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Where there’s smoke, there’s Wildland Fire Fighters

Wildland fire fighters exchange information during a prescribed burn at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, July 1, 2023. Across the United States there are fourteen wildland support modules comprised of teams of qualified and equipped personnel that conduct prescribed fire, mechanical fuel reduction, and wildfire suppression response at installations within their area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zachary Nordheim)

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Where there’s smoke, there’s Wildland Fire Fighters

A wildland fire fighter fills a water truck during a prescribed burn at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, July 1, 2023. Across the United States there are fourteen wildland support modules comprised of teams of qualified and equipped personnel that conduct prescribed fire, mechanical fuel reduction, and wildfire suppression response at installations within their area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zachary Nordheim)

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Where there’s smoke, there’s Wildland Fire Fighters

A wildland fire fighter pulls a hose to douse a fire during a prescribed burn at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, July 1, 2023. Across the United States there are fourteen wildland support modules comprised of teams of qualified and equipped personnel that conduct prescribed fire, mechanical fuel reduction, and wildfire suppression response at installations within their area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zachary Nordheim)

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Where there’s smoke, there’s Wildland Fire Fighters

Wildland fire fighters examine the fire during a prescribed burn at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, July 1, 2023. Prescribed fires refer to the controlled application of fire by a team of fire experts under specified weather conditions with the purposes of forest management, fire suppression, farming, prairie restoration or greenhouse gas abatement. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zachary Nordheim)

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Where there’s smoke, there’s Wildland Fire Fighters

Smoke billows during a prescribed burn at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, July 1, 2023. Across the United States there are fourteen wildland support modules comprised of teams of qualified and equipped personnel that conduct prescribed fire, mechanical fuel reduction, and wildfire suppression response at installations within their area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zachary Nordheim)

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Where there’s smoke, there’s Wildland Fire Fighters

Smoke billows during a prescribed burn at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, July 1, 2023. Prescribed fires refer to the controlled application of fire by a team of fire experts under specified weather conditions with the purposes of forest management, fire suppression, farming, prairie restoration or greenhouse gas abatement. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zachary Nordheim)

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Where there’s smoke, there’s Wildland Fire Fighters

A wildland fire fighter rides the perimeter of the prescribed burn at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, July 1, 2023. Prescribed fires refer to the controlled application of fire by a team of fire experts under specified weather conditions with the purposes of forest management, fire suppression, farming, prairie restoration or greenhouse gas abatement. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zachary Nordheim)

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Where there’s smoke, there’s Wildland Fire Fighters

A wildland fire fighter lights brush on fire at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, July 1, 2023. Prescribed fires refer to the controlled application of fire by a team of fire experts under specified weather conditions with the purposes of forest management, fire suppression, farming, prairie restoration or greenhouse gas abatement. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zachary Nordheim)

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Where there’s smoke, there’s Wildland Fire Fighters

A wildland fire fighter examines a test fire at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, July 1, 2023. To mitigate the devasting effects wildfires can have on the local environment, the Air Force created the Wildland Fire Branch, a part of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center Environmental Directorate, to manage increasing wildland fire threats to Air Force missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zachary Nordheim)

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Where there’s smoke, there’s Wildland Fire Fighters

Wildland fire fighters examine a prescribed burn map at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, July 1, 2023. To mitigate the devasting effects wildfires can have on the local environment, the Air Force created the Wildland Fire Branch, a part of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center Environmental Directorate, to manage increasing wildland fire threats to Air Force missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zachary Nordheim)

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Where there’s smoke, there’s Wildland Fire Fighters

Wildland fire fighters examine prescribed burn maps at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, July 1, 2023. To mitigate the devasting effects wildfires can have on the local environment, the Air Force created the Wildland Fire Branch, a part of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center Environmental Directorate, to manage increasing wildland fire threats to Air Force missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zachary Nordheim)

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Where there’s smoke, there’s Wildland Fire Fighters

A wildland fire fighter examines gear on a utility task vehicle before conducting a prescribed burn on Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, July 1, 2023. To mitigate the devasting effects wildfires can have on the local environment, the Air Force created the Wildland Fire Branch, a part of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center Environmental Directorate, to manage increasing wildland fire threats to Air Force missions. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zachary Nordheim)

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Where there’s smoke, there’s Wildland Fire Fighters

A wildland fire fighter dons protective gear before conducting a prescribed burn on Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, July 1, 2023. Wildland fire fighters provide strategic, logistical and “boots on the ground” wildland fire support to reduce threats to Air Force mission assets and personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zachary Nordheim)

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Where there’s smoke, there’s Wildland Fire Fighters

Wildland fire fighters don protective gear before conducting a prescribed burn on Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, July 1, 2023. Wildland fire fighters provide strategic, logistical and “boots on the ground” wildland fire support to reduce threats to Air Force mission assets and personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zachary Nordheim)

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Where there’s smoke, there’s Wildland Fire Fighters

A wildland fire fighter gathers straps holding down a utility task vehicle before conducting a prescribed burn at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, July 1, 2023. Wildland fire fighters provide strategic, logistical and “boots on the ground” wildland fire support to reduce threats to Air Force mission assets and personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zachary Nordheim)

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Tyndall AFB Holds First Prescribed Burn Since Michael

A helicopter flies over and ignites a prescribed fire across a 600-acre area of Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, July 19, 2019. The helicopter dropped ping pong ball sized igniters over the entire area to start the prescribed fire. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kevin Tanenbaum)

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Tyndall AFB Holds First Prescribed Burn Since Michael

A UTV patrols the 600 acre area of prescribed fire set by Air Force Civil Engineer Center Fire Management on Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, July 19, 2019. The prescribed fire was used to clear blowdown left over from Hurricane Michael and reduce the amount of available fuels for potential wildfires. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kevin Tanenbaum)

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Tyndall AFB Holds First Prescribed Burn Since Michael

Dale Pfau, U.S. Air Force east regional fire management officer, uses a radio to communicate with the helicopter starting the prescribed fire from above at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, July 19, 2019. This is the first prescribed fire since the category five hurricane devastated the 29 thousand acres of forest on Tyndall AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kevin Tanenbaum)

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Prescribed burn slated for June10, 2018

Tyndall AFB has a prescribed burn planned for June 10 between 8am and 6pm in burn compartment 5. The burn will be approximately 1,880 acres and will be north of the airfield. The transport winds are predicted to be westerly with the mixing height forecast at 5,000 feet, which should minimize smoke in sensitive areas. (courtesy graphic)

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Fighting fire with fire

An area is burned during a prescribed burn near Highway 98, Panama City, Fla., Feb. 16, 2018. Controlled burns are performed regularly at Tyndall to aid the gradual forest restoration process and to prevent catastrophic wildfires. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Solomon Cook/Released)

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