Improving habitat on the base Camp Pendleton – Firefighters with the Camp Pendleton Fire Department conduct a prescribed burn in the Juliet Training Area on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, May 23, 2020. Firefighters with CPFD are ...
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LODD Anniversary: Career Federal Fire Fighter Dies from Injuries Sustained at Arizona Prescribed Burn
Remember the fallen with lessons learned NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program On May 14, 2003, a career federal fire fighter (the victim) was severely burned while working at a prescribed burn operation. The prescribed burn ...
Read More »Hundreds Evacuated from Florida Panhandle Wildfires
Multiple structures lost in one 2,000-acre fire PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — Wildfires raging in the Florida Panhandle have forced nearly 500 people to evacuate from their homes, authorities said. One wildfire that broke out Monday afternoon in Santa ...
Read More »National Forest Service Begins Prescribed Burns in Kentucky
Reducing dry fuels in Land Between the Lakes GOLDEN POND, Ky. (AP) — National Forest Service wildfire officials will start conducting seasonal prescribed burns Friday at Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, officials said. Crews will burn ...
Read More »Massachusetts Sets Record Number of Prescribed Burns
All burns were on lands open to the public BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts wildlife officials have carried out a record number of controlled burns in the state this year. During 2019, the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife ...
Read More »Prescribed Burns Planned for New Mexico Counties
One project involves 1,000 acres ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal land managers are teaming up with the state Game and Fish Department to conduct a series of prescribed fires across hundreds of acres in three New Mexico counties. ...
Read More »Park Service Starts Prescribed Burns at Manassas Battlefield
Fires planned for about 75 acres MANASSAS, Va. (AP) — The National Park Service has launched a series of controlled fires at Manassas National Battlefield. The park service says the burns are designed to restore views at the ...
Read More »Tennessee Creates Strike Team for Prescribed Burns
Grant helps state with forest management NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Forestry officials in Tennessee say a strike team is being created to perform prescribed burning on public and private forest land in the Cumberland Plateau. Tennessee Division of ...
Read More »Controlled Burn Becomes Wildfire in Colorado
Fire threatens about 50 homes FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Firefighters are working to contain a wildfire that began as a controlled burn and is now threatening about 50 homes in northern Colorado. Residents were ordered to evacuate ...
Read More »Wildfire Training Set in Nebraska
Prescribed burn in Wildcat Hills GERING, Neb. (AP) — The Gering Fire Department will lead fire training exercises on public land in the Panhandle for the annual West Nebraska Engine Academy. The exercises are scheduled for Sept. 14 ...
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