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HomeMy WebLinkAboutC06-160 EAGLE COUNTY ANNUAL WILDFIRE OPERA TING PLAN FOR CONTROL AND EXTINGUISHMENT OF WILDLAND FIRES 2006 TABLE OF CONTENTS Definitions 2 Term and Termination 2 Annual Review 3 Mutual Aid 3 Fire Protection Responsibilities 3 Resource List 5 Protection Area Map 5 Fire Readiness 5 Wildfire Suppression Procedures 6 Fire Situation 8 Aviation Procedures 10 Fire Prevention 11 Fuels Management and Prescribed Fire Considerations 11 Cost Reimbursements 12 General Procedures 14 Directory of Personnel 14 Cooperative Resource Rate Forms 14 Type II Wildland Fire Hand Crew 15 Personnel and Personnel Compensation 15 Plan Approvals 16 EXHIBIT A: Mobilization Plan EXHIBIT B: Emergency Fire Fund (EFF) Forms EXHIBIT C: Fire Restriction Process EAGLE COUNTY ANNUAL WILDFIRE OPERATING PLAL'l FOR CONTROL AND EXTINGUISHMENT OF WILDLAND FIRES This Annual Wildfire Operating Plan for Control and Extinguishment of Wildland Fires ("Operating Plan") is made and entered into this 15th day of April, 2006, by and between the Eagle County Sheriff's Office, the Colorado State Forest Service, the U.S. Forest Service, and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. RECITALS 1. The parties recognize that the public health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of their respective jurisdictions will be best served by providing the highest quality of wildland fire control and extinguishments services, including coordinated back-up services should the need arise. 2. Each party desires to be able to provide assistance to each other party in a coordinated fashion, and to receive assistance from each other party in a coordinated fashion, in the event the circumstances of a fire renders the jurisdictional agency unable to timely or effectively control and extinguish the fire. 3. Pursuant to SS30-15-512, 513, the Eagle County Sheriff shall act as fire warden in case of prairie or forest fires, and shall assume charge of such fires or assist other governmental authorities to control and or extinguish such fires. 4. In performance of those responsibilities, Eagle County has entered into certain agreements with the State of Colorado, which in turn enters into agreements with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service, providing resources for and procedures for coordinating those resources for control and extinguishments of wildland fires. Through these agreements, Eagle County secures for the benefit of the parties to this Agreement wildland firefighting resources of the Colorado State Forest Service, USFS and BLM. Hereinafter, these, individually and collectively, are referred to as the "Umbrella Agreements." 5. The parties hereto have fire fighting equipment and personnel, including equipment distributed to them by the State pursuant to its Agreement with Eagle County, and have primary firefighting responsibility within their respective political boundaries. 6. The parties hereto desire to set forth the terms and conditions by which they will provide and receive mutual aid to and from each other and to and from the parties to the Umbrella Agreements to control and extinguish wildland fires and certain non-wildland fires on private property outside the jurisdictional boundaries of the municipal and fire protection district parties. I ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS 1.1 "Assisting Party" or "Agency" means and refers to the agency party rendering firefighting assistance outside of its jurisdiction to another agency party to this Operating Plan pursuant to the terms herein. 1.2 "Mutual Aid Period" means and refers to the first 24 hours after a fire is first reported to the jurisdictional agency. 1.3 "Jurisdiction" means and refers to the physical boundaries of a party hereto together with the extra-boundary lands for which it contracts to provide fire protection services. Jurisdictional boundary lines for USFS, BLM and Eagle County (state and private lands) are shown on the USFS White River National Forest Map. 104 "Requesting Party" or "Agency" means and refers to the agency party to this Operating Plan in need of and requesting frrefighting assistance within its jurisdiction. 1.5 "Wildland Fire" means and refers to a forest or prairie fire as referred to in SS30-10-512, 513, CRS. 1.6 "Umbrella Agreements" means and refers to authorities for this plan - Colorado Interagency Cooperative Fire Management Agreement BLM #1422CAAOI00I0 USFS #01-FI-I1020000-052 NPS #H124901001O. BIA #AGOIMOOOOI6 FWS #14-48-60139"'()I-KOOl CSFS - No Agreement Number Used Emergency Fund Contract for Forest and Watershed Fire Control CSFS form #108, Apri127, 1991 Agreement for Cooperative Wildfire Protection in Eagle County CSFS #109, March 12, 1990 ARTICLE II TERM AND TERMINATION 2.1 Term. The initial Term of this Operating Plan shall commence on the execution by all parties hereto and shall end on May 1, 2007, unless sooner terminated as provided in Section 2.2 or Section 2.3 below. 2.2 Termination Without Cause. Any party may terminate this Operating Plan, without cause, by giving sixty days written notice to each of the other parties. 2.3 Termination For Cause. A party asserting it is aggrieved by a breach of this Operating Plan may serve on the party responsible for the alleged breach a written notice describing the breach. If the alleged breach is not cured within thirty days of giving notice, the aggrieved party may immediately terminate this Operating Plan by giving written notice to each of the other parties. 2 ARTICLE III ANNUAL REVIEW 3.1 Annual Review of Operational Plan. The parties shall meet at least annually, before the beginning of the wildland fire season, to review and, if appropriate, to propose amendments to this Eagle County Annual Wildfire Operating Plan, with a goal of having any such amendments or replacement plan formally renewed not later than May 1 of each year and be coordinated with the Umbrella Agreements. Proposed amendments shall take effect upon execution by all of the parties hereto. If no changes are made, a statement letter with signatures of all parties to this operating plan will be distributed. ARTICLE N MUTUAL AID 4.1 Primary Purpose. The parties hereto respectively pledge their good faith in attempting to assist each other based on their needs, requests for mutual aid, and the circumstances of a wildland fire. Each party will take aggressive actions to contain, control, and fully extinguish all wildland fires during the mutual aid time period and thereafter, and agrees the primary concern is the extinguishing of wildland fires, and none will delay extinguishment efforts while deciding ultimate responsibility for such fires. 4.2 Mutual Aid Time Period. Mutual Aid lasts for 24 hours from the time a fire is first reported to the jurisdictional agency. 