Pile Burning Planned March 11th-12th on Bradshaw RD

Forest Service Prescott National Forest 344 S. Cortez Street Prescott, AZ 86301
(928) 443-8000
https://www.fs.usda.gov/prescott/
News Release
Media Contact: Debbie Maneely debbie.maneely@usda.gov
(928) 777-2212

PRESCOTT, AZ, March 11th-12th, 2021 – Fire Managers on the Bradshaw Ranger District plan to burn debris piles in the area of Groom Creek. Ignitions are planned to start on, Thursday March 11th and continue through Friday, March 12th if conditions remain favorable. Fire managers expect smoke impacts to be light in the surrounding areas. Pile burning helps to reduce hazardous fuels adjacent to the wildland urban interface and increase ecosystem and community resilience.
In the interest of safety, forest visitors are reminded to obey all traffic signs and use caution when traveling in the vicinity of the prescribed burn as firefighters and fire-related traffic will be in the area.
The purpose of this project is to reduce hazardous fuels following thinning and fuelwood removal activities. Reducing hazardous fuels will help reduce the threat of high severity, high intensity wildfire to the public, adjacent private property and communities. Burning of debris left over from brush-crush and thinning projects require moisture in the surrounding vegetation and typically produces much lighter smoke than broadcast burning.
All prescribed fires activity is dependent on the availability of personnel and equipment, weather, fuels and conditions that minimize smoke impacts as best as possible and approval from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (www.azdeq.gov).
Messages will be posted to social media when managed fires are ignited on the Prescott National Forest: • Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/PrescottNF/) • Twitter (https://twitter.com/PrescottNF?lang=en)
The public can obtain additional information via the following:
• Prescott NF Forest Website: http://www.fs.usda.gov/prescott/
• Twitter: @PrescottNF
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PrescottNF/
• Fire Information: (928) 925-1111
• Local Ranger Station: Bradshaw RD (928) 443-8000
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