The FERIC Wildland Fire Operations Research Group and its partners are using the Community Protection trials as a study site for on-going research projects. The site was originally used for the International Crown Fire Modelling Experiment in the mid and late 1990's. The site is valuable for fire operations research because crown fires can be lit during periods of high fire hazard.

Please click on the following links for more information on individual projects:

- Effect of fuel modification on fire behavior

- Thinning effect on crown fire - 2 case studies
- Fuel management - replicated plots
- Fuel management economics

- Debris Pile management

- Sprinkler Effectiveness

- Smoke detection

- ATV's as a potential ignition source

Study site

Structure protection testing

Documents:

Master Theses of Jonathan Large: Effects of Wildland Urban Interface Fuel Treatments on Fire Behavior and Ecosystem Services in the Klamath Mountains of California (Link)  8/3/2010

Managing forest fuels for community protection in the interior of British Columbia: productivities and costs fo thinning from below  2/6/2008

Effectiveness of Forest Fuel Management: A Crown Fire Case Study in the Northwest Territories, Canada (PDF)  11/22/2006

Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Fire Torch System for Community Protection Prescribed Fire Operations (PDF)  3/9/2006

International Crown Fire Modelling Experient (ICFME) DVD List  3/23/2005

Hutton Creek (Peace River Area) Prescribed Burn 2002  6/21/2002

The ICFME Interface project's main page  8/2/2001