4.3 County-wide Mutual Aid. Mutual Aid has been established county-wide without regard to jurisdictional boundaries. Agencies are responsible for their own costs during the mutual aid time period. The BLM helicopter stationed in Rifle is considered a mutual aid resource, and if not assigned to another fire, is available without charge to county fire agencies during the mutual aid time period. It is understood that no agency will be required or expected to commit its forces through mutual aid to assist another agency to the extent of jeopardizing the security or responsibilities of its own jurisdiction. ARTICLE V FIRE PROTECTION RESPONSIDILITIES 5.1 Fire Protection Responsibilities. Eachjurisdictional agency has ultimate responsibility for wildland fire protection on its own lands. The fIre protection responsibilities of the County Sheriff and the Colorado State Forest Service on state and private lands are outlined in the 1973 Colorado Revised Statues. The U.S. Forest Service has responsibility for fires on national forest lands and the Bureau of Land Management has responsibility for fires on BLM public lands. Responsibility for wildland fire control or suppression on state and private land within Eagle County is shared by the Sheriff and the various local resources. Reimbursable costs shall be covered as mutually agreed upon by the County Commissioners, Sheriff and participating agenCies. 3 In the event that costs to be covered by the County exceed $25,000.00, the Sheriff or Sheriff's designee will contact the Board of County Commissioners or its designee regarding the commitment of additional County funds. It is clearly and mutually understood that the Upper Colorado River USFS-BLM will promptly attack wildfIres and follow through on all necessary suppression actions on Denver Water properties in Eagle County. 5.2 Mutual Aid Dispatch Areas. Mutual aid wildfIre protection has been established Countywide between all signatories to this Plan, see section 9.4. EXHIBIT A shows mutual aid resources available from cooperating agencies. 5.3 Special Management Considerations. Denver Water Board Lands - NotifIcation - When a wildfIre occurs on lands owned by Denver Water, the CSFS Granby District representative (FDO) must be notifIed. This FDO will respond, at his/her discretion, to serve as the landowner's representative on the incident and to facilitate reimbursement. - Use of Mechanized Equipment - Use of mechanized, earthmoving equipment such as bulldozers, graders, etc., will not be permitted on Denver Water lands without the expressed approval of CSFS or Denver Water. - Aerial Retardant Use - The use of aerial retardants on Denver Water lands is restricted within 100 feet of lakes, rivers and live streams. Federal Lands Use of roads on federal lands, presently closed to vehicular travel (outside of wilderness or wilderness study areas), is hereby authorized to all parties to this WildfIre Annual Operating Plan as follows: - Access for detection and suppression is allowed on established roads behind locked gates. - Access for suppression only is allowed on roads which have been designated as "closed." Detection and reporting within areas marked as "low response" on the White River National Forest Wildland Fire Response Areas map is authorized. Suppression efforts should not be taken unless authorized by the U.S. Forest Service. Detection or suppression within designated wilderness, wilderness study areas and/or "roadless" areas, as designated on the White River National Forest Wildland Fire Response Areas map, is authorized as follows: - The use of mechanized equipment (vehicles, chainsaws, pumps, etc.) within wilderness areas is prohibited. - Non-mechanized detection and suppression efforts are authorized in those portions of wilderness areas that are not part of a "low response" area. 4 - Detection and reporting only is authorized within wilderness areas that are also within a "low response" area. Natural ignitions in these areas will be evaluated for, and may be managed as, Wildland Fire Use incidents. 5.4 Repair of Wildfire Suppression Damage. Repair of wildfire suppression damage is the responsibility of the jurisdictional agency/agencies unless otherwise agreed to by a unified command group. The state Emergency Fire Fund (EFF) is strictly a fire suppression fund and cannot pay for rehabilitation. Repair of damage directly related to suppression, i.e., water bars on dozer lines, may be authorized by the CSFS line officer only when part of the Incident Action Plan during the EFF period. Repair of wildfire suppression damage on Denver Water lands is the responsibility of Denver Water, unless otherwise agreed to by the unified command at the time of fire close out. All efforts will be made by agencies involved in suppressive action to minimize damage through the use of "light on the land" techniques, or through rehabilitation activities conducted at the time of the incident. Examples of these rehabilitation activities would include: water barring frrelines; placement oflogs or rocks across firelines; etc.... ARTICLE VI RESOURCE LIST 6.1 Resource List. Resources available for wildland fire suppression or support are listed by agency or department on Cooperative Resource Rates Forms in EXHIBIT A. ARTICLE VII PROTECTION AREA MAP 7.1 Protection Area Map. The USFS White River National Forest map shows jurisdictional boundaries for the purpose of this Plan. The map legend shows jurisdictional boundaries, but generally the following colors correspond to the jurisdictions shown: COLOR AGENCY White, Purple County Green U.S. Forest Service Orange Bureau of Land Management ARTICLE VIII FIRE READINESS 8.1 Fire Planning. Eagle County has developed a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP). This operating plan will become an addendum to the CWPP, which will have a primary purpose of planning and prioritizing wildfrre mitigation and protection in the county. 8.2 Wildfire Training Needs and Coordination. Standardized, NWCG approved fire training courses are provided periodically by the CSFS, USFS, BLM and other agencies. As these courses are scheduled, all participants will be informed and invited to participate. 5 8.3 Inspection Schedules. All engines subject to interagency fire use outside Eagle County will be inspected by the owning agency, both engine and equipment, to ensure use and road worthiness. ARTICLE IX WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION PROCEDURES 9.1 Incident Command System & Multi~Agencv Coordination. The Incident Command System will be utilized on all wildfires. All extended attack multi~jurisdictional incidents will utilize unified command. Under unified command affected Federal, State, and County jurisdictions will provide on scene representation. These designated representatives will communicate direction and objectives to ONE incident commander who has no collateral duties. The incident will have ONE fireline operations section chief to implement strategy and tactics. All requests for fire information will be approved by the IC utilizing a single fire information officer. A local Multi~Agency Coordination group may be initiated when two or more agencies are experiencing incidents requiring a significant commitment of county resources. 