Tulsa District conducts prescribed fire training [Image 7 of 10]

TULSA, OK, UNITED STATES

03.02.2021

Photo by Preston Chasteen 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District

Mr. John Weir (center) of the Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management at Oklahoma State University along with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Biologists Stacy Dunkin (left) and Jason Person evaluate weather conditions prior to beginning a prescribed burn. The Fort Gibson Project office hosted a training class March 1-5, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for conducting prescribed burns on government lands. Fifteen USACE park rangers and maintenance staff from seven USACE Civil works Projects attended the training. As part of the training the class conducted eight prescribed burns over three days, burning a total of 1,485 acres of USACE and Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation managed lands. The five-day training session included instruction in safety, fire, laws, smoke management, field preparation, planning, fire effects, fire behavior, ignition devices, ignition techniques, execution of fire plans, fire weather, fire and wildland/interface, fire ecology and effects on wildlife, as well as a final written test. (U.S. Army photo by Preston L. Chasteen)

• Date Taken: 03.02.2021
• Date Posted: 03.15.2021 11:28
• Photo ID: 6555906
• VIRIN: 210302-A-IF821-048
• Resolution: 1800x1200
• Size: 2.09 MB
• Location: TULSA, OK, US