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Mark Twain National Forest Fire, Weather, and Communications Perfect Storm 2025

  • Incident Information:

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    Mark Twain National Forest Fire, Weather, and Communications Perfect Storm FLA.pdf (1.57 MB) 1.57 MB

  • Location:

    Missouri

  • Date:

    03/14/2025

  • Incident Type:

    EntrapmentClose CallMultipleBurn Injury

  • Description:

    Long travel times. Issues with the radio repeaters. Prescribed burns. Resource usage restrictions. High winds. Performance rally. Multiple new starts. Stretched staffing. Thunderstorms. Evacuations. Power outages. Burn injury. Entrapment. Tornadoes.

    Each factor on its own may be manageable for a forest, but when several arise simultaneously, they create a significant challenge for fire management resources. March 14, 2025, was exactly that, a perfect storm where everything that could happen, did. And though they were tested, their experience, effective communication, and strong relationships helped maintain safe operations and everyone came home.

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