I have had a few minutes and have found a way to get better audio, and have much close video at the same time. Please tune in this evening at 6pm Arizona Time for the LIVE stream of tonight’s Town Meeting.
WALLOW UPDATE: Little Colorado Behavioral will be seeing groups to help with coping this Fire. Completely anonymous, not recorded. Not a legally discoverable meeting. Free place to mend your feelings. Describe thoughts experienced. Help with PTSD | Mental Health First Aid | Offered 11am & 1pm @ RV Primary School Library
WALLOW UPDATE: Residents ONLY of Nutrioso to start returning home 15 June 2011 @ 1000 hours.
WALLOW UPDATE: Nutrioso residents meet at the Rodeo Grounds after 10am. You will get a pass that will get you in. We must have your names on the tax roles to verify you. Please be patient with the process. Blue Hills will have dumpsters available and the transfer site will be open. Goto the Nutrioso Transfer Station as soon as possible please.
WALLOW UPDATE: Nutrioso, there will be smoke and open flames near Nutrioso in the days to come. It is within the black and not a threat. Plenty of firefighters around. Please do not report it unless it is on your or your neighbors property.
WALLOW UPDATE: Working on Greer, but no time frame as of yet.. 2-6 days, but can’t pin anything down. Trying to mitigate all hazards. We appreciate your patience.
WALLOW UPDATE: Please stay out of the way of the firefighters in Nutrioso
HWY 260 is open, but roads to Sunrise, Greer, and Big Lake are still closed. Please stay out of there, it is still a closed forest.
WALLOW UPDATE: Pretty good day today. Dozer line by Luna will reach 180 Road by end of shift tonight.
WALLOW UPDATE: Burn out near Luna will hopefully be finished up by Thursday. Good because winds are expected then.
WALLOW UPDATE: Probable to see smoke until the rain comes. We will continue to see burnout.
WALLOW UPDATE: Going over Google Earth data..
WALLOW UPDATE: Did the thinning efforts help? His opinion, strong.. without the treatments we would have seen structure loss like Rodeo Fire. This fire is 93% lower loss of Structures.
WALLOW UPDATE: Local agencies are working to bring in relief food.. El Rio in Springerville, food drive for non-perishables. Open Fri-Mon 630pm – 9 to 930pm.. All donated food goes to RV Cares food & St. Vincent’s.
WALLOW UPDATE: Cleaning up the forest. Long-term project. 2-3 years. Issue of Escudilla.. Wilderness area, so we do nothing. Watch it and see what comes back.. Short answer – lots of opportunity on the edges..
WALLOW UPDATE: Steps taken to protect our mountain? Had the conversation 10 years ago with Rodeo Fire.. Forest with young trees, lots of things that led to this situation. Said 10 years ago, White Mountain Stewardship project.. 7 years old, and wildly successful.. 35k acres treated. basically the community was pro-active.
WALLOW UPDATE: Containment = 15% on northern part of the fire.. NOT confirmed with evening numbers, but Joe’s best numbers..
WALLOW UPDATE: Just had a come-to-Jesus moment at the Town Meeting..
WALLOW UPDATE: Possible flooding? Computer modeling for hot spots.. Planning is beginning to happen. We are doing a crash course in community protection. In our mind, three weeks for Flood Control. Around 4th of July = Thundershowers.
WALLOW UPDATE: Irrigation came back in today. takes ten hours to come in. We don’t have a lot left, but will get it back as quickly as possible.
Burnout Operation Underway Near Luna LakeFirefighters are burning vegetation between Wallow fire and the fireline north of road 180 in the Luna Lake fire camp area. This burnout will strengthen and connect containment lines in zones 1 and 2.As long as the current favorable weather conditions continue, the crews will ignite unburned fuels in the Luna Lake area and bring fire down toward road 180.Protection plans are in place for Luna Lake firecamp. If needed, for personal safety related to smoke or fire suppression actions, personnel may temporarily leave the fire camp.Burnout is one tool firefighters use to help slow the spread or change the direction of a fire. To burn, fire needs oxygen, fuel and an ignition source. Burning vegetation under the right conditions, or prescription, with resources in place, allows firefighters to better control both the intensity and the movement of the fire. When the fire reaches the treated area, with little or no fuel left behind, it stops or at least slows its spread.Residents in the area around Alpine, Luna Lake and Luna may see more smoke than usual from this operation.For more information about the Wallow Fire in the Luna area, please call 575-533-6928.
This is a release from the Eagar Police Department and is great information and a reminder about possible fraud for people returning top their homes. Thanks Ed for the email! Click here to download the PDF
