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Payette Prescribed Fire - Fall 2022

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Unit Information

500 N Mission St 
McCall, 
Idaho 
83638 
500 N Mission St 
McCall, 
Idaho 
83638 

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  • Fire Information
    Phone:
    208-634-0820

Photographs Gallery

Members of the Lewis and Clark Hotshots march in at the start of the day during prescribed burns on the Payette National Forest.

Firefighters gather for their morning meeting, or “briefing”, during prescribed fire operations on the Payette National Forest October 6. Briefings are held to ensure everyone understands their assignments for the day. Photo by PIO Andy Lyon

Some large slash piles leftover from logging and other thinning projects are being burned during the fall 2022 prescribed fire program. Other piles that have commercial value, are being protected by firefighters.

The area in the foreground was subject to prescribed burning on Oct. 5 and has already cooled. The area on the far side of the road was being burned on Oct.6. As you can see, the area with white ash burned hot, but the brush to the right didn't burn.

Firefighters walk a ridge in the Payette National Forest during prescribed burning in October of 2022.

Drone pilot/firefighter Phil Roth of the Payette National Forest brings his aircraft in for a landing on Oct. 5, 2022. The drone is used for reconnaissance and to increase the amount of acreage burned during prescribed fires. Photo by PIO Andy Lyon

Firefighters work to protect a large Ponderosa Pine prior to prescribed burning on the Payette National Forest. Removing lower limbs helps prevent fire in the grass from spreading into the tree. Homeowners can protect their own trees by “limbing up”

A US Forest Service firefighter created a fireline around a designated “wildlife tree” ahead of prescribed burning on the Payette National Forest. Dead trees provide food and shelter to birds and other forest animals.

A drone sits on its landing pad during a prescribed burn. The drone is used for both reconnaissance and to help spread the prescribed fire and is a safer alternative, in many instances, to using either a helicopter or firefighters on foot.