Controlled Burns and Firefighters

Images of firefighters conducting controlled burns in various environments. The scenes depict smoke, flames, and firefighting teams actively managing vegetation to prevent wildfires.

firefighters putting out forest fire

Melcolm Crutchfield, U.S. Fish and Wildlife seasonal firefighter, begins a controlled burn on Barksdale East Reservation, Jan. 28, 2022. Approximately 400 acres of Barksdale woods were part of the controlled burn to help clear underbrush before warmer seasons bring increased risk of wildfires. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Chase Sullivan)

firefighters putting out forest fire

Smoke, firefighter and team in forest together for emergency, disaster management and damage control in bush. Mountain, support and people with fire rescue, volunteer service and nature conservation

Creator: Hollingsworth, John and Karen. Subjects: Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge; Wildlife management. . 1998 - 2011.

Firefighter from National Park Service lights a controlled burn at the Patuxent National Research Refuge, MD. Subjects: Fires; Fire management; Wildlife refuges. Location: Maryland. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: PATUXENT RESEARCH REFUGE. . 1998 - 2011.

Forestry Technician Tim Parry oversees a prescribed burn Feb. 13, 2023, along the railroad tracks on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the Colorado State University Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, under contract with the post. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. Prescribed burns benefit the environment many ways and are one of the tools we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the Directorate of Public Works Natural Resources Branch. Mentzel said prescribed burns help set back invasive species, and they burn up their seed ba

Smoke, forest and firefighter team with emergency, disaster management and damage control in bush. Mountain, flame and people help with fire rescue, volunteer service or safety in nature conservation

Workers wearing protective clothing burn parts of River Rouge Park with the aim of eliminating invasive species; after the fire the area will be seeded with native prairie plants, Detroit, Michigan, USA, North America

Prescribed fire in south Florida is responsible for fuel reduction and wildlife habitat management. Also can prevent catastrofic fires that destroy property.

Fireman in protective clothing back burning forest floor

Cayla Tinney, 26, wears protective clothing as she helps burn parts of River Rouge Park with the aim of eliminating invasive species; after the fire the area will be seeded with native prairie plants, Detroit, Michigan, USA, North America

KINGS BAY, Ga. (March 1, 2013) A U.S. Forest Service firefighter monitors a prescribed burn at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay.

Firefighters put out a fire in the forest

Severe Wildfire Threat, Springer, OK, January 16, 2006 Firefighters from Oklahoma, North Carolina, Virginia, and the U.S Fish and Wildlife Department do a burnout operation to contain a fire that eventually burned 350 acres. Since November over 400,000 acres have burned. Bob McMillan/ FEMA Photo.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Severe Wildfire Threat, Mason, OK, January 15, 2006 Bureau of Indian Affairs - Chickasaw Agency Crew Boss Tom Schultz and Brady Ward coordinate efforts to control a fire. Bob McMillan/ FEMA Photo.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Firemen hoses down bush fire in Central California, USA

Thomas Fire, Ventura, CA, Los Padres NF, 2017 Two firefighters fighting the appoaching flames against a bright orange background from the massive forest fire

Wildfires, San Diego, CA, October 26, 2007 Northern California fire crews set fire back burn to stop the Poomacha fire from advancing westward. Currently the fires in Southern California have burned more than 355,000 acres. FEMA photo/Andrea Booher.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Wildfires, San Diego, CA, October 26, 2007 Northern California fire crews set fire back burn to stop the Poomacha fire from advancing westward. Currently the fires in Southern California have burned more than 355,000 acres. FEMA photo/Andrea Booher.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Fireman in protective clothing back burning forest floor

Subjects: prescribed fire expertise Turnbull. . 1998 - 2011.

