Services

Forest Thinning & Fire Management

Thinning prescriptions written by people who have run the crews that carry them out.

The problem

Thinning is easy to do badly

Treatments that remove the wrong material, leave the wrong spacing, or ignore how fire will actually move through the treated stand can cost a great deal and reduce risk very little. Slash left untreated can make the situation worse before it makes it better.

We prescribe treatments against modelled fire behaviour, and we write them so a crew can actually execute them.

What we do

Thinning and fuel management

  • Strategic thinning prescriptions
  • Fuel treatment design and slash disposal planning
  • Prescribed fire planning and burn plan development
  • Fire behaviour modelling to target treatment where it counts
  • Shaded fuel break and defensible space design
  • Contractor scoping, specification, and treatment inspection
How it works

Our process

Step 1

Model fire behaviour

How fire will move through the stand as it is, and as it would be after treatment.

Step 2

Prescribe

Species, spacing, and residual basal area written to be executable in the field.

Step 3

Scope the work

Specifications, slash treatment, and contractor-ready documentation.

Step 4

Inspect

Post-treatment inspection against prescription before final payment.

Deliverables

What you receive

  • Written thinning and fuel treatment prescriptions
  • Fire behaviour modelling summary
  • Contractor-ready specifications and mapping
  • Prescribed burn plans where prescribed fire is in scope
  • Post-treatment inspection report
Get in touch

Talk to a wildfire expert.

Free, no-obligation consultation. Call or email us directly — you don’t have to fill out the form.

Frank Carroll, Chief Forester, Wildfire Pros

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