East Slide Rock Ridge Fire Update
Incident: East Slide Rock Ridge Wildfire
Released: 9/8/2008
East Slide Rock Ridge Fire Update
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
Monday, September 8, 2008, 8:00 AM
On the Web at: www.fs.fed.us/r4/htnf or http://www.inciweb.org
Christie Kalkowski (775) 355-5311
THIS IS THE LAST WRITTEN UPDATE ON THE EAST SLIDE ROCK RIDGE FIRE
PLEASE REFER ALL CALLS FOR INFORMATION ON THE FIRE TO
CHRISTIE KALKOWSKI AT (775) 355-5311
By The Numbers
Acres: 54,549
Containment: 50 percent
Personnel: 79
Type 2 Crew: 1
Helicopters: 1
Engines: 3
Dozers: 1
Water Tenders: 3
(Cottonwood Ranch, NV) - Although the fire activity increased slightly yesterday due to warmer temperatures and lower relative humidity, the fire is still well within the perimeter of the containment lines and within the wilderness boundary. Crews nearly completed rehabilitation of the fire containment lines outside of the wilderness boundary Sunday and they will likely complete this work today.
Fire personnel will continue aerial patrol of the southern perimeter.
While the Type 3 Incident Management Team remains at the Incident Command Post at Cottonwood Ranch, Christie Kalkowski will be the point of contact for information on the fire. She can be reached at (775) 355-5311.
Hunters and people traveling in the vicinity of the fire area are encouraged to use extreme caution when traveling roads adjacent to the fire, especially along the Pole Creek and Canyon Pockets Roads.
A closure order remains in effect for the area surrounding the fire. No roads are affected by the closure. Please contact a local Forest Service Offices and on the Web at: http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/htnf. The closure is in place to provide for both public and firefighter safety and when the danger has passed.
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