PUEBLO INTERAGENCY DISPATCH CENTER (CO-PBC)

2017 END OF YEAR REPORT

NARRATIVE • 2017 WAS AN AVERAGE YEAR FOR ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE ZONE. PUEBLO DISPATCH

CONTINUED SENDING RESOURCES OUT OF ZONE UNTIL THE END OF DECEMBER PROCESSING 2147 RESOURCE ORDERS .

• LARGE FIRE ACTIVITY STARTED IN EARLY MARCH IN KANSAS AFFECTING 3 COUNTIES (RENO, CLARK AND FORD) BURNING A TOTAL OF 413,000 ACRES. THE HIGHLANDS INCIDENT HOSTED KANSAS’S FIRST T2 IMT (BLUE) ON THE HIGHLANDS FIRE. COLORADO HAD 4 T3 IMT TEAM FIRES; 1 ON BLM (RGD) AND 3 ON USFS (PSICC). WE BROUGHT IN 42 DISPATCHERS TO SUPPORT OUR INITIAL ATTACK AND EXPANDED OPERATIONS FROM MARCH UNTIL OCTOBER.

• THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN AREA PRIORITY TRAINEE PROGRAM WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL THIS YEAR A TOTAL 131 PEOPLE WENT OUT WITH THE PROGRAM; A TOTAL OF 40 FROM PUEBLO ZONE. THE DISPATCH CENTER BROUGHT IN 17 TRAINEES WORKING THEM IN INITIAL ATTACK AND EXPANDED OPERATIONS.

• GOING INTO THE FIRE SEASON PIDC WAS NOT FULLY STAFFED. OUR CENTER MANAGER HAD BEEN VACANT FOR TWO YEARS. WE HAD CENTER MANAGER DETAILERS UNTIL OCTOBER WHEN ERIC TOFT WAS HIRED. WE HOPE TO FILL HIS VACANCY BLM GS-7 IN FEBRUARY.

INCIDENT TOTALS: 2027

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55

142 2 8

74

15

99

166

82

31

255

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2238

56

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23

298

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169

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29

109

4 819

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218

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INCIDENTS BY AGENCY

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104

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47

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44

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677

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COLORADO COUNTIES INCIDENTS: 269

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KANSAS COUNTIES INCIDENTS: 47

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INCIDENTS BY DAY

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326316

298

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251

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INCIDENTS BY HOUR

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143

291

188

153147 146

128

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181 178

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89

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WEATHER ALERTS/ WARNING INCIDENTS: 306

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Red Flag Warning: 163 Avalanche Warning: 2 High Wind Warning: 14Winter Storm Warning: 22 Severe T-Storm Warning: 38 Flood Watch/Advisory: 56Freeze Warning: 6 Tornado Warning: 5

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Jan (13) Feb (43) Mar (75) Apr (15) May (21) Jun (17)

Jul (43) Aug (22) Sep (21) Oct (12) Nov (7) Dec (17)

5 YEAR AVERAGE OF INCIDENTS: 1,633

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FIRES AND ACRES BY MONTH

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Hum: 220 Ac. (488,019) Ltn: 60 Ac. (142)

FIRES /ACRES BY AGENCY

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Hum: 219 Ac. (488,019) Ltn: 60 Ac. (142)

PSICC / RGF FIRES AND ACRES

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Hum: 4 Ac. (1) Ltn: 3 Ac. (2)

RGD / SLD FIRES AND ACRES

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Royal Gorge FO * San Luis Valley FO

Hum: 4 Ac. (28) Ltn: 5 Ac. (49)

COLORADO/ KANSAS COUNTIES FIRE & ACRES

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Hum: 69 Ac. (11,001) Ltn: 10 Ac. (8)

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Hum: 48 Ac. (472,177) Ltn: 0 Ac. (0)

5 YEAR AVERAGE-FIRES/ACRES

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292 FIRES, 148,816 ACRES

OVERHEAD IN ZONE33 INCIDENTS FOR 324 REQUESTS

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OVERHEAD OUT OF ZONE257 INCIDENTS FOR 1034 REQUEST

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CREWS IN ZONE23 INCIDENTS FOR 32 REQUESTS

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CREWS OUT OF ZONE39 INCIDENTS FOR 80 REQUESTS

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ENGINES IN ZONE30 INCIDENTS FOR 197 REQUESTS

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ENGINES OUT OF ZONE84 INCIDENTS FOR 309 REQUEST

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AIRCRAFT IN ZONE23 INCIDENTS FOR 103 REQUESTS

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BLM: 18 CNTY: 14 DFPC: 1 NPS: 1 USFS: 69

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AIRCRAFT OUT OF ZONE34 INCIDENTS FOR 68 REQUESTS

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BLM: CNTY FWS STATE USFS

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Air Attack Lead Plane SEAT CANCEL OVERHEAD

