Hurricane Isabel

Don't Let Isabel's Bruises Turn Into Virginia's Fire Scars

Hurricane damage ripe for a disastrous wildfire. Hurricane damage ripe for a disastrous wildfire. We need your help in preventing any unwanted fires in these areas.

The Virginia Department of Forestry received a grant to develop and implement a public awareness& wildfire prevention campaign.

Hurricane Isabel had a tremendous impact on Virginia. Significant damage, long-term power outages and more. This impact may create future problems for Virginians. The dead and downed timber that has dried out can produce wildfires, fires that could become large and difficult and dangerous to suppress. Large wildfires increase the risk that homes and other buildings could be consumed.

View our commercial! (video clip; 1MB). Listen to our radio commercials! (Isabel; 1.3MB l 4 p.m. Law; 5MB; Burning; 5MB)

Left to Right: Mark L.Wiles (Georgia Forestry Commission), Sandra Taylor (Texas Forest Service), Mary Kay Hicks (Texas Forest Service), Fred X. Turck (Virginia Department of Forestry). Chris Carlson, Graphics Artist (North Carolina Forest Service) not pictured Members of the National Wildfire Prevention and Education Team working out of Charlottesville Virginia were tasked to develop and implement a Public Awareness & Wildfire Prevention Campaign. The campaign was to focus on the areas most impacted by Hurricane Isabel but also be beneficial to the entire Commonwealth. The "Team" was also directed to produce messages and products that might be useful in other areas of the South which was so severely impacted by hurricanes this summer. See the public awareness commercial produced by the group (video clip; 1MB)

Left to Right: The "Team" Mark L.Wiles (Georgia Forestry Commission), Sandra Taylor (Texas Forest Service), Mary Kay Hicks (Texas Forest Service), Fred X. Turck (Virginia Department of Forestry). Chris Carlson, Graphic Artist (North Carolina Forest Service) not pictured.

Graphic showing Hurricane Isabel's path to Virginia.

Some of the $176 million dollars in timber damage.

Some of the $176 million dollars in timber damage, NOT including damage estimates to trees in urban areas. This damage is estimated to have been valued at over $730 million if the timber had grown to maturity. Note the homes in the background - they are living on the edge of a very dangerous situation.

Last modified: Friday, 07-Mar-2008 16:00:17 EST