FIRE NAME:
ECHO RANGE
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CURRENT AS OF: 5/1/16 |
DATE OF ORIGIN: 4/30/16 |
OWNERSHIP: State/Private DOD FORT DEVENS |
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| CAUSE : HUMAN-FIRING RANGE ORDINANCE |
SIZE: 200 AC (EST) |
% CONTAINED 80% |
COORDINATES: (Decimal Deg.) LAT: 42.498521 LONG: -71.638971 |
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| TOWN LOCATION: DEVENS |
LOCATION DESCRIPTION: 6 miles east of Leominster, MA | ||||
| COMMAND ORG. (unified, town, DCR): UNIFIED (FORT DEVENS DOD, DEVENS FD) |
INCIDENT COMMANDER:
Thomas O'Donnell-Fort Devens(DOD)
Devens Fire
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| TOT. RESOURCES ON SCENE: (Eng. / Personnel) 8 RESOURCES 13 PERSONNEL |
DCR RESOURCES ON SCENE: (Eng. / Personnel) 1 ENG 1 PERSONNEL |
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| TOWNS ON SCENE: DEVENS FD |
RESOURCE NEEDS: 0
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| CURRENT SITUATION: | |||||
| FUELS INVOLVED: TIMBER LITTER, SHRUB |
FIRE BEHAVIOR:
Creeping fire with short uphill runs, firewhirls. Fire grew overnight through several adjoining ranges.
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STRUCTURES LOST: 0 |
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| STRUCTURES THREATENED: 0 |
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| SIGNIFICANT INFO: Numerous UXO in Impact Area Potential local smoke impact |
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| PLANNED ACTIONS: Fire is in monitor status. The fire continued to grow overnight & there are a few active areas within the burn area with an active segment burning toward Delta & Hotel Ranges from within the Impact Area. The fire is inside of the Impact Area with numerous UXO; therefore, the fire is being allowed to either burn to roads or conduct burn out operations from the road and then extinguished. -Range GIS staff will work to map the fire on Monday AM. |
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CURRENT WEATHER AND EXPECTED FIRE WEATHER:
Weather 04/30/2016: Temp - 65, RH - 33%, Winds - Vrbl 5,
Weather 05/01/2016: Temp - 52, RH - 43%, Winds - Light/Variable, light Precip ( .17) on fire today. | |||||
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