Teacher Fire in Gila National Forest 061617 1900

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Published: 16 June 2017 16 June 2017

Teacher Fire

Approximate Location

33.43 latitude, -108.568 longitude

Incident Overview

The Teacher Fire is estimated at 3,190 acres. Today resources on the Teacher Fire patrolled and secured CAT-C021/Snow Lake Road, the handline from the campgrounds to FSR 713, and along FSR 713. This action was taken to help secure this road network from yesterday's burning operations. Late this afternoon or early tomorrow morning resources plan to burn approximately 400 acres on the far west side of the fire along CAT-CO21 to the junction of FSR 713 to secure the western flank of this fire. A Type 3 organization continues to manage this fire.

Basic Information
Current as of 6/16/2017, 5:08:01 PM
Incident Type Wildfire
Cause Lightning
Date of Origin Wednesday June 07th, 2017 approx. 09:00 AM
Location Snow Lake Area, County Road CAT-C021
Incident Commander Toby Richards, ICT3
Current Situation
Total Personnel 18
Size 3,555 Acres
Fuels Involved
short grasses, timber (grass and understory)
Significant Events
Creeping, smoldering, backing and flanking
Outlook
Planned Actions
Resources continued holding fire perimeter, patrolling, and monitoring. Transition to Type 4 IC, Bryan Delgado on 06/17/2017 at 07:00 AM.
Projected Incident Activity
12 hours: Hand ignitions occurred on CA-C021 and FR 713. Resources held and monitored the fire perimeter.
24 hours: Resources continued holding fire perimeter, patrolling, and monitoring. Transition to Type 4 IC, Bryan Delgado on 06/17/2017 at 07:00 AM.
48 hours: Resources will be patrolling the fire perimeter, and monitoring the fire.
72 hours: Resources will be patrolling the fire perimeter, and monitoring the fire.
Anticipated after 72 hours: Resources will be patrolling the fire perimeter, and monitoring the fire.
Current Weather
Weather Concerns
Light west-northwest winds are expected today as high pressure aloft remains centered just south of the international border. Influence of the high however has expanded over the region. Thus it will remain hot at least through this weekend.

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