to Firewise Landscaping in Nevada County.
	Wildfire Safety for Kids Coloring Book - ABC coloring book for preschool, kinder garden, first & second graders.
`FSCNC Videos Available for Viewing`
	Barricade- NBC Special
	Be Cool About Fire Safety
	CDF- Oakland/Berkeley Hills Firestorm
	Communicating the Wildland Fire Message
	Fire Free - 10 Steps for Wild Fire Defense
	Fire Safe Communities Working Together
	Fire Safe - Inside and Out
	Fire Safe Landscaping
	FoamPro - Foam Made Easy
	Foresters - Growing Forests for our Future
	Intelagard- Fire Defense Systems
	Making Your Home More Fire Wise
	O.E.S and the Fire Safe Council- Working Together
	San Mateo County Fire Safe Committee- An Ounce of Prevention
	Wildfire Defense- Fire Free- 10 Steps for Wild Fire Defense
`CDF Publications`
	Campfire Tips
	Communities at Risk From Wildfire - Statewide map of Communities at Risk from wildfire (points), based on list submitted for the National Fire Plan.
	Debris Burning
	Fire Threat - Statewide map of wildland Fire Threat data developed for the National Fire Plan(v02_4).
	Homeowners Checklist - How to Make Your Home Fire Safe
	Public Land Ownership - Statewide map of public land ownership by agency.
	Tree Notes #3 - Controlling Bark Beetles in Wood Residue and Firewood
	Tree Notes #19 - Managing Bark Beetles in Urban and Rural Trees
	What is Pre-Fire Management
	WILDLAND FIRE SAFETY for Your LIVESTOCK and PETS
`Forest Services Publications`
	A Strategic Assessment of Forest Biomass and Fuel Reduction Treatments in Western States. In the 15 western states there are at least 28 million acres of forest that could benefit from some type of mechanical treatment to reduce hazardous fuel loading.
	DFPZ Maintenance Methods - Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement
	Joint Hazardous Fuel Reduction Projects. White paper developed by Dave Allasia regarding joint private work on Federal lands, specifically Hazardous Fuel Reduction work on Federal Lands. It details the authorities and requirements for this type of work. It does not however supersede Forest Policy or Regulations, but can serve as a guide.
	Living with Fire. Living with Fire is an educational game that puts you in the place of a fire manager, based on research and tools developed for real-world fire management. Recommended for ages 10 and up.
	Reducing the Wildland Fire Threat to Homes: Where and How Much? Understanding how ignitions occur is critical for effectively mitigating home fire losses during wildland fires.
	RMRS-GTR-42, Vol. 1: Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Effects of Fire on Fauna. Fires affect animals mainly through effects on their habitat. Fires often cause short-term increases in wildlife foods that contribute to increases in populations of some animals. These increases are moderated by the animals' ability to thrive in the altered, often simplified, structure of the postfire environment. The extent of fire effects on animal communities generally depends on the extent of change in habitat structure and species composition caused by fire. Stand-replacement fires usually cause greater changes in the faunal communities of forests than in those of grasslands. Within forests, stand-replacement fires usually alter the animal community more dramatically than understory fires. Animal species are adapted to survive the pattern of fire frequency, season, size, severity, and uniformity that characterized their habitat in presettlement times. When fire frequency increases or decreases substantially or fire severity changes from presettlement patterns, habitat for many animal species declines.
	RMRS-GTR-42 Vol. 2: Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Effects of Fire on Flora. This state-of-knowledge review about the effects of fire on flora and fuels can assist land managers with ecosystem and fire management planning and in their efforts to inform others about the ecological role of fire. Chapter topics include fire regime classification, autecological effects of fire, fire regime characteristics and postfire plant community developments in ecosystems throughout the United States and Canada, global climate change, ecological principles of fire regimes, and practical considerations for managing fire in an ecosytem context.
	RMRS-GTR-42, vol. 5: Wildland fire in Ecosystems: Effects of Fire on Air. This state-of-knowledge review about the effects of fire on air quality can assist land, fire, and air resource managers with fire and smoke planning, and their efforts to explain to others the science behind fire-related program policies and practices to improve air quality. Chapter topics include air quality regulations and fire; characterization of emissions from fire; the transport, dispersion, and modeling of fire emissions; atmospheric and plume chemistry; air quality impacts of fire; social consequences of air quality impacts; and recommendations for future research.
	RMRS-RN-20-1WWW: Mastication Treatments and Costs. Mastication, or mulching, is a mechanical fuel treatment that changes the structure and size of fuels in the stand. This fact sheet describes the kinds of equipment available, where mastication should be used, and treatment factors affecting cost.
	RMRS-RN-20-2WWW: Log Hauling Cost. Knowing the cost of fuel reduction treatments and associated activities, such as hauling cut trees, is essential for fire and fuels planning. This fact sheet explores the main factors that determine the cost of hauling cut trees and points the user to an interactive tool that can help plan for those and other expenses.
	RMRS-RN-20-7WWW: Markets and Log Prices. Markets and prices for logs vary widely across the West, fluctuating from place to place in response to regional variables and hauling costs. This fact sheet discusses those variables, locality of log markets, markets for low-value logs, and caveats to consider when using My Fuel Treatment Planner.
