From Walker Fire FB page:
From one of several emails we receive about the fire: The north side of the fire continues to be the primary area of focus for fire fighters.
Crews will be working across the top and on the north side of Big Bug Mesa to determine the best strategy for locating […]
Walker Fire FB post.
https://www.facebook.com/walkerfiredept/posts/1679724908705032
A structure protection task force was assigned to Walker today consisting of several Type 3 engines, a type 6, a type 1, a water tender and a hand crew.
While only so much can get done, it’s a positive nonetheless.
Walker Fire worked in tandem on structure protection as well. […]
Email from Roger Nusbaum, the Walker Volunteer Fire Captain.
Things changed for the worse in very fast and dramatic fashion over the
course of 90 minutes. YCSO is in the process of issue a pre-evacuation
notice for Walker. The concept here is ready set go. We are now at set. The
next word will be go and then we […]
From our deck:
From Walker Fire:
https://www.facebook.com/walkerfiredept/posts/1676686845675505
We attended the stakeholders briefing today (Tues 6/27).
There is no bad news for Walker or Potato Patch but the fire is very difficult.
The picture of the smoke looks awful but is clearly blowing away from Walker.
The picture […]
Walker Fire posted this update on their FaceBook page.
https://www.facebook.com/walkerfiredept/posts/1675667675777422
We attended the 11am stakeholder’s meeting at the Incident Command Post (ICP) and got some useful information.
Feel free to leave questions in the comments if we missed anything.
The expected flow of the fire is toward Mayer.
It is a long way from […]
We heard from the Forest Service.
Their earlier estimate of 1000 acres maybe incorrect, it is possible it is quite a bit smaller.
Air attack continues. The wind has been mild and the fire is holding.
The threat would be the it breaks the line to the northwest and headed toward Big Bug. Were that […]
The Goodwin Fire unfortunately grew overnight to 1000 acres.
There were strong winds as well as other weather factors.
We’ve been told that most of the growth of the fire has been to the north east but there has also been some growth in our direction.
Air attack is scheduled to resume at 0800.
Read the […]
Official Word:
Burn restrictions will go into effect on June 1st. Compliance with the
restrictions means no activities outside that involve fires of any kind or
any work that involves sparks.Historically, restrictions are lifted a few days after the summer rains
begin which is usually early-mid July.
Enjoy your Memorial Day BBQs, because that’s the end of open […]
Walker Fire’s fleet on display at the first pancake breakfast of the year.
Go visit their page on FaceBook.
They are working hard to keep us safe out here.
