{"id":1306,"date":"2014-05-24T13:36:22","date_gmt":"2014-05-24T21:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/wpmu\/?p=1306"},"modified":"2014-05-24T13:36:22","modified_gmt":"2014-05-24T21:36:22","slug":"funny-river-fire-update-96584-acres-with-20-percent-containment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/2014\/05\/24\/funny-river-fire-update-96584-acres-with-20-percent-containment\/","title":{"rendered":"FUNNY RIVER FIRE UPDATE 96,584 acres with 20 percent containment"},"content":{"rendered":"

A<\/b>L<\/b>AS<\/b>KA <\/b>I<\/b>N<\/b>TERAGENCY <\/b>I<\/b>N<\/b>C<\/b>IDENT <\/b>M<\/b>A<\/b>N<\/b>A<\/b>GEME<\/b>N<\/b>T\"5-24-14<\/a><\/b>
\nTYPE 2 TEAM<\/b>
\nRob Allen<\/b>, INCIDENT COMMANDER<\/b>
\nF<\/b>IRE INFORMATION<\/b>
\nPHONE: (907) 714-2484<\/b>
\nFACEBOOK: Alaska Interagency Incident Management Team<\/b>
\nINCIWEB: http:\/\/inciweb.nwcg.gov\/incident\/3878\/<\/a><\/b>
\nEMAIL: funnyriverfire@gmail.com<\/b><\/b>
\n5-24-14 – Funny River Fire Update<\/a>\u00a0in PDF
\n9:30 am May 24, 2014<\/b><\/p>\n

FUNNY RIVER FIRE <\/b>UP<\/b>D<\/b>A<\/b>T<\/b>E<\/b><\/p>\n

96,584 acres with 20% containment<\/b><\/p>\n

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Yesterday firefighters made further progress constructing fire containment lines along the north and northwest sides of the Funny River Fire and containment is now at 20 percent.\u00a0 At 5 PM the fire was 96,584 acres, but enlarged significantly overnight. 409 personnel are assigned to the fire. Aerial resources supporting the fire suppression effort include five helicopters and four CL215 water scooping air tankers from Canada.
\nThe fire continues to actively burn in black spruce and mixed hardwoods due to the continued warm and extremely dry conditions on the Kenai Peninsula. On the east side of the fire westerly winds drove the fire over five miles during an eight hour period; this growth was away from existing communities.\u00a0 Fire growth to the west towards the Sterling Highway during the day was slow, with the fire backing into the southwest winds.
\nThe Kenai Peninsula Borough\u2019s Community Emergency Services issued an Evacuation Watch for the Pollard Loop Subdivision area in order for residents to prepare in case they may need to leave for safety reasons.
\nFriday evening the fire\u2019s west flank became extremely active following a wind shift, with highly visible 50 foot flames stretching for several miles as the fire burned on the higher ground. This fire activity was visible from the Sterling Highway. As a cautionary measure, late Friday evening the Community Emergency Services conducted an orderly evacuation of residents living in about 50 homes located between Milepoint 103 and 105 of the Sterling Highway. The evacuation was completed within an hour, with Alaska State Troopers, Emergency Services, and firefighters going door to door to notify all residents. Fire activity decreased by midnight as the fire reached an extensive boggy area and the winds subsided.\u00a0 Emergency officials then lifted the evacuation order about 1 AM.
\nFirefighting crews continue to protect the Funny River community to the north and the Bear Creek Subdivision to the southeast of the fire. \u00a0Structure protection crews are active in other areas potentially affected by the fire.
\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. Weekend visitors to the area and residents are reminded that fire crews, air and ground equipment are working in close proximity to the Sterling Highway and Funny River Road. Do not block roads to view the fire. Pull off only in safe designated pullouts.
\nInformation about current smoke conditions 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.\u00a0 Information is available at http:\/\/www.borough.kenai.ak.us\/emergency-mgmt\/fire<\/a><\/p>\n

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ALASKA INTERAGENCY INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TYPE 2 TEAM Rob Allen, INCIDENT COMMANDER FIRE INFORMATION PHONE: (907) 714-2484 FACEBOOK: Alaska Interagency Incident Management Team INCIWEB: http:\/\/inciweb.nwcg.gov\/incident\/3878\/ EMAIL: funnyriverfire@gmail.com 5-24-14 – Funny River … Continue reading “FUNNY RIVER FIRE UPDATE 96,584 acres with 20 percent containment”<\/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":[37,88],"class_list":["post-1306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-release","tag-funnyriverfire","tag-alaska-incident-management-team"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306","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=1306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}