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Big Thicket National Preserve, Texas |
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Mechanical Treatments Reduce Hazard Fuel Loads
Big Thicket National Preserve has been using mechanical fuel treatments to reduce hazardous fuels in the wildland-urban interface since 2004.
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Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah |
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Bryce Canyon Completes Residential Prescribed Fire During Height of Fire Season
The Residential Prescribed Fire was located in the northern portion of Bryce Canyon near the
park entrance station, visitor center and residential areas.
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Buffalo National River, Arkansas |
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Arkansas Area Park Group Fire Management Receives Midwest Regional Fuels Award
The fire management staff of the Arkansas Area Park Group, located at Buffalo National River in Harrison, Arkansas, have been named the winner of the 2008 Midwest Regional Fuels Award.
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Canaveral National Seashore, Florida |
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Complex Multi-agency Burn Completed
Bills Hill is a 1,088 acre tract on the mainland portion of Canaveral National Seashore. Careful application of prescribed fire was urgently needed to reduce the threat of wildfire.
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Congaree National Park, South Carolina |
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Success and Discovery
The Griffin’s Creek Prescribed Fire at Congaree was accomplished in February 2008. Due to recent drought conditions, fire spread further into the floodplain than expected. Typically, wet soils serve as a barrier to fire; however a slow-backing fire crept into portions of the floodplain resulting in an additional 200 acres burned.
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Cowpens National Battlefield, South Carolina |
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Westside Prescribed Fire
On February 20, 2008, resources from several southeastern parks assembled at Cowpens National Battlefield, South Carolina to implement the Westside Prescribed Fire.
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Everglades National Park, Florida |
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2008 Miccosukee Reserve Area Prescribed Fire
Over five months of planning and coordination between Everglades National Park, the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, and the Florida Department of Forestry culminated in the successful execution of the Miccosukee Reserve Area (MRA) Prescribed Burn on April 16, 2008.
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One Year Prescribed Fire Scars Help Firefighters Contain Mustang Corner Fire
Reduced fuel loading from recent fires gave firefighters great assistance in containing the blaze. The fire burned into the 2007 Population F Buffer and U-Road prescribed fires as well as the 2006 Airboat Wildfire.
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Mechanical Fuel Reduction Protects Backcountry Structure
Firefighters flew into "East Camp" and "West Camp" in early April to put a fire break in the grasses surrounding the shelters. The West Camp Fire was ignited by lightning on the evening of June 22, 2008. The fire threatened the shelter that was its namesake...
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Grand Canyon National Park / Kaibab National Forest, Arizona |
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Interagency North Zone Fire Management
In 2007, the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park and the Kaibab National Forest’s North Kaibab Ranger District combined fire resources to form the interagency North Rim Fire Management Organization.
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Grand Teton National Park / Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyoming |
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Symposium Offers Forum Sharing Monitoring, Project Results
More than 60 people from four states braved blizzard conditions to attend the sixth Teton Interagency Fire Effects Symposium February 7, 2008 in Jackson, Wyoming.
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Interagency Crews Complete Complex Interface Burn in Park
In mid-May 2008, Teton Interagency fire managers completed a complex urban interface prescribed fire after three years of planning and coordination.
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Interagency Training Enhanced by Community Participation
On June 14, 2008, 150 firefighters from Teton, Sublette and Lincoln counties, Bridger-Teton National Forest, Grand Teton National Park, the National Elk Refuge, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Wyoming State Forestry Division converged at Hoback Ranches subdivision near Bondurant, WY, for the annual All Fire Day.
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Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, Montana |
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Fuels Reduction Project Helps Slow Fire Spread
When the Cottonwood Fire started April 13 just off the boundary of Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site in Deer Lodge, Montana, it didn’t have an opportunity to spread far.
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Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas |
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Kendra Mayes, Guadalupe Mountains National Park,
Receives National Fire Management Award for 2007
Kendra Mayes, fire program management assistant (FPMA) at Guadalupe Mountains National Park, has been honored with the 2007 Jeanie Harris Award.
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Gulf Island National Seashore, Mississippi / Florida |
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Prescribed Fire Task Force Implements Fuels Treatment Efforts
In early 2008, resources from the National Park Service joined up in Florida and Mississippi to unofficially become “Task Force Arrowhead”, a prescribed fire task force with the goal of reducing hazardous fuels accumulations at two sites within Gulf Islands National Seashore.
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Joshua Tree National Park, California |
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Rehabilitating Burned-Over Building Sites in Joshua Tree
The highest priority after a July 2006 fire burned 1525 acres was to restore the ecology of the Whispering Pines area and mitigate safety risks and potential resource damage posed by debris from the burned over building sites.
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Kings Mountain National Military Park, South Carolina |
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Multiple Benefits from Fuels Projects
On March 11 and 12, 2008, Kings Mountain National Military Park (NMP) completed two successful prescribed burns. Both burns were second entry burns totaling 429 acres.
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Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, North Dakota |
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Rod Skalsky, Facility Manager, Receives Midwest Region Fire Award
Rod Skalsky, Facility Manager at Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, was the recipient of a 2008 Midwest Region “Fire Works!” Award.