Fire Wildfire - Boulder, Colo. , Jan. 8, 2009 Four Mile Fire District works to mop up hot spots on the Old Stage Fire with the fire truck they received through a FEMA fire mitigation grant. Photo: Michael Rieger/FEMA. Colorado Olde Stage Fire. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

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A firefighter with the U.S. Air Force Wildland Fire Branch, observes the spread of a fire during a controlled burn at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 13, 2024. Effective smoke management involves predicting the direction and dispersion of smoke along with communication to local communities about potential air quality impacts. Following the burn, the wildland fire crew stayed on the premises for a minimum of two days to confirm the safety of all areas involved.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A fire burns in the background as members of the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service operate firefighting equipment soaking the grass and underbrush in an attempt to keep the fire away from Kennedy Parkway and the wooded area on the other side of the road. Lightning touched off three different fires Sunday evening in and around Kennedy Space Center at Tel IV, Ransom Road and Pine Island Road. This area is part of the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge operated by the service. The fires were a short distance from operational facilities at the space center and forced the closing of Florida State Route 3. The fires are being contained by firefighters from Kennedy Space Center and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

98 firefighters with support from three fire engines, two helicopters, two water tenders, a dozer and an air tanker battled to contain the 90 acre Rogers Fire located on Mt. Rogers five miles west of Aladdin, WA on the Coleville National Forest.

Plains, MT, August 19, 2007 Fire ground crews work to contain the north and northeast side of the Chippy Creek Fire. The fire has consumed more than 90,000 acres of National Forest and Kootenai Tribal land some 20 miles North of Plains. Andrea Booher/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Three firemen from a rural fire brigade back burning scrub on an Australian rural property.

Severe Wildfire Threat, Springer, OK, January 16, 2006 Firefighters from Oklahoma, North Carolina, Virginia, and the U.S Fish and Wildlife Department do a controlled burnout operation to contain a fire that eventually burned 350 acres. Since November over 400,000 acres in Oklahoma have burned. Bob McMillan/ FEMA Photo.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Forestry Technician Tim Parry oversees a prescribed burn Feb. 13, 2023, along the railroad tracks on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the Colorado State University Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, under contract with the post. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. Prescribed burns benefit the environment many ways and are one of the tools we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the Directorate of Public Works Natural Resources Branch. Mentzel said prescribed burns help set back invasive species, and they burn up their seed ba

firefighters putting out forest fire

Forestry Technician Tim Parry oversees a prescribed burn Feb. 13, 2023, along the railroad tracks on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the Colorado State University Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, under contract with the post. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. Prescribed burns benefit the environment many ways and are one of the tools we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the Directorate of Public Works Natural Resources Branch. Mentzel said prescribed burns help set back invasive species, and they burn up their seed ba

Creator: Upper Souris NWR. Subjects: Fire; prescribed fire; firefighter with driptorch; ND. . 1998 - 2011.

Firefighters begin a burnout process to stop an approaching wildfire.

San Diego Wildfires

Nature, men and fire with emergency team, disaster management and damage control together in bush. Mountain, flame and firefighter collaboration, volunteer service or safety in forest conservation

Severe Wildfire Threat, Springer, OK, January 16, 2006 Firefighteres monitor a Firefighters from Oklahoma, North Carolina, Virginia, and the U.S Fish and Wildlife Department do a burnout operation to contain a fire that eventually burned 350 acres. Since November over 400,000 acres have burned in Oklahoma. Bob McMillan/ FEMA Photo.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Severe Wildfire Threat, Shawnee, OK, January 18, 2006 A Shawnee Fire Department firefighter extinguishes hotsopts after a fire on the outskirts of town. Bob McMillan/ FEMA Photo.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Three firemen from a rural fire brigade , back burning scrub on an Australian rural property.

Lake City, FL, May 15, 2007 A firefighter works to snuff out hot spots of the Florida Bugaboo Fire. The Bugaboo Fire still rages in some areas. The U.S. Department of Homeland SecurityÆs Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has authorized 5 Fire Management Assistance Grants between March 27th and May 10th 2007, to help Florida fight fires in 16 counties. Mark Wolfe/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Worker wearing protective clothing burn parts of River Rouge Park with the aim of eliminating invasive species; after the fire the area will be seeded with native prairie plants, Detroit, Michigan, USA, North America

Firefighters walk into the smoke

A firefighter, with the U.S. Air Force Wildland Fire Branch, observes the spread of a fire along a firebreak during a controlled burn at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 13, 2024. The primary function of a firebreak is to prevent the spread of fire by creating a physical barrier devoid of fuel. It acts as a containment line which firefighters can work from to control a fire. The objective of the controlled burn was to diminish the accumulation of potential fire fuels, such as brush and organic debris, reducing the likelihood of wildfires.

