HOW WILL STAFF BE ABLE TO MONITOR ALL THE PILES IN EACH UNIT AT ONE TIME?

It is common practice to manage multiple burning piles during a shift. In other words, one individual may ignite several piles and spend the remainder of their time during that shift dedicated to “chunking” (moving material on the periphery of the pile into the fire), monitoring and communicating progress of the area that they are managing. Each individual managing a given area is a qualified wildland firefighter integrated into an incident command system led by a qualified burn boss. Under this system of organization, firefighters can rapidly communicate and operate within the foundation of goals and objectives built into the prescribed fire burn plan.

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1. DO STANDING TREES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO PILES INCREASE THE RISK OF ESCAPE?
2. HOW WILL ANY SPREAD OF FIRE BE MANAGED AND WILL YOU HAVE ENOUGH HOSE ON-SITE TO REACH ANY PILE THAT MIGHT GET OUT OF CONTROL?
3. HOW WILL YOU PREVENT EMBERS FROM LANDING ON NEARBY STRUCTURES AND CAUSING FIRE? WHAT PRECAUTIONS WILL ENSURE THAT THIS RISK IS MINIMIZED? HOW WILL YOU ADDRESS EMBERS THAT ARE CAST FROM THE PILES INTO
4. HOW WILL STAFF BE ABLE TO MONITOR ALL THE PILES IN EACH UNIT AT ONE TIME?
5. ARE THERE ANY HELPFUL LINKS WHERE I CAN GET MORE INFORMATION?