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
1
55
142 2 8
74
15
99
166
82
31
255
6 6 1 5 2
2238
56
145 6 1 1
4940
23
298
12
169
8
29
109
4 819
6 4 2
218
60
20
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
INCIDENTS BY AGENCY
17
104
5
269
47
4 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 8 3 5 2 5
44
777
2
48
677
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
HOA RGD SLD PBX-29 KSX-105 FCQ FRQ ALR BAR MVR RFR FLR KIR MCR QUR GSP FFP TGP PBS COPSF KSPSF RGF PIDC
COLORADO COUNTIES INCIDENTS: 269
2 25
1
20
5 4
14
10
1
62
13
2
21
7
3 2 1
69
8
1 24
10
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
ALX APX BAX BNX CFX CJX CTX CUX DGX ELX EPX FRX HUX JEX LKX LSX MLX OTX PAX PUX PWX RGX SHX TLX
KANSAS COUNTIES INCIDENTS: 47
1 1
4
1 1
2
1 1 1
2
1 1
2 2 2
1
3
2 2
1 1
2
4
1 1 1
3
2
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
BAX CAX CFX CLX CMX CNX ELX EWX FIX FOX GEX GOX GYX HGX KMX KWX LNX LVX LYX MEX MPX MTX RNX ROX RSX SHX SWX WBX
INCIDENTS BY DAY
288282
326316
298
266
251
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
INCIDENTS BY HOUR
1 3 1 1 1 1
16
143
291
188
153147 146
128
143
181 178
124
89
4131
15
2 30
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
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 23:00
WEATHER ALERTS/ WARNING INCIDENTS: 306
42
22 23
26
16
108
5
11
2
8
4
1 1
16
6
35
2 1
55
1
4
1 1
5
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
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
11
1 1
15
5
76
32
32
17
13
9 9 9
7
4
2
5
7
4
12
1
17
3
1
16
1
41
2
22
10
2
544
1 12
1 12
3
12
1
43
1
32
1 1 1 1
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
PuebloNWS
DenverBoulder
NWS
DodgeCity NWS
GoodlandNWS
WichitiaNWS
TopekaNWS
SpringfieldNWS
KansasCity NWS
HastingsNWS
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
1502
1193
1450
1689
2331
2027
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y 2012 y 2013 y 2014 y 2015 y 2016 y 2017
FIRES AND ACRES BY MONTH
5
32
57
138
31 30
4
12
69
12
3179
17016
447763
2710
116
1066
18
1
1100
10
8032 7008
23
5
39
6 5
6443
25
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Hum: 220 Ac. (488,019) Ltn: 60 Ac. (142)
FIRES /ACRES BY AGENCY
16
34
6947
6
70
4
424
28
3630
11001
472177
195
563
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5
10
4
2
36
3
49
8
59
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HOA BLM DDQ PBX:29 KSX:105 FWS NPS PBS PSF RGF
Hum: 219 Ac. (488,019) Ltn: 60 Ac. (142)
PSICC / RGF FIRES AND ACRES
67
3
2
30
1210
1 1
9
57
492
3
1
3 3
68
15
1
7
2 2
12
1
10
100
1000
Hum: 70 Ac. (563) Ltn: 36 Ac. (24)
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1
0
1
00
2
1
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2
00
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
Conejos Peak RD Divide RD Saguache RD
Hum: 4 Ac. (1) Ltn: 3 Ac. (2)
RGD / SLD FIRES AND ACRES
4
28
5
49
1
10
100
Royal Gorge FO * San Luis Valley FO
Hum: 4 Ac. (28) Ltn: 5 Ac. (49)
COLORADO/ KANSAS COUNTIES FIRE & ACRES
2 2
3 3
1
2
5
1
11
1
2
14
4
1
10
1 1
2
1
2
45
178
3839
40
5
31
55
206
5008
43
105
1
4
510
1
960
3
2
11
3
2 2
1 1
5
3
1
10
100
1000
10000
Hum: 69 Ac. (11,001) Ltn: 10 Ac. (8)
1 1
4
1 1
2
1 1 1
3
1 1
2 2 2
1
32 2
1 1
2
4
1 1 1
32
420
200000
615
300320
145012001000
4480
203126
500
19001554
18300
1460
475
810
375562
