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Prescribed Fire Councils of Florida

Map of Florida Rx fire council regions

Contact Us

For more information about Prescribed Fire Council meetings contact:

John Saddler
Prescribed Fire Manager
Florida Division of Forestry
Telephone: 850/ 488-9360
Email: saddlej@doacs.state.fl.us
If you are interested in learning more about prescribed fire or would like to become a certified burner you may wish to attend a council meeting. Topics can include the basics of prescribed fire burn plans, what to do about smoke on a road, fireline first aid, predicted weather conditions for prescribed burning, government cost shares to help landowners prescribe burn and talks given by expert burners on successes and failures that they have had. Information on meetings is posted for each council as they occur.

North Florida Prescribed Fire Council

  • Next meeting:TBA (last meeting: March 7, 2008)

Central Florida Prescribed Fire Council

  • Next meeting:TBA (last meeting: October 25, 2007)

South Florida Interagency Fire Management Council

  • Next Meeting: TBA (last meeting: November 14, 2007)

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