Paradise Fire
Location: 16 miles SSE of Alpine, Greenlee Co., AZ
Specific Location: Apache-Sitgreaves NF, Lat 33° 38´ 1″, Lon 109° 14´ 42″
Date of Origin: 06/07/2010
Cause: Lightning
Situation as of 06/30/2010 4:30 pm
Personnel: 60
Size: 6,355 acres
Percent Contained: 10%
Costs to Date: $3,300,000
Scattered rain showers over the area. Last report until final or significant change.
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Situation as of 06/28/2010 8:00 pm
Personnel: 263
Size: 6,355 acres
Percent Contained: 10%
Costs to Date: $3,017,497
Transition to a Type 3 organization will occur at 0600 on 6/29/2010
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Situation as of 06/27/2010 6:00 pm
Personnel: 339
Size: 6,355 acres
Percent Contained: 10%
Costs to Date: $2,669,301
Scattered rain showers over the area. No change in acreage. Planning to transition to a local Type 3 organization on Tuesday morning.
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Situation as of 06/26/2010 6:00 pm
Personnel: 345
Size: 6,355 acres
Percent Contained: 10%
Costs to Date: $2,444,366
Rehabilitation of all dozer contingency line completed. Released Incident Air Attack with plans to use Forest Air Attack if necessary. Planning to transition to a local Type 3 organization within the next 2-4 days.
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Situation as of 06/25/2010 10:00 pm
Personnel: 385
Size: 6,260 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Costs to Date: $2,077,886
Continued sporadic precipitation over the fire area. Mop-up of fire edge and spot fires. Implement rehabilitation plan for Highway 191 and 76 Trail.
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Situation as of 06/24/2010 10:00 pm
Personnel: 399
Size: 6,180 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Costs to Date: $1,416,559
Removal of Highway 191 closure at 2200 hrs. Isolated torching, creeping and surface fire with flame lengths less than 4 ft, smoldering stumps and logs. Scouting and prepping of contingency lines.
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Situation as of 06/23/2010 7:00 pm
Personnel: 325
Size: 5,340 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Highway 191 closure from the FR 26 junction south to the FR 576 junction due to smoke. A detour along FR 26 to FR 24 to FR 576 will allow north-south traffic to continue.
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Situation as of 06/22/2010 9:30 pm
Personnel: 234
Size: 4,330 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Fire threatens Highway 191 and neighboring structures. Management of the Paradise Fire was converted from a Monitor/Confine/Contain strategy to a Point or Zone Protection/Limited Perimeter Control. Ground fire with 4-10 ft flames, frequent torching, upslope crown runs, short range spotting (1/4 mile)
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Situation as of 06/21/2010 5:30 pm
Personnel: 25
Size: 4,000 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
The Paradise Fire has been burning for two weeks without suppression effort.
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Situation as of 06/20/2010 6:30 pm
Personnel: 22
Size: 3,700 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
The Paradise Fire has been burning for two weeks without suppression effort. Today there will be a transition in fire management to the Eastern Area Type 2 IMT. Indirect line construction is planned.
