Crews are responding to a small lightning-caused fire located 6 miles southwest of Sedona and west of the Village of Oak Creek.
The Blackjack Fire, currently one-tenth of an acre in size, has a low potential for growth.
Resources assigned to the fire include a helicopter conducting surveillance, and an engine crew hiking to the fire line.
The...
The Yavapai County Office of Emergency Management (YCOEM) will be conducting a Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) Test in the Prescott Valley area on Thursday, August 29th, 2024, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 12 p.m. This test is part of a multi-jurisdictional exercise aimed at testing the Genasys Protect Evacuation platform for emergency notifications through the Integrated Public Alert and Warning Systems (IPAWS).
YCOEM recently gained the approval to send messages through IPAWS, allowing them to assist jurisdictions in need of emergency notification support.
A Wireless...
Fire officials will lift Emergency Stage 1 Fire Restrictions across the entire Tonto National Forest beginning Friday, August 23 at 8 a.m. due to recent monsoon rain and lower fire danger.
Tonto fire officials implemented Emergency Stage 1 Fire Restrictions to reduce the risk for human-caused wildfires when the fire danger increased substantially during the summer. The decision to enter into restrictions was coordinated with local, state and other federal land management agencies in Arizona with the goal of reducing wildfires that could threaten communities, natural resources,...
Effective Thursday, Aug. 22, the Bureau of Land Management will lift all seasonal fire restrictions for public lands administered by the Phoenix District Office, including BLM lands in Maricopa, northern Pinal, western Pima, and Yavapai counties. Due to increased precipitation across the area, additional rain in the weather forecast, and a rise in fuel moistures, it has been determined that the likelihood of wildfire has lessened to the degree that the restrictions can be rescinded.
The Phoenix District’s recreational shooting sites at Baldy Mountain, Church Camp Road, and...
On Friday, August 16, 2024, resources from Prescott National Forest responded to a reported wildfire south of Prescott on Lookout Mountain burning in Ponderosa Pine, brush and grass.
Due to the location and terrain, it took firefighters several hours to access the Lookout Fire on Saturday morning. Firefighters spent the morning cutting in a heli-spot for possible insertion of firefighters into the fire area by helicopter and started constructing fire line through thick brush and fuels. Afternoon outflow winds coupled with hot temperatures caused an increase in fire activity...
