South Central Oregon
Fire Management Partnership

Prescribed Fire

Prescribed Fire, applying fire to the land following a plan, is a tool used by the Federal Agencies and some private land owners to accomplish various objectives. These objectives include, but are not limited to:

• reducing fuel loadings to improve fire fighter and public safety;
• reducing costs and damages from wildland fire;
• increasing ecosystem health;
• improving habitat and forage for wildlife and domestic stock.

Wildland fire has always played an essential role in the ecological process and as a natural change agent. Aggressive total fire suppression has been the policy for wildland fire management agencies for decades. The knowledge and experience gained over these years have changed fire management philosophy in the Federal agencies. The complete exclusion of fire is now deemed to have been detrimental to the ecosystem and functioning. As a result of the devastating 1994 fire season, the extreme fire behaviors that consumed natural resources, private property and took the lives of the 14 fire fighters on the South Canyon fire, the Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy and Program Review was adopted in 1995. This policy provides direction for the Federal Agencies in the use of wildland fire including prescribed fire.

The Oregon Department of Forestry assists the Federal Agencies and private land owners in the development of plans for the application of prescribed fire.

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Current Rx Burning

Agency	Project Name	Today's Planned Acres	Est. Time of Ignition	Legal	Descriptive Location	Burn Boss	Comments	Updated
FWF - Southeast Zone Today's Fire Manager = DV-1	Pax	600	10:00	T73 R19	Paxton Meadow	F-11	POC DV1 541-219-9992 Paddock Butte RXB3 is Jason Pettigrew	12-Nov-2024 9:31:40
	Paddock Butte	350	10:00	T38 R13 Sec 14 & 13	Paddock Butte	None
FWF - Winter Rim Zone Today's Fire Manager = BC-30	No Burning Today							20-Nov-2024 7:23:59
FWF - Mazama Zone Today's Fire Manager = F-52	Yota unit 3	96	Holding status	T29 R11 S31	Long Praire	None	All Units in Patrol Status.	8-Jun-2024 7:58:20
	Yota unit 4	149	1000	T30 R10 S1	Long Praire	None
	North 2 Units 6, 7A, 7B, 10, 12A, 15		Patrol	T34 R8 S8,9,16,17	6 miles NE of Chiloquin	None
FWF - Klamath Ranger District Today's Fire Manager = DV-6	No Burning Today						No ignitions planned today 10/29/24. Patrol MLH piles.	29-Oct-2024 8:14:13
Sheldon/Hart NWR Today's Fire Manager = CH-500	Lower Guano Piles RX	250	10:30	T37 R25 SEC 25, 36,	Hart Mt/ Resevoir lake	CH-500	ignition on 11-16-2024.	16-Nov-2024 8:15:28
Klamath Basin NWRs Today's Fire Manager = LKR CH8500	No Burning Today							6-Jun-2023 8:15:38
FWF - Crater Lake National Park Today's Fire Manager = None	Mazama Village Piles	1	0930	T 331S R5E Sec13	Mazama Village/campground	None	Burn boss will be 9103 (Harwood).....Continuing ignitions on Mazama Village Rx if conditions permit following eclipse today.	17-Oct-2023 7:17:34
ODF Klamath Details	No Burning Today							4-May-2019 8:00:46
ODF - Lakeview Details	No Burning Today							10-Jun-2016 11:37:21
BLM Lakeview Today's Fire Manager = None						None		19-Jan-2024 10:41:54
BLM - KFRA Today's Fire Manager = F-75	Gerber Piles	184	0930	T39 R13 Sec 24	O'shea springs	F-75		5-Nov-2024 7:15:36
	CCC Rd. Handpiles	8	1000	T41S R14.5 E Sec 5	Bumpheads Res. Gerber	F-75

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LIFC Information

This information was updated on 4-Nov-2024 11:42:01
LIFC Coordinator = Surprenant       On Call Dispatcher = Hutch
LIFC Resources/Comments = LIFC will be staffed Monday-Friday from 0800-1700 unless required for extended staffing.

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