Prescribed forest burning in Georgia:

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• Prescribed forest burning in Georgia
• Air Quality and Health Impacts
• Prescribed Burning and Compliance with the US EPA
  Clean Air Act PM2.5 Standard

Neal Edmondson Georgia Forestry Commission
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Fire is a Natural Occurrence
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• Unmanageable/Unpredictable
• Produces large quantities of smoke
  over longer periods

Rx Fire
Wildfire

• Manageable/Predictable
• Produced less smoke for shorter periods

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What Were Doing Now

• Burn Authorization
• Smokes plotted
• V-Smoke
• Media Notification System

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Good Relations

• Smoke Management Plan
• Planning with Counties near non-attainment
• Summer Burn Restrictions

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What We Hope to Do

• Fire Activity and Emissions Tracking System
  (FAETS)
• Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP)
• Prescribed Fire Tracking System (PFTS) Southern
  Group of State Foresters
• GFC Regional Authorization Program?