NARRATIVE

2013 PUEBLO INTERAGENCY DISPATCH CENTER

ANNUAL REPORT

NARRATIVE• The Pueblo Interagency Dispatch Zone experienced an average fire season

during 2013, with an above average amount of large fires within a short period of time. The zone also experienced large scale flooding, affecting several counties. Interagency coordination was activated to support community efforts. For the first time in several years Kansas had only one large fire compared to the average of ten.

• Colorado fuels continued to show drought stricken reading throughout the winter.

• The San Luis Valley had the first large fire (April 29th Stockade) in Conejos County/San Luis District-BLM for 918 acres. This fire was the first of 5 large fires for the San Luis Valley.

• June held the largest activity for the Pueblo Dispatch Center. It supported and mobilized 14 Incident Management teams for 8 large fires between the dates of June 11 through June 20th.

• On June 11 in a span of three hours we started support of the Royal Gorge, Black Forest and Klikus fires. All three fires occurred in urban settings with immediate evacuations and team orders.

• The next surge of fires occurred on June 19th; the start of Lime Gulch, Bull Gulch, East Peak, Papoose (West Fork Complex).

NARRATIVE The utilization and coordination of aviation assets for initial

attack and large fire support, lead to the success of safe fire suppression within the zone. The usage of the Pueblo Reload Tanker Base provided Colorado the opportunity to utilize the VLAT (Very Large Air Tanker) and MAFFS (Modular Airborn Firefighting Systems) programs.

Pueblo Dispatch activated expanded dispatch for 50 days and ran 24 hour staffing for 63 days. We started 7 day staffing in April and ended in November. We successfully filled our Center Manager Position (Tammy Milton) and the Rio Grande 18/8 dispatch position (Kymberli Hoffman) fulfilling dispatch vacancies.

On the Horizon, the dispatch center staff continues to support the partnerships with agency dispatch centers and OEM offices. We will continue to host our yearly Pueblo Zone Workshop providing interaction and training to county dispatchers and OEM personnel.

A special thanks to all the agencies, the Pueblo Zone Fire Board and Dispatchers that assisted the center this year.

STATISTICS

BLACKFOREST

Incident Totals: 1,193

1

10

100

1

40

1

2

57

14

5

13

1

79

10

15

5

98

22

145

9

1

16

4

144

76

32

289

14

100

Incidents by Agency

BIA RGD SLD KSX PBX DDQ FWS NPS KSS PBS PSF RGF PIDC1

10

100

4

69

11

5

232

1417

4

1

3

451

86

296

Colorado Incidents by County: 232

Alamosa Cnty

Baca Cnty

Bent Cnty

Chaffee Cnty

Conejos Cnty

Costilla

Cnty

Custer C

nty

Douglas Cnty

Elbert Cnty

El Paso

Cnty

Fremont C

nty

Huerfano Cnty

Jefferson Cnty

Lake Cnty

Las A

nimas C

nty

Mineral Cnty

Otero Cnty

Park Cnty

Pueblo Cnty

Rio Grande Cnty

Saguache Cnty

Teller C

nty1

10

2 2 2

11

1

4

87

1

62

17

8

20

3

9

2

1

22

13

1

5

30

Kansas Incidents by County: 5

Linn Cnty Phillips Cnty Riley Cnty Stafford Cnty0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

1 1 1

2

Incidents by Day

SUN MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT0

50

100

150

200

250

190

156150

162156

186193

Incidents by Hour

0:00 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 7:00 8:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:000

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

1 1 3 38 8 9

27

133

98

77

83

98

86

119

8885

6469

4440

23

13 13

Red Flag Warning Incidents: 79

January Febuary March April May June September October November0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

2

1

7

1 1

2

3

1

5

1 1

2 2

7

13

14

1

3

2

4 4

11

Pueblo NWS-42 Denver/Boulder NWS-10 Dodge City NWS-11 Wichita NWS-1 Goodland NWS-14 Hastings NWS-1

5 Year Average of Incidents: 1,464

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 20130

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

13241284

1413

1799

1502

1193

2008-2012

FIRES AND ACRES

FIRES and ACRES TOTALS

PAPOOSE

Fire and Acres by Agency

BIA BLM CNTY DDQ FWS NPS STATE USFS1

10

100

1000

10000

100000

3

11

26

1

4

30

2

693

1093

6502

76

43

1 1

28

1 1

1926

1

2

1

2

93

501

17759

HUM-74 AC-8,409 LTN-144 AC-105,058 UNK-32 AC-18,260

PSICC 99 Fires / 3,347 Acres & RGF 21 Fires / 89,388 Acres

Leadville R.D.

