Prescribed fire at Ft. Bliss in New Mexico

Prescribed fire Ft. Bliss

Above: Prescribed fire on Ft. Bliss in New Mexico, April 11, 2016. Photo by Shawn Giorgianni.

In the past, wildfires have escaped from the artillery practice ranges on Ft. Bliss in the New Mexico Organ Mountains near Rucker Canyon with some of them burning onto Bureau of Land Management and White Sands Missile Range property.

On April 11 personnel from the Fort Bliss Fire and Emergency Services Division completed a prescribed fire that will reduce the chance of a fire spreading outside the Doña Ana Artillery Range.

Fort Bliss is a U.S. Army post in New Mexico and Texas headquartered in El Paso, Texas. With an area of about 1,700 square miles, it is the Army’s second-largest installation, behind the adjacent White Sands Missile Range.

Ft Bliss map

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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.