NMFI News:
Start Date: May 23
Cause: Lightning
Size: 15 acres
Containment: 70%
Fuel: Grass, dead and down trees
Weather: South winds 15-20, gusts to 35 mph
Situation: Fire is burning within the Las Conchas burn area. Firefighters work to secure containment lines by extinguishing hot spots along the perimeter of the fire.
Smoke/Air Quality: Local communities may be impacted by smoke because of prevailing winds. Read More
SFNF News:
The Alamo Fire in the Jemez Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest is 60 percent contained. Lightning sparked the fire Wednesday near Forest Road 289 within a half mile of the southern border of Bandelier National Monument. It has burned 15 acres of grass and dead and down trees.
Resources on scene include two Type 6 engines with eight personnel. The fire intensity is low and burning within the Las Conchas burn area. Due to the presence of many snags, it is unsafe for personnel to utilize direct suppression strategies. Crews successfully constructed a fire line in the early morning Read More
Los Alamos police and firefighters respond to the scene of a single vehicle accident at about 3:15 p.m. today on Central Avenue near Rose Street. LAFD EMS personnel checked out the female driver who did not appear to be injured. According to reports the vehicle drove over a median, took out a power pole and dragged a sign some 70 feet before coming to a stop near the Aquatic Center. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
LAFD EMS personnel check out the female driver involved in a single vehicle accident this afternoon on Central Avenue. She does not appear to be injured. Photo by Maire
LAFD personnel from left, Fire Fighter Will Lunquist, Captain Gerard Coriz, Fire Fighter Michael Garcia, Captain James Pepe, Driver Engineer Van Limier, Fire Fighter Nick Bever and Driver Engineer Colorado Cordova. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Driver/Engineer Colorado Cordova of the Los Alamos Fire Department coordinates the annual IAFF Local 3279 Firefighter Recognition Dinner with assistance from Fire Capt. Jeff Saiz and eight other firefighters. The dinner provides an opportunity to thank the Read More
Type 1 helicopter on scene Wednesday at the Alamo Fire underway near Bandelier. Photo by Brian Nelson
SFNF News:
Lightning sparked a fire Wednesday in the Jemez Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest:
Location: Jemez Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest. Forest Road 289 near Bandelier Park.
Weather: Mostly sunny/winds 3-7, gusts to 10 mph.
Situation: Resources on scene include 3 engines and a 12-person hand crew, type 1 helicopter.
Smoke/Air Quality: Local communities may be impacted by smoke because of Read More
A helicopter hovers in the sky above where multiple resources are working to suppress a wildfire burning in Canon, north of the Jemez Pueblo. Photo by Brian Nelson
NMSFD News:
New Mexico State Forestry Division reports multiple resources are working to suppress a wildfire burning in Canon, north of the Jemez Pueblo and east of Ponderosa.
The State Forestry Division, Sandoval County Fire Department and US Forest Service crews are at the scene.
The fire began on private land and has spread to brush, vehicles and a shed, which is creating a large column of smoke. Multiple structures are threatened Read More
Courtesy/NIST
By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Los Alamos Fire Department Emergency Medical Services Division Chief Ben Stone, left, is presented with a proclamation by former County Councilor James Chrobocinski declaring the week of May 20-26 Emergency Medical Services Week in Los Alamos County. LAFD provides Emergency Medical Services to both the community and Los Alamos National Laboratory. The Department has six ambulances that respond to 911 medical calls and all LAFD firefighters are required to have an EMS license. EMS response is available 24 hours a day every day and LAFD ambulances are Advanced Life Support Intensive Care Read More
Los Alamos Police Chief Dino Sgambellone thanks members of the LAPD Law Enforcement Wives group, from left, Jessica Randleman, Kateri Morris, Kim Roberts and Elizabeth Lyon. The wives placed a temporary ‘thin blue line’ on vehicles for community members allowing them to show their support and appreciation of local law enforcement. Not pictured is Melissa Weiss who also stopped by to help. More than 60 people stopped by, many expressing their gratitude for LAPD staff. The event was in honor of Police Appreciation Week, May 13-19. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
Kateri Morris, Read More