Fire and Environmental Research Applications (FERA) Team
David L. Peterson, Team
Leader
400 N 34th St., Suite 201
Seattle, WA 98103
Phone: (541) 750-7265
Mission: FERA develops applications in fire science
that respond to national priorities in natural resource management,
decision-making, and policy.
For more information about the team,
visit Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team
Page
ABOUT US
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RESEARCH AREAS
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Fire researchers measure fuel consumption after a prescribed
fire.
![[Photograph]: Researchers as the smoke is clearing after a prescribed burn.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090119053155im_/http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/local-resources/images/program/teams/MDR-fireR-Dsuccess.jpg)
Researchers as the smoke is clearing after a prescribed burn.
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Fire and Environmental Research Applications team is an interdisciplinary
team comprised of scientists and professionals with diverse
skills and expertise. These skills are directed in these primary
emphasis areas:
- Provide decision support for fuel and fire hazard management.
- Provide decision support for managing smoke from fires.
- Understand the role of the atmosphere in ecosystem disturbance
processes.
- Provide globally applicable mechanistic models of fire effects.
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