	RMRS-RN-22-2-WWW: Fire Hazard. Fire hazard reflects the potential fire behavior and magnitude of effects as a function of fuel conditions. This fact sheet discusses crown fuels, surface fuels, and ground fuels and their contribution and involvement in wildland fire.
	RMRS-RN-22-4-WWW: Role of Silviculture in Fuel Treatments. The principal goals of fuel treatments are to reduce fireline intensities, reduce the potential for crown fires, improve opportunities for successful fire suppression, and improve forest resilience to forest fires. This fact sheet discusses thinning, and surface fuel treatments, as well as challenges associated with those treatments.
	RMRS-RN-23-3-WWW: Structure Fires in the Wildland-Urban Interface. National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) data indicate that wildfires destroyed approximately 9,000 homes between 1985 and 1994 in the United States. The loss of homes to wildfire has had a significant impact on Federal fire policy. This fact sheet discusses the causes of home ignitions in the wildland-urban interface, home ignition zones, how to reduce home ignition potential, responsibility for reducing home ignition potential, and management consequences of the home ignition zone.
	RMRS-GTR-120: Science Basis for Changing Forest Structure to Modify Wildfire Behavior and Severity. This report describes the kinds, quality, amount, and gaps of scientific knowledge for making informed decisions on fuel treatments used to modify wildfire behavior and effects in dry forests of the interior Western United States (especially forests dominated by ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir).
	Wildland-Urban Fire — A Different Approach. Research results indicate that the home and its immediate surroundings within 100-200 feet (30-60 meters) principally determines the home ignition potential during severe wildland-urban fires.
`National Interagency Fire Center`
	Wildland Fire: Interactive Experience
`Office of the State Fire Marshal`
	Fire Hazard Zoning Field Guide - The objective of this Fire Hazard Zoning Field Guide is to provide accurate and updated information to CDF Ranger Units, local fire districts and land use planners about the sensitive issues of fire hazard assessment and zoning. It is hoped that as public awareness increases, local agencies and residents alike will recognize their responsibility to support and participate in the implementation of pre-fire safety strategies. Strong public backing and sound long-term planning can help Californians effectively protect residents from fire in the Urban-Wildland Interface.
	Industrial Operations Field Guide - This Guide contains standards and practices which have been found effective in preventing forest fires caused by various types of industrial operations when conducted on forest, grass or watershed lands. These standards and practices are based upon studies and the experience of fire agency and operating company personnel. The standards are to be considered as minimums and the various practices are offered as suggestions and examples of what has been tried and found successful in various situations. As industrial equipment and techniques change, the standards may need to change too. On-the-ground conditions may indicate the need for practices beyond the minimum legal requirements and will indicate which practices are most applicable in a given situation.
	Property Inspection Guide - 2000 version, was developed to provide the necessary information and procedures required to establish and maintain a system to ensure fire safe compliance by homeowners in the Urban-Wildland Interface. The Guide was developed as a cooperative effort by the University of California and the Interagency Engineering Working Group comprised of representatives from the USDA Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF), and interested individuals.
	Power Line Fire Prevention Field Guide -
`Nevada County Publications`
	Nevada County Fire Plan
`Universities`
	Biomass Thinning for Fuel Reduction Paper - With the high incidence of wildfires in the West, there is interest in the methods to treat forest fuels to reduce fire hazard, their economics and infrastructure needs, and potential impacts on wildlife habitat and soils. Northern California has the most comprehensive and long-term examples of the ecological effects and economic feasibility of fuel reduction and forest restoration methods utilizing biomass thinning. This is in part due to the proximity of biomass fueled electric power plants and small log sawmills to the forests.
	Creating Fire Safe Zones Around Your Forested Homesite - Wildfire will find the weakest links in the defense measures you have taken on your property. Even small steps that you take to protect your home and property will make them that much more able to withstand fire. Consider the measures following for all areas of your property, not just the immediate vicinity of the house.
	Getting a Handle on Broom - Scotch, French, Spanish, and Portuguese Brooms in California . JOHN W. LEBLANC, University of California Cooperative Extension Program Representative, El Dorado County .
	Pest Notes - Bark Beetles
	Pest Notes - Sudden Oak Death in California
	Thinning, Fuel Manipulation and Prescribed Fire in Dry Forest Types - As a result of past harvesting and years of fire exclusion, dry forest types that historically experienced frequent low intensity fires have undergone significant changes in stand structure and species composition. In order to return and maintain these stands in an ecologically healthy state, carefully planned harvesting, fuel treatment and prescribed fire must be implemented.
`Other Publications`
	Wildfire... Are You Prepared? - Wildfires often begin unnoticed. They spread quickly, igniting brush, trees and homes. Reduce your risk by preparing now - before wildfire strikes. Meet with your family to decide what to do and where to go if wildfires threaten your area. Follow the steps listed in this brochure to protect your family, home and property.
	A Complete NATURAL RESOURCE INVENTORY GLOSSARY with Emphasis on Forestry
	CUT-TO-LENGTH - WHY?
	Fuel Treatment and Forest Restoration: A Primer. The purpose of this primer is to describe characteristics of fuel reduction and restoration treatments.
	Healthy Forests: An Initiative for Wildfire Prevention and Stronger Communities