As everyone probably knows we have had an usually warm and dry winter which
creates visibility for an early start to a very long fire season. There
have already been fires in the southern part of the state. Roughly 90% of
fires are human caused whether that is intentionally or unintentionally
which means that our safety relies extensively on […]
Photo by Henry Gellerman
I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Roger Nusbaum, the fire chief of the Walker Volunteer Fire Department, and ask the questions that I wanted the answers to.
We talked about how Walker Fire is organized, what it is, what it does, how the money works, and how the […]
There’s a fundraiser coming in a couple weeks at Chipotle.
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Walker Fire Department
08/21/2017
11:00am-10:00pm
351 N Montezuma St Ste B, Prescott, AZ 86301
This is the one next to Starbucks in the Sprouts parking lot downtown.
I recommend the carnitas, but […]
We got an email from Roger about the Goodwin Fire.
The fire department and the board wanted to share some lessons learned from the Goodwin Fire.
As many of you know, Walker and Potato Patch were fortunate enough to have a structure protection task force assigned to our area for a few days when the outcome […]
From Walker Fire, a warning about cleaning up your lots with a link to a NYT story.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/30/us/arizona-wildfire-prevention.html
When the structure protection task force arrived we took the Division Supervisor and Task Force Leader on a driving tour of the area to help them better understand what they were getting into which would allow […]
https://www.facebook.com/walkerfiredept/posts/1683650698312453
The updates have slowed down because the fire has slowed down.
Having just heard from the Incident Management Team liaison, today went very well.
There was a lot of white smoke (that is usually the good kind) this afternoon visible from Walker today that dissipated some, but not completely, as the afternoon wore […]
Generally positive, but they will be more smoke today from the back burns, which is actually a good thing.
News from today’s briefing; expect smoke this afternoon from burning operations which hopefully helps fortify the fireline.
This not over but they believe we are winding down. Let’s hope that is correct.
Walker Fire Updated their FB page this morning.
Generally positive news.
https://www.facebook.com/walkerfiredept/posts/1681849415159248
Yesterday was a crucial day with a positive outcome as weather conditions allowed for a line to be established over the trouble spot we mentioned yesterday.
We have another huge presence here for structure protection.
The expectation is that this is winding down. […]
“This appears to have been another good day. Our contact with the Incident Management Team confirms this.”
For those without FaceBook:
https://www.facebook.com/walkerfiredept/posts/1681097695234420
Thanks to the overwhelming turnout by our firefighters taking time from work we had the chance to attend today’s briefing.
The news from the briefing emphasized what they believed was a crucial day for […]
From Walker Fire, with photos.
https://www.facebook.com/walkerfiredept/posts/1680593685284821
Day 2 of the structure protection task force assigned to Walker and Potato Patch.
Most of the same crews with the Arroyo Grande Hotshots and the Navajo Hotshots added in.