BLM: 12 CNTY: 3 FWS: 5 STATE: 10 USFS: 38

TANKER /SEAT BASES TOTALS

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Water (gal): 0 Retardant (gal): 4,301 Sorties: 6

Fremont County SEAT Base (1V6) Pueblo Reload Tankerbase (PUB)

H-350MW - FS EU CONTRACT HELICOPTER

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Total Missions Water Dropped (gals) Passengers External Cargo (lbs) Internal Cargo (lbs) Day on Contract

H-58HJ - DFPC EU CONTRACT HELICOPTER

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129227

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Total Missions Water Dropped (gals) Passengers External Cargo (lbs) Internal Cargo (lbs) Days on Contract

TRAVEL578 TRAVELERS FOR $237,480.01

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$4,458.70$7,925.90

$12,299.52

$16,878.17

$38,608.67

$93,230.10

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$5,063.87

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ICS 209’SIncident Name Agency Start Date Cause Ac. Incident Type2017-00000869 KSMPX 8-Jan Hum 2239 IC4

17-8 KSSHX 29-Jan Hum 640 IC4Schauvliege KSHGX 31-Jan Hum 300 IC4Koger Fire KSCMX 7-Feb Hum 320 IC4

42nd Road Fire KSCLX 11-Feb Hum 300 IC4Breach KSGOX 15-Feb Hum 1900 IC417-045 KSLNX 15-Feb Hum 700 IC4246th St KSLVX 16-Feb Hum 200 IC4

Montezuma Wildfire 2017 KSGYX 19-Feb Hum 805 IC42017-117 KSFIX 23-Feb Hum 4480 IC4

Ingalls KSGYX 23-Feb Hum 749 IC4Pronghorn KSWBX 25-Feb Hum 300 IC4Dresden KSKMX 2-Mar Hum 360 IC4

Grassland KSMEX 2-Mar Hum 700 IC4Tonganoxie Road KSLVX 3-Mar Hum 175 IC4

Yonkers KSCNX 5-Mar Hum 1100 IC4Jupiter Hills KSRNX 6-Mar Hum 1200 IC3

Raceway Park KSFOX 6-Mar Hum 2326 IC4Q and 104th KSKMX 6-Mar Hum 1100 IC4

Pike Fire KSBAX 6-Mar Hum 420 IC4Hodgeman County KSHGX 6-Mar Hum 18000 IC4US287 & CRTT BAX 8-Mar Hum 700 IC4

Highlands KSRNX 9-Mar Hum 5785 RMA-IMT2-BLUEHumboldt Creek KSGEX 18-Mar Hum 500 IC4

Rathbun Fire KSEWX 24-Mar Hum 1000 IC456 COPSF 24-Mar Hum 305 IC4

Warren Road KSWBX 7-Apr Hum 1800 IC4CR19 COPWX 12-Jun Hum 960 IC4

North Millsap RGD 15-Jun Ltn 38 IC3/IC4Castle Creek GSP 31-Jul Ltn 0.5 IC4

Waterton COPSF 31-Aug Ltn 6 IC4/IC3Stalk KSSWX 10-Sep Hum 960 IC4

Wilson COPSF 19-Sep LTN 1 IC5Fellhoelter KSROX 24-Nov Hum 3500 IC4Gorham KSRSX 24-Nov Hum 4500 IC4

Kilo FRQ 6-Dec Hum 3500 IC4Windsplitter BAX 8-Dec Hum 3145 IC4

Hwy36 and Rd2 KSCNX 8-Dec Hum 350 IC438 65364.5

PUEBLO DISPATCH OFFICE SUMMARY SITUATION REPORTYear-to-Date - Wildland Fire Activity & Rx Fire Activity:Agency State-Unit Fires (Human) Acres (Human) Fires (Lightning) Acres (Lightning) Total (Fires) Total (Acres) Fires (RX)Acres (RX

BIA KS-HOA 16 424 0 0 16 424 1 5BIA 16 424 0 0 16 424 1 5

BLM CO-RGD 3 28 5 49 8 77 9 120CO-SLD 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 35

BLM 3 28 5 49 8 77 11 155C&L CO-ALX 2 45 0 0 2 45 0 0

CO-APX 2 178 0 0 2 178 0 0CO-BAX 3 3839 0 0 3 3839 1 0CO-CFX 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 6CO-CJX 3 40 0 0 3 40 0 0CO-CTX 1 5 0 0 1 5 2 3CO-CUX 2 31 0 0 2 31 1 1CO-DGX 5 55 0 0 5 55 1 0CO-ELX 1 206 0 0 1 206 0 0CO-EPX 11 5008 1 0 12 5008 1 0CO-FRX 1 4 3 5 4 9 0 0CO-HUX 2 3 0 0 2 3 0 0CO-JEX 14 105 2 3 16 108 1 0CO-LKX 4 1 0 0 4 1 0 0CO-LSX 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 250CO-MLX 1 4 0 0 1 4 0 0CO-PAX 10 510 2 0 12 510 1 8CO-PUX 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0CO-PWX 1 960 0 0 1 960 0 0CO-RGX 2 3 0 0 2 3 0 0CO-SHX 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0CO-TLX 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 2

