FFLA WESTERN CONFERENCE
A Celebration to Honor Wildland Fire Fighters
The Western Region Conference will beheld in Flagstaff, Arizona, on
June 1-3 at the City Hall Chambers, 211 W. Aspen.
The big even will "celebrate wildfire fighting" and highlight
the Lookouts, Hot Shots and other related staffs. The goal is to put
on display the various equipment used to fight fire. A large parking
lot will hold displays of equipment from several agencies in Arizona.
Normal indoor displays will be set up in the City Hall hallways. The
conference will be organized to present true lookout topics for Friday
and those that are more generic on Saturday. .
Registration and display set-up will take place starting at 8:00 am
on Friday, June 1. At 8:30, host Director Dave Lorenz will then kick
off the day's program, scheduled to end by 5:00. The Board of Directors
Meeting (open to all) will take place Friday evening, after dinner.
At 8:00 am on Saturday, registration and set-up for the day's events
will begin, followed by orientation for the day and presentations
beginning at 9:00. Most of Saturday will be for forest restoration
programs, awards ceremonies, and displays. The afternoon will feature
a public event displaying fire fighting vehicles and equipment.
The Conference Banquet will follow the 5:30 social hour. An evening
program and the now-traditional auction will follow the banquet.
Sunday will be dedicated to tours, with options available for either
hikes or drives to lookouts. Tours of the Hall of Flame Museum in
Phoenix will be available for anyone going that direction.
Potential presentations for the conference include:
National Historic Lookout Register update
FFLA Reports
"The General Springs Fire Guard Restoration", by Archeologist
Linda Farnsworth
"Fire Lookouts of Arizona and New Mexico", a joint presentation
"Tree Towers of the Grand Canyon", by Dave Lorenz
Hall of Flame Museum presentation
"Forest Restoration and Stewardship", by the Grand Canyon
Forest Partnership
"Fire Lookouts of Coconino NF"
"Osborne Panoramic Photo CD's", by Rob Hoeye
"National Fire Plan and Congressionally approved fire initiatives",
by Coconino NF officials
Findings from Ray Kresek's research on the fires of 2000 in the Inland
Northwest
"Fire Fighting Ranger" video
The mayor will make a city proclamation honoring wildland fire fighters
and their agencies who protect the area and the citizens and business/organizations
who are taking, or have taken, fuels reduction measures.
Anyone interested in making a presentation or bringing a display should
contact Dave Lorenz at (520) 774-0273 (home), (520) 523-6104 (work)
or e-mail: Dave.Lorenz@nau.edu.
Tentative schedule-(presentation times could change) (Draft
April 13)
FRIDAY JUNE 1, 2001
(Tentative schedule-presentation times could change) (Draft April
13)
| Time |
Event |
Location |
|
8:00 am - 4:30
pm
|
Registration
& Indoor Displays |
City Hall Lobby |
| 8:30 am |
Welcome/Orientation: Dave
Lorenz
(Director/Host AZ/NM Chapter) |
Council Chambers |
| 8:45 |
Comments:
FFLA Chairman, Dr. Keith Argow & Howard Verschoor, Deputy
Director West |
|
| 9:00
|
What
are you trying to be-A Hermit? Donna Ashworth, author and
fire lookout in conjunction other local fire lookouts. |
|
| 9:30 |
National Historic
Lookout Register (NHLR)
Panoramic Photos. Rob Hoeye, Oregon. |
|
| 10:00 |
Break |
|
| 10:30 |
Osborne Panoramic Lookout
Photos
Rob Hoeye. |
|
| 11:00 |
Fire Management at Dinosaur
NM
Barbara Zinn, Green River Utah |
|
| 11:15 |
Presentations: Chairman
Keith Argow & Howard Verschoor |
|
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch on your own - View displays.
|
Flagstaff area |
| 2:00 |
Tree Towers of the Grand Canyon
Dave Lorenz |
|
| 2:30 |
Fire Lookouts of Arizona &
New Mexico
AZ/NM FFLA members & Local Lookouts |
|
| 3:00 |
The General Springs Fire Guard
Restoration
Linda Farnsworth, Archeologist Coconino NF |
|
| 3:30 |
Break |
|
| 4:00 |
Review of independent
survey, "A Review of the Year 2000 Northwest Wildfires.
Ray Kresek, author
and owner Fire Lookout Museum, Spokane, WA. |
|
| 4:30 |
FFLA Business
meeting with Directors
Howard Verschoor & Keith Argow |
|
| 5:30 |
Opening evening/Dinner
on your own |
Flagstaff |
SATURDAY JUNE 2, 2001
| Time |
Event |
Location |
| 8:00 - 12:00 noon |
Registration
& Indoor displays |
Lobby |
| 9:00 |
Welcome/Orientation: Dave
Lorenz |
Conference room |
| 9:10 |
Proclamation:
Mayor of Flagstaff. |
Joe Donaldson |
| 9:20 |
The National Fire Plan.
Kaibab NF |
|
| 9:45 |
Ponderosa Pine Restoration
and Stewardship
In the Southwest. H.B. "Doc" Smith, Ecological
Restoration Institute, Northern Arizona University. |
|
| 10:15 |
Break |
|
| 10:30 |
Hall of Flame Museum -Wildland
Fire Fighters.
Peter Malloy, Executive Director. Phoenix, AZ. |
|
| 10:45 |
City of Flagstaff Fuel Management
Paul Summerfelt, Flagstaff Fire Department |
|
| 11:15 |
Local awards
program (arranged by local agencies) |
|
| 12:00 |
Lunch on your own:
Vehicle/equipment display set-up. |
West parking lot |
| 2:00-5:00 |
Vehicle Displays/Demonstrations
(Public Event)
|
West parking lot |
| 2:00-4:00 |
Optional Tour:
Field Trip Restoration Program
H.B "Doc" Smith and NAU staff. |
Meet parking lot. |
| 4:00-6:00 |
Open time or visits to local
watering holes |
Flagstaff |
| 6:00 |
Dinner at Northern Arizona
University |
Univ. Union |
| 7:00-8:30 |
Keynote speaker/Special Program/Auction |
Univ. Union |
SUNDAY JUNE 3, 2001
| Time |
Event |
Location |
| 9:00-12:00 |
Fire Lookout
tours (by vehicle)
Fire Lookout hikes (Flagstaff hiking club) |
Meet parking lot |
| 10:00 -5:00 |
Post meeting
tour-Hall of Flame Museum
Special arrangements for 1-2 hour tours.
(also available on Monday June 4)
|
Phoenix |
Click
here for the Registration Form
Click
here for the Outdoor Vehicle and Equipment Display Form
|