Partnerships

The Burn Cycle Project uses a cross-discipline approach to produce dynamic content serving multiple audiences.  We work symbiotically with partner organizations, which are both sources and recipients of new content.  Our clients vary from research, fire safety, news, and public exhibits organizations.

SERI Fire Team 

Based at UCSB's Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, SERI-Fire facilitates collaboration among natural and social scientists, with the intention of developing new management strategies to prepare for and respond to wildfires in a changing climate. The Burn Cycle Project’s founder/director Ethan Turpin joined the team to produce multimedia learning experiences generated from their research. In 2015 the team received National Science Foundation support on a 4-year project modeling fire’s role in natural systems coupled with public influences on fire management. 

Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council

The SBFSC is a non-profit forum dedicated to fire education and action steps for individual and community fire preparedness. The Burn Cycle Project began working with the council in 2020 to produce instructional videos about home hardening and defensible space against wildfire. SBFSC is also a sponsor of Burn Cycle multimedia exhibits in Santa Barbara County, providing resources for Spanish translation, publicity, and public demonstrations by local fire departments.

US Forest Service

Burn Cycle works with members of the USFS Fire Behavior Assessment Team and USFS video producer Ian Grob to gather video from within active fire.  In 2017 the US Forest Service’s Pacific Southwest Region AudioVisual Program commissioned Burn Cycle to produce immersive exhibits near its Bay Area headquarters.