Course details
The course reviews and expands upon the fundamentals of fire science, documents the ecological role of fire in British Columbia’s terrestrial ecosystems and examines fire as a management tool for various applications, such as biodiversity, fuel management, wildlife habitat, and rehabilitation of degraded forest, range and other wildland ecosystems.
Credits
4.0
Cost
$1,019.80
Course offerings
Fall 2023
Below is one offering of RENR 8104 for the Fall 2023 term.
CRN 50382
Duration
Tue Sep 05 - Tue Dec 12 (15 weeks)
- 15 weeks
- CRN 50382
- $1019.80
Class meeting times
| Dates | Days | Times | Locations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 05 - Dec 12 | Tue | 13:30 - 17:30 | Burnaby |
Instructor
TBD
Course outline
Course outline TBD — see Learning Outcomes in the interim.
Cost
$1019.80
Important information
- Departmental approval needed
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This course is reserved for the students in the Ecological Restoration program. Departmental approval is required. Please contact Giti Abouhamzeh at giti_abouhamzeh@bcit.ca or 778-331-1392 to get permission.
Status
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Describe the theoretical elements of fire behaviour, including the interaction of fuels, weather and topography.
- List and describe various technical instruments used to help predict fire behaviour and to monitor prescribed fire results.
- List and describe the impacts of fire on terrestrial ecosystems.
- List and describe some measures that can be used to avoid or mitigate the above-mentioned impacts.
- Compare and contrast fire with other natural and human kinds of ecosystem disturbances.
- Describe the potential role of prescribed fire for maintaining critical wildlife habitat for designated wildlife species in a specified geographic area.
- Write a 2000- word technical paper describing the natural role of fire for a specific geographic area.
- Identify laws, regulations and government policies relevant to the use of prescribed fire in British Columbia.
- Know how to research, identify and recognize the multiple values at risk and potential constraints on a specific geographic area that apply to the use of prescribed fire in the area.
- Write a complete prescribed fire plan for a specified area.
- Give a presentation on risk assessment and risk management measures for the prescribed fire plan mentioned above.
- Using assigned case studies, compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of prescribed fire as a fuel management vehicle for parks, wilderness areas, and urban interface areas.
Effective as of Fall 2017
Related Programs
Applications of Fire in Ecosystem Restoration (RENR 8104) is offered as a part of the following programs:
School of Construction and the Environment
- Ecological Restoration
Bachelor of Science Full-time/Part-time
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