Prescribed fires around Carson City begin Monday
The Carson City Fire Department will start prescribed fire operations the week of Monday, Feb. 26 and continue as weather conditions allow. Smoke may be visible from anywhere in the city.
CCFD will be burning debris piles created this past summer during a hazardous fuels reduction project. The project resulted in a large scale fuel break around the community of Timberline, on the west side of Carson City.
After nearly a century of fire exclusion in the Sierra Nevada, prescribed fire operations also re-introduce fire back onto the landscape, which helps restore vital ecosystem functions and improve forest health and resiliency.
Winter typically brings cooler temperatures and precipitation, which favor prescribed burning. Each prescribed fire operation follows a specialized prescribed fire burn plan that considers temperature, humidity, wind, moisture of the vegetation, and conditions for the dispersal of smoke.
This information is used to decide when and where to burn.
CCFD coordinates closely with Nevada Department of Environmental Control for air quality and monitors weather conditions carefully prior to prescribed fire ignitions.
It’s important to wait for favorable conditions that will carry smoke up and out of the area. Crews also conduct test burns before igniting larger areas, to verify how effectively fuels are consumed and how smoke will travel.
When conditions meet the prescription, state and local air pollution control districts issue a burn permit allowing operations to proceed.
The public can obtain additional fire information by calling 887-2210, on our website at carson.org or follow us on Facebook or Twitter @ CarsonFireDept.
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