9.2 Detection. All reports of actual or potential wildfires will be made to Vail dispatch. All wildland fire reports will be forwarded by Vail dispatch to the appropriate jurisdiction and Grand Junction Interagency Dispatch Center. The participating agencies that can take the quickest effective fire size~up or suppression action will be dispatched for initial attack. The jurisdictional agency will respond and establish command at the earliest possible time. If fire dispatch requirements exceed the ability of Vail dispatch or impede other functions of local dispatch centers, an expanded dispatch center may be designated to assume dispatch , responsibilities for the incident. 9.3 Notification About Fires. Assisting agencies making initial attack on fires outside their jurisdiction will ensure, through Vail dispatch, that the jurisdictional agency is promptly notified. The actual size up report should be made by the initial attack incident commander directly to GJC if possible. The initial attack incident commander is responsible for ensuring that Vail dispatch notifies GJC of all fires reported on USFS, BLM and Denver Water lands. It shall be the responsibility of the Upper Colorado River USFS~BLM to notify the Colorado State Forest Service if Denver Water lands are involved or threatened. Failure to notify Colorado State Forest Service may jeopardize the opportunity for reimbursement of suppression expenses for Denver Water lands. 9.4 Mutual Aid DistJatch Areas. Mutual Aid will be exchanged between the participants regardless of jurisdictional boundary lines. Each agency or department is responsible for providing Worker's Compensation Insurance for its own personnel. Countv~Federal Mutual Aid. Mutual aid is exchanged between the County, participating municipalities and fire protection district parties hereto, in the aggregate, and the United States parties. As to such mutual aid, the jurisdictional boundaries are those on the White River National Forest Map, delineating the boundaries ofUSFS, BLM and "Eagle County" 6 (representing all state and private lands) without regard to the boundaries of individual municipalities and fire protection districts. Intra-County Mutual Aid. Mutual aid is exchanged between the County, participating municipalities and fire protection district parties hereto. As to such mutual aid, the relevant jurisdictional boundaries are those of the municipalities, the fire protection districts and the County. County-wide Response. When dispatched, participants will respond to wildfires in the County regardless of jurisdiction. The level of activity or involvement by assisting agencies making a response may vary. At a minimum, assisting agencies will send such personnel and equipment necessary to size-up the fire and report the situation to the jurisdictional agency. Upon arrival, the initial attack incident commander will determine legal description and the need for appropriate jurisdictional fire investigator. Countv-wide Initial Attack. The closest forces should be dispatched without regard to jurisdiction. Participants will initiate suppression activities regardless of jurisdiction when it is within their capability to do so. Assisting agencies will not initial attack fires on another jurisdiction if initial attack puts personnel at unreasonable risk, such as a remote fire discovered at night, or if asked to stand down by the jurisdictional agency. Agencies taking independent action within another agency's jurisdiction should notify that agency as soon as possible. The jurisdictional agency should assume responsibility for suppression at the earliest possible time, or as otherwise agreed. No party to this agreement shall be required to make resources or assistanoe available to the requesting party ifby so doing would impair the party's ability to provide effective emergency services within its own service area. 9.5 Dispatching and Resource Ordering Procedure. - All requests for local non-federal agency fire forces will be made through Vail dispatch. - Requests for assistance beyond the capability of Eagle County shall be made through Vail Dispatch to Grand Junction Interagency Dispatch Center. - It shall be the responsibility of the Upper Colorado River USFS-BLM when responding to a wildfire on Denver Water lands to order needed assistance, or acquire replacements to relieve their initial attack crews or the crews of assisting agencies. 9.6 Reinforcements and Support. All requests for additional resources beyond initial attack will be made by the applicable agency representative, using the ordering procedures outlined under section 9.5 above. 9.7 Interagency Procurement. Non-federal participants to this Plan may purchase fire suppression supplies from GSA through CSFS. Any other loaning, sharing, exchanging or maintenance of facilities, equipment or support services will be considered on a case-by-case basis as mutually agreed to by the concerned parties. 9.8 Interagency Use of Communication System/Frequencies. Federal, State, and County radio systems are largely incompatible at this time; however, all fire agencies in Eagle County are equipped with the Fire Emergency Radio Network (FERN-I) and 800 MHz capabilities. FERN-l 7 (154.280) and 800 MHz system channels may be used for interagency communication on a wildfire if one agency's operational channels are not compatible with another agency's radios. For the purpose of conducting business authorized by this Operating Plan, all parties to this Operating Plan agree that assisting agencies may use the jurisdictional agency's radio frequencies as needed to conduct emergency communications on fires. No participant to this Operating Plan will use, or authorize others to use, another agency's radio frequencies for purposes beyond the scope of this Operating Plan. Radio frequencies specifically authorized for use on wildfires are shown in EXHIBIT A. 9.9 Eagle County Fire Prel'aredness Levels. Local preparedness levels are not currently in use in Eagle County. ARTICLE X FIRE SITUATION 10.1 Wildland Fire Situation Analysis. Federal agencies will complete a Wildland Fire Situation Analysis (WFSA) on all fires on federal lands or Denver Water lands that escape initial attack to determine appropriate response. The CSFS line officer will prepare or review and approve the WFSA for fires that have the potential to be designated an EFF fire or affect multiple jurisdictions and have the potential to go through an extended attack period into a project fire situation. When a fire is burning on or threatens to bum on multiple jurisdictions, one WFSA should be prepared that considers all jurisdictions (the whole fire). All jurisdictions impacted by the fire should participate in the WFSA process. CSFS requires that an Emergency Fire Fund Analysis Form (CSFS-108A, see EXHIBIT B) be prepared on all non-federal fires, including fires on Denver Water land, that have the potential to exceed County control capabilities. The County Sheriff, or his designee, should use this form to help determine if a fire might be eligible for EFF designation. 