1 month ago Share by: Julie Murphy Flagler County Public Information Officer
Flagler County on Friday, April 30, successfully completed its first prescribed fire utilizing FireFlight equipped with an aerial ignition machine to set fire to 85 acres within Princess Place Preserve.
“This is a great success for us – the beginning of something safer and more effective for our (Land Management) prescribed fire mitigation program,” said Prescribed Fire Program Supervisor Mike Orlando, who is “burn boss” for the day. “And, the third time is the charm – we scheduled this two other times this year, but things outside of our control prevented it from happening.”
Flagler County FireFlight, the county’s emergency’s helicopter, during Friday’s operation. (Flagler County)
Flagler County on Friday successfully completed its first prescribed fire utilizing FireFlight equipped with an aerial ignition machine to set fire to 85 acres within Princess Place Preserve.
“This is a great success for us – the beginning of something safer and more effective for our (Land Management) prescribed fire mitigation program,” said Prescribed Fire Program Supervisor Mike Orlando, who is “burn boss” for the day. “And, the third time is the charm – we scheduled this two other times this year, but things outside of our control prevented it from happening.”
2 months ago Share A broken connector for the aerial ignition machine prevented the planned use of the FireFlight helicopter to start the fire. by: Julie Murphy Flagler County Public Information Officer
Flagler County Land Management successfully completed a 46-acre prescribed fire on Jan. 21 at Princess Place Preserve, but despite meticulous planning, it was not the launch of FireFlight as a tool of Flagler County’s mitigation program. A broken connector for the aerial ignition machine prevented it.
“To say this was a disappointment for us is an understatement,” said Prescribed Fire Program Supervisor Mike Orlando, who was “burn boss” for the day. “While we still accomplished our goal, we had been working toward this day – utilizing FireFlight and the PLDO (aerial ignition machine) to make our process safer and faster – for a very long time.” Orlando explained that the aerial ignition machine releases spheres that create a chemical rea