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Today was a very good day for fire fighting. The wind was mostly calm, the humidity was high, the temperature was low, and there was some rain. The photos you see posted for today are not of smoke, but of rain clouds. Horray!
This evening, Alex and Karl once again went to the town meeting regarding the fire conditions. This time, they went armed with cameras and a notebook, and thus can produce more detailed notes than in the last report.
The meeting was once again started by Bill Nelson, who is (we think) in charge of the Teller County Fire Protection District. He quickly went on to introduce Candice Mullens from Douglass County, who was pleased to announce the release of several Douglass county areas from standby and evacuation. She also handed out emergency contact info sheets, which she ran out of before long.
Sheriff Frank Fehn then spoke about the conditions in Teller County. He provided a scant report in which he acknowledged that several more structures had been found damaged by the fire in Lutheran Valley, Wild Horn, Lost Valley Ranch, and Turkey Rock areas. He also noted (in response to a question) that do to large area and small number of deputies, the Sheriff's department was not keeping deputies posted 24/7 in the evacuated areas; as a result there had been some minor property damage as a result of looting and/or vandalism. The sheriff's department IS regularly patroling the evacuated areas, but is not everywhere all of the time. He also explained the different markers that the different agencies were placing around the private property in the way of the fire. Below is a list of those markers and thier meanings:
- Evidence tape: Means that the residence has been evacuated by the Teller County Sheriff's Department.
- Orange Flags: Means that the residence has been evacuated by the Fire fighters (NETCFPD most likely).
- Green, Orange, or Red Tape: Fire fighters signal for defensablity of a structure; From most to least defensable.
From there, several other authorities spoke about the conditions in Douglass County, all of which were of no change or improved from yesterday. Then, Steve ?????, the commander for the Incident Management Team that is in charge of the southern front of the fire spoke about the progress made today. He said that the fire made a run on the west side in the Wilderness in the Henkin's(sp) pass area. The southern portion of the fire in the Lake George area was under control and all divisions there were in patrol status, meaning that they were going around putting out hotspots to prevent a new flare up, but the area is mostly out of danger. On the South Eastern side (near Woodland Park), there was a large amount of progress made re-establishing fireline. The line should be completed before tomarrow night, which will put WP in a much better position. On the East side of the fire near Highway 67, today was spent putting out hot spots and continueing efforts to contain the fire head that is slowly moving toward the Palmer Lake area. This head is not moving quickly and has not yet reached Rampart Range Road. The firefighters believe they will be able to contain and extinguish this head.
The meeting was highlighted by an appearance by Sec. of Agriculture Anne Vennamon(sp) who thanked the firefighters and the community for thier support.
Inspite of all the gains made today, the city is still under evacuation notice.
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