Salida R.D. San Carlos R.D.

Springfield R.D

Elkhart R.D.

Pikes Peak R.D.

South Park R.D.

South Platte R.D

Conejos Peak R.D.

Divide R.D. Saguache R.D.

Other1

10

100

1000

10000

100000

1 1

13

6 7

2

1

3

10

23

1510

27

3

8 8

3

2464

310

64

1

519

88215

1172

11

30

2

HUM-30 AC-43 LTN-93 AC-92,691

RGD 27 Fires / 847 Acres & SLD 4 Fires / 903 Acres

Royal Gorge F.O. San Luis Valley District1

10

100

1000

11

8

685

15

4

338

218

1

501

HUM-11 AC-693 LTN-19 AC-556 UNK-1 AC-501

County Fires and Acres

KSX ALX BAX BNX CFX CJX CUX CWX DGX EPX FRX HIX HUX JEX LKX LSX MLX OTX PAX PUX RGX SHX TLX1

10

100

1000

10000

100000

3

1 1 1

4

23

13

1 1

6

375

100

233

2

5

2

88

6

130 150

2

1 1 1

4

1

3

5

3

1

2 23

1

166

1 1

619

10858

2

116

33

65

3

1 1

2 2 2 2 2 2 2

1

3

1

7

12

15000

2717

2

25

3

HUM-26 Ac.-1,093 LTN-26 Ac.-11,810 UNK-28 Ac.-17,759

251 Fires / 131,727 Acres by Month

January Febuary March April May June July August September October November December1

10

100

1000

10000

100000

2

4

911

18

94

5032

129 9

1

7557

428

1112

301

83852

39369

11

1

3

6508

10

Fires-251 Acres-131,727

Stat Cause by Month

January Febuary March April May June July August September October November December1