10.2 State Emergency Fire Fund (EFF). Eagle County and Denver Water are members of the State Emergency Fire Fund (EFF). The purpose ofEFF is to provide funds for fire suppression on multiple fires or a single large fire on non-federal lands that exceeds the suppression capability of the County. Funding for EFF is provided by participating County governments and Denver Water. Each participating County pays annually into the fund based on the total assessed property value and acres of private and state land. If and when EFF funds are exhausted, CSFS will make every effort to obtain additional funds as needed from the Governor's emergency fund or from a special appropriation of the Colorado Legislature. Implementation of EFF can only be done by the State Forester of Colorado, or his designee, upon recommendation of the CSFS Granby District representative, following a request from the County Sheriff. For this reason it is important that the CSFS Granby District representative be notified immediately of fires that threaten to exceed control capabilities of the County. EFF implementation can only occur with a CSFS Granby District representative on the fire scene. 8 It is the duty of the CSFS Granby District representative to evaluate and report the situation to the State Forester and to formally request implementation ofEFF. Requests for EFF implementation must be done in writing using the CSFS Fire Funding Request Form (CSFS 164). In the case of EFF implementation, the CSFS Granby District representative will act for the State Forester until relieved by a CSFS line officer. It is the sole responsibility of CSFS to act as administrator of EFF funds. The County Sheriff, or his designee, is responsible for initiating a written analysis of the fire to help determine if a request for EFF implementation is warranted. The Sheriff, or his designee, will complete the EFF Analysis Form (CSFS 108A) prior to requesting EFF implementation. The CSFS Granby District representative should assist with the analysis. In the case of EFF implementation, the Sheriff is responsible for assigning control duty to CSFS by completing and signing the Assumption of Fire Control Duty Form (CSFS 168). The Sheriff and the County will continue to put forth a maximum wildfire control effort. County resources committed to the fire shall not be less than shown in EXHIDIT B. The Sheriff will act as the County representative of any unified command group. The Sheriff or his designee, will assist with daily analysis of the fire (Wildland Fire Situation Analysis) and assume command when the incident is back within the County's ability to controL The above forms, CSFS l08A, 164, 168 are shown in EXHIDIT B. It is the duty of other County agencies to assist the Sheriff in maintaining a maximum control effort for the duration of the fire. If any federal lands are involved in the fire, those agency representatives will be a partner in a unified command structure. CSFS will relinquish command ofEFF fires back to the County Sheriff when daily situation analyses show that the fire is within the County's ability to controL The County will mop-up and patrol the fire until declared "out" according to directions provided by CSFS or the unified command group. 10.3 Traffic ControL Traffic control will be provided by the County Sheriff, upon request, to expedite the routing of vehicles to and from major fires and to exclude unauthorized personnel from the fire area. lOA Law Enforcement and Fire Investigation. It will be the responsibility of the jurisdictional agency to take appropriate law enforcement action. Law enforcement personnel from non- jurisdictional agencies may assist, upon request, from the jurisdictional agency. The jurisdictional agency will have responsibility for investigating fires and any civil or criminal actions taken. The County will coordinate fire investigation for EFF fires. Assisting agencies will cooperate with fire investigations, upon request, of the jurisdictional agency(ies). Assisting agencies will make every effort to identify, protect and report all evidence to the jurisdictional agency. 10.5 Post Incident Action Analysis. Post incident analysis of events and actions taken by suppression forces during wildland fires will be conducted by the jurisdictional agency commensurate with the complexity of the incident. 10.6 Jurisdictional Assignments. Incident qualification cards (red cards) may not be required for initial attack of fires within Eagle County; however, firefighters without red cards may be released from an incident by the authorized representative of the jurisdictional agency. The 9 authorized representative of the jurisdictional agency will coordinate the release of assisting agency personnel through the ranking officerlrepresentative of the assisting agency. ARTICLE XI AVIATION PROCEDURES 11.1 Aviation Requests and Operations. All requests for air support resources should be made to the Grand Junction Interagency Dispatch Center. When aircraft is requested by any agency for suppression efforts, the request must include the following: - Name and agency of person ordering. - Name, location and elevation ofthe fire. - Name and radio frequency of ground contact at the fire. - Other aircraft in the area, including radio frequencies in use. - Aircraft hazards in the area. Initial orders for aircraft may be authorized by the local on-scene incident commander. Requests for additional air support resources beyond this initial request must be authorized by the responsible agency. The County Sheriff or his designee will notify the CSFS Granby District representative immediately when aircraft is ordered for a non-federal fire. Grand Junction Interagency Dispatch Center will make a courtesy call to CSFS whenever the county orders air support resources. With the exception of the Rifle helicopter, aircraft does not fall under mutual aid described in section 9.4. Colorado Army Air National Guard helicopters stationed at the Colorado High Altitude Training Site (CHATS) may be available when life or buildings are at risk or when federal contract aircraft are unavailable. Request procedures are shown in EXHmIT A. 11.2 Leadolanel Air Attack Activation. Heavy air tankers are dispatched with a leadplane when one is available. Single engine air tankers may be dispatched without a leadplane if the pilot is initial attack qualified. 11.3 Wildfire Emergency Response Fund. The Wildfire Emergency Response Fund (WERF) was created by the legislature to provide funding or reimbursement for the first aerial tanker flight to a wildfire at the request of any sheriff, municipal fire department, or fire protection district. This fund will be utilized to assist on non-federal lands only. The fund will be utilized for the costs of the first aerial drop on a wildfire. In the case of helicopter use as the first response, the fund will cover one hour of helicopter flight time only, including the pilot. Fixed wing aircraft reimbursement does not include lead plane or aerial observer aircraft. Rotary wing aircraft reimbursement does not include costs for additional personnel associated with the helicopter. The fund will not pay for ferry time to import aircraft from outside Colorado. The fund will not pay for aircraft identified as a mutual aid resource in this operating plan. 10 By agreement with the federal agencies, invoices for aircraft use covered by the fund will be sent to the CSFS State Office. Upon receipt of the federal invoice, the fund will pay for documented eligible costs. Invoice costs not covered by WERF will be forwarded to the jurisdiction that ordered the aerial resource. CSFS will closely monitor use of this fund since it is limited in size. Once the fund is exhausted, the State Forester will make a decision to continue or end this effort. 