Fort Stewart: 120,000 prescribed fire acres a year

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Fort Stewart, the home of the 3rd Infantry Division in eastern Georgia (map), claims that they burn up to 120,000 acres each year in prescribed fires, almost half of the base’s 280,000 acres. They say it is more than any other organization in the United States. Pretty impressive. Sometimes fire personnel in federal, state, local, or private organizations forget how involved some military bases are in wildland fire.

This video introduces us to the prescribed fire program at Fort Stewart.

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Wildland fire has been a major part of Bill Gabbert’s life for several decades. After growing up in the south, he migrated to southern California where he lived for 20 years, working as a wildland firefighter. Later he took his affinity for firefighting to Indiana and eventually the Black Hills of South Dakota where he was the Fire Management Officer for a group of seven national parks. Today he is the creator and owner of WildfireToday.com and Sagacity Wildfire Services and serves as an expert witness in wildland fire. If you are interested in wildland fire, welcome… grab a cup of coffee and put your feet up. Google+

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  1. Ft Stewart has a great program, as Director at NPFTC we often sent our modules there for burning. It was always a great experence for folks from out west to see fire like that. PFTC still sends modules there.It shows the amount of RX fire in the SE is very high.