Resources
Wildfire Preparedness
- Reducing Wildfire Risk (Southern Group of State Foresters)
- Firewise
- Smokey Bear - How to Prepare Your Home for Wildfire
Wildfire Prevention Tips
Help Smokey Bear prevent wildfires by:
- Parking on dry grass can spark a wildfire. Avoid parking vehicles on dry grass.
- Please dispose of cigarettes appropriately. Never throw cigarettes out your car window!
- Secure trailer chains behind vehicles. Dragging chains makes sparks!
- During this drought, check for fire bans.
- Avoid outdoor cooking, firepits, and campfires
Fire Prevention Videos
- Hunter Wildfire Safety
- Drown, Stir, Feel: How to Extinguish Your Campfire
- Campfire Safety: Mop Up like a firefighter
- 2023 Drought: Alabama's Forests
Alabama Interagency Coordination Center
Shared Stewardship Partners
Benefits of Prescribed Burns
Prescribed fire reintroduces the beneficial effects of fire into an ecosystem, producing the kinds of vegetation and landscapes we want, and reducing the hazard of catastrophic wildfire caused by excessive fuel buildup.
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- 2025 National Forests in Alabama Prescribed Burn Release
- 10 Benefits of Prescribed Burns PDF
- USDA Forest Service Prescribed Fire Strategy and Management Objectives
Prescribed Fire Videos
- Free Prescribed Burn Webinars
- Good Fire: Prescribed Burning
- Prescribed Fire in Alabama | Outdoor Alabama