11.4 CSFS Single Engine Air Tankers (SEAT). Single engine air tankers may be pre~positioned at the Eagle Airport when a combination of factors or events warrant having an aircraft in the area. Requests for pre~positioning will be made by the County Sheriff through the CSFS Granby District Representative. Conditions that may warrant pre~positioning a SEAT include: ~ Multiple fire starts within a 72~hour period. ~ High occurrence of dry lightning. ~ Persistent Red Flag Warnings. ~ Local resources are occupied with other assignments. ~ Other factors as determined by the Sheriff of CSFS Granby District representative. ARTICLE XII FIRE PREVENTION 12.1 Information and Education. Each agency will prepare and release fire prevention material and radio/TV presentations according to their own prevention plans. Coordination with cooperating agencies will be followed in order to prevent a conflict in released material. All releases for fire prevention will carry USFS, CSFS, fire district and County Sheriff acknowledgements. Fire prevention signs will be maintained as required by each agency for lands under their jurisdiction. The Grand Junction Interagency Dispatch Center (GJe) will monitor local fire danger levels. GJC will make fire weather watches, Red Flag warning bulletins and other fire information available to cooperators via the Internet at http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/fire/rmacc.html 12.2 Burning Permits. Parties to this Agreement have the responsibility of issuing burning permits in their respective jurisdictions. The burning permit shall require the holder to notify Vail dispatch of controlled burning on allland(s) prior to ignition. In addition, all pertinent state and federal regulations will be followed. 12.3 Burning .Restrictions/Closures. Restrictions governing use of open fires during hazardous periods will be a coordinated effort of cooperating agencies. A flow chart that outlines the procedures for implementing and rescinding fire restrictions is attached as Exhibit C. ARTICLE XIII FUELS MANAGEMENT AND PRESCRffiED FIRE CONSIDERA nONS 13.1 Management and Considerations. The participants to this Operating Plan will cooperate 11 in the development and implementation of prescribed burning programs and projects including planned ignitions, wildland fire use and modified control strategies and tactics applied to fires within remote areas. The draft Eagle County Community Wildfire Protection Plan includes prioritized wildfire mitigation project areas. Wildfires resulting from escaped prescribed fires ignited by a party to this Operating Plan on lands it manages, shall be the responsibility of that party. The party responsible for the prescribed fire will reimburse other parties to this Plan consistent with the terms and conditions contained herein for costs incurred in suppression of such fires. If parties to this Plan conduct a cooperative prescribed fire, details covering cost sharing, reimbursement, and responsibility for suppression costs, should it escape, shall be agreed upon and documented in the bum plan. ARTICLE XIV COST REIMBURSEMENTS 14.1 Reimbursable Costs. Each agency will assume responsibility for its own expenses during the mutual aid period. The mutual aid period extends 24 hours from the time a fire is first reported to the jurisdictional agency. The assisting agency(ies) may request reimbursement for costs incurred after that time. The jurisdictional agency will reimburse assisting agencies for costs incurred after the first bum period if requested to do so. Costs incurred by an assisting agency for services beyond the mutual aid period shall be considered reimbursable. Services provided by assisting agencies beyond the mutual aid period must be requested by the jurisdictional agency. On Denver Water Board lands, costs incurred by the Upper Colorado River USFS-BLM for the mutual aid period and beyond, and for additional time or efforts which may be requested by the Colorado State Forest Service or Denver Water, shall be considered reimbursable, following approval by the Colorado State Forest Service. An agency that provides a reasonable initial attack response on Denver Water lands when the Upper Colorado River USFS-BLM is unable to respond, may also request reimbursement from Denver Water. The Initial Attack Response Guidelines, shown in section 9.5, will be used to determine minimum reimbursement to the Upper Colorado River USFS-BLM for initial attack of wildfires on Denver Water lands. Reimbursement may be adjusted upward according to site specific fire conditions after consultation among participating agencies by the CSFS Granby District representative. Initial response agencies should dispatch those forces it deems appropriate for the place and conditions of the fire. Response forces should be further adjusted by the incident commander from the scene as warranted. Actual reimbursement will consider values at risk, actual fire behavior, and the proficiency of the frrefighting force. When frre occurs on lands of more than one jurisdictional agency and costs are incurred beyond the scope of mutual aid fire protection, costs will be borne by each agency proportional to the size of the burned area on each agency's jurisdictional area or as mutually agreed upon by the unified command. When a fire is accepted by the State as an EFF incident, the Cost Share Principles agreed to by State and federal agencies will apply. 