Fire

New Mexico Congressional Democrats Announce Beginning Of FEMA Claims Process, Public Comment For Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Act

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Congressional News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) and Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) announced that New Mexicans impacted by the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire can now submit a Notice of Loss form to signal interest in beginning the claims process with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

FEMA expects to start contacting those who submitted Notice of Loss forms and begin paying claims in early 2023.

New Mexico’s Congressional Democrats successfully secured the Hermit’s Read More

FEMA Seeks Public Comment For Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Rule

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FEMA News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — FEMA has published an Interim Final Rule in the Federal Register implementing the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Act Nov. 14 and is now seeking public comment on this Interim Final Rule.

The public comment period will run from Nov. 14, 2022, through Jan. 13, 2023, and comments can be submitted at Regulations.gov. The Federal Register Notice docket number is FEMA-2022-0037.

The Hermit’s Peak/Canyon Fire Assistance Act provides compensation for those impacted by the fire. The compensation may cover eligible loss, including personal injury, loss Read More

New Mexico Fire Grant Council Announces $29 Million For Local Fire Departments Across State

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DHSEM News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Fire Grant Council announced Monday the delivery of $29 million in grants from the Fire Protection Grant Fund to 122 local New Mexico fire departments in 31 counties.

Los Alamos County will receive $68,500 to purchase Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) to protect firefighters from smoke, toxic gas and harmful particulates resulting from fire.

The grants will fund projects ranging from new equipment to facility improvements and training and recruitment programs, as well as the purchase of water systems, breathing equipment, and personal protective Read More

Wildfire Preparedness Is Year-Round: Sign Up For Alerts & Connect With Neighbors

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SFNF continues the Wildfire Preparedness is Year-Round campaign with their November message: Sign Up for Alerts and Connect with Neighbors. Courtesy/SFNF

SFNF News:

SANTA FE — Since wildfire does not respect property lines, November is a good time of year to help your community become a fire-adapted community that is more resilient to the impacts of wildfire and better able to coexist with fire on the landscape.

The Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) and partners at nearby national forests, agencies and non-governmental organizations continue the Wildfire Preparedness is Year-Round campaign Read More

County: Portable Heater Safety Tips

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Do you practice these life-saving space heater safety tips? With the tragic news about the multi-fatality fire started by a space heater in New York last January, the hope is that this message will encourage residents to follow these safety tips when the temperatures drop. According to the National Fire Protection Association, nearly half (48 percent) of home heating equipment fires are reported during December, January and February. While more than two out of five (44 percent) of home heating fires involve space heaters, space heaters are involved in 86 percent of home heating fire deaths. Read More

Change Your Clock, Check Your Alarms This Weekend! 

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LAFD News:

It is that time again. Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. this Sunday, Nov. 5.

Don’t forget to set your clock backward one hour before you go to bed Saturday night.

Remember to check your smoke and carbon monoxide alarms for a few extra minutes. Smoke alarms are a vital part of a home fire escape plan. When there is a fire, smoke spreads fast.

Working smoke alarms give you early warning so you can get outside quickly. The National Fire Protection Association reports that 71 percent of smoke alarms that failed to operate had missing, disconnected or dead batteries.  

Smoke Alarms Safety Tips: Read More

Public Forest ‘Listening Session’ On Zoom Nov. 10

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Courtesy/The Forest Advocate 

By SARAH HYDEN
The Forest Advocate 

The Santa Fe Mountains Landscape Resiliency Project Decision is about to be reinitiated, with no changes from the previous draft Project Decision.

This project is highly controversial, and has become even more so since the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire, caused by two escaped prescribed burns.

The Forest Service plans to thin up to 18,000 acres of our local Santa Fe National Forest, and burn up to 38,000 acres. Past thinning treatments have been very aggressive, and together with likely too-frequent prescribed burns, Read More

New Mexico Counties: Living With Wildfires In The Southwest

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NM Counties News:

SANTA FE — Fire season is year-round and challenging for responders and for community recovery.

Local governments, state and federal agencies, and nonprofit organizations that have a passion for fire prevention will host an in-person NM Wildland Urban Fire Summit (WUFS) Wednesday, Nov. 16 through Friday, Nov. 18, at The Lodge in Santa Fe.

The summit provides post fire onsite field trips, strategies for forest and watershed management, reducing human-caused wildfire ignitions, evacuation execution principles, post fire flooding prevention, adaptation to climate Read More

Wildfire Reflections: Saturday, July 30, 2022

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By NELLY MAUDE CASE
Los Alamos

Several people have done their best to help me find out whatever became of my pen pal, Helga Renate Mattes, but to no avail. That may mean, luckily, that she’s still alive, since they’ve located no death certificate.

If I could contact her, I would have so many questions. Did she ever go to college? Did she develop a career in finance or some other field? Did she ever travel or possibly even emigrate to the U.S. or Canada? How would she perceive the relative positive and negative aspects of life in Germany and the U.S. today? Did she ever marry and have a family?

Happily for Read More

Chamisa’s PreK Classes Visit White Rock Fire Station

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Chamisa’s PreK classes had a walking field trip to White Rock Fire Station #3 Thursday on N.M. 4. This trip was a culmination of their unit on Community Helpers. Students had a tour of the fire station, saw the ladder fire truck, ambulance, and a firefighter in his full gear. They would like to give a huge thank you to Los Alamos Police Ofc. Smith for helping the students cross the roads safely and all personnel at Station #3 for an awesome visit! Photo by Debra Snow Read More