Rural Fire Defense Program
…Fire Assistance Grant Application FY2023 PDF Public Law 94-519 (as amended) PDF Super Fire Knocker The “Fire Knocker” is a self contained “slip-on” tanker unit. PDF Wildland Brush Slip-In Unit…
Resources
…Death, as well as more in-depth information. Sudden Oak Death Sumter CWPP -2017 Community Wildfire Protection Plan, Fire Prevention & Suppression PDF Super Fire Knocker The “Fire Knocker” is a…
Ask The Arborist
…beetles are non-native (in Georgia) major wood-boring pests that usually attack hardwoods and ornamental trees during times of drought, storm damage and construction damage. PDF Bot Canker in Ornamental Trees…
Carefully Planned “Good Fires” Prevent Bad Ones
…turkey, white-tailed deer, many songbirds, gopher tortoises, the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker and other fire-dependent species. Prescribed burning is the only known forest management method which perpetuates the longleaf/wiregrass ecosystem, Georgia’s…
North Georgia Fire Linked to Arson
…the increase in recent days. Georgia Forestry Commission investigators determined one fire in Walker County was deliberately set, as GFC rangers continue to respond to other fires in the area….
Christmas Tree Vendor Directory
…30739 Phone: 706-438-2774 County: Walker 2.5 miles South of Rock Spring on GA on west side of GA Hwy 95. 8 miles north of Lafayette GA Murray Cypress; Virginia Pine;…
Soil Injector Loan Program for Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
…Office: 706-692-4801 Rabun County UGA Extension Office: 706-782-3113 Union County GFC Office: 706-781-2398 Walker County GFC Office: 706-638-5556 Soil Drench Kit Locations Dade County Extension Office: 706-657-4116 Fannin County Extension…
My Internship Experience Working with GFC State Lands
Guest Blog by Jason Rucker UAS Flight Ops Intern My name is Robert “Jason” Rucker, and this summer, I was an intern with the Georgia Forestry Commission’s State Lands Department….
GFC’s Rural Fire Defense Program (RFD)
…trucks over several years. We have gained a 2500-gal tanker, a 1000-gal knocker, an F 550 brush truck, and our most recent addition, a front-mounted pumper. With this equipment, our…