10

100

1000

10000

100000

2

4

8 9 8

19

7

1 1

8 7

1

7557

428

934

297

93

43

6508

10

1 1

7

5541

28

10

1

166

4

65513

39363

11

11

3

20

23

1

2

12

18246

2

HUM-74 AC-8,399 LTN-144 AC-105,058 UNK-32 AC-18,260

5 Year Average: 336 Fires / 115,188 Acres

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013100

1000

10000

100000

1000000

398

267 238

440335

251

164,680

49,16435,983

239,235

86,878

131,727

2008-2012Fires-336 Acres-115,188

2013 RESOURCE ORDERSOVERHEAD, ENGINES, AIRCRAFT AND CREWS

IN AND OUT OF ZONE ASSIGNMENTS

Mid-plains Crew – East Peak Fire

OVERHEAD INZONE1129 REQUEST FOR 27 INCIDENTS

USFS BLM FWS BIA NPS STATE NWS CNTY UTF0

100

200

300

400

500

600558

178

11 11 19

113

5

200

37

558

178

11

11

19

113

5

200

37

USFS BLM FWS BIA NPS STATE NWS CNTY UTF

OVERHEAD OUT OF ZONE461 REQUEST FOR 112

INCIDENTS

USFS STATE BLM FWS BIA NPS CNTY UTF0

50

100

150

200

250

300

114

2718

5 6 4

257

30

114

27

18

5

6

4

257

30

USFS STATE BLM FWSBIA NPS CNTY UTF

ENGINES IN ZONE218 REQUEST FOR 17

INCIDENTS

USFS

BLMFW

SDDQ

NPS

STATE

CONTR

ACT

CNTY UTF

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

38

63 1 4

12

2

154

1

38

6

31

4

12

2

154

1

USFS BLM FWS DDQ NPS STATE CONTRACT CNTY

UTF

ENGINES OUT OF ZONE84 REQUEST FOR 28 INCIDENTS

USFS BLM FWS BIA STATE CNTY0

10

20

30

40

50

60

17

3 4

1

10

58

17

3

4

1

10

58

USFS BLM FWS BIA STATE CNTY

CREWS IN ZONE115 REQUEST FOR 23

INCIDENTS

USFS

BLMFW

SBIA

STATE

CONTR

ACT

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

52

17

1

16

26

3

52

17

1

16

26

3

USFS BLM FWSBIA STATE CONTRACT

CREWS OUT OF ZONE32 REQUEST FOR 29

INCIDENTS

USFS BLM FWS STATE BIA0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

16

1

5

10

5

16

1

5

10

5

USFS BLM FWS STATE BIA

Aircraft In Zone: 304 Requests / 38 Incidents

Air Attack

Lead Plane

SMKJs

Infrared

SEATs

T1 Air Tanker

T2 Air Tanker

T1 Helicopter

T2 Helicopter

T3 Helicopter

TFRs

Freqs

TWR

CXsUTFs

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

18

34

67

6

1

5 5

19

7

9

0

27

6

9

3

1

45

2

45

1

6

2

6

1

5

7

11

7

4

13

3

15

11

8

2

6 6

12

0

17

4

1

USFS-123 BLM-61 CNTY-119 DDQ-1

123

61

119

1

USFS-123 BLM-61 CNTY-119 DDQ-1

Aircraft Out of Zone: 39 Requests / 13 Incidents

22

13

2

2

USFS-22 BLM-13 CNTY-2 NPS-2

Air Attack

Lead Plane

SMKJsSEATs

T1 Air Tanker

T2 Air Tanker

T1 Helicopter

T2 Helicopter

T3 Helicopter

CXsUTFs

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

4

1

0

1

4

0

4

0

6

2

00

1

0

2 2 2

3

0

2

0

1

0 0 0

2

0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0

1

0 0 0 0 0

1

0 0

USFS-22 BLM-13 CNTY-2 NPS-2

TANKER BASE’S USAGE AND CONTRACTED

HELICOPTERS

PUEBLO RELOAD TANKER BASE

Tanker Base Totals

Fremont County SEAT base (1V6) Pueblo reload Tankerbase (PUB)1

10

100

1000

10000

100000

40895

417051

56 53

11382

Water (gal.): 11,382 Retardant (gal.): 457,946 Sorties: 109

Monument Helitack-H966AC

Total Flight Time Logged (hrs)

