Fourmile Canyon Fire Announcment For Immediate Release Sept. 12, 2010 9:30 a.m. Fire Information: 720-564-2185 or 720-564-2186 (8 a.m. – 9 p.m.)Website Info: http://www.inciweb.org/ Email: fourmile canyonfire@gmail.com Donations to Firefighters and Evacuees The Great Basin Type I Incident Management Team would like to thank the community of Boulder for their very generous donations to the firefighters who are working on the Fourmile Canyon Fire. The management team and firefighters cannot adequately express the level of gratitude they feel for all the items that have been brought to fire camp. Unfortunately, these donations are overwhelming the capacity of the fire camp to manage, store and consume them. The firefighters are fed daily by a contract caterer who provides the firefighters with all the food they require, including the calories and nutritional requirements they need to keep up the hard work that they do. This contract pays the caterer for each firefighter in camp…
Fourmile Canyon Fire Update For Immediate Release Sept. 12, 2010 8:30 a.m. Fire Information: 720-564-2185 or 720-564-2186 (8 a.m. – 9 p.m.)Website Info: http://www.inciweb.org/ Email: fourmile canyonfire@gmail.com Photos: picasaweb.google.com/fourmilecanyonfire General Information/Announcements: The Boulder County Sheriff's Department has announced that, over the next several days, residents will be allowed into the fire area. They will be implementing a phased re-entry, where small areas will be re-opened at a time. Those areas first open to the fire will be those less impacted and where hazards have been mitigated. Information on the re-entry and the process that will be used has been posted at file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/bjbowen/Desktop/FourMile/Type1 Thomas/www.boulderOEM.com.Closures/Advisories/Evacuations: Evacuations: Several evacuations and road closures are still in effect. For a complete list of the areas affected visit…
Fourmile Canyon Fire Update For Immediate Release Sept. 11, 2010 8:00 p.m. Fire Information: 720-564-2185 or 720-564-2186 (8 a.m. – 9 p.m.)Website Info: http://www.inciweb.org/ Email: fourmile canyonfire@gmail.com Photos: picasaweb.google.com/fourmilecanyonfire General Information/Announcements: As the risk of fire spread decreases, the Incident Management Team is coordinating efforts to mitigate safety issues within the fire area. Much work will need to be completed before it is safe for residents to return. Trees that have been weakened by fire and could potentially fall on roads will need to be removed. Utility poles and lines will need to be replaced and utilities restored. Roads will be evaluated for damage and any safety issues that are found will need to be corrected. Some of this work has already begun as qualified fire personnel are escorting utility companies into the fire area to survey the damage. Reports from the today's survey are that there are a large number of…
