Objectives
The Pennsylvania Prescribed Fire Council exists to meet the following objectives:
- Provide a framework for communications in relation to prescribed fire objectives, techniques and issues
- Review prescribed fire practices, regulations and policy, advising at the national, state and local level, as they relate to prescribed fire in Pennsylvania
- Disseminate technical information on planning, execution and evaluation of prescribed fire
Promote the development and utilization of prescribed fire practices commensurate with desirable environmental resource management
Promote public understanding of the benefits of prescribed fire
Coordinate with federal and state air quality regulators to limit the negative effects of smoke from prescribed fire
- Promote safety, training, and research in the art and science of prescribed fire
