| Radio programs for the week of 24 December 2001 |
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A Forest Fire Forecast As Florida's seasons have officially changed, the state's firefighters
are looking ahead to a busy dry season. Though the fire forecast indicates
a normal year, that still represents hundreds of wildfires in our driest
and windiest season. Gerry Lacavera is a wildfire mitigation specialist
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Watching weather for fires I'm Kevin Pierce with the Florida Environment With Florida moving into winter, firefighters move into forest fire season--A season expected to be normal, which means pretty busy. And when it comes to fire forecasts, weather plays a tremendous role.... |
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Fuel for Forest Fires I'm Kevin Pierce with the Florida Environment. While state foresters expect a normal fire season this winter, their expectation comes most from forecast weather patterns, but wildfire mitigation specialist Gerry Lacavera says there are many questions asked about what's in the forests for fuel... |
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A personal role fighting forest fires I'm Kevin Pierce with the Florida Environment. When forester Gerry Lacavera talks of personal responsibility in battling forest fires, he is not speaking of citizens joining firefighters on the front lines. Instead, he says Floridians need to take responsibility another way... |
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Fighting forest fires in advance I'm Kevin Pierce with the Florida Environment As the state's fire fighters look ahead to another forest fire season, they know it comes on the heels of several unusually dry years. That fact presents a fire challenge, because with dry conditions, it has been tough for foresters like Gerry Lacavera to use a favorite off-season tool: prescribed burning... |