Congress volunteer fire department reported the fire to arizona dispatch center at 5. The arizona department of forestry and fire management is responsible for the prevention and suppression of forest fires on state trust land and private land outside incorporated municipalities about 22 million acres total. Arizona please use the map or dropdown lists to view the schedule for a particular national forest, grassland, scenic area, recreation area, or tall grass prairie. A new fire is burning south of the valley, fire officials say. The arizona department of forestry and fire management dffm provides resources for the prevention and suppression of wildland fire on state trust land and private property located outside. The arizona state land department forestry division and the arizona community tree council is pleased to announce the urban and community forestry, community challenge grant program. Walter rosas center manager arizona dispatch center arizona. South central arizona border wildfire group about us. The center mobilizes aircraft, crews, equipment, and personnel within the state and assists various federal and state agencies throughout the nation with resources.
Desert southwest region dsw is one of four wapa regions and covers arizona, southeastern california, and portions of new mexico, utah and colorado. The fourteen agencies are cooperators with the department of forestry and fire management dffm zone a3s, under the guidance of district manager steve millert. Governor doug ducey announces state forester office of. In some zones, there may be a fourthtier dispatch center, which work with the zones primary dispatch center. Arizona department of forestry and fire management, phoenix. Western area power administration wapa markets and delivers wholesale hydroelectric power and related services within a 15state region of the central and western u. Tom began his forestry career in 2006, earned a master of science in forestry from northern arizona university in 2011, and joined nmsf in 2014. Please email us albuquerque southwest coordination center. Arizona wildland fire equipment mobilization plan table of contents section title page i. Arizona department of forestry and fire management az. To conserve, protect, and enhance the forest and its resources for the public through education, management, demonstration, promotion, and providing technical services in a timely and efficient manner. The tucson interagency dispatch center mobilizes u. Glassdoor lets you search all open forestry jobs in arizona.
As a cooperator with other federal, state and local agencies and firefighting departments, the blm assists its partners in wildland firefighting and allhazard incidents such as earthquakes, floods and hurricanes. The southwest area has twelve dispatch centers that mobilize and demobilize resources directly with swcc. The arizona interagency dispatch center, located in deer valley, processes thousands of requests annually for operational and logistical support of initial and extended attack incidents. Home of the worlds largest radioscanner frequency database. Arizona state information executive summary report and map. The arizona department of forestry and fire management supports our cooperating agencies and works in conjunction with many local, regional, and national cooperators annually, both on fuels reduction projects and fire suppression. No resources were dispatched to fires outside of the state in the past 7 days.
During this covid19 social distancing time, the arizona department of agriculture is asking our customers to interact with us via phone and email. Coconino national forest tentatively plans prescribed burns next week 1twitter. Dispatchers take thousands of calls over the course of the year and dispatch statewide resources out to fires and all hazard response incidents. The stewardship advisory committee disseminates federal costshare dollars to. Grants are available to eligible arizona communities, nonprofit corporations, and other groups on a competitive basis. Agencies az direct az direct locate state agencies. Arizona state forestry 2004 2011 7 years assisted the aviation and communications program manager with radio systems, dispatch consoles, telephone systems, and microwave backbone.
You may navigate directly to any other state, forest, grassland, scenic area, recreation area, or tallgrass prairie sopa page using the following dropdown lists or the textonly. Arizona interagency dispatch center is responsible. Arizona scanner frequencies and radio frequency reference. The state of arizona is an equal opportunity employer. Aviation resources responding to arizona incidents statewide that are ordered through, and dispatched by, the arizona interagency dispatch center aidc will utilize the arizona department of forestry and fire management arizona state flight following frequency of txrx 154. Arizona dispatch center arizona department of forestry and fire management. New mexico state forestry participates in several resource management advisory boards or councils. Southwest area arizona, new mexico, portions of west texas and oklahoma the southwest coordination center swcc is the interagency focal point for coordinating the mobilization of resources between the twelve federal and state dispatch centers of the southwest area and, when necessary, the national coordination center in boise, id, for assignment throughout the nation. Yarnell hill fire investigation ignored major mistakes by.
The documents on this page are for our cooperators to efficiently conduct business. Usually the two boys, who share the same birthday and live a few houses away from each other in chugiak, celebrate by spending the night at mortons and. Arizona department of forestry and fire management dffm activity. The 41acre junction fire broke out sunday evening near us 60 and the connecting ramp to sr 79, according to arizona state forestry officials.
