From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | 20 Oct 2006 15:59:43 -0000 |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] Fort Ord (CA) burn carried out |
PRESCRIBED BURN GOES AS PLANNED No problems at 58-acre Fort Ord fire By KEVIN HOWE Monterey Herald (CA) October 20, 2006 This was the one that didn't get away. In a carefully orchestrated precision operation, the Army's Base Realignment and Closure office at Fort Ord burned out 58 acres of chaparral and scrub oak at Fort Ord's Parker Flats, an operation that was proposed last summer and finally came to fruition Thursday with a confluence of sufficient resources and favorable weather conditions. The fire was set in a space surrounded by a 150-foot-wide perimeter of cleared ground, with two helicopters carrying drip-torches -- unofficially called "Zippos" -- dropping lines of flame in orderly rows like infernal crop-dusters. Two other helicopters flew buckets of water over the fire to douse errant fire outbreaks. Presidio of Monterey Fire Chief Jack Riso said that, in addition to the four helicopters, seven of his fire engines and three from the state Department of Forestry were involved in controlling the blaze. A CDF twin-engine aerial tanker flew air cover overhead in case of need, but it didn't have to drop any fire retardant. In contrast to the Army's last brush burn at Fort Ord, which was meant to clear 500 acres and ended up jumping the fire lines and consuming 1,500 acres, Thursday's burn remained controlled. ... For the entire article, see http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/15805093.htm --
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