JOINT BASE CHARLESTON —
Personnel from Joint Base Charleston and the Air
Force Wildland Fire Center will conduct a prescribed fire today, June 15, on
the Naval Weapons Station in the Marrington Plantation burn area.
The prescribed fire will start at approximately 10 a.m. and continue until
approximately 5 p.m.
A prescribed fire is not a wildfire. It is a managed burn, conducted by
trained natural resources professionals. These fires are coordinated with the
South Carolina Forestry Commission and with federal and municipal fire
departments.
Prescribed fires serve many ends. They reduce natural fuel loads present in
the woods, enhance timber and wildlife habitat, restore ecosystems and
suppress forest diseases and pests.
Please do not call 911 or the local fire departments to report these fires.
Joint Base Charleston personnel can confirm authorized burning activity at
(843) 764-7555.
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