14.2 Reimbursement Procedures. If reimbursement for an incident can best be handled at a 12 local level, the assisting agency may invoice the jurisdictional agency directly. If deemed more efficient, the County may aggregate expenses incurred by the County and local fire departments to suppress fires on federal jurisdictions and may present an invoice for such expense to CSFS who will then reimburse the County and subsequently bill the jurisdictional federal agency or agencies. Federal agencies may submit bills and statements for reimbursements from County and/or fire districts for federal suppression on non-federal lands to CSFS. CSFS will make such reimbursement and subsequently invoice the County or department as appropriate. Any agencies wishing to handle reimbursements through CSFS must send invoices to the CSFS District Office, P.O. Box 69, Granby, CO 80446, within 30 days after incident resources are released. The CSFS State office will attempt to make payment as soon as possible after receiving the invoice. Invoices are required to have proper documentation supporting expenses before the process for payment can be completed. Payment for reimbursable costs on lands owned by Denver Water Board require that CSFS be notified of fires by the responding agency. Failure to notify CSFS will jeopardize the opportunity for reimbursement to the responding agencies. Payment for reimbursable costs for fires on Denver Water lands must be coordinated through the local CSFS District Office. Requests for reimbursement should be accompanied by a copy of the incident report. Invoices are required to have proper documentation: - Invoice memo addressed to the Denver Water Board on the billing agency's letterhead, requesting payment for resources involved in wildfire suppression on the incident located on Denver Water Board lands. Reference the fire dates and times; legal location; Denver Water Board land parcel name or location; size of fire; fire number (if assigned by Interagency Dispatch Center); and referring to the attached supporting documentation and costs verifications. - Personnel time in the form of: Crew Time Reports; photocopies of USDA/USDI Fire Time Sheets, Optional Form 288 for personnel from the federal government (both regular employees and those hired under the AD Plan for Emergency Workers). - Equipment Shift Tickets for all equipment; photocopies of Emergency Equipment Rental Agreements or Equipment Use Invoices for equipment contracted; photocopies of all current Cooperative Resource Rate Forms (CRRF's) that may apply to the equipment or personnel from the Upper Colorado River USFS-BLM. The equipment or personnel utilized should be highlighted or marked on the CRRF's for cross-reference to the supporting documents. - Denver Water Board will reimburse the assisting agency for the actual costs of supplies and materials used for the fire effort. Complete requests on Form SF 95; Claims for Damage, Injury or Death, as revised. Reimbursement requests will be reviewed by the local CSFS District Office for verification or correction of actual costs to be paid. When verified, the CSFS District Office will coordinate with the CSFS Special Projects Forester for Denver Water lands, and a recommendation for payment will be forwarded to Denver Water. Payment will be made directly to the requesting 13 agencies from Denver Water. Subsequent payments from the agency or department to its personnel or contractors will follow that entity's internal policy. 14.3 Resource Use Rates. Cooperative Resource Rate Forms (CRRF) should be completed every two years by cooperating agencies. These forms will show the rates of equipment that may be used on a wildland fire. Resources listed on a CRRF are considered Mutual Aid resources and, as such, will not be billed for during the mutual aid period. The use of resources not listed under a Cooperative Resource Rate Form may not be reimbursable unless rates are mutually agreed to, in writing, at the time such resource is requested. See Cooperative Resource Rate Forms, EXHIBIT A. ARTICLE XV GENERAL PROCEDURES 15.1 Periodic Program Reviews. Program reviews will be conducted at the annual fire operating plan meeting. 15.2 Resolution of Disputes. The primary purpose of this Operating Plan is to ensure prompt suppression of wildland fires. Any interagency dispute arising from these procedures will be resolved on site by the Unified or MACS Command Group. When necessary, following the conclusion of the incident, a panel of agency representatives, other than the parties involved in the incident, will review and resolve the dispute. ARTICLE XVI DIRECTORY OF PERSONNEL 16.1 Directory of Personnel. See Mobilization guide, EXHIBIT A. ARTICLE XVII COOPERATIVE RESOURCE RATE FORMS 17.1 Cooperator Resource Rate Forms (CRRF). Cooperative Resource Rate Forms, attached to this operating plan as part of Exhibit A, set forth agreed upon equipment and personnel rates, conditions of use, and reimbursement procedures. Cooperators that choose not to complete the Cooperative Resource Rate Form as an attachment to this operating plan will be required to complete the Emergency Equipment Rental Use Agreement at time of the incident and will be restricted to the standard Rocky Mountain Area equipment rates. 17.2 En~!ine Equipping and Staffing. Engines will be staffed and equipped according to current NWCG and RMACG standards. 17.3 Equipment Availability. Cooperator equipment availability status for out of county use should now be maintained in ROSS. Cooperators may "self status" in ROSS by requesting a password from Matt Coldwell, Colorado Department of Public Safety (CDPS) at (720) 852-6743. Cooperators who prefer not to "self status" may have CDPS maintain their status by fax: (720) 852-6756 or Email: ross-status@cdps.state.co.us 14 Grand Junction Interagency Dispatch Center (GJC) will continue to dispatch wildfire resources for out of county assignments utilizing ROSS. Since the dispatching process is in transition this year, a courtesy call should be made each Friday morning to GJC with availability information for the following week. Cooperators must change status in ROSS and notify GJC immediately of any unexpected status changes. ARTICLE XVIII TYPE II WILDLAND FIRE HAND CREW 18.1 Fire Hand Crew. Not currently in use. ARTICLE XIX PERSONNEL AND PERSONNEL COMPENSATION 19.1 Personnel. Every person employed in or providing services pursuant to this Agreement is the sole responsibility of the party by whom that person is employed on a full-time, part-time or volunteer basis, and no person providing services hereunder shall have any right associated with employment by or provision of services to another party. No party shall be called upon to assume any liability for the personnel performing services hereunder as a result of the employment or provision of such personnel by another party, or any liability other than that provided for in this Agreement. No party shall be liable for compensation or indemnity to any employee or volunteer of another party for injury or sickness arising out of his or her employment or services rendered under this Agreement. 19.2 Compensation. Pursuant to SS 29-5-109, 110, CRS, all compensation and other benefits enjoyed by every person employed in their own jurisdiction shall extend to the services they perform under this Agreement, including, without limitation, worker's compensation coverage and pension fund benefits and payments. 19.3 Personnel Oualifications. Each agency is responsible for the training and qualification of its personnel for fighting wildfires. Each agency shall dispatch in a mutual aid response only personnel qualified for the incident. If it comes to the attention of the jurisdictional agency or multi-jurisdiction command, as the case may be, that a fire fighter is not properly qualified for an incident (or his/her assignment with respect to the incident), it may require that the fire fighter be withdrawn from the response or assigned to tasks for which he/she may be properly qualified. Also, see section 10.6. 