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USDA FOREST SERVICE KAIBAB NATIONAL FOREST. Fire In The Forest. Fire. In Recent Years, Typically More Than 200 Fires Per Year Most Are Lightning Caused Most Remain Small. 1947 to 1996. Fire. Natural Healthy Vital. Fire. Dangerous Destructive Devastating.
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USDA FOREST SERVICEKAIBAB NATIONAL FOREST Fire In The Forest
Fire • In Recent Years, Typically More Than 200 Fires Per Year • Most Are Lightning Caused • Most Remain Small 1947 to 1996
Fire • Natural • Healthy • Vital
Fire • Dangerous • Destructive • Devastating
Fire Has Changed • A Little History … Heavy, unregulated grazing beginning around 1870 and lasting several decades reduced the grass cover that carried the ground fires. Those fires that did get started were quickly suppressed.
Fire Has Changed • As Time Moved On … 1910
Fire Has Changed 1930s
Fire Has Changed 1989
Forest Service Role In Today’s Fires • Prevention • Education • Restrictions • Closure
Forest Service Role In Today’s Fires • Suppression • Lookouts • Dispatch • Ground Resources • Aerial Resources • Shared Resources • Incident Management Teams
Forest Service Role In Today’s Fires • Lookouts And Other Eyes In The Sky
Forest Service Role In Today’s Fires • Ground Resources
Forest Service Role In Today’s Fires • Aerial Resources
Forest Service Role In Today’s Fires • Fuels Management • What Is It? • Why Is It Important? • Fuels Management Initiatives
What Is Fuels Management? • Tree Thinning • Prescribed Burning • And More …
Why Is Fuels Management Important? • Wildland Fire Risk Reduction
Why Is Fuels Management Important? • Protection Of Lives And Communities
Why Is Fuels Management Important? • Forest Health
Why Is Fuels Management Important? • Forest Restoration
USDA FOREST SERVICEKAIBAB NATIONAL FOREST Fire In The Forest Thanks For Your Time!