Spring
Wildfire Prevention Campaign 2010
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The MFC
is announcing, by proclamation signed by Governor Barbour, that March is
wildfire prevention month.
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Governor Barbour's Proclamation that March Is Wildfire Prevention
Month.
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Burning Leaves Poster (pdf)
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50 Things You Can Do . . .
to protect your home.
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Don't Burn
on Windy Days - PSA (30 seconds, 1MB, mp3)
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Don't Burn on
Windy Days - PSA (60 seconds, 2MB, mp3)
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Firewise Information
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Firewise Mississippi
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Wildfire Activity Report
for fiscal year 2009. Includes the following
information: Number of Wildfires by County, Acres Burned
by County, Top Ten Counties for Wildfires, Top Ten counties for
Acres Burned, Five Year Summary of Number of Wildfires by Month,
Number of Acres Burned by Month and Average Acres Burned by
Month, Wildfire Data by Districts, Wildfires by Fire Cause
Categories.
 Wildfire
Facts
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For fiscal years 2005 to 2009, 24.45% of all wildfires suppressed by
the MFC occurred in the month of March.
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For fiscal years 2005 to 2009, 41.76% of all acres burned in
Mississippi occurred in the month of March.
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The MFC suppressed 2,186 wildfires in fiscal year 2009 with 559 or
25.57%occurring in the month of March.
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In fiscal year 2009, 28,823 acres burned in Mississippi with 9,947
or 34.5% burning in the month of March.
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In fiscal year 2009, 99.2% of all wildfire were caused by
human. Of these, roughly 86% were escapes from debris burning
or arson. (Incendiary = 46.20%, debris burning = 39.9%)
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For fiscal years 2005 to 2009, 99.3% of all wildfires were
causes by human. Of these, roughly 86.1% were caused by debris
burning or arson. (Incendiary = 46.9%, debris burning = 39.17%)
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For fiscal year 2000 to 2009, 99.12% of all wildfires were
causes by human. Of these, roughly 84.3% percent were caused by
debris burning or arson. (Incendiary = 48.0%, debris burning =
36.3%)
This data reflects wildfires
suppressed by the Mississippi Forestry Commission. This data does not
include any wildfires responded to by volunteer fire departments.
Source: MFC Daily Fire Report.
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