Who We Are

The Michigan Prescribed Council (MPFC) was started in 1999 to protect, conserve and expand the safe use of prescribed fire on the Michigan landscape.  MPFC is a voluntary collaboration of individuals interested in prescribed fire who discuss barriers and work towards solutions to increase the use of prescribed fire. The council has been a powerful tool to maintain a network of people who have consistently advocated for and maintained the relevancy of prescribed fire in Michigan’s fire-adapted ecosystems.

Over the years the council has offered annual meetings to discuss techniques, safety practices, research, and state and federal legislation; created and executed crew boss academies; offered numerous introductory technical field-based training; public outreach efforts and provided fire professional speakers on the use of prescribed fire.

Mission

The Michigan Prescribed Fire Council protects, conserves, and expands the safe use of prescribed fire on Michigan landscapes.

Vision

The MPFC strives to create a culture of prescribed fire in Michigan where prescribed fire practitioners have support to manage and protect natural and created landscapes with fire safely and efficiently to achieve land management and human safety objectives.

Below is our Vision, Mission, Objectives, Values, Tactics, and Strategies for 2024-2029.

By-Laws

SUBMIT EVENT OR TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

"An interagency firefighting team aided by a fire drone conducted a highly successful prescribed burn in central Wisconsin on Department of Defense land, April 11. ...Traditionally, there are two main methods for prescribed burns, hand ignition
The FIRST NE-MW Regional Prescribed Fire Science and Management Workshop will be held in Madison, Wisconsin at The Madison Concourse hotel on August 29 – 31, 2023. Sponsored by the Northeast Regional Strategy Committee (NE RSC), a regional org
"The Wildland Fire Leadership Council (WFLC), established in April 2002 by the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to provide an intergovernmental committee to support the implementation and coordination of Federal Fire Management Policy
"Tribal officials from three Chippewa Bands signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the U.S. Forest Service this week to provide for co-stewardship and protection of “treaty-reserved rights under the 1854 Treaty” across the m
Large burn sites in forested areas are ideal for morel mushroom hunting, especially in burned areas where jack, white or red pine once grew. Grassy and other non forest areas are not as likely to produce morels. The MI DNR have put together a map of