{"id":1322,"date":"2014-05-25T10:32:35","date_gmt":"2014-05-25T18:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/wpmu\/?p=1322"},"modified":"2014-05-25T10:32:35","modified_gmt":"2014-05-25T18:32:35","slug":"funny-river-fire-update-123649-acres-with-20-percent-containment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/2014\/05\/25\/funny-river-fire-update-123649-acres-with-20-percent-containment\/","title":{"rendered":"FUNNY RIVER FIRE UPDATE 123,649 acres with 20 percent containment"},"content":{"rendered":"

ALASKA INTERAGENCY INCIDENT MANAGEMENT\"5-25-14<\/a>
\nTYPE 2 TEAM
\nRob Allen, INCIDENT COMMANDER
\nFIRE INFORMATION
\nPHONE: (907) 714-2484
\nFACEBOOK: Alaska Interagency Incident Management Team<\/a>
\nINCIWEB: http:\/\/inciweb.nwcg.gov\/incident\/3878\/<\/a>
\nEMAIL: funnyriverfire@gmail.com
\n9:30 am May 25, 2014
\nPDF:\u00a05-25-14 – Funny River Fire Update<\/a><\/p>\n

FUNNY RIVER FIRE UPDATE<\/strong>
\n123,649 acres with 20% containment<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Saturday strong southwesterly winds associated with Red Flag Warning weather conditions tested containment lines and pushed the fire\u2019s size to 123,649 acres by 11:30 PM. The lines held and firefighters successfully halted the fire\u2019s northward progress at a fuel break by Brownes Lake, which is south of Sterling and the Funny River Road. Firefighters will continue building and securing fire lines along the fire\u2019s northern edge. Two Air National Guard Black Hawk helicopters arrived and are assisting firefighters with water drops.
\nOn the fire\u2019s western edge near Kasilof, firefighters kept the fire from crossing the Intertie powerline that parallels the Sterling Highway. Crews will continue working on extending containment lines on the fire\u2019s west side. Structure protection crews with fire engines are active in areas potentially affected by the fire. No structures have been lost and the fire has not crossed the Kasilof River.
\nA successful burnout operation took place to protect the remote Bear Creek Subdivision on the shore of Tustumena Lake. Two other burnout operations took place on Saturday and successfully held the fire.
\nGovernor Sean Parnell, State Forester Chris Maisch, and Fire Program Manager Tom Kurth will be touring the fire Sunday. The Governor is scheduled to attend the 1:30 PM media briefing at Skyview High School in Soldotna.
\nThe Kenai Peninsula Borough\u2019s Community Emergency Services expanded the Evacuation Watch for the Pollard Loop Subdivision area to include the east side of the Sterling Highway to Funny River Road, and the south side of Funny River Road. This advisory encourages residents to prepare in case they may need to leave their homes.
\nVegetation remains extremely dry on the Kenai Peninsula. 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.
\nInformation about current smoke conditions is available from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation at http:\/\/dec.alaska.gov\/air\/am\/smoke.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Kenai Peninsula Borough Office of Emergency Services has set up a call line to help homeowners with fire preparedness. Residents can call (907) 714-2495. 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 9:30 am May 25, … Continue reading “FUNNY RIVER FIRE UPDATE 123,649 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":[37,89],"class_list":["post-1322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-release","tag-funnyriverfire","tag-alaska-interagency-incident-managment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1322","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=1322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1322\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}