Fire Emissions Joint Forum:

Natural Background Task Team

Develop a methodology to determine the contribution of fire to natural background to be used by the Ambient Monitoring and Reporting Forum.

NOTE: The Natural Background Task Team fulfilled the task of developing a methodology to categorize fire into "anthropogenic" and "natural" source classifications upon obtaining FEJF consensus approval for the Recommended Policy for Categorizing Fire Emissions on August 30, 2001. Therefore, as of September 27, 2001, the Natural Background Task Team is no longer a functioning Task Team.

Final Documents

• Guidance For Categorizing Natural Vs Anthropogenic Fire Emissions (11/30/05) PDF
   
• Task List from the NBTT to the FEJF
   
• WRAP consensus approved Policy for Categorizing Fire Emissions
  
• Compendium of all supporting material prepared by the NBTT throughout the development of the Recommended Policy for Categorizing Fire Emissions. Supporting Documentation for the Recommended Policy for Categorizing Fire Emissions, October 31, 2001. THIS PDF FILE IS LARGE (approx. 4.8 MB), FORMATTED FOR DUPLEX PRINTING, AND PRINTS OUT TO 442 PAGES.
   
• NBTT Participants

Meeting Notes

• September 27-28, 2001 Park City, UT FEJF Meeting
  
• August 1-2, 2001 Cheyenne, WY NBTT Mgt/Content Team Meeting
  
• July 11-12, 2001 Rapid City, SD FEJF Meeting
  
• June 6-7, 2001 Portland, OR NBTT Mgt/Content Team Meeting
  
• April 24-25, 2001 Portland, OR FEJF Meeting
  
• March 8-9, 2001 Cheyenne, WY NBTT Mgt/Content Team Meeting
  
• February 21-22, 2001 Las Vegas, NV FEJF Meeting
  
• February 5-7, 2001 Tempe, AZ NBTT Meeting
  
• January 8-9, 2001 Portland, OR NBTT Mgt/Content Team Meeting
  
• December 6-7, 2000 Santa Fe, NM FEJF Meeting
  
• December 5, 2000 Santa Fe, NM NBTT Meeting
  
• October 24-25, 2000 Denver, CO NBTT Meeting
  
• September 6-7, 2000 Boise, ID FEJF Meeting
  
• September 5, 2000 Santa Fe, NM NBTT Meeting and Sept. 6-7, 2001 Breakout Sessions
  
• June 29, 2000 Denver, CO NBTT Meeting
  
• June 27-28, 2000 Denver, CO FEJF Meeting
  
• May 30-31, 2000 Portland, OR NBTT Meeting
  
• April 18-19, 2000 Sacramento, CA FEJF Meeting
  
• February 9-10, 2000 Phoenix, AZ FEJF Meeting
  
• December 14-15, 1999 Spokane, WA Natural Background Breakout Session at the FEJF Meeting
  

Conference Call Notes

• September 12, 2001 NBTT Mgt/Content Team Conference Call
  
• August 9, 2001 NBTT Mgt/Content Team Conference Call
  
• July 3, 2001 NBTT Mgt/Content Team Conference Call
  
• June 18, 2001 NBTT Mgt/Content Team Conference Call
  
• May 11, 2001 NBTT Mgt/Content Team Conference Call
  
• April 23, 2001 NBTT Mgt/Content Team Conference Call
  
• April 2, 2001 NBTT Mgt/Content Team Conference Call
  
• February 26, 2001 NBTT Mgt/Content Team Conference Call
  
• January 2, 2001 NBTT Subgroup Conference Call
  
• December 21, 2000 NBTT Subgroup Conference Call
  
• December 12, 2000 NBTT Mgt/Content Team Conference Call
  
• November 21, 2000 NBTT Mgt/Content Team Conference Call
  
• November 7, 2000 NBTT Mgt/Content Team Conference Call
  
• October 31, 2000 NBTT Mgt/Content Team Conference Call
  
• September 26, 2000 NBTT Mgt/Content Team Conference Call
  
• August 29, 2000 NBTT Mgt/Content Team Conference Call
  
• August 23, 2000 NBTT Mgt/Content Team Conference Call
  
• August 9, 2000 NBTT Mgt/Content Team Conference Call
  
• July 26, 2000 NBTT Mgt/Content Team Conference Call
  
• July 10, 2000 NBTT Mgt/Content Team Conference Call

Other Documents

• NBTT "Stay-inside-the-Box" Document - Reminds Task Team members how to stay focused and work toward a successful solution
• NBTT Briefing of the FEJF Co-Chair, October 16, 2000
• Memo from the AMRF Co-Chairs to the FEJF, July 19, 2000. Steps that must be taken to estimate natural emissions from fire for the WRAP.
• Briefing of Activities of NBTT, provided to FEJF Co-Chair on July 6, 2000