Severe Wildfire Threat, Mason, OK, January 15, 2006 Bureau of Indian Affairs - Chickasaw Agency Crew Boss Tom Schultz and Brady Ward coordinate efforts to control a fire. Bob McMillan/ FEMA Photo.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Valencia, 06/16/2016. Forest fire. Photo: Rober Solsona Archdc.

Texas A&M Forest Service supports efforts to extinguish the fire in the demolition range area at JBSA-Camp Bullis on April 10, 2022. Other organizations assisting in containing the fire include: JBSA FES, Leon Springs FD, San Antonio FD, Bexar County ESD 10, Bexar County ESD 12, Bexar-Bulverde FD, Bulverde Spring-Vranch FD, Bexar County ESD 10, Texas Forestry Service, Texas Interstate Fire, Mutual Aid System (TIFMAS), District 7 Fire Rescue, Bexar County Office of, Emergency Management, Texas Division of Emergency Management, and Canyon Lake FD. JBSA-Camp Bullis comprises more than 27,000 acres of ranges, training areas, and wild-lands on San Antonios Northside and is a crucial training location for service members from Joint Base San Antonio. (Photo by U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Robert H. Dabbs).

98 firefighters with support from three fire engines, two helicopters, two water tenders, a dozer and an air tanker battled to contain the 90 acre Rogers Fire located on Mt. Rogers five miles west of Aladdin, WA on the Coleville National Forest.

Waldo Canyon Fire. Colorado Weber Fire. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Wildfires, San Diego, CA, October 26, 2007 Firefighter pauses to look at wall of fire. Northern California fire crews set fire backburn to stop the Poomacha fire from advancing westward. Currently the fires in Southern California have burned more than 355,000 acres. FEMA photo/Andrea Booher.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Severe Wildfire Threat, Springer, OK, January 16, 2006 Firefighters from Oklahoma, North Carolina, Virginia, and the U.S Fish and Wildlife Department do a burnout operation to contain a fire that eventually burned 350 acres. Over 400,000 acres in Oklahoma have burned since November. Bob McMillan/ FEMA Photo.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Severe Wildfire Threat, Springer, OK, January 16, 2006 Firefighters from Oklahoma, North Carolina, Virginia, and the U.S Fish and Wildlife Department do a burnout operation to contain a fire that eventually burned 350 acres. Over 400,000 acres in Oklahoma have burned since November. Bob McMillan/ FEMA Photo.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Firefighters put out a fire in the forest

Firefighters put out a fire in the forest

Smoke, bush and firefighter team with emergency, disaster management and damage control in forest. Mountain, flame and people help with fire rescue, volunteer service or safety in nature conservation

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service personnel have used prescribed fire for decades to control hazardous fuels on its lands. Such fires, set under strict conditions, reduce fire risks to nearby communities while benefitting wildlife habitat. Subjects: Fire; Employees (USFWS); Prescribed burning. . 1998 - 2011.

San Diego Wildfires

Controlled burn, a cool’ winter burn to reduce fire hazard the following summer, supervised by a volunteer Bush Fire Brigade. One of 1600 brigades in Queensland alone, it protects rural and rural residential property and lives. Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia

A firefighter working to put out a forest fire in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming during the historic 1988 blaze.

Smoke, nature and firefighter team with emergency, disaster management and damage control in bush. Mountain, flame and people help with fire rescue, volunteer service or safety in forest conservation

Intense heat produced by a forest fire, as firefighters look on.

Creator: Charles M. Russell NWR. Subjects: Fire; wildfire; burnout; firing operations; Forestss. . 1998 - 2011.

A firefighter, with the U.S. Air Force Wildland Fire Branch, observes the spread of a fire during a controlled burn at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 13, 2024. Controlled burns are proactively maintaining healthy ecosystems and prevent larger, uncontrolled wildfires. This controlled burn aimed to reduce the fuel loads, such as brush and plant matter, to lower the risk of uncontrolled wildfires.

A man helps fight a forest fire, Washington, USA.

