A Prescribed and Controlled Burn
By Steve Nix, About.com
A Prescribed and Controlled Fire - Equipment for Line Construction
Fire Line Preparation
Photo by Steve Nix
Two tractors (both with electric water pumps) were used to maintain and control the prescribed fire. One was equipped with a disk and used to freshened the line before, during and after fire was introduced. It also was available if the original fire jumped the line into areas where fire was not wanted.
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- A Prescribed and Controlled Fire - Intro
- A Prescribed and Controlled Fire - Equipment for Line Construction
- A Prescribed and Controlled Fire - The Second Tractor
- A Prescribed and Controlled Burn - The Drip Torch
- A Prescribed and Controlled Fire - Containing the Fire Using a Fire Break
- A Prescribed and Controlled Fire - Necessary for a Healthy Forest
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