{"id":1280,"date":"2014-05-22T09:37:46","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T17:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/wpmu\/?p=1280"},"modified":"2014-05-22T09:37:46","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T17:37:46","slug":"aiaim-update-funny-river-fire-grows-to-44423-acres-public-meetings-scheduled-for-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/2014\/05\/22\/aiaim-update-funny-river-fire-grows-to-44423-acres-public-meetings-scheduled-for-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Funny River Fire Grows to 44,423 acres, Public Meetings Scheduled for Tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"

AL<\/b>AS<\/b>KA I<\/b>N<\/b>TERAGENCY I<\/b>N<\/b>C<\/b>IDENT M<\/b>A<\/b>N<\/b>A<\/b>GEME<\/b>N<\/b>T\"5-22-14<\/a>
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\nTYPE 2 TEAM<\/b>
\nRob Allen<\/b>, INCIDENT COMMANDER<\/b>
\nF<\/b>IRE INFORMATION<\/b>
\nPHONE: (907) 714-2484<\/b>
\nINCIWEB: http:\/\/inciweb.nwcg.gov\/incident\/3878\/<\/a><\/b>
\nEM<\/b>AI<\/b>L: funnyriverfire@gmail.com<\/a><\/b>
\nMay 22, 2014<\/b>
\nPDF\u00a05-22-14 Funny River Fire Update<\/a>
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FUNNY RIVER FIRE UPDATE<\/b><\/p>\n

Funny River Fire Grows to 44,423 acres, Public Meetings Scheduled for Tonight<\/b><\/p>\n

Firefighters continued working through the night to contain the Funny River Fire.\u00a0 The Funny River Fire has burned 44,423 acres within the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.\u00a0 It is five percent contained. \u00a0The cause of the fire is under investigation.
\nThe Alaska Interagency Incident Management Team will hold two public meetings tonight. <\/strong>
\nThe first will be held at 6 p.m. at Tustumena Elementary School, 58231 Sterling Highway, Kasilof <\/strong>
\nand the second will be held at 8 p.m. at the Funny River Community Center, 35850 Pioneer Access Road, Soldotna.\u00a0 <\/strong>
\nFire managers and emergency operations officials will discuss the firefighting efforts and public safety and will take questions.
\nCrews have made good progress in corralling the fire on the northwest corner by creating a dozer line.\u00a0 The arrival of water-scooping aircraft today will help reinforce efforts to contain the southwest flank of the fire and protect the community of Kasilof. The fire is approximately 4 miles from the Kasilof River and 3.5 miles east of the Pollard Subdivision. Firefighters will also continue work today on the northwest corner, where they worked overnight burning out vegetation to protect Funny River Road residents.\u00a0 The fire is 3 miles from the water accessible only Bear Creek Subdivision and a crew of firefighters are headed to the subdivision today. The arrival of additional crews today is expected to help the Alaska Type II Incident Management Team make progress on containing the blaze.
\nResidents in the area should expect to see increased air traffic related to the fire.\u00a0 A Temporary Flight Restriction remains in effect over the fire area.
\nThe fire continues to send heavy smoke over the Kenai Peninsula and other parts of Southcentral Alaska. An Air Quality Advisory remains in effect.
\nInformation about smoke is available from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation at http:\/\/dec.alaska.gov\/air\/am\/smoke.htm<\/a>
\nKenai Peninsula Borough Office of Emergency Services has set up a call line to help homeowners with fire preparedness. Residents can call (907) 714-2495.
\nCentral Emergency Services is urging residents who live near the fire to stay aware and be prepared.\u00a0 Information is available at http:\/\/www.borough.kenai.ak.us\/emergency-mgmt\/fire<\/a>
\nVegetation remains extremely dry on the Kenai Peninsula.\u00a0 Residents and visitors are urged to use extreme caution with anything that could ignite a fire.
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ALASKA INTERAGENCY INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TYPE 2 TEAM Rob Allen, INCIDENT COMMANDER FIRE INFORMATION PHONE: (907) 714-2484 INCIWEB: http:\/\/inciweb.nwcg.gov\/incident\/3878\/ EMAIL: funnyriverfire@gmail.com May 22, 2014 PDF\u00a05-22-14 Funny River Fire Update \u00a0 FUNNY … Continue reading “Update: Funny River Fire Grows to 44,423 acres, Public Meetings Scheduled for Tonight”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[89],"class_list":["post-1280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-release","tag-alaska-interagency-incident-managment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1280\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}