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Heard a lot of sirens the last few minutes, turned around in my office to see and oh shit... we have a fire in Evergreen...
Listening in on the scanner now, EVFD has called for mutual aid from surrounding districts. Will update as info becomes available.
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KevDen2005
06-03-2013, 14:40
Well I will bet there will be no more camp fires allowed for the rest of the year...dang it.
Level 1 Evacuations going out now, 1mi west of fire (downwind). Units in vicinity of Brookforest Road and Brookforest Drive, staging at Bluebell.
Air support requested.
Evacuations being issued for Brook Forest area.
blacklabel
06-03-2013, 14:58
Stay safe Ronin.
Thanks, blacklabel, problem is it's not too far from where my grandparents live, and they're in their 80's.... Scanner traffic is showing a lot of activity in vicinity of Elk Run Rd...
On map- Fire start point is (B) evac area around (A).
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DD977GM2
06-03-2013, 15:25
Its going to be a long long dry summer
Jeffrey Lebowski
06-03-2013, 15:39
Not good. :(
blacklabel
06-03-2013, 15:40
Its going to be a long long dry summer
That's the truth.
We just got the evacuation order- it's about 4 mi from my house.
ETA: We're not leaving... JCSO is screwing up the evac orders... They're indescriminately evacuating an entire 4.5mi radius.
Good luck brotha, hope you come out OK.
Civil alert saying level 3 evac.
BuffCyclist
06-03-2013, 15:58
Dang, that sucks. Definitely going to be a dry summer everywhere. A huge storm rolled through here last night, but it was moving too fast to drop any significant amount of rain. All it did was knock the dust down out of the atmosphere, pretty sure it didn't even fully wet the ground in places.
Stay safe!
man we are the greenest ive ever seen it out east...
Yikes, and look how green everything still looks! I really hate thinking how horrid the late summer is going to be. Best of luck to all in the area and those heroes fighting the fire. Stay safe and prepared everyone.
Geeze. Keep us apprised, Ronin, and I hope your Grandparents will be safe.
I really hate thinking how horrid the late summer is going to be.
-yeah, let's hope it's not a repeat of last year :(
rockhound
06-03-2013, 16:31
until this week bailey was getting rain everyday
Grab the guns then the girly mags (prioritize in an emergency). ;)
Good luck man I hope they have it under control quickly.
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twitchyfinger
06-03-2013, 16:49
Stay safe Ronin and anyone else effected. Sending out my thoughts and prayers!
ChuckNorris
06-03-2013, 16:53
Stay safe Ronin - thoughts and prayers for everyone up there.
I lived up in Conifer for 12 years - the Buffalo Creek fire got us to move back into town - way too close for comfort.
BuffCyclist
06-03-2013, 16:54
Grab the guns then the girly mags (prioritize in an emergency). ;)
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Nope, grap the 30 round magazines FIRST, then the guns, THEN the ammo, then the other mags. Because the guns are replaceable, the 30rd mags won't be in less than a month. Still feelin' for you guys. :(
UPDATE: Evergreen Fire Command and General Staff briefing is currently underway. Fire is roughly 4 acres. We had a huge botch in the CodeRED alert system. EVPD Chief contacted Jeffco Incident Center to issue a 1mile radius Level 3 Evacuation. Somehow the message came out and was issued at 4mi radius (which is pretty much the majority of Evergreen). So big screw up there, really hurts both the FD and JCSO as they'll get the blunt of the blame- despite it being the company they outsource that to.
Grandparents are within .8 mi from the fire, not leaving, they're not at risk. We're about 3.5mi from the fire, staying put. Looks like it's not really getting much steam, it's being fought pretty good right now, multiple departments involved, including Foothills Fire, Elk Creek, Inter-Canyon, Indian Hills Fire/Rescue and other surrounding departments. From the aerial views it doesn't look like a real bad fire, it's staying pretty low in the brush, thus far no structures have been lost. Evacuation orders have not been lifted at this time.
Latest update from the Jefferson County Sheriff's Public Information Officer: ATT fire is 0% contained, although it is laying down as fires do in the evening. Zero structures have been lost that they know of. Current size is estimated between 25-35 acres. Crews will be on site through the night to monitor the fire, with full force resuming at 0800 tomorrow. Fire's location is currently .5mi from the Jefferson/Clear Creek county border in a densely wooded area. Some evac orders lifted, JCSO is advising large animals stay at Jeffco Fairgrounds in case renewed evac goes into effect. More updates tomorrow morning.
