Pacific Northwest Research Station

Joint Fire Science Program Initiative on Accelerating Adoption of Fire Science and Related Research

David Seesholtz, Initiative Lead
1001 SW Emkay Drive
Bend, OR 97702
Phone: (541) 383-5533

The establishment of the Joint Fire Sciences Program (JFSP) in 1997 and National Fire Plan (NFP) research program research program in 2000 substantially increased the volume of new knowledge, methods, and tools related to fire sciences, wild fire prevention and use, wildfire suppression, and the recovery of human communities and ecosystems from the effects of fire. Between 1998 and 2005 the Joint Fire Sciences Program has invested over $100 million on over 300 fire-related research projects.

This proposal introduces a conceptual model to improve the delivery of new scientific information to specialists and decisionmakers in management agencies and to field staff for regulatory agencies. It recognizes that technology diffusion (science delivery) takes time. This process also provides for packing information in ways that make it useful at different administration levels (e.g., management specialist, decisionmakers, policy makers) and accounts for differences in needs for federal, state, tribal, and private organizations.

Goal

To promote organizational changes in two-way transfer of information between researchers and those who put new knowledge, methods, and tools to use.

Initial JFSP Initiative Products:

• Portfolio of Science for Joint Fire Science Program This page includes a short summary of each of the Joint Fire Sciences Program projects that have been completed to date along with a collection of syntheses on pertinent issues or research areas.
• Principal Investigator Survey This link provides access to the results of a Web-based survey of JFSP Principal Investigators.
• Land Manager's Interviews This link provides information about an ongoing effort to conduct personal interviews with various managers from the land management agencies that are partners in Joint Fire Science Program.