Deep Draw Update August 17
Incident: Deep Draw Wildfire
Released: 8/17/2008
Saturday the Deep Draw fire exhibited minimal fire behavior, largely smoldering and creeping, occasionally burning of pockets of trees inside the fire line.
Crews continued to make good progress holding and mopping up hot spots inside the fireline. Palm IR's, or handheld infrared heat sensors, were used to help identify the areas with heat.
The hot and dry weather is providing an excellent test of the firelines.
Equipment and crews continued opening up access roads. Crews and equipment cleared, brushed or constructed over 62 miles of fireline in the course of the week's work fighting this fire-of that total, 43 miles were indirect contingency firelines.
Plans for Sunday include rehabilitating roads that have been opened. Slash consisting of brush and cut logs will be piled alongside these roads. Crews will continue to patrol and mop up hot spots along the fireline.
Sunday is expected to be hot and dry with temperatures in the low 90's. Winds are predicted to be light, variable, and directed by terrain features.
28 people attended the public meeting Saturday night at the Elmo Community Center.
