[HFDlist] Fwd: Fire Danger

Tue Aug 19 11:35:05 EDT 2014

The following is a note from our District fire warden about the 
potential for brush fires. This was sent a week ago and I believe we are 
just as dry, or even drier now!

Please take a minute and read it!

With brush fire season around the corner please take a minute and make 
sure all your brush gear is ready to go. We do not want firefighters 
wearing the structural gear to brush fires as it can cause you to over 
heat and also damage the expensive gear.

If you need any type of brush gear please let chuck Borowy know asap!

Thanks

14C

Jack Chandler, Chief
Holden Fire Department
1370 Main Street
Holden, Massachusetts 01520
Ph: 508-210-5650
Fax: 508-210-5667
JChandler at holdenma.gov

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Subject: 	Fire Danger
Date: 	Tue, 12 Aug 2014 21:15:27 -0400
From: 	Correia, Patricia (DCR) <patricia.correia at state.ma.us>
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All,
On the eve of some much needed rain, I wanted to pass along some fire 
danger/fire weather observations.  If you haven't noticed, we are dry.  
The drought index today is at 454 - this is a measure of soil moisture 
and maxes out at 800.  Roughly, each 100 points equals about 1" down in 
the soil that is dry.  So, by the numbers, we are about 4.5" down that 
is dry, probably a bit more.  The build up index - a measurement of how 
available fuels are to burn - is at 70, which means we went into the 
Transition stage(fuels are curing) and fire danger is getting higher - 
today we are at a Class 3 Day.  The last time it was this high was the 
summer 4 years ago when Holden had their big fire.  The rain tomorrow 
will only slow things for a few days, but not solve the problem.  Plan 
on any brush fires you respond to will be burning into the ground as 
well.  The long range projections are for a fall fire season with less 
than normal rainfall.
With that, my staff will be monitoring the fire weather and will staff 
the fire towers accordingly as they are needed.  Thanks.
Patty
Patricia A. Correia
District 8 Fire Warden
Leominster State Forest
90 Fitchburg Road
Westminster, MA 01473-1644
Ph 978-874-0112 Fax 978-874-1096 Cell 508-889-2551
patricia.correia at state.ma.us <mailto:patricia.correia at state.ma.us>

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