Under construction.
Week |
Tuesday 2026 (draft) See Detailed Schedule of Tuesday Assignments-v1. |
Thursday 2026 (draft) See the links below. |
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| 1 | 8 Sep (UBC Imagine Day. No Tuesday undergrad classes.) |
10 Sep. Welcome to this course. (link to Thursday week 01 Lect. Notes) Intro: Indigenous; significant fires, types of burns, WUI |
| 2 | 15 Sep. Weather-chart analysis. | 17 Sep (link to Thursday week 02 Lect. Notes) Sources of Fire Info: FIRMS, GWIS, CIFFC, NIFC, BlueSky. |
| 3 | 22 Sep. Satellite imagery interpretation. | 24 Sep (link to Thursday week 03 Lect. Notes) Fire behavior: fuels, moisture, wind, slope. |
| 4 | 29 Sep. Radar imagery interpretation. | 1 Oct (link to Thursday week 04 Lect. Notes) Antecedent conditions. Ignition sources. Fire danger rating systems. FWI Intro. |
| 5 | 6 Oct. Atmospheric soundings and hodographs. |
8 Oct (link to Thursday week 05 Lect. Notes) FWI: Fire weather index system. |
| 6 | 13 Oct. Extra-tropical (mid-latitude) cyclones. | 15 Oct (link to Thursday week 06 Lect. Notes) FBP: Fire behavior prediction system. |
| 7 | 20 Oct. Fronts and airmasses. Also see "What is a Cold Front?", by Matt MacDonald, BC Wildfire Service. |
22 Oct (link to Thursday week 07 Lect. Notes) (Also possibly team -building methods.) |
| 8 | 27 Oct. Effect of temperature, humidity and clouds on fires. | 29 Oct - Double Feature: • First 50 minutes - Midterm Exam (tips) • Last 50 minutes - Case Study: Camp Fire (Paradise), California, (link to Thursday week 08 Paradise Fire) |
| 9 | 3 Nov. Convective storms (thunderstorms). 1st hour: (McCollor) Effect of temperature, humidity, & clouds on fires. 2nd hour: (Stull) Regional weather, including downslope windstorms. |
5 Nov (link to Thursday week 09 Lect. Notes for Kimiwan) |
| 10 | 10 Nov. - Fall Break (no classes) |
12 Nov - (link to Thursday week 10 Lect. Notes.-Sparks Lake) Also, in preparation for your own case-study capstone presentation, view the demo presentation video for the Case Study: Sparks Lake, BC fire in 2021, as presented by Jalena Bennett. You can find Jalena's video in the Lect. Notes link. |
| 11 | 17 Nov. - Double Feature |
19 Nov - Double Feature First hour: Donnie Creek fire, BC -2023-2024 - Capstone Presentation. by yyy Team. Second hour: Lahaina fire, HI - Aug 2023 - Capstone Presentation. by zzz Team. |
| 12 | 24 Nov. - Weather forecasting (nowcasting, short-, medium-range) |
26 Nov - Double Feature |
| 13 | 1 Dec.
Climate signals and climate-change vs. wildfires. |
3 Dec - Last Class Day. Double Feature: First hour: Guest lecture (tbd). Second hour: Synthesis & Wrap-up. (McCollor & Stull) |
| Final Exam, to be scheduled by UBC Admin. | ||
List of potential guest lectures: Chris Rodell, Principal Scientist – Fire and AI Weather Forecasting, Technosylva. Title: "From UBC to Wildfire Operations: A Career in Fire Weather". Jesse Ellis, or Brett Soderholm: BC Wildfire Service weather forecasting Mina Deshler: Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS). Lynn Engel: How to use modern tools on the internet to make forecasts, with links to tools. Liam Buchart on Indigenous Fire Methods/Knowledge. (link to his slides) ECCC forecaster recruitment: Guest lecture by Sarah Marcil, ECCC/MSC meteorologist recruitment leader . Topic is on Meteorology Careers with ECCC Meteorological Service of Canada. PyroCB: |
Schedules and fire cases from past years: 2023 , 2024 , 2025 , 2026 , 2027 , 2028 , 2029