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.
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.