2020 Kansas Wildfire Outlook Seminar

December 14, 2019

The seminar serves to provide education on fire suppression resources, weather and climatology outlook, resource request process, and the Kansas Mutual Aid System to emergency management personnel and first responders.

Wildfire Outlook Seminar Agenda

Resources:

Presentations

• Welcome and Introductions 
  • Angee Morgan, Kansas Division of Emergency Management
  • Doug Jorgenson, Office of the State Fire Marshal
  • Larry Biles, Kansas Forest Service
• Reporting Requirements, Mutual Aid, and Requesting State Resources (Video Part 1)
  • Jeff Welshans, Kansas Division of Emergency Management
• Weather and Climatology Outlook (NWS, KSU) (Video Part 2) (Video Part 3)
  • Mick McGuire, National Weather Service
  • Chip Redmond, Kansas State University
• Current State Initiatives (KFS, KIWC, KSNG) (Video Part 4) (Video Part 5)
  • Mark Neely, Kansas Forest Service
  • Trig Morley, Kansas Interagency Wildfire Council
  • LTC Larry Leupold, Kansas National Guard
  • CPT Hans Stephensen, Kansas National Guard
• Aerial Firefighting Suppression/Ground Support (KSNG, KIWC) (Video Part 6)
  • CW5 Jason Garr, Kansas National Guard
  • COL David Barkus, Kansas National Guard
  • Trig Morley, Kansas Interagency Wildfire Council

CRMCS (website)

• Wildland Task Force Entry Guidance
• KansasMap Deployable Resources (website)
• KansasMap Deployable Resources Flyer

Kansas Division of Emergency Management Documents

• Requesting Resources Directive
• Incident Notification Directive
• Kansas Mutual Aid System