Crews shuffle between fires due to personnel shortage     By JAMES ... © Copyright 2020, All Rights Reserved. The fire is being pushed southeast by winds, Boerkircher said. “So it’s kind of a double whammy. The El Pomar Foundation on Friday announced that its Wildland Fire Fund has granted a combined $50,000 to support the American Red Cross chapters of Southeastern, Northern, Western Colorado and the Mile High Area in their efforts to shelter, feed and otherwise provide volunteer support to people displaced by the state’s recent wildfires. This year has been notable for drought, which has intensified the wildfires, said Balch, who’s director of Earth Lab at the University of Colorado, Boulder, which focuses on analyzing data behind environmental changes. The WFMS currently employs 94 employees in 18 locations Statewide including an Operations Branch, a Planning Branch, a Logistics Branch. A fire that began in July and was finally contained in mid-September near the western Colorado city of Grand Junction became the largest in state history — charring over 217 square miles (562 square kilometers). Those in the town of Lyons were advised to prepare for evacuations in case the fire changes, a tweet from Boulder OEM said. Updated 0356 GMT (1156 HKT) October 18, 2020. While it could be an apocalyptic scene out of a movie, it has become the reality of Colorado’s wildfire season. Plumes of smoke rise from the CalWood Fire near Jamestown, Colorado, on Saturday, October 17, 2020. One of Colorado’s smaller fires exploded late Wednesday from 30 square miles (78 square kilometers) to 196 square miles (508 square kilometers) and closed Rocky Mountain National Park. Plus, the air quality has gotten bad enough in some areas that Gov. | Clarion Events. It has grown to 7,064 acres since it sparked around noon Saturday, Boulder OEM said. Onlookers gather at the overlook along Highway 36 to watch a smoke plume grow as several wildfires burn in northern and western Colorado, sending smoke on to the eastern plains, Saturday, October 17, 2020, near Boulder, Colorado. 39 Views, By PATTY NIEBERG Associated Press/Report for America. No deaths or injuries have been reported and a cause of the CalWood Fire has not yet been determined, Boerkircher said. This map is managed by the Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and is updated with information on fires 100 acres or larger. 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Jamestown is in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, about 14 miles northwest of Boulder and about 43 miles northwest of Denver. Wildland fire management in Colorado is an interagency partnership among local, state and federal entities. Semana de prevención de incendios 2020 - ¡Seguridad contra incendios en la cocina y la cocina! The fire began around noon Saturday north of Jamestown, according to Gabi Boerkircher, spokesperson for Boulder Officer of Emergency Management. The Denver metro area and eastern Plains have been blanketed with smoke from fires not only in Colorado but blown in from Utah, California and Wyoming. The Larimer County Sheriff’s Office said structure damage was reported Sunday in the state’s third largest recorded wildfire. in News “I was in a pocket of clean air perfectly trapped between the Cameron Peak Fire smoke to the south and the Mullen Fire smoke to the north,” Akins said. More than 700 square miles (1,813 square kilometers) of land has burned in Colorado at a cost of more than $215 million — with the numbers still rising, according to Larry Helmerick, fire information coordinator for the Rocky Mountain Area Coordination Center. The blazes have burned the second-most acreage since 2000 and included the state’s two largest on record. DENVER (AP) — Orange skies, winds gusting up to 70 mph, smoke tornadoes and hazardous air. The El Pomar Foundation on Friday announced that its Wildland Fire Fund has granted a combined $50,000 to support the American Red Cross chapters of Southeastern, Northern, Western Colorado … Nieberg is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Akins said that “with a little bit of work,” he’s planned rides between the smoke of two fires in Wyoming and Colorado. Normally, snow helps tamp down the devastation by this time of year, but drought across Colorado and warming temperatures have dragged out the season, fire scientist Jennifer Balch said. Officials say there’s potential for it to merge with a nearby fire that exploded overnight, closing Rocky Mountain National Park and forcing people in and around a gateway town to evacuate. It was only one month later that the fire burning near Fort Collins, called the Cameron Peak Fire, set another record. In parts of Colorado, the sky has been gray, the sun hazy and the odor of a burning campfire persistent for much of September and October. Some 3,000 Firefighters Fight to Contain Colorado Wildfires. That fire is still spreading, with firefighters having contained a little over half of the blaze as of Thursday. “We don’t see October fires that get this large,” she said. Jared Polis has encouraged people to stay indoors to avoid the health effects of smoke that are compounded by the coronavirus. For now, they’re staying with friends. Poor air quality contributes to breathing issues that people may face from the virus or if they have asthma, emphysema or acute bronchitis, which can lead to more emergency room visits, said Colleen Reid, assistant professor of geography at the University of Boulder who studies the effects of climate change on public health. The extended wildfire season has taken a toll amid another crisis. “On Sunday night into Monday morning, both Sheryl and I woke up in the middle of the night and just cried for an hour and a half,” he said. “If I had a panic button, I would push it — because we have put millions of homes in harm’s way across the Western U.S.,” Balch said. The 20 biggest blazes in state history all occurred after 2000—including the 54,000-acre 416 fire near Durango and the massive Spring Creek fire, which claimed more than 140 buildings near Fort Garland, both in 2018. One of them belonged to Brian DeToy and Sheryl Shafer. It was only one month later that the fire burning near Fort Collins, called the Cameron Peak Fire, set another record. As a cyclist, part of Akins’ daily routine now includes checking the weather and smoke forecast before going outside. Evacuation orders for those living east of North Foothills Highway were lifted late Saturday, according to a series of tweets from Boulder Office of Emergency Management. All contents © copyright 2020 The Associated Press. A fire that began in July and was finally contained in mid-September near the western Colorado city of Grand Junction became the largest in state history — charring over 217 square miles (562 square kilometers). October 23, 2020 All rights reserved. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. All Rights Reserved. It might be hours, it might be days, but we’ll be coming back,” DeToy said. It is “just a matter of time” until the threat affects more people, who are moving closer to forests, Balch says. “As Sheryl and I were packing, I think in each of our minds was that we were going to be come back. It’s really impacting kind of how we were coping with the pandemic.”. As the lead state agency for fire, the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control- Wildland Fire Management Section (WFMS) works with local, state, and federal agencies to coordinate wildland fire management on a statewide basis. Colorado, like most Western states, is facing an epidemic of devastating wildfires. The next morning, the sheriff’s office confirmed that their home was destroyed. State and federal agencies such as the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention & Control, U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management also may provide wildland firefighting opportunities, but seldom hire or train individuals with no prior experience. Another fire has broken out near the front range of Colorado. 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