Wildland Fire in South Carolina: Fire Suppression and Prescribed Fire

Thursday, October 2, 2025, 7 pm
Sierra Club presents
Darryl Jones, Forest Protection Chief, South Carolina Forestry Commission
Wildland Fire in South Carolina: Fire Suppression and Prescribed Fire
Rita Hollings Science Center Auditorium, College of Charleston
58 Coming Street, corner of George, Charleston SC 29401
Free and open to the public. Also on Zoom, please register here.
During this presentation, Darryl will provide some data about wildfire activity in our state, the increasing wildland-urban interface, and fuel conditions. He will also share information about fuels management, prescribed fire, and how communities at risk can become more prepared to live with wildland fire.
Darryl Jones is the Forest Protection Chief for the South Carolina Forestry Commission. His responsibilities include oversight of wildfire suppression, wildfire prevention, emergency response, law enforcement, training and safety, and administration of South Carolina’s Certified Prescribed Fire Manager, Smoke Management, and prescribed burning programs. Darryl is a Wildland Firefighter, Certified Prescribed Fire Manager, and a Registered Forester, as well as a past president and current steering committee member of the SC Prescribed Fire Council. He holds a B.S. degree in Forest Resource Management from Clemson University. His interest in prescribed fire began at age 6, when he helped his grandfather conduct a burn on the family farm.
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