Wildfires, San Diego, CA, October 26, 2007 A Northern California fire crew works into the night clearing fire line and monitoring the back burn that was set to stop the Poomacha fire from advancing westward. Currently the fires in Southern California have burned more than 355,000 acres. Andrea Booher/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Forestry Technician Tim Parry oversees a prescribed burn Feb. 13, 2023, along the railroad tracks on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the Colorado State University Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, under contract with the post. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. Prescribed burns benefit the environment many ways and are one of the tools we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the Directorate of Public Works Natural Resources Branch. Mentzel said prescribed burns help set back invasive species, and they burn up their seed ba

Forestry Technician Tim Parry oversees a prescribed burn Feb. 13, 2023, along the railroad tracks on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the Colorado State University Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, under contract with the post. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. Prescribed burns benefit the environment many ways and are one of the tools we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the Directorate of Public Works Natural Resources Branch. Mentzel said prescribed burns help set back invasive species, and they burn up their seed ba

Danger, forest and firefighter team with emergency, disaster management and damage control in bush. Mountain, flame and people help with fire rescue, volunteer service or smoke in nature conservation

Kelly Grenquist with Colorado State University (CSU) oversees a prescribed burn Feb. 13, 2023, along the railroad tracks on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the CSU Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, under contract with the post. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. Prescribed burns benefit the environment many ways and are one of the tools we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the DPW Natural Resources Branch. Mentzel said prescribed burns help set back invasive species, and they burn up their seed banks. Burns also give na

A firefighter sprays water on flaming stump.

Fire brigade putting out a bush fire, near Melides, Alentejo region, Portugal, Europe

Kelly Grenquist with Colorado State University (CSU) oversees a prescribed burn Feb. 13, 2023, along the railroad tracks on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the CSU Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, under contract with the post. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. Prescribed burns benefit the environment many ways and are one of the tools we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the DPW Natural Resources Branch. Mentzel said prescribed burns help set back invasive species, and they burn up their seed banks. Burns also give na

Jessica Marten with Colorado State University (CSU) oversees a prescribed burn Feb. 13, 2023, along the railroad tracks on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the CSU Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, under contract with the post. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. Prescribed burns benefit the environment many ways and are one of the tools we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the DPW Natural Resources Branch. Mentzel said prescribed burns help set back invasive species, and they burn up their seed banks. Burns also give nat

Severe Wildfire Threat, Mason, OK, January 15, 2006 After containing a fire that burned 375 acres, firefighters extinguish hotspots so that it doesn't flare up again. Bob McMillan/ FEMA Photo.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Firefighter mops up burns on the Eagle Trail forest fire near Tok, Alaska, May, 2010.

Kelly Grenquist with Colorado State University (CSU) oversees a prescribed burn Feb. 13, 2023, along the railroad tracks on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the CSU Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, under contract with the post. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. Prescribed burns benefit the environment many ways and are one of the tools we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the DPW Natural Resources Branch. Mentzel said prescribed burns help set back invasive species, and they burn up their seed banks. Burns also give na

Wildfires, San Diego, CA, October 26, 2007 Northern California fire crews work into the night clearing fire line and monitoring a back burn that was set to stop the Poomacha fire from advancing westward. Currently the fires in Southern California have burned more than 355,000 acres. FEMA photo/Andrea Booher.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Firemen attemting to control heather moor burning on shooting estate which had started to blaze out of control, Cumbria, England, March

Fire Wildfire - Boulder, Colo. , Jan. 8, 2009 Colorado State Senator Dan Gibbs joined up with Four Mile Fire District crew. Together they worked to mop up hot spots on the Old Stage Fire with the fire truck they received through a FEMA fire mitigation grant. Photo: Michael Rieger/FEMA. Colorado Olde Stage Fire. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Severe Wildfire Threat, Springer, OK, January 16, 2006 Firefighters from Oklahoma, North Carolina, Virginia, and the U.S Fish and Wildlife Department do a burnout operation to contain a fire that eventually burned 350 acres. Since November over 400,000 acres have burned in Oklahoma. Bob McMillan/ FEMA Photo.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Forestry Technician Tim Parry oversees a prescribed burn Feb. 13, 2023, along the railroad tracks on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the Colorado State University Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, under contract with the post. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. Prescribed burns benefit the environment many ways and are one of the tools we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the Directorate of Public Works Natural Resources Branch. Mentzel said prescribed burns help set back invasive species, and they burn up their seed ba

Wildfires, Pauma, CA, November 9, 2007 La Jolla Indian Reservation, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Firefighters work with the Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) team to clear branches and brush from culverts in an effort to reduce flood risk and control erosion following the Southern California Fires. The fires burned 92%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% of the La Jolla Reservation land.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Workers of the National Park Service wearing fire resistant clothing intentionally burn part of Big Meadows each spring to preserve the open view and prevent the invasion of woody plants, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, USA, North America

Creator: Swanson, Scott. Subjects: Fire; prescribed fire; wui; education and Education outreach; safety; partnership. . 1998 - 2011.

