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LA Firefighters Sing ‘Happy Birthday’ To Little Girl

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Los Alamos firefighters were working out and playing a game of kickball Sunday at Urban Park when they heard a little girl across the park was celebrating her 7th birthday. They interrupted their game to go over and sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to her. She thanked them and shared her birthday cake with them. Photo by Marian Flandrick
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Prescribed Fire Planned In Gallinas Canyon

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SFNF News:

Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest plan to conduct a prescribed burn in Gallinas Canyon on the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District. The planned burn will include a combination of pile burning and broadcast burning.

The window for the Gallinas Canyon prescribed burn will open Sept. 28 and extend through Dec. 31, 2017. The decision to burn will be dependent on favorable conditions, including fuel moisture levels, air quality, weather forecasts, and available resources.

The 800-acre Gallinas Canyon treatment area is located approximately 20 miles west/southwest of Las Vegas. Read More

Falls Leading Cause Of Death For NM Seniors

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By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post
maire@ladailypost.com

Los Alamos Fire Department recognized National Falls Prevention Day, Sept. 22, by offering suggestions to people over 65 on how to prevent injury or death from falls, according to Donna McHenry of the Emergency Medical Services Division.

McHenry said of all the places where fall-related deaths occurred, the home had the highest rates of occurrence. She suggested that people over 65 assess their homes with the help of a family member or friend if needed and make the usually minor changes needed to reduce their risk of falling.

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SFNF Crews Continue Work On West Side Fires

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SFNF News:
 
SANTA FE ― Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) continue to manage the lightning-caused Ojitos Fire on the Coyote Ranger District and the Deer Creek Fire on the Jemez Ranger District by using low-intensity fire on the ground to achieve multiple resource benefits.
 
The Ojitos Fire is at 2,850 acres within a planning area of 7,610 acres on the boundary of the Chama River Canyon Wilderness. Fire crews continue to use natural barriers like roads, rocky mesas and drainages to keep the fire within the planning area. Fire managers plan to use
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LAFD: Falls Leading Cause Of Death For NM Seniors

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By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post
maire@ladailypost.com

The Los Alamos Fire Department is recognizing Sept. 22, National Falls Prevention Day, by offering suggestions to people over 65 on how to prevent injury or death from falls, according to Donna McHenry of the Emergency Medical Services Division.

Adult falls are the leading cause of death and hospitalization for New Mexico residents over the age of 65. In fact, New Mexico has the ninth highest death rate from falls in the country and the alarming rate of adult falls is one of the state’s health priorities. In Los Alamos County between Read More

Palmer Fire On Pecos Ranger District To Be Managed For Resource Benefit

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SFNF News:
 
SANTA FE ― Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) plan to manage the lightning-caused Palmer Fire on Rowe Mesa by using low-intensity fire on the ground to achieve multiple resource benefits, including reducing the risk of future high-severity wildfire and improving range and wildlife habitat.
 
The Palmer Fire was confirmed Sept. 12 after smoke was reported in the Valle Grande on the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District, an area marked by islands of grassy meadows interspersed among stands of ponderosa pine and piñon-juniper. The 35-acre Palmer
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Scenes From LAFD Chief Garcia’s Retirement Lunch

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Friends and colleagues honored retiring Los Alamos Fire Department Wildland Fire Division Chief Ramon Garcia, here with his wife Kathleen, at a special luncheon Tuesday at Cottonwood on the Greens. Courtesy photo

Scene from Tuesday’s retirement lunch for Los Alamos Fire Department Wildland Fire Division Chief Ramon Garcia. Courtesy photo

Scene from Tuesday’s retirement lunch for LAFD Wildland Fire Division Chief Ramon Garcia.Courtesy photo

Scene from Tuesday retirement lunch for LAFD Wildland Fire Division Chief Ramon Garcia. Courtesy photo Read More

Deer Creek Fire On Jemez Ranger District To Be Managed For Resource Benefit

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SFNF News:
 
SANTA FE ― Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) plan to manage the lightning-caused Deer Creek Fire on Peggy Mesa by using low-intensity fire on the ground to achieve multiple resource benefits.
 
The Deer Creek Fire started Sept. 15 on Peggy Mesa in the old San Diego prescribed burn area and adjacent to the site of this summer’s lightning-caused Peggy Fire. Objectives for managing the Deer Creek Fire include:
  • mitigating the risk of high-intensity destructive wildfires by reducing excess fuels, including fuelwood slash and bug kill
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Smoke Visible From Three Fires On SFNF

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SFNF News:
 
SANTA FE ― Three lightning-caused fires on the Santa Fe National Forest put up visible smoke Saturday as crews keep an eye on the Beaver Creek, Deer Creek and Ojitos Fires.
 
The Ojitos Fire on the Coyote Ranger District started July 7 in a 90,000-acre block that has been cleared under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for forest restoration. 
 
Fire crews have taken advantage of favorable conditions to add low-intensity fire to the ground on both sides of Forest Road 468 and on the west side of the fire perimeter to remove
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Fire Suppression Now Hot Topic For National Leaders

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NWTF News:
 
EDGEFIELD, S.C. — The National Wild Turkey Federation applauds Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke’s continual efforts to advance sportsmen’s priorities, particularly his latest secretarial order, which begins the push to end catastrophic wildfires.
 
Zinke directed all Department of the Interior bureaus, superintendents and land managers at all levels to adopt more aggressive practices to prevent and combat the spread of those catastrophic wildfires.
 
Zinke’s order also spells out how he expects those orders to be carried out, as he wants to see
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