Fermilab’s Roads and Grounds team use prescribed burns to restore land around the lab.
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On May 21, the Fermilab Fire Department assisted the surrounding communities in suppressing a large fire at the Pheasant Run facility in St. Charles.
In late September, Fire, Security and Medical Department personnel are trained to learn how to proceed in the event a medical helicopter would be needed at the Fermilab site.
On Sept. 29, a Fermilab fire truck parked as the firefighter checks a hydrant.
When a fire broke out at a nearby apartment building, employees at the company excavating the caverns for the LBNF/DUNE project didn’t hesitate to respond.
In May 2021, James Ranson takes the training from the Fire Department on how to use fire extinguishers correctly, using a simulated fire. This is the last time Ranson takes extinguisher training before his retirement in 2022.
This picture of a prairie burn was captured a few years ago.
Fermilab Roads and Grounds conducts a prairie burn inside the Main Injector on March 5. The trees on the right side of the plume are 20-plus feet tall.
Fermilab Roads and Grounds personnel burn Prairie Plot 12 inside the Main Injector.
Unusual December weather this past week has allowed the Roads and Grounds Group and the Ecology Group to conduct three large prescribed burns safely in the Main Ring, totaling 342.7 acres.