| Prescribed Fire to Begin on Calaveras District Near Arnold/Avery |
Arnold, CA...Fire crews with the Calaveras Ranger District will look to burn nearly 150 acres near the the Towns of Arnold and Avery as part of the Irish-O’Manuel Prescribed Burn Plan beginning June 13. On hand, the Calaveras team will have five engines, a hand crew, patrol capabilities as well as miscellaneous support personnel as they look to burn nearly 100 acres on unit 19.
With the prescribed burn, fire professional will reduce the buildup of flammable forest fuels, both ground fuels and ladder fuels; reduce the threat of uncontrolled, large and damaging fires; treat activity generated fuels; improve protection for life, property, and resources.
Prescribed burning is an effective, cost-efficient method of reducing flammable forest fuels, improving firefighting capabilities, and reducing the impacts of large, uncontrolled damaging wildland fires.
06/13/2023
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