WILLIAMS WILDLAND FIRE SERVICES
"Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, PEACE, BE STILL And the wind ceased and there was great calm." Mark 4:39
PRESCRIBED FIRE
With over 25 years of combined experience and an impeccable safety record, Williams Wildland Fire Services is YOUR SOLUTION to all Prescribed Burning needs.
Fire is a natural occurrence in nature and is essential to maintaining a healthy balance in our forests and ecosystems. Prescribed fire is a natural way to eliminate hazardous fuel loading which when left unattended may result in catastrophic wildfire as evidenced every year throughout the United States.
Definition:
Prescribed Fire is the controlled application of fire to existing naturally occurring fuels under specified environmental conditions, following appropriate precautionary measures, which allows the fire to be confined to a predetermined area and accomplishes the planned land management objectives.
The same all-risk response personnel and overhead deployed across the nation to emergency incidents are also capable of safely planning and implementing prescribed fire projects in a variety of fuel types. Williams Widlland Fire Services specializes in complex Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) projects. WWFS personnel are knowlegeable about the effects of fire utilization to decrease the threat of catastrophic wildfires, improve wildlife habitat and livestock grazing forage, and improve the overall ecological health of an ecosystem. These services are availabe to the smallest residential lot landowner to the largest corporate landowner or land management agency.
WWFS is also experienced in providing comprehensive prescribed fire services to private landowners related to the following conservation cost-share intiatives: WRP, WHIP, and CRP including Mid-Contract Management responsibilities. Responsible utilization of prescribed fire as a conservation practice has repeatedly proven to increase productivity and profitability for landowners. WWFS is one of the leading private providers for prescribed burning in the Southeast. WWFS provides some of the most knowledgeable professionals in their industry and utilizes state of the art equipment in carrying out your prescribed fire needs. Our staff of professionals consists of former Federal, State and Contract firefighters. WWFS’s staff includes State Certified Prescribed Fire Managers in Florida, Georgia, Alabama and NWCG Certified Type II Burn Bosses. WWFS will provide you with a professional prescribed fire plan, smoke management plan and will obtain all necessary permits. Our goal is to get your project completed in the safest and most efficient way possible.
Planning
WWFS is capable of determining whether the need for prescribed fire as a land management tool exists, laying out the burn unit, composing a comprehensive burn plan, obtaining all necessary permits, and coordinating with all local forestry and emergency services jurisdictions. All prescribed fire planning processes are conducted by on-staff foresters, wildlife biologists, and wildland fire and fuels management specialists.
Implementation
WWFS also has the capability to safely conduct and oversee the pre-burn preparation of a unit, as well as the igniting, holding, and mopping-up. This planning process implemented entails a variety of fire management professionals utilizing numerous wildland fire behavior and smoke modeling software products to graphically display to the layperson the anticipated results of the burn.
Monitoring
Burning without a plan is nearly as short-sighted as not conducting follow-up monitoring of first order fire effects to evaluate whether or not a planned burn was successful in achieving the desired management objectives laid out for the project. That’s why WWFS has personnel on staff competent and confident in conducting this post-burn evaluation process.
Prescribed Fire Assistance
Assistance will be given to a Landowner as prescribed in the fire management plan for purposes related to silviculture, wildfire hazard reduction, wildlife habitat management and pile burns. We will provide equipment and personnel at designated hourly rates to assist agencies, companies or landowners in carrying out there prescribed burning projects. We have fire equipment and personnel available for Project Activity Level standby as well. The Landowner or there Agent will assume full responsibility for control of the fire and must be present at all times during the burn.
Construction of fire breaks in predetermined locations using a Fire line plow in order to confine a burn, or prevent a wildfire from entering or escaping the property.
Please contact us today at 386-243-2633 or info@werwwfs.org to receive a free customized quote.