SC wildfire info

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Status Codes



DISP = Unit(s) Dispatched.
ENRT = Unit(s) EnRoute.
ONSC = Unit(s) OnScene.
CMPL = Fire Contained and the last Forestry Commission unit has left
the scene, waiting on information for report.



Fires in CMPL status remain on the map until archived at the end of
the day or if they are still being monitored by Forestry Commission
personnel.





Fire Causes

Lightning - a wildfire caused by lightning.
Campfire - a wildfire resulting from a fire started for cooking or for
providing light or warmth. (Exclude campfires set by children or
associated with railroad operations.)
Smoking - a wildfire resulting from smokers using matches, lighters,
tobacco or other smoking material. (Exclude wildfires resulting from
children smoking or smokers associated with railroad operations.)
Debris Burning - a wildfire spreading from land clearing operations,
right-of-way clearing, range burning, field burning, the burning of
slash, trash burning or any other prescribed burning (includes the
burning of land for game management, fire hazard reduction, hardwood
or pest control, etc.). Excluded are railroad operations and children
caused fires.
Incendiary - a wildfire deliberately set by anyone to burn or spread
to vegetation or property not owned or controlled by him without the
consent of the owner or his agent. This includes grudge, job, range,
pest control, hunting- related, and pyromaniac source fires.
Equipment Use - a wildfire caused by equipment. This includes fire
resulting from a wreck/crash, exhaust or fuel sparks, friction and the
use of electrical equipment (power lines, electric fences, etc.).
Exclude railroad operations.
Railroad - a wildfire caused by railroad operations or anything or
anyone associated with a railroad. This includes train brakes, carbon
sparks from the engine, burning cargo, fusee fires, R/W maintenance,
etc.
Children - those wildfires started by children under 12 years old.
This includes playing with matches, fireworks, smoking, building
campfires, etc.
Miscellaneous - includes all wildfires which cannot be properly
classified under other general causes. Examples are bee tree, animal
den, outdoor washing, military operations, irresponsible adults and
accidental fires (those that occur from something unrelated to the
forest).
Fireworks - includes wildfires caused by fireworks and/or pyrotechnic
devices containing gunpowder and other combustible chemicals that emit
sparks or cause a spectacular explosion when ignited (does not include
fires intentionally set by fireworks).
Powerlines - wildfires that normally result from conductor failure or
faulting, insulator failure, hardware failure, birds and small
animals, or arcing from live powerlines to the fuel below.??
Structure - fires spreading to the wildland due to failures and
activities associated with a structure (example, a burning home sets
the woods on fire).

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Wildfire Protection



The South Carolina Forestry Commission is responsible for protecting
13.6 million acres from wildland fire; this includes 12.2 million
acres of commercial forestland.

The Forestry Commission has a statewide wildland fire prevention,
detection and control network in place. Personnel are assigned
throughout the state in a series of unit, regional, and headquarters
offices. The largest single group of employees -wildland firefighters
-report directly from their residences in responding to wildland
fires. Forestry Commission dispatch is by closest available resource,
regardless of political or administrative boundaries.

There are approximately 439 county, municipal, and volunteer fire
departments operating 1,122 fires stations in South Carolina. Most of
these fire departments respond to wildland fires and control a large
number of the wildland fires before they become destructive. The fire
departments and the Forestry Commission work together to control
wildland fires. Most of the fire departments are not equipped to
control wildland fires that have burned beyond areas that can be
reached from roads. Forestry Commission firefighters respond to more
than 3,000 wildland fires burning about 20,000 acres per year; 98% of
the wildland fires are caused by human activities. Fire departments
respond to more than 20,000 grass, brush, woods, or rubbish fires per
year.