How are prescribed fires managed for safety?

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All prescribed fires are planned and must be authorized by the Florida Forest Service.
Prescribed fires may be planned months in advance, but the final decision to burn typically occurs the day before or day-of a prescribed burn. The 24 hours prior to a prescribed burn is when the Florida Forest Service can confirm if weather conditions and other site factors are suitable for authorizing the burn.
Every prescribed fire is reviewed with Florida’s Smoke Screening Tool. It uses computer models and forecasted weather data to view potential impacts from a predicted smoke plume. If it projects a significant impact to smoke-sensitive areas, such as hospitals, nursing homes, roadways, and airports, the burn plan must be changed.
Planning a prescribed fire also includes the designation of personnel and firefighting equipment, a map of fire breaks and burn area boundaries, wind speed and direction for surface and transport winds, the mixing height, relative humidity, temperature, fine fuel moisture, and desired fire behavior.