![St.Vincent Island prescribed fire St.Vincent Island prescribed fire](https://wildfiretoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/St.Vincent-Island-Rx-photo-by-Brian-Pippin.jpg)
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.
![USFWS Prescribed fire USFWS Prescribed fire](https://wildfiretoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/USFWS-Prescribed-fire-Williamette-Valley-near-Eugene-OR.jpg)
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.