700
2239
13065
35004500
640
6586
2100
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BAX
CA
XC
FX CLX
CM
XC
NX
ELX
EWX
FIX
FOX
*G
EXG
OX
GY
XH
GX
KM
XK
WX
LNX
LVX
LYX
MEX
MPX
MTX
RN
XR
OX
RSX
SHX
SWX
WBX
Hum: 48 Ac. (472,177) Ltn: 0 Ac. (0)
5 YEAR AVERAGE-FIRES/ACRES
335251 246 276
350279
86878131727
53104 56862
415511 488161
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292 FIRES, 148,816 ACRES
OVERHEAD IN ZONE33 INCIDENTS FOR 324 REQUESTS
149
29
30
22
1
48
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40
32
0
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40
60
80
100
120
140
160
USFS BLM FWS BIA STATE NPS COUNTY NWS CANCEL UTF
46%
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7%
0%
15%
0%
12%
10%
USFS BLM FWS BIA STATE NPS COUNTY NWS CANCEL UTF
OVERHEAD OUT OF ZONE257 INCIDENTS FOR 1034 REQUEST
133
3923
10
53
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563
1
48
163
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USFS BLM FWS BIA STATE NPS CONTRA COUNTY NWS CANCEL UTF
CREWS IN ZONE23 INCIDENTS FOR 32 REQUESTS
31%
63%
3%3%
USFS STATE NPS CANCEL
10
20
1 1
0
5
10
15
20
25
USFS STATE NPS CANCEL
CREWS OUT OF ZONE39 INCIDENTS FOR 80 REQUESTS
20%
1%
4%
8%
16%
6%
45%
USFS BLM FWS BIA STATE CANCEL OVERHEAD
16
1
3
6
13
5
36
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
USFS BLM FWS BIA STATE CANCEL OVERHEAD
ENGINES IN ZONE30 INCIDENTS FOR 197 REQUESTS
53, 27%
6, 3%
5, 2%
17, 9%
0%
52, 26%
35, 18%
27, 14%2, 1%
USFS BLM FWS STATE NPS COUNTY CONTRACT CANCEL UTF
53
6 5
17
0
52
35
27
2
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
ENGINES OUT OF ZONE84 INCIDENTS FOR 309 REQUEST
5% 1% 1%
3%
12%
38%
8%
10%
22%
USFS BLM FWS STATE CONTRA COUNTY CANCEL UTF OVERHEAD
17
3 3
10
38
116
2530
67
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
AIRCRAFT IN ZONE23 INCIDENTS FOR 103 REQUESTS
2 2 2 2
1
2 2 2 2
1
3
1 1
3
2
4
1 1
6
2
10
7
3
1
3
11
5
4
10
7
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
BLM: 18 CNTY: 14 DFPC: 1 NPS: 1 USFS: 69
17%
14%
1%
1%
67%
BLM CNTY DFPC NPS USFS
AIRCRAFT OUT OF ZONE34 INCIDENTS FOR 68 REQUESTS
12
3
5
10
38
BLM: CNTY FWS STATE USFS
2 21
7
211
4
1
9
12
12
4
1
27
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
T1Helicopter
T2Helicopter
T3Helicopter
Air Attack Lead Plane SEAT CANCEL OVERHEAD
BLM: 12 CNTY: 3 FWS: 5 STATE: 10 USFS: 38
TANKER /SEAT BASES TOTALS
0
2190
30
2111
30
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
Water (gal): 0 Retardant (gal): 4,301 Sorties: 6
Fremont County SEAT Base (1V6) Pueblo Reload Tankerbase (PUB)
H-350MW - FS EU CONTRACT HELICOPTER
185.8
49
88847
583
44350 46750
150
1
10
100
1000
10000
100000
Total Flight Time Logged(hrs)
Total Missions Water Dropped (gals) Passengers External Cargo (lbs) Internal Cargo (lbs) Day on Contract
H-58HJ - DFPC EU CONTRACT HELICOPTER
210.4
371295
486
11240
129227
120
1
10
100
1000
10000
100000
1000000
Total Flight Time Logged(hrs)
Total Missions Water Dropped (gals) Passengers External Cargo (lbs) Internal Cargo (lbs) Days on Contract
TRAVEL578 TRAVELERS FOR $237,480.01
0 0
1522
31
46
100
215
130
12
07
0
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250
$0.00 $0.00
$4,458.70$7,925.90
$12,299.52
$16,878.17
$38,608.67
$93,230.10
$56,988.28
$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