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ATTENTION: Controlled burn Feb. 15

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  • By 325th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
  • 325th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. --  The 325th Civil Engineer Squadron Natural Resources Flight is scheduled to conduct a controlled burn on Tyndall Air Force Base Sunday, Feb. 15, between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. The burn will include approximately 1396 acres in the central portion of the Tyndall Reservation north of St. Andrew Sound, south of U.S. Highway 98, east of the old water treatment plant and west of the Buck Beach Road.

Prescribed fires are necessary to reduce fuels for potential wildfires that could impact Tyndall's mission to "train and project unrivaled combat power."

Every safety precaution has been taken to prepare for the prescribed burns, and further safety measures are in place to keep it contained.

Given wind conditions and the techniques used by CE, smoke exposure should not present a concern.

Media with questions about the prescribed burn can contact 2nd Lt. Christopher Bowyer-Meeder, 325th Fighter Wing Public Affairs, at (850) 283-4500 or Tyndall's Command Post at (850) 283-2155.

Information on controlled burns at Tyndall can be viewed here (http://www.tyndall.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123376646) or Tyndall's Facebook page.