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Prescribed Fire Specialist
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Specializing in: Prescribed Burning, Smoke Management, Fire Control, and Litigation.
Synopsis Employment Experience Education Career Highlights Instruction Expert Witness Publications Affiliations Contact Information
SYNOPSIS
A registered forester with over 30 years experience and a recognized authority in fire control and prescribed burning programs. Demonstrated expertise as a teacher in the preparation, presentation, and implementation of training materials and programs for professional personnel in industry, government agencies, and educational institutions. Published author of professional literature as well as training materials.
Registered Forester - Alabama
Certified Prescribed Burner - Alabama and Georgia
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
Consulting Forester Specializing in Training and Litigation Wetumpka, Alabama
Alabama Forestry Commission Chief, Fire Control Section Montgomery, Alabama
United States Forest Service Regional Fire Management Specialist, District Ranger and Forester Alabama, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Louisiana
International Paper Company Assistant District Forester, Timber Cruiser, and Timber Marker Panama City & Lake City, Florida
Florida Division of Forestry Service Forester and Ranger Orlando & Mayo, Florida
EDUCATION
B.S. FORESTRY University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Administration and Personnel Management Courses Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Extensive formal training at Fire Training Institutes and government agencies throughout the United States in: Fire Behavior, Fire Control, Prescribed Burning, Air Quality, Smoke Management, and Personnel Management
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Worked with research personnel to produce the first definitive smoke management publication, The Southern Forestry Smoke Management Guidebook.
Served as Senior Author for the 1967 and 1978 revisions, and Reviewer of the 1989 update, of A Guide for Prescribed Fire in Southern Forest.
Written numerous articles for the Journal of Forestry, Forest Farmer, Treasure Forests, Alabama Forests & American Pulpwood Association.
Assisted the states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, and Alabama in developing a Smoke Management Guidelines program.
Wrote two training manuals, one on Smoke Management and the other on Fire Behavior.
Developed a correspondence course on fire suppression for the University of Florida, Division of Continuing Education.
Developed a two-phase training program to meet the requirements of the “Alabama Prescribed Burning Act” that was passed in 1995. Also conducted numerous sessions of the training program since that time.
Under contract with Auburn University, developed an expanded version of this training program for the web available at http://www.pfmt.org/fire/.
Developed a Fire Management Plan for the Horseshoe Bend National Military Park. The objective is to use fire to restore the composition of species that was on the site at the time of the battle in 1814.
INSTRUCTION
Instructor: Instructed at numerous national and regional training courses throughout the United States, serving professionals from industry and government from many countries.
Coordinator: Conducted numerous region-wide tours and briefings for foreign foresters from many different countries as well as foresters from industry and government agencies in the United States.
EXPERT WITNESS
Retained as an expert witness in numerous litigation cases involving Smoke problems, escaped fires and damages from wild fires. These cases range from Alaska to Florida.
PUBLICATIONS
"Managing Smoke at the Wildland-Urban Interface" - 2007
Fire Behavior in the Southeast, Senior Author, 1991.
Smoke Management Guidelines for Prescribed Burning in the Southeast, Senior Author, 1990.
A Guide for Prescribed Fire in Southern Forests, Lead Author. USDA Forest Service, Southeastern Area, 1978 edition.
AFFILIATIONS
Society of American Foresters
Alabama Forestry Association
The Nature Conservancy
Alabama Prescribed Fire Council
CONTACT INFORMATION
114 Aegean Way
Wetumpka, Alabama 36093
(334) 567-4462
Email: hemobley@elmore.rr.com