Total Missions Water Dropped (gals) External Cargo (lbs) Internal Cargo (lbs)10

100

1000

10000

100000

202

33

75,437

33,22042,885

TRAVEL

Travel 2013 460 Travelers / 197,573.41 Travel Cost

May June July August September October November1

10

100

1000

10000

100000

2

187

88

154

6

23

1,073.00

87,227.90

32,519.40

67,204.23

1,990.00

7,558.88

# of Travelers Cost

209 LARGE FIRES

Large Fire Stats 

Inc. Name 

Agency Start Date 

Cause 

Ac. Inc. Type

Konza Ks-KSX 3/29 Hum 300IC 4

Stockade Co-CJX 4/21 Hum 918IC 4

Streams Lake Co-MLX 5/31 Hum 130IC 4

Burrows Draw Co-PSF 6/4 LTN 308IC 4

Ox Cart Co-RGF 6/8 LTN 1,152IC 4 / IC 3 / IMT2 / IC 4

Royal Gorge Co-RGD 6/11 Hum 3,216IMT3 / IMT2

Black Forest Co-EPX 6/11 Hum 14,280IMT3 / IMT1

Klikus Co-HUX 6/11 Hum 75IC 3

Lime Gulch Co-PSF 6/19 LTN 511IC 3 / IMT2

Bull Gulch Co-RGD 6/19 Hum 76IC 3 / IC 4

East Peak Co-HUX 6/19 LTN 13,572IC 4 / IC 3 / IMT2 / IC 3 /

IC 4

Papoose Co-RGF 6/19 LTN 3,000IC 2

Trickle Mountain Co-SLD 6/20 LTN 217IC 4

Pipeline Co-LSX 7/9 LTN 100IC 4 / IC 3

Crazy Co-LSX 7/10 LTN 45IC 4

Coal Creek Canyon Flood Co-JEX 9/12 Flood 385 sq mi.IMT3

Impact Complex Ks-DOD 11/17 Hum 6,500IC 4

2013 FINAL SITUATION REPORT

Dispatch Office Summary Situation Report 12/31/2013 –

Pueblo Dispatch

Year-to-Date Wildland Fire Activity Rx Fire Activity

AgencyStateUnit

Human Lightning Total Rx

Fires Acres Fires Acres Fires Acres Fires Acres

BIA KS-HOA 4 2 0 0 4 2 0 0

BIA Total: 4 2 0 0 4 2 0 0

BLM CO-RGD 12 509 15 337 27 846 6 70

BLM CO-SLD 0 685 4 218 4 903 1 40

BLM Total: 12 1,194 19 555 31 1,749 7 110

CNTY CO-ALX 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

CNTY CO-BAX 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

CNTY CO-BNX 1 100 0 0 1 100 1 0

CNTY CO-CFX 2 0 0 0 2 0 5 0

CNTY CO-CJX 1 233 0 0 1 233 0 0

CNTY CO-CTX 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7

CNTY CO-CUX 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0

CNTY CO-DGX 1 2 1 1 2 3 0 0

CNTY CO-EPX 6 15,005 0 0 6 15,005 2 0

CNTY CO-FRX 4 2,719 4 1 8 2,720 0 0

CNTY CO-HIX 0 0 0 619 0 619 0 0

CNTY CO-HUX 5 90 3 10,858 8 10,948 0 0

CNTY CO-JEX 15 30 14 1 29 31 1 0

CNTY CO-LKX 2 0 3 101 5 101 2 0

CNTY CO-LSX 2 0 3 115 5 115 0 0

CNTY CO-MLX 2 130 0 33 2 163 0 0

CNTY CO-OTX 1 150 0 0 1 150 0 0

CNTY CO-PAX 3 0 2 0 5 0 2 0

CNTY CO-PUX 1 0 2 6 3 6 2 0

Year-to-Date Wildland Fire Activity Rx Fire Activity

AgencyStateUnit

Human Lightning Total Rx

Fires Acres Fires Acres Fires Acres Fires Acres

CNTY CO-SHX 0 0 3 5 3 5 1 0

CNTY CO-TLX 13 5 1 3 14 8 0 0

CNTY KS-KSX 4 387 1 166 5 553 0 0

CNTY Total: 66 18,851 38 11,909 104 30,760 19 7

DDQ CO-FCQ 2 2 1 0 3 2 8 5,385

DDQ KS-DDQ 1 6,500 0 0 1 6,500 0 0

DDQ Total: 3 6,502 1 0 4 6,502 8 5,385

FWS CO-ALR 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 475

FWS CO-BAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10

FWS CO-LFR 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

FWS CO-MVR 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

FWS CO-RFR 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

FWS KS-KIR 1 13 0 0 1 13 1 10

FWS KS-MCR 2 63 0 0 2 63 3 429

FWS KS-QUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 855

FWS Total: 4 76 2 0 6 76 13 1,779

NPS CO-FFP 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

NPS KS-FSP 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5

NPS Total: 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5

ST CO-PBS 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0

ST KS-KSS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15

ST Total: 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 15

USFS CO-PSF 29 43 68 3,298 97 3,341 34 1,327

USFS CO-RGF 2 0 19 89,388 21 89,388 13 222

USFS KS-PSF 0 0 3 6 3 6 0 0

USFS Total: 31 43 90 92,692 121 92,735 47 1,549

Grand Total: 121 26,668 153 105,156 274 131,824 96 8,850

Pueblo Dispatch CenterThank you for your continued

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