Controlled Burns and Firefighters

Images of firefighters conducting controlled burns in various environments. The scenes depict smoke, flames, and firefighting teams actively managing vegetation to prevent wildfires.

firefighters putting out forest fire
firefighters putting out forest fire
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Firefighter in the French Gard department extinguished the last flames of a forest fire
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Firefighter starting controlled burn in prairie grass to improve habitat.
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Severe Wildfire Threat, Springer, OK, January 16, 2006 Firefighters from Oklahoma, North Carolina, Virginia, and the U.S Fish and Wildlife Department do a burnout operation to contain a fire that eventually burned 350 acres. Over 400,000 acres in Oklahoma have burned since November. Bob McMillan/ FEMA Photo.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Kelly Grenquist with Colorado State University (CSU) oversees a prescribed burn Feb. 13, 2023, along the railroad tracks on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the CSU Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, under contract with the post. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. Prescribed burns benefit the environment many ways and are one of the tools we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the DPW Natural Resources Branch. Mentzel said prescribed burns help set back invasive species, and they burn up their seed banks. Burns also give na
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Torrance County, NM, 05/06/2008 Two members of a firefighting Hotshot team stand back as a third member (center) finishes cutting down a pine tree still smoldering four days after fire devastated the Sherwood Forest subdivision in Torrance County. A team of representatives from FEMA, the U.S. Small Business Administration, the Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, State of New Mexico and Torrance County conducted a Preliminary Damage Assessment of the area on May 6th. FEMA photo by Win Henderson.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Firefighters Battle Blaze in Wildfire Raging Through Alta Dena
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During controlled field fires, the firefighters were able to test various extinguishing methods, from the swatter to the jet pipe
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Creator: Swanson, Scott. Subjects: Fire.
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A firefighter working to put out the Cub Creek forest fire near Lowman, Idaho.
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Severe Wildfire Threat, Springer, OK, January 16, 2006 Firefighters from Oklahoma, North Carolina, Virginia, and the U.S Fish and Wildlife Department do a burnout operation to contain a fire that eventually burned 350 acres. Since November over 400,000 acres in Oklahoma have burned. Bob McMillan/ FEMA Photo.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Fireman in protective clothing observing the back burning of forest floor
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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Joshua Paculan, 49th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, observes a brush fire during a prescribed burn at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, Oct. 3, 2022. Prescribed burns ensure that the environment and wildlife on base remain healthy.
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Forest fire fighter holding shovel, Los Angeles Padres National Forest, California
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Creator: Great Dismal Swamp NWR. Subjects: Fire; prescribed fire; east caost burning; VA; firefighter; equipment. . 1998 - 2011.
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Brave firefighter stands in front of a huge forest fire
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Subjects: Fire smoke WUI firefighters refuge. . 1998 - 2011.
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Firefighters battle a brush fire east of Boise, Idaho.
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Waldo Canyon Fire. Colorado Weber Fire. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Detroit, Michigan USA, 10 June 2023, An abandoned house burns on the near east side of Detroit, an apparent arson
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Severe Wildfire Threat, Springer, OK, January 16, 2006 Firefighters from Oklahoma, North Carolina, Virginia, and the U.S Fish and Wildlife Department do a controlled burnout operation to contain a fire that eventually burns 350 acres. Since November over 400,000 acres have burned in Oklahoma. Bob McMillan/ FEMA Photo.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Fire extinguish the fire with foam in the smoke
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Detroit, Michigan USA, 10 June 2023, An abandoned house burns on the near east side of Detroit, an apparent arson
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Forestry Technician Tim Parry oversees a prescribed burn Feb. 13, 2023, along the railroad tracks on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the Colorado State University Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, under contract with the post. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. Prescribed burns benefit the environment many ways and are one of the tools we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the Directorate of Public Works Natural Resources Branch. Mentzel said prescribed burns help set back invasive species, and they burn up their seed ba
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Severe Wildfire Threat, Springer, OK, January 16, 2006 Firefighters from Oklahoma, North Carolina, Virginia, and the U.S Fish and Wildlife Department do a controlled burnout operation to contain a fire that eventually burned 350 acres. Since November over 400,000 acres in Oklahoma have burned. Bob McMillan/ FEMA Photo.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. John Casey, 47th Civil Engineer Squadron commander, uses a drip torch to spread a controlled burn at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 13, 2024. Drip torches allow for precise control over where the fire starts, which is crucial for managing the burn's direction and spread. The criteria for initiating the burn were rigorously defined, encompassing factors like the moisture content in potential fuels, prevailing weather conditions, and the direction and velocity of the wind.
