Projects Along Highway 199 Remain a Priority on the Smith River Complex

The Mad River Hotshots gather with a helicopter. Smith River Complex North/Mad River Hotshots (firefighters standing in front of black, white and red helicopter)

“To reduce the threat to motorists and the roadway, they are also removing rocks and trees that were weakened when the fire initially burned across the highway. On the western perimeter near Stony Creek, fire behavior increased to a degree that helicopters were used for water drops, which reduced the fire’s intensity where it was burning in an area with many stumps and large logs.”

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SRF Lightning Complex Conditions Favorable for Strategic Firing Operations as Last Evacuation Warning Lifted

firefighter lighting back fire with torch on slope

“‘With the moderated fuel conditions present over the complex footprint, both the uncontained fires and the active fires are producing beneficial fire effects. This is an unusual opportunity with the tribal and Six Rivers National Forest partners to improve landscape conditions and not defer severe fire risk into the future. Strategic firing operations in this environment is vastly different under these conditions as opposed to urgent tactical firing when fuel conditions are extreme,” says Dan Dallas, Incident Commander with Rocky Mountain CIMT1.”

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