Fire Institute

The Fire Resilience Institute at Cal Poly Humboldt serves as a center of expertise in wildland fire science, ecology, and management through cultivating partnerships and fostering interdisciplinary research, education, training, and outreach to promote effective solutions to wildfire-related challenges while incorporating the need for and importance of fire as an ecological and cultural process.

Fostering applied wildland fire research, education, and outreach to promote effective solutions to wildfire challenges.

Research

A center of excellence to foster innovative wildland fire research that promotes effective management of fire-prone landscapes. Learn More »

ResilienceResilience & Recovery
Fire Behavior & EffectsFire Behavior & Effects
Human CommunitiesHuman Communities
Fuels ManagementFuels Management

Education

Promoting experiential learning and training opportunities to develop future fire practitioners, managers, and scientists. Learn More »

Technical TrainingTechnical Fire Courses
Prescribed Fire TrainingPrescribed Fire Training
Experiential LearningExperiential Learning
Fire EducationFire Education

Outreach

Facilitating the transfer of scientific knowledge to managers, policy makers, and the public. Learn More »

Field ToursField Tours & Workshops
OutreachCommunity Outreach
Science SynthesisScience Synthesis
Science Based PolicyScience-based Policy