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FireSense Fort Stewart Prescribed Burn Campaign

In April, 2025 NASA’s FireSense project led a multi-agency prescribed burn research operation at Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Field, Georgia, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). These prescribed burns are ecologically necessary for the plants and animals in the longleaf pine ecosystem, and reduce fuels that could be accidentally ignited due to lighting strikes or military training operations. NASA and its partners also use prescribed burns such as this one to develop and test tools and technology to make wildland fire management safer and more effective.

NASA FireSense team members lead a presentation on instrument data gathered that week over a prescribed burn at Fort Stewart-Hunter...
Three people stand in front of a monitor displaying data points in neon green, pink, and purple. From left: a woman with short sandy hair, a man with short dark hair and a large mustache,and a woman with medium-length sandy hair. All three wear red sunglasses shaped like flames.
NASA FireSense team members watch live data updates from multiple aircraft flying instruments over a prescribed burn operation at Fort...
Three people sit at a table, all looking at a laptop with a whiteboard behind them. From left: a man with short dark hair and a large mustache, a woman with short sandy hair, and a woman with medium-length sandy hair. All three wear red sunglasses shaped like flames.
FireSense project manager Jennifer Fowler checks on flight updates from the multiple aircraft flying instruments over a prescribed burn operation...
A woman in a blue shirt with red sunglasses on her head sits at a table, looking at a laptop.
NASA FireSense project coordinator Harrison Raine (left) and project scientist Jacquelyn Shuman (right) review fire data from the AVIRIS-3 instrument...
Two people stand next to a screen, presenting a data visualization with bright red and green spots against a black backdrop. The man on the left is wearing a gray shirt and has short dark hair, and is looking at the screen. The woman on the right is wearing a blue shirt with light brown hair, and is gesturing at the screen while looking out into the room.
Matthew Patterson and William Wall check the GPS marker for the mounted sonic anemometer the team just set up ahead...
Two men in navy blue with red hardhats stand with their backs to the camera in a grassy field. In front of them is a piece of equipment mounted on a large tripod.
Matthew Patterson places a GPS marking device next to a mounted sonic anemometer ahead of a prescribed burn at Fort...
A man in a navy long-sleeved and red hard hat checks equipment mounted on a tripod in a grassy field.
Matthew Patterson checks a mounted sonic anemometer ahead of a prescribed burn at Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield in Georgia. The...
A distant shot of a man in a navy shirt crouching at the base of a massive pole in a grassy clearing.
William Wall, Jason Cole, and Matthew Patterson and check the GPS unit used to mark the location of sonic anemometers...
Three men in red hardhats look at an ipad in grassy field, while the one on the far right hold a gps unit on a pole.
Matthew Patterson mounts a sonic anemometer onto its stand ahead of a prescribed burn at Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield in...
A man in a navy t-shirt wearing a red hard hat helmet and sunglasses uses a screwdriver to mount a silver cylindrical device onto a black pole in a grassy field.
William Wall, Matthew Patterson, and Jason Cole assemble a mounted sonic anemometer ahead of a prescribed burn at Fort Stewart-Hunter...
Three men in blue shirts with red hats mount equipment on tripod in grassy field.
William Wall checks the GPS unit used to mark the location of sonic anemometers around a prescribed burn Fort Stewart-Hunter...
A young man in a red hard hat holds a tablet and checks a gps unit in forest clearing.
William Wall, Matthew Patterson, and Jason Cole assemble a mounted sonic anemometer ahead of a prescribed burn at Fort Stewart-Hunter...
Three men in blue shirts with red hats mount equipment on tripod in grassy field.
Jason Cole and Matthew Patterson assemble a mounted sonic anemometer ahead of a prescribed burn at Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield...
Two men in blue shirts with red hardhats mount equipment secure long, thin lines to support equipment on a tall tripod in a grassy field.
Matthew Patterson mounts a sonic anemometer onto its stand ahead of a prescribed burn at Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield in...
A man in a navy t-shirt wearing a red hard hat helmet and sunglasses uses a screwdriver to mount a silver cylindrical device onto a black pole in a grassy field.
Michael Gallagher, fire ecologist with the U.S. Forest Service, holds a box designed to study embers. The emberometer, as the...
A man in a gray hat and navy t-shirt smiles while holding a metal box about the size of a lunchbox, with a small camera mounted on bright green plastic inside.
Cameras mounted inside an ember collection box used during the April 2025 FireSense prescribed research campaign. The emberometer, as the...
Two tiny camera lenses are mounted on a piece of white plastic, with a small red wire coming out the side.
Michael Gallagher, fire ecologist with the U.S. Forest Service, explains the applications of a box designed to study embers. The...
A man in a hat and navy t-shirt holds a metal box about the size of a lunchbox, gesturing to a few people with their backs to the camera.
Louise Loudermilk sets up a sensor to collect data on fuel characterization during a prescribed burn research campaign at Fort...
