The 2021 Prescribed Fire STEP Grant
application period is now open!
2021 STEP Grant Application Available for Firefighter Supplies,
Tools, Education, and Personal Protective Equipment
Prescribed Fire STEP grants are cost share (50/50) reimbursement grants focused on supporting
Ohio land management agencies by helping them to build and expand their prescribed fire programs.
Eligible applicants include local government agencies, state government agencies,
metropark agencies, county park agencies, park districts, and non-profit land management entities.
Items that grant recipients may purchase through the STEP grant program include
prescribed fire supplies, personal protective equipment, radios, tools, repair parts,
weather data devices, pumps, signage/education materials, etc.
The maximum grant reimbursement is $4,000 per program.
These grants are available through the ODNR Division of Forestry, forestry.ohiodnr.gov.
Application deadline is November 15, 2021.
Questions: contact Aaron Kloss (aaron.kloss@dnr.ohio.gov)
Division of Forestry Certified
Prescribed Fire Manager Training
was completed on October 28th, 2021
If you applied and were approved to take the DOF fire manager
training on October 25-28th at Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park,
registration for the course will open here on Friday, October 1st.
Only approved participants may register.
Registration will be $80 to cover course materials and lunch each day.
Any questions? Contact Us via our website.
REGISTER HERE
OPFC hopes to resume its prescribed fire workshops
in 2022 to help land managers and landowners learn more
about prescribed burning techniques and prepare
for upcoming DOF certified prescribed fire manager courses.
Thank you for your patience during the COVID pandemic.
OPFC will not likely have another
Annual Meeting until this winter
or spring 2022 due to the COVID pandemic.
Watch the website for more details to come!
2019 OPFC ANNUAL MEETING
Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019, 9am-3pm
Ohio Fire Academy in Reynoldsburg
More than 90 people attended this meeting.
We had a full day with speakers presenting on:
Effects of prescribed burning on grassland birds, box turtles, & bats,
updates on OPFC, burning regulations, grant opportunities,
and wildfire response in urban parks.
View the agenda HERE.
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OPFC BANDANA AVAILABLE NOW
Donation of $7 requested
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CONTACT US if you would like to order one or more bandanas.
RESULTS OF A PRESCRIBED BURN
Prescribed burn at a private prairie. Photo by Brad Von Blon.
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Results the next summer. Photo by Brad Von Blon.
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