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Attached is today's North Zone Interagency Prescribed Fire update from the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park and the North Kaibab Ranger District of the Kaibab National Forest. Thank you!
Fire Managers Announce Plans for Small Prescribed Burn
Fredonia, Ariz., Nov. 29, 2017 — For Immediate Release. North Zone Fire managers announced plans
today to initiate prescribed fire operations on a small 50-acre strip of land adjacent to the campground at Jacob Lake. Weather conditions are forecasted to be within prescriptive parameters throughout the rest of the week; fire managers anticipate conducting
a test fire as early as Friday. The burn is expected to be completed within one day and is being conducted to “lessen the threat of a human-caused wildfire in and around the Jacob Lake area,” said Acting
North Zone Fire Management Officer Dave Robinson. Meanwhile, crews will continue to monitor weather and fuels conditions throughout the winter and will transition to pile-burn operations when conditions are determined safe
and suitable to do so. Smoke and Safety: Light winds are forecasted from the southwest over the next 48 to 72 hours,
which should produce minimal smoke impacts to the northeast. However, fire managers caution motorists to use caution while driving in areas where fire personnel is working, to operate vehicles with headlights on and to avoid stopping in areas where firefighters
are operating. As a reminder, all prescribed burning is subject to approval by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and appropriate weather conditions.
For additional information on the Smoke Management Division of the ADEQ and to view prescribed burns authorized on any given day, please visit
http://www.azdeq.gov/environ/air/smoke/index.html.
Fire information: Additional information is made available through
the following resources: Inciweb at
https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5632/; Kaibab National Forest Fire Information Phone Line (928) 635-8311; Text Message – text ‘follow kaibabnf’ to 40404;
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Attachment:
JacobLake CampgroundPrescribedFireAnnouncement_Nov 29_2017.pdf
Description: JacobLake CampgroundPrescribedFireAnnouncement_Nov 29_2017.pdf
