Southern Wildfire Prevention

www.southernwilfireprevention.sref.info

Last updated.....December 2009

 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.
 
 
Radio Spotlight

 
 
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.
 
        John Warner: TX, OK, AK, LA
            jwarner@tfs.tamu.edu
            936-273-2261
        Robin Bible: TN, KY, MS
            Robin.Bible@state.tn.us
            615-837-5537
        Ronda Sutphen: FL, AL, GA, and PR
            sutpher@doacs.state.fl.us
            850-922-0663
        Fred Turck: VA, NC, SC
            fred.turck@dof.virginia.gov
            804-834-3033