New Year’s Eve diners at the Manhattan Project Restaurant were informed by Victor Medina, right, at about 7 p.m. that they must vacate the building. A few minutes earlier, a fire alarm went off and firefighters arrived on the scene and discovered a broken water pipe near the sprinkler system in an empty office space at the rear of the building on Central Avenue. The water had to be shut off and once the building was evacuated, the electricity also was shut off because water had leaked near electrical breakers. Medina explained that diners who had not yet received their food could leave with no charge Read More
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News Alert: False Alarm At Los Alamos High School
LAHS News:
Los Alamos High School Principal Debbie Belew-Nyquist just announced that the high school was evacuated this morning due to a fire alarm.
It turned out to be a false alarm and Belew-Nyquist said all students and staff are safe and back in the building. Read More
LAFD Schedules Prescribed Burn In Bayo Canyon
Conducting a pre fire burn assessment, from left, Los Alamos Fire Capt. Dan Devall, Capt. James Pepe, Los Alamos resident Marv Alme and Driver Engineer Mike Lewis. Courtesy photo
LADF News:
The Los Alamos Fire Department has scheduled a prescribed burn Jan. 9-10 near Los Alamos in Bayo Canyon.
LAFD Willand Division Chief Ramon Garcia explained that prescribed fires are one of the most effective tools available to resource managers for restoring the ecosystems. These fires mimic natural fires by reducing forest fuels, recycling nutrients and increasing habitat diversity. Prescribed fires Read More
Valles Caldera Prescribed Burn Dec. 16-17
VCT News:
The Valles Caldera Trust is planning to implement a prescribed pile burn today and Wednesday, Dec. 17.
The prescribed pile burn will be on 75 acres of the Valles Caldera National Preserve, north of N.M. 4 in the Banco Bonito area near mile marker 30. The purpose of the burn is to reduce hazardous fuels and the chance for future catastrophic fire and for the restoration of fire in a fire-adapted ecosystem.
Because of the location and elevation, smoke from the burn may be visible from all directions coming into the Jemez Mountains area. Smoke may have variable effects on neighboring communities Read More
Appreciation Dinner Honors Local Firefighters And Police
Barranca Mesa Elementary teacher Cynthia Kuenzel serves Los Alamos Police Chief Dino Sgambellone, his wife Robyn and children Emily and Nick during Saturday’s annual Appreciation Dinner. More than 130 police officers, firefighters and their families were served. The First United Methodist Church and Bethlehem Lutheran Evangelical Church annually host an appreciation dinner during the Christmas Season. Because so many firefighters and police were working Saturday night, a special appreciation breakfast will be held Dec. 29 for personnel who missed the dinner. Photo by Gene Read More
Los Alamos Firefighters Contain White Rock Brush Fire And Preserve Surrounding Homes
Los Alamos County Firefighters knocked down a brush fire that erupted this morning in the back yard of a home at 49 Grand Canyon. Deputy Fire Chief Justin Grider was at the scene and said 30-foot flames could be seen over the roofline of the home. The fire consumed a shed on the property and scorched a 600-800 square-foot area, burning trees and the fence between the home and a neighboring home at 47 Grand Canyon. Grider commended his firefighters saying they did a fantastic job of containing the blaze before it could spread to neighboring homes, which were just 30-40 feet away. ‘There Read More
Breaking News: Brush Fire Underway In White Rock
Emergecy vehicles line Grand Canyon as Los Alamos Firefighters work to get a brush fire under control that is burning behind a home on Grand Canyon in White Rock. LAFD Deputy Fire Chief Justin Grider just told the Los Alamos Daily Post that Grand Canyon is closed and asks motorists to avoid the area while firefighters work to put the fire out. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
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Santa Fe National Forest Plans Prescribed Pile Burn
FOREST SERVICE News:
SANTA FE— Fire managers at Santa Fe National Forest are planning to conduct a prescribed pile burn in the Santa Fe Watershed on the Espanola Ranger District. The Santa Fe Watershed pile burn may be conducted from Dec. 1 through the month of February on favorable days as conditions allow.
Approximately 100 acres of piles may be treated in the Santa Fe Watershed area, which is located approximately two miles east of Santa Fe. Small blocks of piles may be treated each day to decrease the daily smoke volume.
Prescribed fires are one of the most effective tools available Read More
La Jara Prescribed Burn Planned In Santa Fe National Forest
USFS News:
SANTA FE – Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest are planning to conduct an additional prescribed pile burn on the Cuba Ranger District. In addition to the previously announced Cedar Springs and Chaparral prescribed burns, the La Jara prescribed burn may be conducted through next March, only on favorable days as conditions allow.
The La Jara prescribed pile burn is a total of 275 acres in the area northeast of the community of La Jara. Small blocks may be treated each day to decrease the daily smoke volume.
Prescribed fires are one of the most effective Read More
Prescribed Burns Planned For Santa Fe National Forest
U.S. Forest Service News:
SANTA FE– Fire managers at the Santa Fe National Forest are planning to conduct prescribed pile burns on the Cuba Ranger District.
The Cedar Springs and Chaparral prescribed pile burns may be conducted from Nov.13 through March 30 only on favorable days as conditions allow.
The Cedar Springs prescribed pile burn is a total of 160 acres in the area north of the community of LLaves and Dead Man’s Peak Lookout. The Chaparral prescribed pile burn is a total of 120 acres north of the community of Gilman and south of the Rancho del Chaparral Girl Scout Camp near Cuba. Read More