Carson City Fire Department resumes pile burning in Kings Canyon area
Pile burn operations continued Wednesday morning in the Kings Canyon area, according to the Carson City Fire Department.
For the duration of the scheduled operations, prescribed and pile burning will be done only when weather conditions permit. Carson City Fire Department’s wild land hand crew team takes all factors into consideration and will halt operations immediately if conditions change.
Prior to these prescribed and pile burn operations, the Carson City Fire Department has a detailed plan in place. The key points are "burn" and "no burn" situations, Fire Chief Sean Slamon explained recently when operations first began Nov. 27.
Operations continued last week and have started again this week. Among the main factors that influence the decision to burn are:
— Wind speed and predicted wind speeds through the day
— Temperature
— Humidity levels
Prior to conducting burn operations, crews establish the burn plan, which includes spot weather forecast, consideration of safety factors such as temperature, humidity, wind speeds and clearing surrounding pile debris.
Smoke will be visible. Please do not report. If you are sensitive to smoke or have respiratory problems, you may need to keep your windows closed or stay indoors depending on smoke conditions.
If you have any concerns or questions please contact the Carson City Fire Department at (775) 887-2210 or non-emergency dispatch at (775) 887-FIRE (3473). For emergencies please call 9-1-1.
Meanwhile, North Lake Tahoe and Tahoe Douglas fire protection districts and the U.S. Forest Service are doing continued prescribed fire operations over the next several weeks in multiple locations around Lake Tahoe. A map with project locations and details is available for viewing here.
Prescribed fire operations are conducted whenever conditions allow to reduce excess vegetation that can feed unwanted wildland fires. Planned fires now reduce the threat of unplanned fires later, which helps provide increased community protection. Low intensity fire is a natural process in the Sierra Nevada and helps keep our forests healthy by minimizing the spread of insects and disease, recycling nutrients back into the soil and promoting improved habitat for diverse vegetation and wildlife, according to the Forest Service.
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