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Detroit, Michigan USA, 10 June 2023, An abandoned house burns on the near east side of Detroit, an apparent arson.
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Forestry Technician Tim Parry oversees a prescribed burn Feb. 13, 2023, along the railroad tracks on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the Colorado State University Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, under contract with the post. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. Prescribed burns benefit the environment many ways and are one of the tools we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the Directorate of Public Works Natural Resources Branch. Mentzel said prescribed burns help set back invasive species, and they burn up their seed ba
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Forest fire fighter holding shovel, Los Angeles Padres National Forest, California
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During controlled field fires, the firefighters were able to test various extinguishing methods, from the swatter to the jet pipe
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Kelly Grenquist with Colorado State University (CSU) oversees a prescribed burn Feb. 13, 2023, along the railroad tracks on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the CSU Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, under contract with the post. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. Prescribed burns benefit the environment many ways and are one of the tools we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the DPW Natural Resources Branch. Mentzel said prescribed burns help set back invasive species, and they burn up their seed banks. Burns also give na
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A woman picks through the rubble of her home after it was destroyed by brush fires that swept through the area. Base: Santa Barbara State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Dawson Ogletree, 49th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, ignites a pile of brush during a prescribed burn at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, Oct. 3, 2022. Prescribed burns help to prevent occurrence of wildfires on base.
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221022-N-OA516-1099KAILUA-KONA, HAWAII (Oct. 22, 2022) - Sailors from the Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118), plant new trees while volunteering at the West Hawaii Veterans Cemetery.
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Firefighters work on prepping a controlled burn area on the Eagle Trail forest fire near Tok, Alaska, May, 2010.
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Joint press event of the Saxon State Ministry of the Interior and the Saxon State Ministry of Energy, Climate Protection, Environment and Agriculture Interior Minister Armin Schuster and Environment Minister Wolfram Guenther provided information on how to be better prepared for the next forest fires. A firefighter demonstrates the use of extinguishing water from a newly constructed underground cistern
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Fire site
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La Palma, 11/09/2021. Report 300 meters from the Cumbre Vieja volcano. In the image, a forest guard unearths a signaling sign. Photo: Ignacio Gil. archdc.
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Joint press event of the Saxon State Ministry of the Interior and the Saxon State Ministry of Energy, Climate Protection, Environment and Agriculture Interior Minister Armin Schuster and Environment Minister Wolfram Guenther provided information on how to be better prepared for the next forest fires. A firefighter demonstrates the use of extinguishing water from a newly constructed underground cistern
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En la gráfica con una fotografía de fondo de bomberos en un bosque, se describen los posibles gastos que cubren la subvención para asistencia en manejo de incendios como apoyo para los bomberos. Texto:Subvención para asistencia en manejo de incendios, Apoyo para los bomberos. Comidas + equipo de salud y seguridad Equipo y herramientas para combatir incendios Pago de horas extra Gastos de traslado y movilización.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractors conduct tree removal operations in Lahaina, Hawaii, Feb. 6, 2024. To ensure debris removal operations are conducted safely, there is significant coordination and safety planning between USACE and the contractor performing the work. USACE is overseeing the debris removal mission under a Federal Emergency Management Agency mission assignment, which is part of a coordinated effort with the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, the County of Maui and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to clean up areas of the island affected by the Aug. 8, 2023, wildfires. (USACE
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MWEOC Number 21 Participates in the Shenandoah Apple Blossom's F.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Creator: Swanson, Scott. Subjects: Fire; wui; structure protection; prescribed fire; partnership; cooperation; Bear Valleys NWR. . 1998 - 2011.
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MWEOC Number 21 Participates in the Shenandoah Apple Blossom's F.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Clear all flammable brush and regularly clean roof and gutters around your home. ready.gov/wildfires #wildfire.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials