A classic poster from the Southern Group of State Foresters 1960
Stop Woods Arson
Woods arson (also called forest arson or wildland arson) is a common term for deliberately burning forests, grasslands, or brush without the owner’s permission. It is a leading cause of wildfire in the southern region. Woods arson is felony under many state laws.
Who Loses When Woods Arson Occurs?
Everybody loses when wildland arsonists strike:
Consumers pay more for the thousands of products made from forest materials,
taxpayers foot the bill for suppressing the fires,
jobs are often eliminated when the resource is reduced, and
families living in wooded areas often lose their homes and possessions.
Lots of interest in Prevention Education Teams this year which is a good thing. Not that teams are needed but there is an interest in using the concept to reduce the human occurance and to raise the awarness with community outreach.
Georgia just concluded their team, plenty of work still needed but the National Team demobed Monday.
There is talk about a team going into Louisiana following the one currently in place.
We can honor those who gave their life in the line of duty with a moment of silence, before going further into this site please take time to think of the recent fatalities in FL and all our brothers and sisters that have given their lives.
This is why we dedicate our time and expertise in an attempt to prevent that one wildfire that might lead to tragedy.
"Fallen"
In the battle against the beast... Standing together, ready to fight! Helping Floridian’s all across the sunshine state of the east, Committed to service, by day and by night.
These were courageous firefighters, From a tiny little town and a big ole city across Florida land. They stood together as really true friends, Routinely working hand in hand.
Without fear, they followed their orders!
Ready to help in their unselfish way,
They were partners,
They did it that way, day after day!
John and Brett gave their lives on 20 June, Firefighters emotions everywhere have been overdrawn,
As the day’s sun gives way to the nightly moon, Our feelings of loss will never be gone.
The Southern Wildfire group website
hosts current location and status
information on National, Regional and
State Fire Prevention-Mitigation
Education Teams operating in the
southern United States.
The site is intended to act as a
“clearinghouse” for the latest in wildfire
prevention and mitigation ideas,
campaigns, templates, products as well
as individual team updates in the
South.This is the website for you and
your team.Also you will find timely
links to other websites.
Why reinvent the wheel?The ideas
and products are at your finger tips,
“one-stop-shopping”.
Download examples, templates, and
products with the ease of one-click!
Gatekeepers
The following have agreed to be the data managers for the state pages. The State Fire Chief or representative should contact their "gatekeeper to have their page updated. This is done NOT to restrict access to the page but rather for better management of the site.
Recently the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) hosted a webinar titled "Talking Fire Without Getting Burned". Please visit the link below for material from this very informative webinar.
On another note, as you all know, prescribed fire is one of our most important tools for resource management in the South. In an effort to better communicate the benefits of prescribed fire, a Region-wide effort has been ongoing for the past couple years. This initiative titled "One Message Many Voices" has led to the development of a variety of educational material and the following web site.
On this site any individual can enter their zip code and find outdoor and/or forest related opportunities and get fire benefit messages alomg the way. On the home page there is a link to another (companion) site
This site specifically communicates the value of fire on the landscape. The concept around this is that people are most interested in the overall Forest and what it takes for it to be healthy, etc and provide a quality experience for them. As they search for those experiences, they are exposed to concepts of fire on the landscape, including prescribed fire, rather than being a more direct specific prescribed fire campaign.
