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North Kaibab and North Rim Grand Canyon Fire Managers Begin Fall Prescribed Fire Operations
10/04/2024 - 8:28 am
Prescribed Fire | smoke | North Kaibab | North Rim | Grand Canyon | North Kaibab Ranger District | Arizona Department of Environmental Quality | ADEQ

Beginning October 8, National Park Service and USDA Forest Service fire managers, working together as the North Zone Interagency Fire Management Program, anticipate initiating prescribed burns on the North Kaibab Ranger District of the Kaibab National Forest and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Fire managers will be assessing weather, fuel moistures, and other conditions for opportunities to conduct burns safely and effectively into December.

Units targeted for spring burning are along Highway 67 near Jacob Lake, west of the Telephone Hills area, and in the vicinity of Demotte, and...

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Resources responding to small wildlife in Schultz Pass area north of Flagstaff
10/03/2024 - 4:58 pm
Schultz Pass | Coconino Natioinal Forest | Flagstaff | wildfire

Resources are responding to the Hollow Fire, a roughly 1.5-acre wildfire located in the Schultz Pass area 5 miles north of Flagstaff.

Resources responding to the incident include two engines.

Firefighters are currently working to suppress the fire using adjacent trail systems as holding features.

Forest visitors are asked to avoid roads and trails located near the fire as a matter of both public and firefighter safety.

The fire is moving at a low rate of spread through pine timber and needle cast.

The fire was first reported at roughly 3 p.m. Oct. 3, and its...

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Doyle and Ortega prescribed fire projects planned on the Lakeside Ranger District
10/03/2024 - 4:12 pm
Lakeside Ranger District | Prescribed Fire | Fall 2024 | Doyle burn unit | Ortega burn unit | Vernon AZ | Forest Road 44 | Forest Road 3D | Forest Road 45E | Forest Road 45C3 | Forest Road 9900L | Arizona Game and Fish | Vernon Fire Department | Timber Mesa Fire Department | Arizona State Forestry | Pinetop Fire Department | City of Show Low | landscape treatments | Wildfire Crisis Strategy | forest health | smoke impacts | Arizona Department of Environmental Quality | smoke management | particulate-filtering respirator | fire.airnow.gov | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests.

The Lakeside Ranger District plans to conduct prescribed fire operations on the Lakeside Ranger District during the Fall months of 2024. Prescribed fire operations could start any time between October 8 through November 30, as weather and vegetation conditions allow for successful operations. Fire managers will be monitoring weather conditions leading up to, during, and after implementation to ensure conditions are favorable.

The Lakeside East burn units consist of the Doyle burn unit (290 acres), and the Ortega burn unit (1,773 acres).  Both are located directly to the southwest of...

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The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has issued an Ozone High Pollution Advisory (HPA) for Thursday, October 3 and Friday, October 4, 2024
10/03/2024 - 9:35 am
pollution | high pollution | ozone | ozone high pollution advisory | HPA | Arizona Department of Environmental Quality | ADEQ

The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has issued an Ozone High Pollution Advisory (HPA) for Thursday, October 3 and Friday, October 4, 2024

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  • Fuel your vehicle after dark or during cooler evening hours.
  • Reduce wait time in long drive-thru lines. Park your vehicle and walk inside at coffee shops, fast-food restaurants, curbside pick-up, and banks.
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Firefighters working on the Wasson Peak and Muldoon Fires stop progression of brush fire caused by vehicle;
10/03/2024 - 8:26 am
Prescott National Forest | Crown King | Wasson Peak | Muldoon Fires | Towers Mountain

 Yesterday afternoon resources working on the Wasson Peak and Muldoon fires responded to a vehicle fire on Lincoln Ridge Road, north of Crown King that quickly moved into brush.  Firefighters with the help of a helicopter quickly stopped the progression of the Lincoln Fire keeping its size to 3/10 of an acre.
 
The Wasson Peak Fire, burning south of Crown King grew by one acre and is now 18 acres.  Firefighters will continue securing the fire’s edge, begin mop-op and monitor interior fuels that will continue to consume for the next several days.  Resources assigned: Prescott...

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