So, why aren’t we able to tell you all in advance before a prescribed or controlled burn happens?
The short answer, which many probably won’t like, is that we aren’t a part of the process, so we usually don’t know until the burn is underway.
Now for some technical talk: the Florida Forest Service is the agency given the authority to approve open burning and enforce laws under Florida State Statute Chapter 590.
We do have links below that you can use to learn more about burn authorizations and locations, and we encourage you to do that.
Burn authorization information: https://www.fdacs.gov/…/Wildland-Fire/Burn-Authorizations
Map with controlled burn size and locations: https://gis.fdacs.gov/…/7cbae5e9ec124a39b8e376d53849bb54
Map with active wildfire locations: https://ffs.firesponse.com/public/
Forestry laws: https://ccmedia.fdacs.gov/…/67079/file/2019-Fire-Laws.pdf
