Story by Charles Wolf March 20, 2023 at 12:06PM Leaves and dust scatter as multiple emergency vehicles rumble toward a clearing located deep in the woods on the west side of Marine Corps Base Quantico (MCBQ), Virginia, on March 10, 2023. The vehicles carry a combination of professional MCBQ Forestry personnel, a Fish and Wildlife biologist, and a group of Fire and Emergency Services firefighters carrying all their equipment. Arriving at the designated location, they check the temperature, winds, and environment to verify conditions are consistent with prior planning. They are control burning twenty-acres of land called a burn block, or block for short.