15 ARTICLE XX PLAN APPROV ALS 20.1 Plan Approvals. This Plan will remain in effect until May 1,2007, or until superseded. Participants will meet prior to fire season each year to review and update the Plan for official approval. Eagle County, ~ ~ Date By and through its Board of County Commissioners Date ~. ;2--3 . C? G:> Date U.S. Forest Service Date Bureau of Land Management Date This Plan may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one and the same Agreement. 16 ARTICLE XX PLAN APPROVALS 20.1 Plan Approvals. This Plan will remain in effect until May 1, 2007, or until superseded. Participants will meet prior to fire season each year to review and update the Plan for official approval. Eagle County, Colorado Date By and through its Board of County Commissioners Attest: County Date Eagle County Sheriff Date Colorado State Forest Service Date -~ ~7~ ...; Izt.f I CJ' U.S. Forest Service Date ~~ 'i/ZIf/fJ6 Bureau of Land Management Date This Plan may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one and the same Agreement. 16 EXHIBIT A MOBILIZATION PLAN PERSONNEL DIRECTORY (all area codes are 970 unless otherwise written) COLORADO DIVISION OF PARKS & OUTDOOR RECREATION Grand Junction Office. ..... ............... ...................................... ............................................ .248- 7319 Sylvan Lake State Park.................................................................................. ....... ............. 328-2021 COLORADO STATE FOREST SERVICE Granby District Office...............................................................887 -3121 887-3150 fax Mike Harvey, District Forester..................................................887-2958 home 217-6981 cell Ron Cousineau, Assistant District Forester...............................887-3153 home 217-7022 cell Hans Rinke, Forester..................................... ... ....... ...887-1977 home 485-0541 cell If contact cannot be made with district personnel call the CSFS state office Fire Duty Officer, 491-6304. This number can be used 24 hrs a day. After normal business hours this number will reach the Colorado State University Police. Ask them to page the CSFS fire duty officer. EAGLE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ................ .......................................................328-8500 Joseph D. Hoy, Sheriff........................................................... 926-281 0 (home) / 376- 7023 (cell) Barry Smith, Eagle County OEM....................................524-9683 (home) /471-4048 (cell) USDA FOREST SERVICE - WHITE RIVER NATIONAL FOREST / BLM Grand Junction Interagency Dispatch Center............ ............... ..................... ........ ........... ..257 -4800 Ross Wilmore, UCR East Zone FMO........................328-6388 (office) /328-5607 (weekend) 777 -1222 (home) 949-2433 (pager) 948-5766 (cell) rwilmore@fs.fed.us Eric Rebitzke, UCR East Zone AFMO......................328-6388 (office) /328-5607 (weekend) 949-2434 (pager) 948-3526 (cell) Vacant, UCR Central Zone FMO.................. ................................................... 625-2371 (office) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FIRE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE...............256-9463 V AIL DISPATCH..............................................................................................................4 79-2200 FIRE DEPARTMENTS BASALT & RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT Business Office 704-0675 Dispatch 920-5310 Scott Thompson, Chief 618-9401 (cell) Jerry Peetz, Operations Director 618-1256 (cell); 927-4715 (home) EAGLE RIVER FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 748-9665 (business hours); Dispatch 479-2201 (after hours) Charlie Moore, Chief 748-4732 (office); 904-1466 (cell) John Willson, Battalion Chief 977-1001 (cell) GREATER EAGLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT Jon Jon Asper, Chief 328-7244 or 328-1779 (office); 977-6234 (cell); 328-7201 (home) GYPSUM FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT Dave Vroman, Chief 524-7101 (office); 376-4976 Fire Duty Officer.............. ....... ................... ............................... ............ ............ ........ .........471-1992 VAIL FIRE DEPARTMENT Jnt,n Gulick, Chief 479-2253 (office); 748-2701 (pager); 376-3430 (cell); 328-3056 (home) e McGee, Deputy Chief 479-2135 (office); 376-0738 (cell) COOPERATIVE RESOURCE RATE FORl\1S ATTACHED BASALT AND RURAL FPD EAGLE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE EAGLE RIVER FPD GREATER EAGLE FPD V AIL FD WESTERN EAGLE AMBULANCE DISTRICT AIRCRAFT Aircraft availability is constantly changing. Users should contact Grand Junction Interagency Dispatch Center to determine availability prior to placing an order. Grand Junction Interagency Dispatch Center. (GJC) 970-257-4800 PREFERRED AND MOST RAPID ORDERING PROCEDURES FOR ANY AIRCRAFT User>>>Vail Dispatch>>>GJC Federal agencies may contact GJC direct. NATIONAL GUARD AIRCRAFT The ordering procedures above are recommended for Colorado National Guard aircraft. The Sheriff can order directly, but CNG will check with RMC first for civilian ship availability and air space coordination: Sheriff>>>CNG>>>RMC>>>CJC U.S. Armv Air National Guard. C.H.A.T.S. Lieutenant Colonel Joel Best 524-7702 ext. 0 Following are estimates ofFY 06 State Active Duty flight hour reimbursement rates for National Guard aircraft. Costs for aircrew are additional. Aircrew costs are determined based on actual crew pay status that fly the mission. AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY USE NON EMERGENCY USE CH-47D Chinook $6581.86 per hour $6854.18 per hour UH -60A Blackhawk $3894.15 per hour $4057.30 per hour UH-IHV Huey $1238.89 per hour $1295.84 per hour OH-58AC Kiowa $617.54 per hour $646.77 per hour C-12 (Airplane) $1064.04 per hour $1112.33 per hour CSFS SHOULD BE NOTIFIED OF ANY AIRCRAFT ORDERED FOR USE ON NON- FEDERAL LANDS, IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ORDER HAS BEEN PLACED. RADIO FREQUENCIES RX Freq. RX Tone TX Freq. TX Tone FERN 154280 154.280 NLEC 155.475 155.475 Weather 162.550 Basalt & Rural FPD Basalt & Rural 154.445 100.0 153.770 100.0 FER.N 154.280 154.280 NLEC 155.475 155.475 Eagle County Sheriff Direct 800MHz FERN 154.280 154.280 NLEC 155.475 155.475 Eagle River FPD Direct 800MHz FERN 154.280 154.280 Greater Eagle FPD Direct 800MHz FERN 154.280 154.280 Gvpsum FPD Direct 800MHz FERN 154.280 154.280 Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management Unit Castle Direct 170.52500 110.9 170.52500 1l0.9 Castle Peak 170.52500 110.9 166.67500 127.3 Red Table 170.52500 110.9 166.67500 179.9 Vail 170.52500 110.9 166.67500 94.8 Ptarmigan 170.52500 110.9 166.67500 118.8 Fire Portable 170.52500 110.9 166.67500 173.8 Sunlight 169.92500 103.5 166.56250 156.7 FERN 154280 154.280 NLEC 155.475 155.475 Vail Fire Department Direct 800MHz FERN 154280 154280 Initial Attack Aircraft Communications Zones and Frequencies (see back of this page) 2006 INITIAL ATTACK AIRCRAFT COMMUNICATION ZONES FOR COLORADO II \i ZONE 4 N ZONE 7 II AIR-AIR: 125.7250 AIR-AIR: 119.1750 + AIR-GROUND PRIMARY: 170.2250N AIR-GROUND SECONDARY: 171.5500N AIR-GROUND PRIMARY: 171.9000N I AIR-GROUND SECONDARY: 170.0000N 109 108 I 103 102 I 4 105 104 II ZONE 1 41 AIR-AIR: 118.7250 It I ZONE 5 AIR-GROUND PRIMARY: 171.5500N ~ II AIR-AIR AIR-GROUND SECONDARY: ZONE 5 if) 124.5250 <:( Ii AIR-AIR: 127.3250 Ct:: 'I AIR-GROUND PRIMARY: 172.3250N !Xl I: AIR-GROUND SECONDARY: 172.2750N LIJ II :2: Ii ZONE 2 40 AIR-AIR: 126.7750 40 II AIR-GROUND PRIMARY: 172,2750N AIR-GROUND SECONDARY: 172.3250N 11 il UTAH II II I ,I <I 39 ZONE 3 II AIR-AIR: 126.4750 39 II II ZONE 4 AIR-GROUND PRIMARY: 171.5500N Ii AIR-AIR AIR-GROUND SECONDARY: 172.3750N if) I ZONE 6 <:( ! 