SWCC NEWS & NOTES

 

 NOTE: ALL wildland fire incidents occurring in the Southwest Area do not get posted to News&Notes throughout the day.  Entries to News & Notes are a result of a resource order(s) received in SWCC or specific intelligence provided to SWCC Intelligence Operations by the local dispatch center or fire manager.    (* Time = MDT, this is the time SWCC makes entry to this page.)
 SWA PL: 2
(08/25/09)
National PL: 1
(10/07/09)
  NEWS & NOTES ARE POSTED MONDAY-SUNDAY IN PL3 &PL-4, MONDAY-FRIDAY IN PL-2, and NOT POSTED IN PL-1
  NR=New Report; RBF=Resource Benefit Fire; A=Acres; C=Contained; EC=Est. Containment Date
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DATE TIME *
(MDT)		 DISP. CTR. NEWS OR NOTE
11/05 1115 NM-SWC Today's Prescribed Fire Map is posted.
11/05 1050 NM-SWC Today's 7-Day Outlook is now posted.
11/05 0900 AZ-SDC Reno (RBF, AZ-ASF), 3,000A, FM-10, mod runs in Ponderosa pine stands, predominately slope driven.  Fire near boundaries with AZ-FTA and AZ-SCA.
11/05 0850 AZ-TDC Lesna Peak (AZ-CNF), 756A, 100%C.  Some interior smoke. Patrol and monitor.
11/04 1645 AZ-SDC Reno Fire (Resource Benefit, AZ-ASF), started 9/07, located 23 miles SW of Alpine, AZ (+33 36 19", -109 26 38).
11/04 1630 AZ-SDC Reno Fire (Resource Benefit, AZ-ASF), T1 IMT Short (Hughes, IC) ordered. No additional info at this time.
11/04 1100 NM-SWC Today's Prescribed Fire Map is posted.
11/04 1100 NM-SWC SWCC 7-Day Outlook is now posted.
11/04 0930 NM-ADC NR: Hunter (NM-LNF), 12.5A, 100%C. In mopup.  (32 36 28", -105 36 15)
11/04 0900 AZ-TDC NR: Lesna Peak (AZ-CNF), 756A, 90%C, 11/04EC, located East of Sasabe, AZ (31 30 20", -111 25 14). Backing 1-4' FL. Patrol and monitor.
11/03 1100 NM-SWC Today's Rx Map is posted.
11/03 1000 NM-SWC 7-Day posted.
11/02 1545 NM-SWC November Outlook posted.
11/02 1130 NM-SWC Today's Rx Map is posted.
11/02 1100 NM-SWC 7-Day posted.
11/02 1045 NM-SWC SW ERC Charts posted.
11/01 0900 NM-SWC ROSS Reports posted.
10/30 1120 NM-SWC Today's Rx Map is posted.
10/29 1350 NM-SWC Today's Rx Map is posted.
10/29 1345 NM-SWC 2010 SW IMT Recruitment Notice posted. Notice | Form
10/29 0735 AZ-TDC Three Peaks Fire (AZ-PPA), 5,737 acres, 70% contained. Min fire behavior with some backing.
10/27 1506 NM-SWC SWCC creates a Twitter page.
10/28 0930 AZ-TDC Three Peaks Fire (AZ-PPA), 3,950 acres, wind driven fire through fuel model 1 (grass and brush) yesterday with active upslope, backing, running, and torching. Plan is to continue constructing direct and indirect handline, and burnout where necessary.  Expected containment: 11/04/09.
10/27 1530 AZ-TDC Three Peaks Fire (AZ-PPA), 2,540 acres, 5 crews, 3 engines, 1 helo.  Positioning resources in anticipation of winds and low RH.  No threats.
10/26 1300 AZ-TDC New report:  Three Peaks Fire (AZ-PPA), 300 acres, located 20 miles north or Sasebe, AZ (31 46 04", -111 35 59).  One helicopter ordered through SWCC.
10/23 0900 AZ-SDC Bachelor (AZ-ASF), 700 acres, 70% contained, expect containment 10/24.  Low to moderate fire behavior... burnout where needed and holding. 
10/22 0900 AZ-SDC Bachelor (AZ-ASF), 545 acres, 40% contained, expect containment 10/30.  Moderate fire behavior with short-range spotting. Plan to continue to burn off control line and hold.
Nothern Complex (AZ-FTA), 166 acres, moderate fire behavior due to cold front passage, plan to continue hand and dozer line construction, burnout, and hold.
10/21 0900 AZ-TDC Potato Fire (AZ-A2S) at 98 acres, 100% contained, located 15 miles north of Flagstaff, AZ (35 22 57", -111 41 59). Continue to mopup.
