REGIONAL EURASIAN WILDLAND FIRE NETWORK
VI International Fire Management Week 2015
Kyiv / Boyarka, Ukraine
25-27 March 2015
The 2015 Ukraine Fire Management Week was held in the last week of March 2015, with the core events on 25 to 27 March 2015, organized by the Regional Eastern European Fire Monitoring Center (REEFMC) and the Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC):
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REEFMC Flyer 2015 (PDF, 0.7 MB)
The activities of the week included:
1. The Second Eastern European Prescribed Fire Demonstration and Long-term Observation Experiment: The second in a series of experimental scientific and demonstration experiments on the use of prescribed fire for wildfire hazard reduction and inducing natural regeneration in pine (Pinus sylvestris) stands in Boyarka Forest Research Station, Ukraine.
2. The series was initiated in 2014:
- 2014 Seminar and Consultation Agenda (PDF, 0.3 MB)
- Press coverage of the 2014 Consultation (Ukrainian and English) (PDF, 2.0 MB)
- NULESU publication about establishment and first results of the research in Boyarka Research Forest (PDF, 1.7 MB)
3. Training of the use of backfire (counterfire / suppression firing) in controlling wildfires (see picture gallery below)
4. Seminar “Fire Management and Research in Forests, Protected Areas and Natural Heritage Sites”; Regional Eastern European Fire Monitoring Center (REEFMC), National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine (NULESU), Kyiv and Boyarka Forest Research Station, Ukraine.
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Agenda of the 2015 Seminar (English) (PDF, 0.2 MB)
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Agenda of the 2015 Seminar (Ukrainian) (PDF, 0.4 MB)
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Report of the 2015 Seminar at NULESU Website: http://nubip.edu.ua/node/13975
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Report of the Seminar at the Studway Website (by Nina Lishchuk): http://studway.com.ua/pozhezhniy-eksperiment/
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Report of the 2015 Seminar in the Ukrainian Journal on Nature and Society Pryroda No. 6/2015 (PDF, 0.7 MB)
5. Presentation of results of collaborative work between the GFMC and the REEFMC at the Scientific Council of the National University of Ukraine (NULESU)
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Announcement of GFMC Speech at NULESU Scientific Council: http://nubip.edu.ua/node/13362
Picture Gallery
The photographic documentation of the Sixth Ukraine Fire Management Week in 2015 reveal the facet-rich training of students of the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences, representatives of the State Forest Administration, the State Emergency Service, staff of Boyarka Forest Research Station. Prescribed burning under canopy of pine stands and exercising the application of backfire for controlling a wildfire allowed the participants to study fire behaviour in dependence of diverse fuels and weather conditions. During the Seminar “Fire Management and Research in Forests, Protected Areas and Natural Heritage Sites” the experiences of the two field days were discussed and finally presented to the leadership of the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine. Source of Photos: NULESU and REEFMC staff & students.