124.0750 if) AIR-AIR: 126.0250 < AIR-GROUND PRIMARY: 172.4750N ~ I I AIR-GROUND SECONDARY: 172.2250N I I 38 38 II Ji ZONE 4 II AIR-AIR: 126.2750 II AIR-GROUND PRIMARY: 172.2750N il AIR-GROUND SECONDARY: 1723250N !I II 37 I 09 108 'I 107 106 105 104 103 102 37 NEW MEXICO NOTE Secondary Air to Ail available at PL3 and 2Lc\.G II .= EXHIBIT B EMERGENCY FIRE FUND (EFF) FIRES The minimum commitment of county resources to EFF fires in Eagle County is shown as follows: 4 Engines 1 Dozer 1 Water Tender 1 Ambulance In the event that any of the above equipment is not needed or requested by the Colorado State Forest Service line officer during an EFF fire the minimum commitment will be considered as being met. It is understood that this is a minimum and a considerably larger commitment may be necessary for certain fires. The following forms are also attached as part of EXHIBIT B: EFF Analysis Form (CSFS 108A) CSFS Fire Funding Request (CSFS 164) Assumption of Fire Control Duty (CSFS 168) CSFS 164 Rev. 5/06 EFF FUNDING REQUEST 1. Time 2. Incident Name 3. County EFF member: Dyes Dno 4. Current fire acres. Immediate threats to 5. Incident Location 6. Who is making request: D Dist. Forester D Co. Sheriff o Co. Commissioner D Other 7. Current role of Sheriff: 8. Current Incident Commander name Agency 9. Jurisdictions now burning: DFPD D City D County D USFS DBLM DNPS o Other Fire Districts (list) 10. DYes D No Urban interface involved? Evacuations: # Needed # Underway _ D not-needed Primary Residence: Threatened Lost Secondary Residence: Threatened Lost - - 11. Suppression resources: Available Ordered Committed line workers engmes . dozers airtankers helicopters other I2.Fire weather (from NWS): Current Forecast wind speed & 00. temps, max & min RH" max & min Other: 13. Condition of forces now on fire line: 14. Expectations 8 hours from now: fire size: acres terrain , threats ! fire behavior 15. Totals from EFF Analysis Form CSFS#108A: #yes #no CSFS ] 64 Rev. 5/06 16. District Forester recommendation: o CSFS accept Delegation of Duty at 00600 hrs on date o 1800 hrs o CSFS NOT accept the Delegation of Duty. Why for either of above: Anticipated resources needed for control: 17. DYes 0 No Have both the County Sheriff and Commissioners been advised of need for the Delegation of Duty? 18. DYes ONo Do the County Sheriff and Commissioners concur with the Delegation of Duty? 19. District Forester Time Location Phone S.O_ Fire Duty Officer STATE OFFICE USE 20. Recommendation of Fire Div. Supervisor (S.O. Duty Person if Div_ Supervisor not available): 21. State Forester decision and any constraints: 25. Decision relayed to DF Date Time CSFS 168 Rev. 5/06 DELEGATION OF DUTY l DRLF,(;A TION OF DlTTY Defined. The County Sheriff may delegate the duty offire control and fiscal management for a specific fire. The County Sheriff retains statutory authority as defined in CRS 30.10-513. A. Duty for controlling the Fire burning in County, Section(s) , Township , Range , is to be assumed by: (Check One) 0 County 0 Colorado State Forest Service o 0600 hrs B. Delegation of duty will become effective at o 1800 hrs on ,20_ Date o End of operational period, identified as hrs on ,20_ - Date and is acceptable to signatory parties below. ll. P A VMF:NT OF COSTS INCnRRRD A. The agency accepting this duty, , is responsible for (county, CSFS) costs incurred for the following: (OVER) CSFS 168 Rev. 5/06 B. The cooperating agency, , IS (county, CSFS) responsible for costs incurred for the following: 'The County agrees, in the event of a human caused fIre, to conduct an investigation as to cause and provide Colorado State Forest Service a copy of the preliminary investigation report within 30 days of control of the fIre and a fInal report upon the conclusion of that investigation consistent with State Law. COUNTY SHERIFF: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: Name Name Title Title Date Date Time Time FOR CSFS: Name Title Date Time .<'.' ( ( .. \, EXHIBIT C PROCESS FOR IMPLEMENTING COUNTY FIRE RESTRICTIONS · ERC 90-96% LAST 5 DAYS AT DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE WX STATION(S) · HIGH HUMAN CAUSED RISK1 · NO SIGNIFICANT RELIEF IN FIRE WEATHER FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 1 DAYS JBL- -ill -JhL- ;,,1<, 'tltj .. . . ifh. 't.::1}\;O'. " All Criteria are Met, Two Elements are Less Than Two Implement Stage I Present, Strongly Elements are Present, Restrictions Consider Stage I No Fire Restrictions Restriction · ERC 91% OR GREATER LAST 5 DAYS AT DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE WX STATION(S) · HIGH HUMAN CAUSED RISK1 · NO SIGNIFICANT RELIEF IN FIRE WEATHER FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 7 DAYS ~ All Criteria are Met, Two Elements are Less Than Two Implement Stage " Present, Strongly Elements are Present, Restrictions Consider Stage " Remain at Stage I Fire Restriction Restrictions 1 High Human Caused Risk may include Holidays, such as 4tl1 of July or Labor Day or Special Events such as Country Jam, the lands End Hill Climb or hunting season. 2 Stage III-Area Closures are extremely rare events, and will only be implemented in extraordinary situations, after significant interagency coordination. C-l PROCESS FOR RESCINDING COUNTY FIRE RESTRICTIONS · ERC 60% OR LESS LAST 3 DAYS AT DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE WX STATIONS · HUMAN CAUSED RISK IS MODERATE OR LESS OVER THE NEXT 14 DAYS1 · RMA PREDICTIVE SERVICES FORECASTS MODERATE TO LOW FIRE CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL FOR THE 30 DAY OUTLOOK2 -l::l- _~c.<:.....:_i -,.... All Criteria are Met, Two Elements are Less Than Two Rescind Restrictions Present, Consider Elements are Present, Rescinding No Change in Fire Restrictions Restrictions 1 High Human Caused Risk may include Holidays, such as 4th of July or Labor Day or Special Events such as Country Jam, the Lands End Hill Climb or hunting season. 2 Consultation with the Fire Weather Meteorologists at Rocky Mountain Area Coordination Center predicts moderate to low fire conditions to prevail over the majority of the next 30 days. 3 Once implemented, Stage II or III Restrictions will generally not be reduced until fire conditions have sufficiently moderated to completely lift all restrictions. C-2