Priority areas for the 2018 burn season (which begins July 1, 2018) are Unit 31 inside the Impact Area followed by Unit A in the northern portion of the Fort Ord National Monument. Direct notification will be provided by email, text, or autodialer telephone calls for those registered for the direct notification program.

The Army conducts prescribed burns to support the removal of unexploded munitions and explosives left over from the days when Fort Ord was used as a military training center.

The burn prescription was developed as part of the Army’s commitment to minimize the impact of prescribed burns to the local community. The Army’s prescribed burn program at Fort Ord is  conducted as part of the munitions cleanup program. A burn encourages recovery of endangered fire dependent plant species and facilitates continued munitions clean-up. To protect sensitive species, the prescribed burn season is limited to summer and fall from July to December of each year.