Elevated fire danger in Florida

Florida has been near and dear to ever since studied the history of the Everglades in graduate school. So, knowing that winter is fire season in Florida, I was on the lookout this morning for what is happening in Florida wildfire wise.

Bill Gabbert of wildfire today wrote here about the Three Forks Fire that was burning in Florida in late December 2010. This was a 4,000 acre that firefighters were fighting with a 9,000 acre burnout. At the time Bill posted his article, the fire was 85 percent contained.

Then I was reading the wildland fire hotlist forums, I saw this post about dry conditions in the southern part of the US, with a link to this Daytona Beach News Journal Article about drought conditions and elevated fire danger.

After reading the Daytona Beach News Journal Article, I went to the webpage of Florida's Wildland Fire and Fire Prevention Agency where I saw a report predicting increased fire danger in Florida in 2011, it may be found here.

I will try to follow what is happening in Florida and elsewhere down south in regards to wildfire activity over the coming weeks.

Added at 2:45 PM on Jan. 8, 2011. I just did a google search to try to find out happened with the fire, Three Forks Fire, that Bill Gabbert wrote about. According to this news report (with photos) , the fire was contained at 13,000 acres on Dec. 31, 2010.