Meet GFC’s Director: Tim Lowrimore
…into my new role is a lot like “coming home” for me. I served the GFC as a field forester many years ago, after graduating from the University of Georgia…
Gary White Named GFC Interim Director
…of 2020. Gary White graduated from West Virginia University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Forest Management. After serving with the Peace Corps in Durking Faso, he returned to…
Fire Danger Rising – Public’s Help Needed
…by the acronym, SSTAR: SPACE – Be 25 feet from any forestland or flammable vegetation SPACE – Be 50 feet from any structure (homes, shed, barns, etc.) TIME – Burn…
Educator Resources
…within green space helps to restore the mind’s ability to focus. This can improve job and school performance, and help alleviate mental stress and illness. External Website Green Cities: Place…
Social & Cultural
…& Function Both visual access and being within green space helps to restore the mind’s ability to focus. This can improve job and school performance, and help alleviate mental stress…
Environmental
…space helps to restore the mind’s ability to focus. This can improve job and school performance, and help alleviate mental stress and illness. External Website Green Cities: Place Attachment &…
Wildfire Danger Elevated Across Georgia
…concerning hand piled natural vegetation, requiring pre-burning safety precautions, which can be remembered by the acronym, SSTAR: SPACE – Be 25 feet from any forestland or flammable vegetation SPACE –…
The Wise Way to Guard Against Fire
…burn that is feeding off the forest floor deadfall of leaves and tree debris, the mitigation efforts taken in advance to establish a “defensible space” around a home does offer…
Fire Prevention Week 2020
…The space around our homes is broken into three zones. Working from the home outward, they are: the immediate zone (0-5 feet), the intermediate zone (3-30 feet), and the extended…
Burn Permits and Notifications
…– Space – 25+ feet between fire and woodlands S – Space – 50+ feet between fire and structures T – Time – sunrise to sunset A – Attendance –…
