VIDEO: As wildfire season approaches, crews around the state are working on projects to try and mitigate the risks associated with a big blaze. ABC15 tagged along during a prescribed burn near Safford with the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management. The two-day burn spanned roughly 20-acres and saw crews burning piles of tamarisk, vegetation that can pose a big fire hazard. "This stuff loves fire," said Assistant Fire Manager Lehi Vizcaino. Vizcaino told ABC15 the project near Safford, just outside of Fort Thomas and along the Gila River corridor, comes with several benefits. "It's to eliminate that risk or that potential of fire and to be able to give us a place to work from if we do have a fire in the area," he said.