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Sheep Fire 2010

Sheep Fire 2010. Issues. Firefighter and public safety Sheep Creek watershed Powerline corridor to Cedar Grove Cedar Grove infrastructure Impact on visitors and employees Both historic and pre-historic cultural sites Interagency jurisdictions Inaccessibility

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Sheep Fire 2010

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  1. Sheep Fire 2010

  2. Issues • Firefighter and public safety • Sheep Creek watershed • Powerline corridor to Cedar Grove • Cedar Grove infrastructure • Impact on visitors and employees • Both historic and pre-historic cultural sites • Interagency jurisdictions • Inaccessibility • Restoring fire upon the landscape • Wilderness values and requirements • Potential for large fire growth • Public information and education • Costs • Air Quality, potential for significant impacts

  3. Communicating About Smoke

  4. Ecosystem Management Social Political Biological Physical

  5. It’s an Opportunity The public is more likely to support a fire program when they understand the benefits for them and their community.

  6. Understanding and Caring Agency Objectives • Reduce fuels and the risk of catastrophic fire • Reestablish or maintain biodiversity and healthy ecosystems Why Should Public Care? • Protect local communities • Preserve recreational opportunities • Maintain a vista • Save a certain species

  7. Communicating about Smoke • Integrate smoke messages with other information • Establish realistic expectations • Help reduce impacts • Develop tolerance • Develop credibility / trust

  8. Started by lightning 07/16 • 9,020 acres, 3125 on park, 5,895 on forest (Sequoia). • Treated key fuels problem in Cedar Grove, on forest • Ideal year to complete this fire • Multiple actions taken to slow, stop fire spread to west. Reason: SMOKE! Sheep Fire August 9 The Sheep Fire 2010 August 23

  9. Telling the Story • Campfire Programs • Talking to Visitors along the road • Roving the Campgrounds • The Fire Place • Working with Employees • Alternative work schedules

  10. Key Contacts • Air regulatory agencies • Internal employees • Sensitive downwind receptors • Individuals, businesses, facilities, parks, recreation areas, day care centers, nursing homes • Media outlets • Public safety and transportation agencies • Health agencies

  11. Communication Methods Create a trail guide for a burned area Information at road closures Publications Bulletin boards where smoke is visible Booths at special events Success Stories Visitor Center exhibits Classroom activities Pre- & Post-Project mailings Open houses / public meetings News releases Call smoke sensitive people Outreach to media Email updates Interpretive tours or roving Create / Update a website Social Media

  12. Interpretive Tours or Roving

  13. Bulletin Boards

  14. Road Closures or Delays

  15. Web Resources Inciweb: http://www.inciweb.org/incident/2059/ Fire News Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks webpages Home page alert: http://www.nps.gov/seki/index.htm Fire in the Parks, Current Fire Information http://www.nps.gov/seki/naturescience/current-fires.htm SequoiaKingsNPS Twitter acct, Facebook Account SWFRS, webcams, smoke data: http://sierrafire.cr.usgs.gov/swfrs/ MODIS:http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/index.php?subset=AERONET_Fresno Air District webpages: www.airquality.org/smokeimpact/

  16. Outreach to Air Districts • Relationship with the Air District is on-going, not just before a fire • Regular dialogue helps us understand their needs and them to understand ours.

  17. Implementing Contingencies • Issuing health advisories • Staffing “hotlines” • Explain monitoring equipment • Relocating smoke-sensitive people • Changing project tactics • Terminating, Accelerating, Delaying

  18. If Facebook existed in the past…

  19. E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  20. Handling Complaints • Document complaints • Distinguish between requests for information and actual complaints • Pass information to necessary people

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