The Cibola National Forest and Grasslands’ Magdalena Ranger District is planning a prescribed burn. The 53-acre Fisher burn is expected to start the week of October 15, 2012 and will continue until completed, depending on weather and vegetation conditions. The goal of this burn is to eliminate existing piles of timber debris (slash) and to [...]
Read moreSan Juan Prescribed Burn on the Santa Fe NF Scheduled to Begin This Week
October 10, 2012
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Beginning Wednesday, October 17, if conditions are favorable, fire managers plan to begin the 7,300 acre San Juan prescribed burn, located 3-5 miles northeast of Jemez Springs, NM. Approximately 2,500 acres are expected to be treated each day. Prescribed burning is the managed application of fire to wildland fuels (woody material) under specified conditions, within [...]
Read moreNational Fire Prevention Week, October 7th-13th, 2012
October 10, 2012
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October 5th, 2012- Silver City, NM- On Sunday, October 13th, firefighters across the country will begin commemorating National Fire Prevention Week. The National Fire Prevention Week was established in 1922 on the 40th anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire of October 8, 1871, which killed more than 250 people, left 100,000 homeless, destroyed more than [...]
Read moreBLM Prescribed Burning to Start Near Ft. Stanton
October 3, 2012
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ROSWELL – Starting the week of October 8th, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will begin prescribed burning operations in the Ft. Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area (NCA). Burning operations will take place as weather conditions permit and are expected to occur intermittently through mid-November. The Ft. Stanton Pile Project consists of burning slash [...]
Read more#LittleBearFire Flash Flooding Possible; Move to Higher Ground at First Sign of Rising Water
June 22, 2012
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Submitted by Lincoln County Emergency Services 1:00pm June 16, 2012 Isolated thunderstorms producing lightning and areas of heavy rain are possible this afternoon over Lincoln County. Flash flooding is possible. Residents are being asked to be vigilant if they see or hear of rainfall moving into the area. Be prepared to move rapidly to higher [...]
Read morePortions of Smokey Bear Ranger District to Re-Open
June 21, 2012
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Alamogordo, NM (June 21, 2012) –The southern portion of the Smokey Bear Ranger District closed during the Little Bear Fire is now open. The area south of the Ski Run Road and on both sides of Highway 70 from Ruidoso to the forest boundary near Glencoe is now open for use. This includes areas [...]
Read more#LittleBearFire Got flood insurance? Flash flood family preparedness tips
June 17, 2012
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Message from Lincoln County Emergency Management: Due to the Little Bear Fire there is great potential for flooding along the following streams: Rio Ruidoso, Eagle Creek, Little Creek, Nogal and especially in the Rio Bonito. If you live near or around any of these streams we need you to begin to take precautions to remove [...]
Read moreHow to Receive NMFireInfo Updates As Text messages.
June 9, 2012
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If you want to receive NMFireInfo twitter messages directly to your phone as text messages, you do not need to have a Twitter account to receive text message updates. To start receiving texts, send a text message to 40404. In the message just type the words “Follow NMFireInfo” (without the quotation marks) and send. You [...]
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