San Luis Obispo County PBA

Our goal is to increase the pace and scale of prescribed fire projects in SLO county by bringing fire as a land management tool back into the hands of the people.

To sign up for our email list or to connect about burning please contact: Sophia Marquez sloprescribedburnassociation@gmail.com Instagram: @SLO_PBA

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Firefighter Type 2 Instructions

Our Services

  • Burn planning & project support

  • Permitting & regulatory coordination

  • Training & workforce development

  • Mutual aid resource

  • Fire ecology outreach & education

  • Native plant restoration

A forest fire burning through fallen logs and trees, with smoke rising into the air, among standing trees in the background.
Group of people posing outdoors after a gardening or environmental project, with some holding gardening tools, in a park with trees and a fence in the background.
Two women are conversing at an outdoor booth for the Prescribed Burn Association in San Luis Obispo. One woman, with reddish hair, is wearing a navy blue dress and holding a smartphone, while the other woman, with brown hair, is wearing a red shirt a
A large group of people posing outdoors on a sunny day, standing on grass with a clear blue sky overhead.
Four men outdoors near bushes and trees, with a white truck and a car behind them, appear to be examining or collecting plant samples.
Group of people gathered around a bonfire outdoors on a cloudy day in a grassy field with leafless trees.
Two firefighting responders wearing helmets, masks, and protective gear stand together in front of a wildfire burning through dry trees and vegetation, with flames and smoke visible in the background.
Forested area with a woman wearing a helmet and blue jacket, holding a fire extinguisher, standing near fallen trees and smoldering flames from a forest fire.
Group of people planting or working with dark soil in an outdoor field with mountains and a blue sky in the background.

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Resources to learn more about cultural burning:

ytt Northern Chumash Tribe

Good Fire: Tending Native Lands - Oakland Museum of California (OMCA)

History of Native California

Fire Kinship: Southern California Native Ecology and Art | Fowler Museum at UCLA

The Women They Are Carrying Fire - Pa'asik`tavaansas Kuniktáamvunatih (2023) on Vimeo

MAATHAAW: The Fire Within Us | Condor Visual Media

Yáamay: An Anthology of Feminine Perspectives Across Indigenous California by Camaray Davalos | Goodreads

Wildfire: The Culture, Science, and Future of Fire by Ferin Davis Anderson | Goodreads

Shifting the Fire Paradigm in Karuk Aboriginal Territory - 2023 SRF Lightning Complex

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