I have a large pickup and am off all week if it goes sour.... could be up there in an hour or two to help move stuff in an emergency.
Mykidsdad
06-03-2013, 22:56
I am up here as well. Evacuation zone has been reduced and most families have been allowed back to homes. We were under the Stage 3 evac and have been allowed back in. We are staged and ready to roll at a moments notice.
Winds have subsided and ground crews are in place for the evening. Fire appears to be laying down. Weather looks favorable for tomorrow as well. Winds can be very unpredictable and everyone in effected area should remain vigilant.
Stay safe.
I am up here as well. Evacuation zone has been reduced and most families have been allowed back to homes. We were under the Stage 3 evac and have been allowed back in. We are staged and ready to roll at a moments notice.
Winds have subsided and ground crews are in place for the evening. Fire appears to be laying down. Weather looks favorable for tomorrow as well. Winds can be very unpredictable and everyone in effected area should remain vigilant.
Stay safe.
Do you live up Brook Forest? I had some friends over in El Pinal get packed up, I was telling them "Even a worst-case scenario you guys wouldn't get hit until Friday at the earliest... relax." That reverse 911 snafu sure did put the entire town in near-full panic mode. [facepalm]
Latest update as per Jeffco Sheriff:
Active fire burned overnight, strange behavior for higher humidity and lower temps at night, had to be fought. The fire is estimated at 15 acres now burning heavy, dry fuels. No change to evacuated area from last night, approx 140 homes. Jeffco and EVFD to investigate for cause and origin of fire today. Winds expected this afternoon so the efforts will be to try and get as much containment as possible before the winds pick up. There is a line around the fire, but it is not considered "under control." Containment remains at a conservative 0% this morning.
did u guys get a lot of rain this spring ronin?
did u guys get a lot of rain this spring ronin?
Thus far not too much. It did snow here a few weeks ago, rained a couple times, but despite it being so green it is still very dry. We need some rain today, bad.
Fires out Ronin, we were all over that hill the last couple days but no matter what we did Mother nature made it look easy the last 24 hours, got to hand it to Evergreen Fire, Elk Creek Fire and Juniper Valley Inmate Crew.
They are watching it for hot spots now but I think its safe to say mother nature is doing a nice soak of the area.
Pretty nice fire though couple acres were really hot.
Great news, thanks to all. Hopefully that is the only one we'll all have to deal with this year.
Great news, thanks to all. Hopefully that is the only one we'll all have to deal with this year.
Let's hope! I'm so glad it's over and the rain storm the other night was nothing short of perfect! My neighbor came home yesterday, pulled his wildland gear out and said "Now that that's over, can we call this year done with for wild fires?" Zero structures lost, and I think I saw the total cost was $80K in firefighting expenses. Job well done!
Chad4000
06-06-2013, 09:54
Have a family friend who had to evac.. even had to help the eldery neighbor get outta there.
ronin, how far up brook forest are you? I used to spend a lot of time up there..
I don't live on Brook Forest- I live off of Buffalo Park, over by the HS. We didn't evac, but our friends who live just passed Blue Creek Rd on Brook Forest had to evac for a few hours the first night, but were home in time for bed. Sad part is, on the clear other side of downtown, they evacuated Forest Hill! Fail!
Chad4000
06-06-2013, 10:22
^^ gotcha..
well yeah, sounds like the evac wasn't perfect, but everything turned out great I guess.. lucky situation
Let's hope! I'm so glad it's over and the rain storm the other night was nothing short of perfect! My neighbor came home yesterday, pulled his wildland gear out and said "Now that that's over, can we call this year done with for wild fires?" Zero structures lost, and I think I saw the total cost was $80K in firefighting expenses. Job well done!
yeah that storm was pretty timely, unless you were in a tent LOL we were camping in the school yard next to the fire station in Bergen Park, the lightning was the only thing that woke me up but a few of our guys ran to the trucks LOL, who ever owns that house on top of the hill has an incredible view, and we saw a few Elk and about 10 Muleys right below the fire area so it looks like the wildlife stayed put which is a very good sign.
The area below that house was pretty nuked though and will need a lot of rehab before it will come back, luckily its not a large area.
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