Prescribed Fires

As one component of fire management, prescribed fire is used to alter, maintain or restore vegetative communities; achieve desired resource conditions; and protect life, property and values that would be degraded and/or destroyed by wildfire.

 

Fire Crew member ignites a four acre grass field overlooking Salt Pond Bay.

Each prescribed fire requires a site specific implementation document to be approved prior to a burn taking place. A prescribed burn plan is a legal document that provides the Agency Administrator the information needed to approve the plan and the Prescribed Burn Boss with all the information needed to implement the burn. The plan will describe a range of low to high parameters for environment (weather, fuels, etc) and fire behavior (flame length, rate of spread, etc). These parameters are set to meet the burn plan objectives while fulfilling smoke management and control objectives.

 

Through cooperative agreements, the fire crew also assists local town, state and federal agencies and local conservation agencies with prescribed fire needs.

 

Learn more about current and past fires at the Seashore and other National Parks at the NPS Fire and Aviation Management website.

 

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  Prescribed Fires at the Cape Cod National Seashore

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  • Ft. Hill Presrcibed Fire Winter 2012
  • Ft. Hill Presrcibed Fire Winter 2012
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  • Ft. Hill Presrcibed Fire Winter 2012
  • Ft. Hill Presrcibed Fire Winter 2012
  • Ft. Hill Presrcibed Fire Winter 2012
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  • Salt Pond Visitor Center Prescibed Fire - Winter 2012
  • Salt Pond Visitor Center Prescibed Fire - Winter 2012
  • Salt Pond Visitor Center Prescibed Fire - Winter 2012
  • Salt Pond Visitor Center Prescibed Fire - Winter 2012
  • Salt Pond Visitor Center Prescibed Fire - Winter 2012
  • Salt Pond Visitor Center Prescibed Fire - Winter 2012
  • Salt Pond Visitor Center Prescibed Fire - Winter 2012
  • Salt Pond Visitor Center Prescibed Fire - Winter 2012
  • Salt Pond Visitor Center Prescibed Fire - Winter 2012
  • Salt Pond Visitor Center Prescibed Fire - Winter 2012
  • Salt Pond Visitor Center Prescibed Fire - Winter 2012
  • Nauset Light Prescribed Burn - Winter 2012
  • Pilgrim Springs Prescribed Fire - Winter 2012
  • Pilgrim Springs Prescribed Fire - Winter 2012
  • Pilgrim Springs Prescribed Fire - Winter 2012
  • Pilgrim Springs Prescribed Fire - Winter 2012
  • Pilgrim Springs Prescribed Fire - Winter 2012
  • Pilgrim Springs Prescribed Fire - Winter 2012
  • Pilgrim Springs Prescribed Fire - Winter 2012
  • Pilgrim Springs Prescribed Fire - Winter 2012
  • Pilgrim Springs Prescribed Fire - Winter 2012
  • Pilgrim Springs Prescribed Fire - Winter 2012
  • Pilgrim Springs Prescribed Fire - Winter 2012