St.Vincent Island prescribed fire USFWS photo by Brian Pippin
Today we have photos of prescribed fires in opposite corners of the United States, all are from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service projects. The photo above is a prescribed fire on St. Vincent Island in north Florida (map). The entire 12,000-acre island is a USF&WS refuge. Brian Pippin took this photo from a helicopter during the the 1,150-acre burn.
The photos below show prescribed fires in Williamette Valley near Eugene, Oregon. More photos from similar projects can be found on their Facebook page.
Williamette Valley prescribed fire near Eugene, OR. USFWS photo
Thanks go out to Brian
Gives you an impression of two different fire cultures; one that ignites a few thousand acres at once versus another that does not. Pretty cool picture of multiple flanking fires set at once however.
I like to use flanking fire for ignition. If the wind is in your favor, you can put a lot of fire on the ground in a hurry, safely.