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AN INITIATIVE OF THE FLORIDA LAND MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE

GENERAL RESOURCES

Prescribed Fire Mobilization Strategy, released in June 2023 by the US Department of Agriculture.

Learn more about the positive effects of prescribed burning in the 2022 Census of Agriculture.

FDACS prescribed fire tools and information.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission provides helpful information on the necessity of prescribed fire as a wildlife management tool.

Find answers to your questions, learn about upcoming fires in your area and share the vital story of prescribed fires with your neighborhood thanks to Why Prescribed Fire.

HOW TO BURN RESOURCES

If you are a certified burner, utilize the authorization request hub to automate your processes.

Toolkit for those looking to get authorization for prescribed burning.

Contact your local Florida Forest Service officer with questions about prescribed burning in your area.

FLORIDA STATE PARKS

In Fiscal Year 2023-24 the Florida Forest Service prescribed burned over 276,000 acres on State Forest land in Florida.  This is the most acres burned by one agency in any one state ever in the history of the United States.

FLORIDA STATE PARK SERVICE

In 1971, the first prescribed fire was conducted at Falling Waters State Park in Florida’s Panhandle. In 2021, the Florida Park Service marks the 50th year of using prescribed fire as a tool to manage natural ecosystems.

FDACS

In an average year the Florida Forest Service will issue approximately 88,000 authorizations allowing landowners and agencies to prescribe burn over 2.1 million acres.

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

The agency authorized nearly 83,000 prescribed burns for more than 2 million acres of land between July 2022 and June 2023.

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