- March 10, 2025
Jason Forte, of Flagler County Fire Rescue, helps prepare for the controlled scrub burn.
The county took video of the event and is planning to put together a prescribed burn educational package for the community.
Officials said the fire resets the community so that species can stay in tact, it allows them to thrive.
“That ecosystem is home to species like the gopher tortoise, the fire eliminates cover, which is something that they try to avoid," Lagasse said.
Flagler County Land Management has been planning this prescribed fire for several months. “That habitat is a coastal scrub, evolutionarily, it is subject to occasional fire,†said Mike Lagasse, Land Manager for Flagler County.
John Keppler works to preserve the walkway at Malacompra while the scrub around it burns.
Brady Barry, of Flagler County Fire Rescue
Florida Division of Forestry's Travis Greco burn the first of 23 acres in the Hammock.
Allen Loadholtz, of the Florida Division of Forestry, fills the ignition for the prescribed burn.
"On The human end, (the fire) eliminates fuel load that can be dangerous during a wildfire," Lagasse said. "It eliminates the possibility of a rapid spread to houses in the area.â€