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Lake Meredith National Recreation Area, Texas |
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Interagency Collaboration and Pre-Planning Key to Successful Response
The Pantera Fire burned 135 acres. Using an indirect method of attack, created a safer environment for firefighters and saved costs.
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Lassen Volcanic National Park, California |
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Park Completes Mineral Headquarters Prescribed Fire
Lassen Volcanic National Park completed treatment of 50 acres to reduce fuel continuity and protect the historic administration area by providing a buffer from destructive, intense crown fires and provide for future firefighter and public safety.
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Lava Beds National Monument, California |
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Park Completes 3rd Year of Modoc War Cultural Landscape Restoration
For the past three years, fire staff has taken an active role in restoring Modoc War cultural landscape through prescribed fire and mechanical treatment.
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Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky |
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Three Prescribed Fires Accomplish Resource, Fuels Goals
By looking for alternatives and keeping a flexible attitude, Burn Boss Pete Jerkins and Mammoth Cave National Park managers accomplished three prescribed fires, 3,287 acres, in FY 2008.
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Park Works With Local Communities to Achieve Success
Since the park began its prescribed fire program, nine miles of boundary have been treated with fire. Though in a rural setting, communities, farms, residences, and businesses adjoin the park boundary. Park managers are working to improve the interface between the park and its neighbors.
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Midwest Region, Arkansas / Illinois/ Indiana /Iowa / Kansas / Michigan / Minnesota / Missouri / Nebraska / North Dakota / Ohio/ Wisconsin / South Dakota |
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Arkansas Area Park Group Fire Management Receives Midwest Regional Fuels Award
The fire management staff of the Arkansas Area Park Group, located at Buffalo National River in Harrison, Arkansas, have been named the winner of the 2008 Midwest Regional Fuels Award.
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Rod Skalsky, Facility Manager, Receives Midwest Region Fire Award
Rod Skalsky, Facility Manager at Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, was the recipient of a 2008 Midwest Region “Fire Works!” Award.
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Gary Luce, Prescribed Fire Specialist, Receives Midwest Region Fire Award
Gary Luce, Prescribed Fire Specialist, formerly duty-stationed at Theodore Roosevelt National Park, was the recipient of a 2008 Midwest Region “Fire Works!” Award.
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Northeast Region, Connecticut / Delaware / Maine / Massachusetts / New Hampshire /New Jersey /New York / Pennsylvania / Rhode Island / Vermont / Virginia / West Virginia |
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Information, Please
In March 2008, a group of federal and state employees successfully completed the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) course, Introduction to Incident Information (S-203) in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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Saguaro National Park, Arizona |
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Buffelgrass Fire Behavior Research Burn
Saguaro National Park teamed up with Tucson Water and the University of Arizona to conduct a 160-acre prescribed burn on City of Tucson land in Avra Valley on May 28, 2008.
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Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, California |
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Dillonwood Fire Exercise Prepares Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks and Sequoia National Forest and Giant Sequoia National Monument for Interagency Fire Management
Managers from Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, Sequoia National Forest, and Giant Sequoia National Monument participated in a fire simulation exercise at Ash Mountain Recreation Hall in Sequoia National Park on April 7, 2008 to help park and forest managers consider actions they would take when wildland fires cross the two agency’s boundaries.
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Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota |
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Gary Luce, Prescribed Fire Specialist, Receives Midwest Region Fire Award
Gary Luce, Prescribed Fire Specialist, formerly duty-stationed at Theodore Roosevelt National Park, was the recipient of a 2008 Midwest Region “Fire Works!” Award.
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Tumacácori National Historical Park, Arizona |
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Interagency Partners Respond to Mission Fire
The Mission Fire was reported around 9 a.m. on April 2, 2008 near the south boundary of Tumacácori National Historical Park. It was contained on the evening of April 3. A total of 110 acres burned, 85 acres of which were in the park.
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Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, California |
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Interagency Group Comes Together to Support Local Media on Fire Safety
Members from the Shasta County Fire Prevention Officers Association, representing all of the local fire agencies in Shasta County came together for a Media Safety Training Event on May 15, 2008 allowing different government agencies to meet with the local media before a wildfire event occurs.
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Fuels Reduction Project Helps Protect Communities and Ties In with NPS goals and Objectives
The Western Shasta Resource Conservation District, through the Shasta County Fire Safe Council, received a National Fire Plan grant to construct a shaded fuelbreak along both sides of Highway 299 from the east boundary of Whiskeytown National Recreation Area to the west boundary of the town of Old Shasta. This project created 36 acres of defensible space.
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Zion National Park, Utah |
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East Mesa Prescribed Fire
In early May, fire management personnel from Zion National Park, with cooperation from interagency partners, completed the East Mesa Prescribed Fire (Rx) project located along the park’s eastern boundary.
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East Mesa Prescribed Fire Stops Wildland Fire
On August 1, a wildland fire was reported near the eastern boundary of Zion National Park within the area of the East Mesa Prescribed Fire (Rx).
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