- International Fees
International fees are typically 3.12 times the domestic tuition. Exact cost will be calculated upon completion of registration.
Course Overview
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.
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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:
- Indicates programs accepting international students.
- Indicates programs eligible for students to apply for Post-graduation Work Permit (PGWP).
School of Construction and the Environment
- Ecological Restoration
Bachelor of Science Full-time/Part-time
Programs and courses are subject to change without notice.