Research & Education in Wildland Fire Science at the University of California, Berkeley
ESPM 181, Introduction to Wildland Fire Science, conducted 2 controlled burns over 4 acres at UC Berkeley’s Blodgett Forest Research Station near Georgetown, CA. Most of the students had not experienced wildland fire personally, and the burns were an invaluable learning experience for all!
Sasha Berleman and Anu Kramer gave a 2.5 hour fire lesson to kids ages 6-13 at a day camp in El Cerrito, CA. They covered basic and advanced fire physics, as well as the interaction between fire frequency and severity in Sierra Nevada ecosystems. They pulled out all the stops with demonstrations including a candle, burn boards, a pyrolysis demonstration, and the fire whirl!