A woman in a yellow long-sleeved and black hard hat looks down at her phone, setting up a small device on a black tripod just in front of her. Behind her a group of about six people gather in a circle.
Louise Loudermilk discuses fuel characterization data with members of the U.S. Forest Service during a prescribed burn research campaign at...
Three men speak with a woman in protective gear as she shows them something on her phone.
Louise Loudermilk sets up a sensor to collect data on fuel characterization during a prescribed burn research campaign at Fort...
A woman in a yellow long-sleeved and black hard hat smiles next to a small device on a black tripod, in front of a forest.
Singed palmetto plants sit in the blackened area after a prescribed burn during the 2025 NASA FireSense research campaign, at...
Singed green plants grow out of blackened earth, some still smoking.
Participants in the April 2025 NASA FireSense prescribed burn research campaign listen to a morning briefing at the command tent...
Figures all dressed in yellow long-sleeved shirts and dark pants gather around a blue tent in a grassy field, with the sun peeking through the trees above.
A firefighter sits on the back of an ignition truck called a "terra torch," igniting the edges of a prescribed...
A firefighter in a yellow shirt and red hard hat sits in in a seat in the bed of a red pickup truck bed as it drives down a dirt road, using a cylindrical metal device to shoot flames into the forest.
Fire consumes low-level brush during the 2025 NASA FireSense research campaign, centered around prescribed burn operations at Fort Stewart-Hunter Army...
Yellow and orange flames burn in a line through a forest.
Operations lead Rick Anderson walks into a section of burned longleaf pine forest after a prescribed burn as part of...
A firefighter in a yellow long-sleeved and white hard hat walks on burnt ground into a forest filled with smoke.
Longleaf pine trees stretch into the smokey air immediately after a prescribed burn during the 2025 NASA FireSense research campaign,...
The silhouette of dark tree trunks stretch off into a haze of white smoke.
Fire consumes low-level brush during the 2025 NASA FireSense research campaign, centered around prescribed burn operations at Fort Stewart-Hunter Army...
Sunlight filters through trees, illuminating patches of light gray smoke as short brush burns at the base of the trees.
Sun shines through the smoke from a prescribed burn during the April 2025 NASA FireSense research campaign at Fort Stewart-Hunter...
Sun filters through smoky forest.
Smoke billows into the air during the April 2025 NASA FireSense research campaign at Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield in Georgia....
Large plumes of smoke, mottled white, gray, and tan, billow over a treeline, with a grassy clearing in the foreground.
Smoke billows into the air during the April 2025 NASA FireSense research campaign at Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield in Georgia....
Smokey clouds vary in color from light gray and tan to almost black.
Smoke billows above the trees during the April 2025 NASA FireSense research campaign at Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield in Georgia....
Smoke billows above green trees, getting darker as it gets higher.
The ignition helicopter come in for a landing during the 2025 NASA FireSense research campaign, centered around prescribed burn operations...
A helicopter flies through gray smoke.
Burn Boss Renick Seanor watches the ignition helicopter come in for a landing during the 2025 NASA FireSense research campaign,...
A man in a yellow long-sleeved and hard hat stands with his back to the camera, watching a helicopter land in a field.
Aerial ignition teams prep a helicopter for takeoff during a prescribed burn operation at Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield in Georgia,...
A white helicopter sits in a grassy clearing while dark gray and brown clouds of smoke rise above a treeline in the distance. In the foreground, two men in yellow shirts stand together looking down at something.
The ignition helicopter comes in for a landing during the April 2025 NASA FireSense-led research campaign at Fort Stewart-Hunter Army...
A white helicopter kicks up dust from a grassy clearing as it lands, against a backdrop of dark smoke rising over a green forest. A man in a yellow shirt leans out of the door.
The ignition helicopter comes in for a landing during the April 2025 NASA FireSense-led research campaign at Fort Stewart-Hunter Army...
A white helicopter kicks up dust from a grassy clearing as it lands, against a backdrop of dark smoke rising over a green forest. A man in a yellow shirt leans out of the door.
The ignition helicopter comes in for a landing during the April 2025 NASA FireSense-led research campaign at Fort Stewart-Hunter Army...
A white helicopter kicks up dust from a grassy clearing as it lands, against a backdrop of dark smoke rising over a green forest. A man in a yellow shirt leans out of the door.
The ignition helicopter comes in for a landing during the April 2025 NASA FireSense-led research campaign at Fort Stewart-Hunter Army...
A white helicopter kicks up dust from a grassy clearing as it lands, against a backdrop of dark smoke rising over a green forest. A man in a yellow shirt leans out of the door.
The ignition helicopter flies over a prescribed burn during the April 2025 NASA FireSense research campaign at Fort Stewart-Hunter Army...
A helicopter, lit by the sun, flies in front of dark pinkish-brown clouds of smoke.
The ignition helicopter flies over a prescribed burn during the April 2025 NASA FireSense research campaign at Fort Stewart-Hunter Army...
A helicopter, lit by the sun, flies in front of dark pinkish-brown clouds of smoke.