Wildfire one-liners, April 17, 2012

The Honey Prairie fire in Georgia was declared out after one year. It started April 28, 2011.

Check out the photo gallery of multiple master streams and a tower-ladder being used on a brush fire in North Carolina.

A cannon fired during a celebration started a brush fire in Maine. It turns out there’s no law against firing a cannon in Maine.

A Royal Air Force Tactical Air Transportable Fire Unit helped extinguish a fire in the UK which was started by a military flare.

The Governor of Colorado asked the USFS to conduct a review of the Lower North Fork Fire, looking at suppression, evacuation, communication, and weather conditions. Wildfire Today analyzed the review of the escaped prescribed fire yesterday.

 

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Author: Bill Gabbert

After working full time in wildland fire for 33 years, he continues to learn, and strives to be a Student of Fire.