• Subscribe
  • Buyer's Guide
  • In Print
  • Advertise
  • Station Design Conference
  • FireFusion
  • Podcasts
  • Station Design Awards
    1. Operations & Training

    Prescribed Burning is a Valuable Firefighting Tool

    May 22, 2003
    A wildfire last year easily could have turned these vacation homes into piles of ash. The forest surrounding the cabins is a jungle of dead and dying sub-alpine fir and lodgepole pine. The ground is littered with what Vern Bentley, fire management officer for the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, calls ladder fuels.
    A wildfire last year easily could have turned these vacation homes into piles of ash. The forest surrounding the cabins is a jungle of dead and dying sub-alpine fir and lodgepole pine. The ground is littered with what Vern Bentley, fire management officer for the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, calls ladder fuels.

    Voice Your Opinion!

    To join the conversation, and become an exclusive member of Firehouse, create an account today!