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Fire and Aviation
 Safety Alerts, Fires, Closures, Restrictions, and Advisories
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Information on ongoing fires and emergencies can be found at: http://gacc.nifc.gov/swcc/
For current fire related information please visit the Santa
Fe Zone Wildland Fire Website
Friend or Foe |
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Fire Prevention |
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Fire Suppression |
Fire is one of the most powerful forces of nature.
While fire can be devastating and frightening, it is also essential
for a healthy ecosystem. Is fire our friend or our foe? 
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Fire prevention is a combination of understanding
human behavior, communicating information, educating, utilizing
vegetation management techniques, enforcing laws and regulations
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Fire detection, dispatch and fire suppression
are integral to any fire management program. The Santa Fe National
Forest has 4 fire lookouts who assist in the detection of fires.
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Prescribed Fire |
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Wildland Urban Interface |
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Old Flames Revisited |
| Our forests are changing. Where we
once had open stands of ponderosa pine with grass growing underneath,
we now have dense, overstocked stands of spindly little trees.
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Today's fire environment is changing.
As more and more people move into and near wildland areas, the
risk of wildland fire increases.
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Data collected during fires like those
which burned in Yellowstone opened new avenues of research and
helped to build a knowledge base of predicting extreme fire
behavior.
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Fire Ecology |
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Fire Safety |
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| Fire ecology is the study of how fire
interacts with living things and their environment. |
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Safety tips for building and putting
out a campfire. |
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