In my wonderings over the last several days I have been reading about various States and agencies here in the United States conducted prescribed burns, sometimes referred to as controlled burns. Simply while the management and technique to conduct these prescribed burns will vary, these prescribed burns are well thought out and planned ahead of time to burn away fuels so that if a wildfire were to later occur it will hopefully be less severe. These burns are weather dependent, they will be conducted on days favorable for prescribed burns.
Examples of recent planned prescribed burns, thanks to Mike Archer of Wildfire News of the Day for pointing me to these media articles referencing prescribed burns:
- California: two prescribed burns planned in San Bernardino National Forest, Desert Sun (February 2, 2022)
- Southwest Florida: importance or prescribed burns: WGCU NPR, (February 2, 2022)
- New Mexico: prescribed burn planned for Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico Fire Information, (February 3, 2022)
- North Carolina: prescribed burn planned in Croatan National Forest, WNCT9 (February 3, 2022)
I expect that there are other prescribed burns planned that I do not know about.
I found a nice video, thanks to my friends at the NJ Forest Fire Service Section B10 website, who shared this video from the Museum of Arts & Sciences where Rangers from the Florida Forest Service answer questions about fighting wildfires and prescribed burns. They reference the difference between fighting wildfires in Florida versus prescribed burns. You will hear fromPeter Scalco, Senior Forest Ranger and Will Raulson, Forest Area Service. Mrs Scalco and Raulson are with the Florida Forest Service. Allow about eleven minutes for the video. Remember that this video is about how the Florida Forest Service fights wildfires and conducts prescribed burns. What happens in your State may be different.
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