Tiffany davila, public affairs officer of the arizona department of forestry and fire management, said a mitigation plan is set up in accordance to guidelines from. Position task books ptbs nwcg ptbs agency specific ptbs. To download dffms mobile phone application search department of forestry and fire management. Walter rosas center manager arizona dispatch center. Forest service, bureau of land management and arizona state forestry type ii hand crews configured for initial attack or as a standard crew. For current activity of our fire crews, follow us on facebook and twitter.
Sunday that the shelters were deployed, said carrie dennett, an arizona state forestry division fireprevention officer. The delaware forest service provides a wide range of services to help delawareans manage and improve their forest resources. The department of forestry and fire managements dispatch center is responsible for a variety of critical tasks. If you must come to the office please schedule an appointment with the appropriate person as the front doors. Jj morton and kaleb worland became teenagers on saturday, and their whole neighborhood heard about it.
Oversees the state wildfire dispatch operation and type 2 incident management team. Tiffany davila, public affairs officer of the arizona department of forestry and fire management, said a mitigation plan is set up in accordance. Sometimes you can find this on the resource order for example see the section on getting organized. Dffm received 7 wildfire reports and dispatched resources to 4 wildfires in the past 7 days. Pursuant to the americans with disabilities act, the state will make reasonable accommodations during the employment process.
Cawrt agencies are cooperators with the arizona state forestry division and work in the region 3. Urban and community forestry and tree new mexico work with communities and numerous volunteers with tree planting on municipal lands such as schools and parks. The scabwg is a group of 14 local fire department agencies located in pima and santa cruz counties in southern arizona that participate in local, state and nationwide wildland and all hazards incidents. The arizona dispatch center alerted state forestry division assistant fire management officer russ shumate about the lightningcaused fire at 5. The arizona state forestry division has released an outline of the events surrounding the june 30 deaths of 19 firefighters in the yarnell hill fire. Name state code unitid unittype department agency geoarea. Cooperators and fire business department of forestry and. Arizona state forestry division office of the state forester 1110 w.
Arizona interagency dispatch center 800 3097081 247 2901 w. Arizona department of forestry and fire management. Arizona interagency dispatch center department of forestry and. In fire and aviation management, the number one priority for blm arizona is firefighter and public safety. Tom zegler is the special projects forester at the silver city satellite office. Reimbursement arizona state forestry will coordinate funding from the usda forest service and reimburse grantees after eligible expenses and match are incurred and documented. Flight following on arizona state incidents area of concern. Prepares personnel and equipment inventories and forwards copies to rdo annually, equipment must be on a cooperative rate agreement with arizona state forestry division b. Interagency aviation information bulletin 1703 flight. Beginning in fy 2017, the department also includes the office of the state fire marshal, which enforces the state fire. Home service first locations new mexico know a sf instance we missed. Arizona state forestry division, bureau of indian affairs, and new mexico state forestry division activities. The arizona state forestry division, with assistance from the usda forest service, administers the arizona volunteer fire assistance vfa grant program.
Arizona fire and aviation programthe bureau of land management blm is responsible for fire management on 12. Arizona state forestry arizona emergency information network. Arizona state foresters individual wildland fire report if your department responds an initial attack to a fire on state land in addition to getting a fire number and resource orders for your response, your personnel need to fill out the arizona state foresters individual wildland fire report. Prevention and suppression of wildfire on 22 million acres of state trust land and private property. The cawrt is a consortium of over 20 local fire agencies in central arizona that participate in state and nationwide wildland fire response. Azs department of forestry and fire management azazs. Welcome to t he central arizona wildland response team cawrt main home page. Phoenix governor doug ducey today announced the appointment of jeff whitney as director of the arizona state forestry division. Firefighters say the fire is winddriven and moving east. This program is authorized by the cooperative forestry assistance act of 1990, farm bill and provides financial assistance to train. Incident number this must be the arizona state number if you dont have it call state dispatch and they can give you the state number.
Providing fire protection to 22million acres of state trust and private lands. With fire severity extraordinarily high and much of arizona in extreme drought conditions, the department of forestry and fire management will close state lands in two counties to recreational use. Acts as contact point between arizona state forestry dispatch and member agencies within the wrg to fill resource requests. Fire managers predict another potentially active wildfire. Jan brewer arizona state forestry division office of the. Apply to equipment operator, mechanic helper, natural resource technician and more. Contact us arizona department of forestry and fire. Arizonas rattlesnakes most active in april read more. Arizona department of forestry and fire management home. Prevention and suppression of wildfire on 22 million acres of state trust land and. Azgfd biologists document first bald eagle nest in saguaro cactus read more. Particularly in a state that is no stranger to large and destructive wildfires, jeffs background and expertise as a national type 1 incident. Contact us department of forestry and fire management az. Jeff possesses more than 40 years of professional experience in forestry and fire prevention, said governor ducey.