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The Silver Fire - As It Happened - Part 5 (Con’t)
Spike
Spike Camp is the name for the camp where the firefighters stay. (A photo of their camp on Highway 27 is in an earlier post.) All this time I thought it was “Spy Camp.” Spike Camp has moved to Forest Road 157.
Sparky
Sparky hatched from an incubator up at the lodge on the day of the evacuation. Catherine heard peeping and saw that Sparky was crawling out of her egg. Sparky’s peeping saved her from being left behind. Constant peeping is heard around Sheriff Murphy’s house in Hillsboro, where Catherine and Gary are staying during the evacuation. Sparky does not peep when asleep or when cuddled against your neck under your hair. (See photo previous page, center column, top)
From the Silver Fire Incident Action Plan:
Incident Objectives:
FULL SUPPRESSION STRATEGY
1. Ensure firefighter and public safety through adherence to all safety standards and implementation of appropriate risk analysis.
2. Ensure firefighter and public safety through adherence to all safety standards and implementation of appropriate risk analysis.
3. Protect values at risk to include private land, forest service infrastructure, watershed, recreation sites, natural and cultural resources.
4. Develop and disseminate timely and accurate information to residents, permittees, cooperators, forest visitors, jurisdictional agencies, and other stakeholders.
June 20, 2013
The Silver Fire - As It Happened - Part 6 (The second posting of that day.)
A post and photographs by Susan D. Roebuck of Kingston, evacuated to Hillsboro. (Photos across the top are from this post.)
More later.
The Silver Fire is far from over. Today it looked as though the entire Black Range would burn. The weather: hot and dry with gusty winds—bad fire combo. As of this morning the fire had burnt 28,000 acres. What will the new figure be in Larry’s (Larry Casper, District Ranger) report tomorrow morning? The community meets every morning at 10:00 for the latest report. Larry said this morning we could probably move back in tomorrow (Wednesday). But as of this evening, after seeing this....we do not know if we will go back tomorrow.
Helicopters:
There were four helicopters working today. There are two kinds: Three
THE BLACK RANGE RAG - WWW.BLACKRANGE.ORG
5. Provide for public safety through effective and timely evacuation and re-entry into closed areas.
6. Effectively manage incident costs and risk exposure by planning strategies and tactics toward a high probability of success in meeting incident objectives.
(associated photo is on previous page, top left)
Joey waits for when we can hike again in the cool mountains. Many of our familiar places will look stark and ghostly. (associated photo is on previous page, top right)
IN MEMORY OF THE GRANITE MOUNTAIN HOTSHOTS
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