Thompson Ridge Fire: Today’s Aerial Operations Success Allows Firefighters To Go Direct Tonight With Hand Ignition
Thompson Ridge Fire. Photo by Kristen Honig/Valles Caldera Trust
Thompson Ridge Fire Evening Update
Acres: 22,900; Start date: May 31, 2013; Cause: Downed powerline; Location: Valles Caldera National Preserve; Containment: 60 percent; Fuels: Mixed conifer and Ponderosa pine; Terrain: Steep, rugged; Resources: 16 crews, 42 engines, 33 water tenders, 5 dozers; Total personnel: 885 and Available air support: 3 air tankers, 6 helicopters.
Weather so often dictates what we do and how we do it. Today through the morning hours we received a nice cover of clouds, which helped to moderate our fire Read More
New Mexico State EOC Situation Report
NMEOC News::
The New Mexico State Emergency Operations Center continues to monitor incidents across the state including multiple wildfires.
Below is a summary of each incident:
Power Outage – City of Albuquerque
Incident: Multiple power outages around the city since approximately 9:30 p.m. June 10. Affected Population: Initially 1,900. Power was restored to all areas by 5 a.m./June 12. Affected Area: Selected areas of the population base of the City of Albuquerque. Situation Overview: CABQ EOC partially activated at approximately 9:05 a.m. Tuesday morning at level 3. At approximately Read More
Thompson Ridge Fire Map Shows 981 Acres Burned Tuesday
Thompson Ridge Fire progression map showing the 981 acres that burned Tuesday at the Valles Caldera National Preserve. Read More
Jaroso Fire Seen From Santa Fe
The massive plume from the Jaroso Fire seen Tuesday evening in Santa Fe near 599 and Camino La Tierra. Photo by Danny Gallant Read More
Thompson Ridge; Jaroso Fire Updates – Morning of June 12
Thompson Ridge Fire
Smoke from the Thompson Ridge Fire late Tuesday afternoon looking west over the ball fields at Overlook Park in White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Thompson Ridge Fire Update
Acres: 22,852; Start date: May 31, 2013; Cause: Downed powerline; Location: Valles Caldera National Preserve; Containment: 50 percent; Fuels: Mixed conifer and Ponderosa pine; Terrain: Steep, rugged; Resources: 20 crews, 48 engines, 34 water tenders, 6 dozers; Total personnel: 991 and Available air support: 3 air tankers, 6 helicopters.
Last night crews experienced minimal Read More
Posts Live from Van Cliburn International Piano Competition: Lessons Learned in Fort Worth
Posts Live from Van Cliburn International Piano CompetitionLessons Learned in Fort Worth
The fine folks at the Los Alamos Daily Post have let me chew up a lot of digital space over the past 10 days writing about an event in (gasp!) Texas. I have been known to grouse about our local media covering off-the-hill arts events at the expense of local efforts. So what’s going on here? What does the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition have to do with us?
The most obvious answer is, of course, that the Los Alamos Concert Association will be presenting one of the three Cliburn medalists Read More
Udall Encouraged by Vote to Begin Comprehensive Immigration Reform Debate
WASHINGTON, D.C.–U.S. Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) issued the following statement Tuesday after voting to begin debate on the comprehensive immigration reform legislation, S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act:
Bandelier Seeks Public Comment on Draft Transportation Alternatives
Atomic City Transit shuttle bus picking up passengers recently at the Bandelier National Monument Visitor Center. Courtesy/BNM
BANDELIER News:
The National Park Service (NPS) is preparing a Transportation Plan/Environmental Assessment (plan/EA) to improve transportation conditions in Bandelier National Monument.
More than three decades of studies and workshops have documented transportation and congestion management challenges in Bandelier National Monument, including traffic congestion at the monument entrance and a lack of adequate parking in Frijoles Canyon. Read More
Tres Lagunas Fire Update – June 11
Courtesy/SFNF
Tres Lagunas Fire Update – June 11
Acres: 10,237 Cause: Human Start Date: May 30, 2013; Containment: 70 percent; Location: 10 miles North of Pecos; Fuels: Timber; Total personnel: 783 and Terrain: steep, rugged.
Summary
Today’s Actions: Mop up, backhauling of equipment, and fire line rehabilitation will be the focus of today’s operations. Mop up includes extinguishing or removing burning material near containment lines, felling snags, and trenching logs to prevent rolling after an area has burned. Firefighters will continue to improve existing fireline and build Read More
Jaroso Fire Update – June 11
Courtesy/SFNF
Jaroso Fire Update
Time/Date Reported: June 10, 2013 at 1:45 p.m.; Location: Espanola Ranger District within the Pecos Wilderness, approximately six miles southeast of Borrego Mesa; Legal Description: T19N, R11E, Sec 1; Cause: Lightning; Fuels: Fire is burning in mixed conifer, heavy dead and down fuels with pockets of bug-killed trees.
Note: There is a 1,300-acre area of downed timber caused by a wind event six years ago directly south and east of the fire that is of concern because of additional fuel for fire to consume quickly.
Size: 360 acres, according to infrared mapping, Read More
