Correction

We got our resource order in hand and we are not going to the one that we thought we're going to the route complex fire. It is north of the other fire the mad River fire.

Dispatched: Mad River Complex

California here we come. We are getting ready to leave town within the hour.

Here is some information on the fires: http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4436/

I will update you as I can as always.

Phillips Creek Fire Evacuation Notice

The Phillips Creek fire has shifted direction. There is now a level 1 evacuation notice for Valley View and also Gordon Creek road.

Phillips Fire Update

Elkhorn Media Group

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PHILLIPS CREEK FIRE EVACUATIONS: Union County officials have issued a Level I evacuation notice for residents of Ruckle Road and Sanderson Springs Road west of Elgin. Level I means residents should be READY to leave their homes at a moments notice.
Traffic is still moving on Highway 204, but watch for emergency vehicles.

Phillips Creek Fire Evacuation Update

Ruckel Rd and Sanderson Springs are under a level one evacuation notice. If you live in those area you will be informed on what to do and when.

Phillips Creek Fire

The Fire west of Elgin made a run late this afternoon. There is a level one evacuation notice. I am trying to get confirmation of the areas as I write this. The Sheriff department is working to inform the public in these areas.

Just to inform you of the evacuation notices. It is a simple as "ready, Set, Go".

Level one is be read to go
Level two is leave at next notice
Level three is go now!

Please if you live in the Elgin, Summerville  or areas on the north end of the valley, please be cooperative with the authorities. If they ask you to leave.....GO! Don't risk your life or that of the authorities or of the firefighters...You cant be replaced but your property can. Don't be a hero just leave.

This season isn't a season to play with.....Be safe and help others to do so as well!

Back to the future

It seems we went back in time. We were dispatched to the Leslie Gulch fire. So we went to Vale and checked in at the BLM office. Late in the afternoon they sent us to Jordan Valley. Time warp!........................

We arrived to find fire camp. What we didn't find was cell service. No contact with the outside world. It was like we went back in time for a few days.

We weren't sure what we would be doing. We were told we may be put onto the Initial Attack group. When I went to briefing I found out that we were going out on the line. We went on out and even though it is a lot of desert we saw some beautiful country. I wish I could have gotten more pictures then I did. It reminded me of Zion National Park in southern Utah.

We got to our assignment and we cold trailed the line. That means we gridded up to 50 feet from the fire edge [known as the fire line] and checked for hot spots. If we found any we either cooled them off with water or we dry mopped them.

It was really hot there. Most days it was 116 degrees down where we worked.

We saw a Badger and some Bighorn Sheep.

Now we are Back To The Future. We demobed this morning and we are back getting ready for the next dispatch.

Here is some of what we saw:

Now we are Back To The Future. Not just because we are back in the Pacific time zone but also because we are back from the land of no cellular service.

So it"s just the beginning of a long summer so hang in there with us and we will see how the rest of it goes. Ill take you along for the ride as long as I can. So don't panic if I don't post every day.....because It just may be that I am somewhere lost in timewarp.........