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
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