Huffman Prairie Prescribed Burn

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Members of the Air Force Wildland Fire Branch Wildland Support Module and the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Fire Department, part of the 788th Civil Engineer Squadron, are briefed Feb. 21, 2020, prior to the setting of a prescribed burn on a plot of land just north of the base. The wildland support module, out of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., travels the Eastern United States setting prescribed fires mostly with the goal of reduce hazardous fuel levels to minimize the threat of brush and forest fires to Air Force installations and personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)

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A Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, firefighter holds a drip torch after setting a line of fire in a field near the base during a prescribed burn Feb. 21, 2020. The drip torch is designed to safely dispense burning fuel to start fires in the desired spots. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)

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Steven Holmes, Air Force Wildland Fire Branch Wildland Support Module lead, uses an all-terrain vehicle, Feb. 21, 2020, rigged with an automatic drip torch to spread fire across an Air Force-owned plot of land near the Northern boundary of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The wildland support module, out of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., travels the Eastern United States setting controlled fires mostly with the goal of reduce hazardous fuel levels to minimize the threat of brush and forest fires to Air Force installations and personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)

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Zack Thorpe, of the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Fire Department, part of the 788th Civil Engineer Squadron, leaves a line of fire in a field near the base during a prescribed burn Feb. 21, 2020. Thorpe was one of the local firefighters trained in prescribed burn techniques to help the base be more self-reliant in wildland management. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)

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Members of the Air Force Wildland Fire Branch Wildland Support Module and the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Fire Department, part of the 788th Civil Engineer Squadron, look out over scorched earth at the end of a prescribed burn near the base Feb. 21, 2020. The patch of Air Force-owned land is in the base’s glide scope and clear zone so it is the 88th Civil Engineering Group Natural Resource Program Office’s responsibility to manage. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)

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Darryn Warner, 88th Civil Engineering Group Natural Resource Program manager, walks through the grass on Huffman Prairie Feb. 21, 2020, prior to setting it on fire. The 50-acre plot of land, just outside of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, was burned to help the natural prairie grass grow and to discourage woody vegetation. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)

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Assistant Chief Bryan Weeks, of the Wright-Patterson AFB Fire Department, part of the 788th Civil Engineer Squadron, walks along outside of the base fence line on Huffman Prairie with a drip torch Feb. 21, 2020, starting a prescribed burn. Burning this part of the prairie set up a boundary of burnt grass to act as a buffer between the base and the main fire. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)

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Huffman Prairie, where the Wright brothers learned how to fly, burns near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Feb. 21, 2020. Prairie grass is fire-dependent, burning it helps it thrive and produce more seeds. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)

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Huffman Prairie burns near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Feb. 21, 2020. Members of the Air Force Wildland Fire Branch Wildland Support Module and the Wright-Patt Fire Department, part of the 788th Civil Engineer Squadron, kept an eye on the fire and stopped it from spreading onto the base. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)

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Darryn Warner, 88th Civil Engineering Group Natural Resource Program manager, and District Chief Matt Dickey, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Fire Department, part of the 788th Civil Engineer Squadron, stop a prescribed burn on Huffman Prairie from spreading on to the base Feb, 21, 2020. Prairie grass is a warm-season grass species and benefits from being burned. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)

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Nick Steel, Air Force Wildland Fire Branch Wildland Support Module, and District Chief Matt Dickey, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Fire Department, part of the 788th Civil Engineer Squadron, walk with drip torches Feb. 21, 2020, helping to spread a prescribed burn on Huffman Prairie. The two units combined in an effort to manage the fuel on the prairie and help the prairie grass grow. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)

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Nick Steel, Air Force Wildland Fire Branch Wildland Support Module, walks with a drip torch Feb. 21, 2020, helping to spread a prescribed burn on Huffman Prairie. Steel’s module came to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., to help with the burn. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)

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Huffman Prairie, where the Wright brothers learned to fly, burns Feb. 21, 2020. The event was a prescribed burn conducted by Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to help the prairie grass thrive and discourage woody vegetation. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez) (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)

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Darryn Warner, 88th Civil Engineering Group Natural Resource Program manager, stands in front of a prescribed burn on Huffman Prairie Feb. 21, 2020. Warner coordinated and oversaw the burn which was used to help the native prairie grass grow. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)

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Huffman Prairie, where the Wright brothers learned to fly, burns Feb. 21, 2020. The event was a prescribed burn conducted by Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to help the prairie grass thrive and discourage woody vegetation. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez) (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)

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District Chief Matt Dickey, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Fire Department, part of the 788th Civil Engineer Squadron, and Nick Steel, Air Force Wildland Fire Branch Wildland Support Module, walk through a smoldering Huffman Prairie following a prescribed burn Feb. 21, 2020. The two units combined in an effort to manage the fuel on the prairie and help the prairie grass grow. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)