10/21 0900 AZ-SDC Northern Complex (AZ-FTA), located 20 miles south of Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ (34 01 00", -110 04 06): Northern at 75 acres, October at 8 acres, and Southern at 83 acres. Two T1 crews, 3 T2 crew, 2 T3 helo, 2 engines, 2 dozers, 2 water tenders.  Total 123 personnel.
Bachelor (AZ-ASF) at 100 acres, 20% contained, expect containment 10/30, located 5 miles south of Heber-Overgaard (34 16 38", -110 52 2). Moderate fire behavior with short-range spotting. Two T1 crews, 1 T2 crew, 1 T3 helo, 6 engines, 2 dozers, 3 water tenders.  Total 102 personnel.
10/20 1630 AZ-SDC Bachelor Fire (AZ-ASF) is lined, burning out the east and west side.  Getting a few spot fires on the north side as winds are out of the south.  Ordered some security personnel for traffic control.  Fire holding at 200 acres.  IC Dave Reisner has the fire. Northern Fire (AZ-FTA) is 200 acres and 40% lined.  Crews building line on the south-southeast side and no issues.  Getting south winds are 0-10.  Southern and October fires (FTA) are lined and holding. 
10/19 0900 AZ-SDC INW opened.
10/19 0730 AZ-SDC Bachelor Fire, 60 acres off the 519 rd on the rim, ordered 1 IHC crew yesterday... filled with Palomar IHC. Also filled a T-3 Helo from Mountainair.
10/19 0700 AZ-FDC Potato Fire, 60 acres, approximately 10 miles north of Flagstaff mostly private – 2 structures threatened – 1 primary home lost.
10/07 0900 NM-SWC National Preparedness Level has bumped back to PL-1.
10/02 1615 AZ-WDC Update on Twin fire... slop over is 150 acres... 3-4 miles southwest of the town of Williams... winds out of SW at 10 mph and fire is moving into heavy fuels... ordered a total of 6 heavy airtankers, all filled by OSCC... AT's will return to OSCC tonight... fire has ordered 3 –T1 helicopters.... significant RH increase predicted by tomorrow afternoon.
10/02 1500 AZ-WDC Twin Rx, located SW side of Williams, on Kaibab NF slopped over last night.  It was 75-100 acres this morning.  The incident ordered an ASM (B-33) and 2 heavy airtankers coming from San Bernardino this afternoon.  Due to Cedar City ATB being closed and Prescott will take 24 hours to open the AT's will reload out of San Bernardino.
9/08 1200 NM-SWC Effective immediately the National Preparedness Level has been lowered to Level 2. The majority of large fires have been contained and the few that remain continue to make good progress toward meeting containment objectives. The initial attack work load continues to be light with good availability of National Resources and no competition among Geographic Areas. Incident Management Team commitment is minimal and limited to one Geographic Area. Significant fire potential should remain low to moderate over most of the West the next few days due to recent rainfall, the lack of dry lightning, and absence of prolonged hot, dry weather. While the West will be warming and drying this week, no ignition triggers such as dry lightning is expected.
9/04 1015 NM-ABC Jaralosa Fire, NM State - Albuquerque District, 2,000 acres, started 9/03, located 45 miles south/southwest of Gallup, NM (34 44 36 x 109 01 40).  Fire is burning in pinon/juniper. Local resources committed (including BIA-Zuni Agency). 
9/02 0930 NM-SWC Quiet in SWCC this morning. No major activity and little resource movement.  No Red Flag Warnings / Watches issued for today. Year-to-date resources assigned.

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