Update: All lanes now open to traffic on Diamond Drive. Scene at 11 a.m. today on Diamond near Club Road as first responders leave the area. and traffic lanes reopen in both directions with the exceptions of one westbound lane. Courtesy/LAC MyDrive Read More
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Valles Caldera Continues Winter Prescribed Burns
NPS News:
JEMEZ SPRINGS — The National Park Service will continue winter prescribed burn projects Tuesday, Feb. 8 in the Valles Caldera National Preserve by burning piles of previously thinned materials on San Antonio Mountain.
This is the second of five areas around the preserve where burn piles have been prepared. The operation is expected to take several days to complete. The purpose is to reduce hazardous fuels and the chance for future high-intensity wildfires.
Smoke may be visible from all directions coming into the Jemez Mountains, including Los Alamos, La Cueva, Sierra Los Pinos, Read More
Bandelier Plans Winter Prescribed Burn
BANDELIER News:
The National Park Service plans to implement a prescribed fire in Bandelier National Monument starting as early as Feb. 10, continuing through until completion if conditions are favorable.
The prescribed burn will occur in previously thinned areas where materials have been piled for burning. The pile burn operation is expected to take one day depending on weather and fuel conditions.
The purpose of this burn is to reduce hazardous fuels and the chance for future high-intensity wildfires. The 289 Pile Unit is about five acres along US Forest Service (USFS) Road 289 within Read More
Los Alamos Fire Department Thanked For Generosity To First Born Program Families During Holidays
Los Alamos Firefighters in December delivering gifts and visiting with members of one of two local First Born Families LAFD adopted for the holidays. Courtesy photo
Members of one of two local First Born Families LAFD adopted for the holidays in December. Courtesy photo
FIRST BORN News:
The First Born Program of Los Alamos expresses its gratitude to the Los Alamos County Fire Department (LAFD) for its “incredible generosity”.
In December, LAFD adopted two First Born Families for the Holidays. They purchased gifts for every family member. Not only that, they drove the fire trucks to the families’ Read More
Building Evacuted On East Road … Apparent False Alarm
Some 40 people were evacuated while firefighters entered a building at 195 East Road to investigate the source of a fire alarm that sounded at about 2:30 this afternoon. A police officer told the Los Alamos Daily Post that it appears to have been a false alarm. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
SFNF Thanks Collaborators For Pacheco Canyon Success
SFNF News:
SANTA FE — The recent prescribed pile burn in Pacheco Canyon on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) 7 miles northeast of Santa Fe was a great example of shared stewardship across ownership boundaries to reduce wildfire risk and protect communities and other assets in the wildland-urban interface (WUI), SFNF Supervisor Debbie Cress said today.
Crews completed a total of 443 acres of piles of slash and woody debris on Forest Service lands and another 111 acres on the Pueblo of Tesuque’s Vigil Grant. The two prescribed pile burns were implemented by the SFNF, Pueblo of Tesuque, Pueblo Read More
Scenes From Los Alamos Fire Academy 29 Graduation
Los Alamos Fire Chief Troy Hughes addresses Academy 29 cadets during their graduation Friday morning at the LAFD training facility on DP Road. Family members did not attend the graduation ceremony due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, so each graduate will receive a video of the ceremony to share with their loved ones. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com
Chaplain Joe Dudziak delivers the invocation to the Academy 29 graduates during the ceremony Friday morning at the LAFD training facility on DP Road. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com
LAFD Academy 29 graduates front row from left, Read More
Reps. Stansbury And Kim Lead Bill To Improve Wildfire Communications & Info Sharing Among First Responders
U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury
From the Office of U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury:
WASHINGTON — U.S. Reps. Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) and Young Kim (Calif.-39), who both serve on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, introduced the bipartisan National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) Wildland Fire Communications and Information Dissemination Act (H.R. 6410) to boost communications and information sharing efforts between first responders, fire management response officials and community members during wildfires.
As prolonged drought conditions worsen Read More
First Day Of New Mexico’s 2022 Legislative Session
Republican Sen. Gregg Schmedes refuses to wear a mask in protest of mask mandates today during the first day of the 2022 legislative session at the Roundhouse. Jim Weber/The Santa Fe New Mexican
Kimberly Charley and her 1-year-old daughter Amberly Carlson demonstrate Tuesday outside the Roundhouse with other members of the New Mexico Crusaders for Justice in favor of stricter sentencing, increased police and a harder stance on crime. Jim Weber/The Santa Fe New Mexican
By Robert Nott and Daniel Chacon
The Santa Fe New Mexican
There were sure signs a sense of normalcy had returned to the state Read More
Follow Space Heater Safety Tips To Avoid Home Fires
Community Safety News:
According to the National Fire Protection Association, nearly half (48 percent) of home heating equipment fires are reported during the months of 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.
Anyone using a space heater to warm up, please be sure to plug all space heaters directly into a wall outlet and always turn it off when leaving the room or going to bed.
In addition:
- Make sure a recognized testing laboratory has tested your