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Participants will be aware of the potential impacts
of current weather conditions on wildfire ignition and
spread.
Participants will know how to relate short-term
forecasts of weather conditions to wildfire ignition and
spread.
Participants will be able to interpret the
components of the Oklahoma Fire Danger Rating System.
Participants will be able to use Oklahoma Mesonet
data to identify wind, temperature, and humidity patterns
that will affect fire propagation.
Participants will be familiar with pertinent
forecasts, alerts, watches, and warnings issued by the
National Weather Service and other appropriate
agencies.
Participants will be familiar with information
about fire weather that is available via the WWW, including
OK-FIRST, the Oklahoma Mesonetwork, the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, and the Forestry Division of the Oklahoma
Department of Agriculture.
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