DURANGO INTERAGENCY FIRE DISPATCH
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE: June 20, 2016
USFS
PREPOSITIONING FIREFIGHTING RESOURCES IN ADVANCE OF FIRE WEATHER WATCH
DURANGO, Colo. — The National Weather Service has issued a Fire Weather Watch for
the afternoon and evening of Tuesday, June 21st afternoon for
northeast LaPlata County, and all of San Juan, Hinsdale, and Archuleta
counties. Dry thunderstorms, gusty winds, and low humidities are expected.
In anticipation, the U.S. Forest Service is prepositioning additional
firefighting resources in southwestern Colorado. Three single engine air
tankers and an air attack plane have been ordered for the Durango Air Tanker
Base, and a helitack crew for the
Archuleta County Airport. Seven additional fire engines, three fire prevention
patrols, and miscellaneous supervisory overhead resources will also be
prepositioned at the San Juan National Forest’s three ranger districts in
Bayfield, Dolores and Pagosa Springs.
Other federal agency
resources include a Bureau of Land Management helitack crew stationed out of
the Montezuma County Airport, and the Mesa Verde National Park Type 3
helicopter and helitack crew at the Old Fort Lewis Campus south of Hesperus.
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