Kelly Grenquist with Colorado State University (CSU) oversees a prescribed burn Feb. 13, 2023, along the railroad tracks on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the CSU Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, under contract with the post. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. Prescribed burns benefit the environment many ways and are one of the tools we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the DPW Natural Resources Branch. Mentzel said prescribed burns help set back invasive species, and they burn up their seed banks. Burns also give na

Firefighters with the U.S. Air Force Wildland Fire Branch, fill a drip torch with fuel for a controlled burn at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 13, 2024. A drip torch relies on a critical ratio of diesel, which burns slowly and steadily, to gasoline, which ignites easily. Controlled burns help mitigate wilfire risks, enhance ecosystem health and promote biodiversity.

Severe Wildfire Threat, Springer, OK, January 16, 2006 Firefighters from Oklahoma, North Carolina, Virginia, and the U.S Fish and Wildlife Department do a burnout operation to contain a fire that eventually burned 350 acres. Over 400,000 acres in Oklahoma have burned since November. Bob McMillan/ FEMA Photo.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Subjects: Tetlin NWR firefighters in a wildland fire use situation. . 1998 - 2011.

KINGS BAY, Ga. (March 1, 2013) Darin Hunt, a Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay firefighter sets a grass fire along a fence line as part of a prescribed burn at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay.

Fire Wildfire - Boulder, Colo. , Jan. 8, 2009 Colorado State Senator Dan Gibbs joined up with Four Mile Fire District crew. Together they worked to mop up hot spots on the Old Stage Fire with the fire truck they received through a FEMA fire mitigation grant. Photo: Michael Rieger/FEMA. Colorado Olde Stage Fire. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Park County, CO, June 27, 2008 Dan C. Muir of the US Forest Service watches a hand crew come off duty in the Nash Ranch Fire. By late in the day, the fire had expanded to 1,100 acres. Photo: Bryan Dahlberg/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Severe Wildfire Threat, Springer, OK, January 16, 2006 Firefighters from Oklahoma, North Carolina, Virginia, and the U.S Fish and Wildlife Department do a controlled burnout operation to contain a fire that eventually burned 350 acres. Since November over 400,000 acres have burned in Oklahoma. Bob McMillan/ FEMA Photo.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

98 firefighters with support from three fire engines, two helicopters, two water tenders, a dozer and an air tanker battled to contain the 90 acre Rogers Fire located on Mt. Rogers five miles west of Aladdin, WA on the Coleville National Forest.

Fire fighters, Forest fire

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Boise National Forest, Idaho, to meet with Forest Service officials and firefighters, and to observe effects of the summer's Middle Fork Complex and Sheep Trail Fires

Forest fire fighters setting backfire to control spread.

Wildfires, Pauma, CA, November 9, 2007 La Jolla Indian Reservation, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Firefighters work with the Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) team to clear branches and brush from culverts in an effort to reduce flood risk and control erosion following the Southern California Fires. The fires burned 92%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% of the La Jolla Reservation land.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

San Diego Wildfires

San Diego Wildfires

Firefighters light a controlled burn to maintain habitat for grassland birds at Patuxent National Research Refuge, MD. Subjects: Grasslands; Fire management; Wildlife refuges. Location: Maryland. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: PATUXENT RESEARCH REFUGE. . 1998 - 2011.

Kelly Grenquist with Colorado State University (CSU) oversees a prescribed burn Feb. 13, 2023, along the railroad tracks on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the CSU Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, under contract with the post. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. Prescribed burns benefit the environment many ways and are one of the tools we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the DPW Natural Resources Branch. Mentzel said prescribed burns help set back invasive species, and they burn up their seed banks. Burns also give na

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