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The Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management Unit (UCR) provides a full range of fire management services to participating federal, state and local jurisdictions in western Colorado.

The UCR is composed of the Glenwood Springs and Grand Junction Field Offices of the Bureau of Land Management; Grand Valley Ranger District of the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests; White River National Forest, and the Colorado National Monument.

The UCR cooperates with state agencies, local communities and fire departments on a wide range of activities including fuels treatments, fire prevention and fire suppression.

Encompassing over 4.5 million acres of land managed by participating Federal agencies, the UCR is oriented along the Interstate 70 corridor from the Continental Divide on the east to the Utah state line on the west. Vegetation types in the area range from those typifying high desert species such as native bunchgrasses, sagebrush and various types of brush, to woodland species such as pinyon-juniper, aspen and mixed conifer species at higher elevations.

There are five primary components to the UCRIFMU website. The INCIDENT INFORMATION component is designed to provide the general public with information on large fires and fire restrictions. The PREDICTIVE SERVICES component provides the operational products. The LOGISTICS/DISPATCH component provides operational and administrative links for Aviation, Crews, and Overhead. The ADMINISTRATIVE component is designed to provide links that make Fire and Incident Operations work. And, the OTHER LINKS components provides Area and National links to other related websites.

To learn more about the Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management Unit, click on ABOUT US and check out the links under the UCR INFORMATION heading on the left.

NEW - Wildland Fire/Energy Industry Safety Summit 2009
March 26, 2009
8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Hosted by Colorado Mountain College
3695 Airport Road in Rifle, CO
& Optional afternoon tour of Williams’ facilities

The goal of the summit is to bring the wildland fire service and energy industry together in order to ensure the safety of the public, industry workers and firefighters when wildfires impact the oil and gas fields. The focus will be on sharing information in a “train the trainer” setting. The optional Williams tour has limited seating, so please register by March 6 to save your seat.

This year’s summit includes:
• H2S Safety Training
• Gas/Oil Field Safety Orientation for Firefighters
• Wildland Fire Safety Orientation for Energy Workers
• Sand Table Exercise – Wildland Fire/Gas Field Scenario
• Optional Afternoon Tour of Williams Production Facilities
• Snacks provided

Please register for this FREE event by March 17, 2009 using the attached form.

For more information contact Doug Paul at (970) 244-3106 or douglas_paul@blm.gov

The 2009 Safety Summit is sponsored by: Rifle Fire Protection District, Garfield County, Colorado Mountain College, Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management, and Western Slope Safety Council. Support from: Encana, Williams, Chevron.

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