In New York City, The Army Corp of Engineers, the US EPA and FEMA are using a much better alternative to wood debris removal than in many past disasters. They are using Air Curtain Burners by Air Burners, Inc., the most cost effective and environmentally sensitive method of eliminating vegetative waste.

The air curtain burner systems reduce woody debris generated in the forestry, agriculture, mining, oil exploration, disaster recovery and construction industry to a small amount of useful wood ash.