Year-to-Date - Wildland Fire Activity & Rx Fire Activity:Agency State-Unit Fires (HumanAcres (HumanFires (LightningAcres (LightningTotal (FiresTotal (Acres Fires (RXAcres (RX

C&L KS-BAX 1 420 0 0 1 420 0 0KS-CAX 1 200000 0 0 1 200000 0 0KS-CFX 4 615 0 0 4 615 0 0KS-CLX 1 300 0 0 1 300 0 0KS-CMX 1 320 0 0 1 320 0 0KS-CNX 2 1450 0 0 2 1450 0 0KS-ELX 1 1200 0 0 1 1200 0 0KS-EWX 1 1000 0 0 1 1000 0 0KS-FIX 1 4480 0 0 1 4480 0 0KS-FOX 2 203126 0 0 2 203126 0 0KS-GEX 1 500 0 0 1 500 0 0KS-GOX 1 1900 0 0 1 1900 0 0KS-GYX 2 1554 0 0 0 1554 0 0KS-HGX 2 18300 0 0 2 18300 0 0KS-KMX 2 1460 0 0 2 1460 0 0KS-KWX 1 475 0 0 1 475 0 0KS-LNX 3 810 0 0 3 810 0 0KS-LVX 2 375 0 0 2 375 0 0KS-LYX 2 562 0 0 2 562 0 0KS-MEX 1 700 0 0 1 700 0 0KS-MPX 1 2239 0 0 1 2239 0 0KS-MTX 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0KS-RNX 4 13065 0 0 4 13065 0 0KS-ROX 1 3500 0 0 1 3500 0 0KS-RSX 1 4500 0 0 1 4500 0 0KS-SHX 1 640 0 0 1 640 0 0KS-SWX 3 6586 0 0 3 6586 0 0KS-WBX 2 2100 0 0 2 2100 0 0

C&L 116 483178 10 8 124 483186 22 270FS CO-PSF 68 554 36 24 103 578 31 3712

CO-RGF 4 0 3 2 7 2 3 902KS-PSF 2 9 0 0 2 9 0 0

FS 74 563 39 26 112 589 34 4614

Year-to-Date - Wildland Fire Activity & Rx Fire Activity:Agency State-Unit Fires (HumanAcres (HumanFires (LightningAcres (LightningTotal (FiresTotal (Acres Fires (RXAcres (RX

FWS CO-ALR 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1CO-BAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 511CO-MVR 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 255CO-RFR 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0KS-FLR 1 158 0 0 1 158 0 0KS-KIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 914

KS-MCR 4 38 0 0 4 38 4 282KS-QUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 586

FWS 6 196 0 0 5 197 13 2549NPS CO-FFP 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0

CO-GSP 0 0 2 59 2 59 1 0KS-TGP 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5505

NPS 0 0 4 59 4 59 6 5505OES CO-PSBS 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2

OES 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2USAF CO-FCQ 3 130 0 0 3 130 0 0

KS-FRQ 1 3500 0 0 1 3500 0 0USAF 4 3630 0 0 4 3630 0 0Grand Total: 219 488019 60 142 275 488162 89 13100

Pueblo Interagency Dispatch Center (CO-PBC)Narrative Incident totals: 2027Incidents by agencyColorado Counties incidents: 269Kansas counties incidents: 47Incidents by dayIncidents by hourWeather alerts/ warning incidents: 3065 year average of incidents: 1,633Fires and acres by monthFires /Acres by agencyPsicc / rgf fires and acresRGD / SLD Fires and acresColorado/ Kansas counties fire & acres5 year average-fires/acresOverhead in zone�33 incidents for 324 requestsOverhead out of zone�257 incidents for 1034 requestCrews in zone�23 incidents for 32 requestsCrews out of zone�39 incidents for 80 requestsEngines in zone�30 incidents for 197 requestsEngines out of zone�84 incidents for 309 requestAircraft in zone�23 incidents for 103 requestsAircraft out of zone�34 incidents for 68 requestsTanker /Seat bases totalsH-350mw - fs eu contract helicopterH-58hj - DFpc eu contract helicopterTravel�578 travelers for $237,480.01Ics 209’s Pueblo Dispatch office summary situation reportSlide Number 31Slide Number 32