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THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
[1. Call to Order]
CHAIRPERSON.VICE MAYOR, OUR MISSION STATEMENT, PLEASE.
THE MISSION OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF IS TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU. AND COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY OUR LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT, PLEASE.
THESE LANDS STILL INHABITED BY NATIVE DESCENDANTS.
WATER, MOUNTAIN SACRED TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.
WE HONOR THEM THEIR LEGACIES, THEIR TRADITIONS AND THEIR CONTINUED CONTRIBUTIONS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
[4. Update, discussion, and possible direction regarding the Pipeline and Haywire fires in the greater Flagstaff area, including updates from various agencies working on the fires.]
BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM FOUR UPDATE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE DIRECTION REGARDING THE PIPELINE AND HAYWIRE FIRES IN THE GREATER FLAGSTAFF AREA, INCLUDING UPDATES FROM VARIOUS AGENCIES WORKING ON THE FIRES.AND AS WE PROCEED JUST TO KNOW ON THE DAIS, YOU WILL NEED TO HOLD DOWN THE BUTTON WHEN YOU SPEAK.
AND FOR THOSE AT THE PODIUM AS WELL, PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MIC.
SO THAT WAY THOSE ELECTRONICALLY JOINING IN CAN HEAR US.
WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO CHAIRMAN HAUSMAN.
THANK YOU. WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, ALL.
ALSO, I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL FOR HOSTING THIS JOINT MEETING.
IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU ALL.
AND I WANT TO EXPRESS THE COUNTY'S CONCERN AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE HARDSHIPS OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN EVACUATED NOT ONCE, BUT IN MANY CASES TWICE FROM THEIR HOMES DUE TO THIS FIRE.
IT IS JUST HEARTBREAKING AND YET IT IS JUST HEARTWARMING TO SEE WHAT A RESILIENT COMMUNITY WE HAVE.
AND I ALSO, OF COURSE, WANT TO THANK OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, THE COCONINO SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS, OUR FIRE DISTRICTS, THE FIRE CREW.
I KNOW. HAVE A HEARTFELT THANKS TO ALL OF YOU THIS MORNING.
THE MAYOR AND I WERE AT A COOPERATORS MEETING AND THIS MORNING AND THE TYPE TWO WAS BASICALLY SAYING, YEAH, WE'RE GETTING READY FOR THE TYPE ONE TEAM TO COME TO TAKE OVER.
AND THEY MADE A GREAT COMMENT.
YOU SAID, YEAH, TYPE ONE WILL TAKE OVER.
IF WE DON'T GET THIS DONE IN TWO DAYS, WE'LL GIVE THEM A CRACK AT IT.
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BURN. AND WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT THIS COMES TO A QUICK CONCLUSION.AND IN THE MEANTIME, I WANT TO JUST SAY TO ALL OF US, YOU KNOW, WE ARE STRONG WHEN WE'RE TOGETHER.
WE WILL TOGETHER GET THROUGH THIS.
AND AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY FOR YOUR ATTENTION, COOPERATION, CARE AND CONCERN.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE TOGETHER WITH YOU FOR THIS MEETING.
THANK YOU. WELL SAID, CHAIRWOMAN.
THANK YOU TO THE COUNTY FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND HELPING TO CALL THIS MEETING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, EVERY AGENCY THAT IS COLLABORATING RIGHT NOW TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RESPOND SO QUICKLY AND NOW EVEN JUST 48 HOURS LATER, HAVING 600 PERSONNEL ON THE GROUND, PLUS MORE TO COME AERIAL NOW, THANKFULLY, AFTER TODAY, AS OF TODAY, IT IS IN FULL OPERATIONS AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE WEATHER TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND LOOKING FORWARD TO US GETTING THIS MORE UNDER CONTROL.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THE CITY RESIDENTS.
HOW MANY PEOPLE CONTINUE TO STEP UP TO CALL, WANTING TO HELP, WANTING TO DO THINGS? WHEN THE HUMANE SOCIETY HAD TO EVACUATE, PEOPLE WERE GOING IN DROVES TO FORT TUTHILL FOR THE EVACUATION LOCATION TO HELP FOSTER ANIMALS AND TO TAKE CARE OF MANY OF OUR VULNERABLE.
AND LET'S JUST GET THIS UNDER CONTROL.
HELP INFORM THE PUBLIC OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER.
WITH THAT, WE DO HAVE THE COUNTY MANAGER.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE.
CHAIR STEVE PERU, COCONINO COUNTY MANAGER.
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AGAIN, WE HAVE TODAY A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS REPRESENTING VARIOUS TEAMS WITH THROUGHOUT FEDERAL, LOCAL AND STATE OR FEDERAL PARTNERS.
HERE TO UPDATE YOU ON THE PIPELINE AND THE HAYWIRE FIRES.
JUST BEFORE I COVER QUICKLY, WHO'S GOING TO BE HERE? I WANT TO EXCUSE ME SAY THAT THIS EVENING WE WERE HAVING A COMMUNITY MEETING AT 6 P.M., AT SINAGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
BUT AGAIN, THIS EVENING AT 6 P.M.
AT SINAGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL AGAIN FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN EVACUATED AND ARE ON GHOST STATUS.
WE CERTAINLY WANT TO PROVIDE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE IN-PERSON EXPERIENCE.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S TAKING PLACE THIS AFTERNOON.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN HOUR WITH BOTH BODIES HERE.
WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM THAT WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE EVENT ITSELF AND ALL THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON BETWEEN THE VARIOUS TYPES OF TEAMS AND THEN FOLLOWED FROM THAT.
COCONINO NATIONAL FOREST IS HERE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A CHIEF DEPUTY, BRETT AXLIN.
MANY OF US JUST RECEIVED A TEXT AND A BROADCAST RELATIVE TO SOME OF THE STATUSES OF THE EVACUATION.
AND THEN FROM THERE, WE HAVE OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.
AND SO AND THEN FROM THERE, ANY QUESTIONS OF COURSE, BACK TO YOU, MAYOR AND CHAIR.
SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL MEMBERS OF THE INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM TO COME FORWARD AND PROVIDE A BRIEF UPDATE. THANK YOU.
COUNTY MANAGER. I DID WANT TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CITY MANAGER.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHIME IN FIRST.
NO PROBLEM. HE'S TAPPING IN ELECTRONICALLY RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU.
COUNTY MANAGER I DO NOT HAVE A LOT TO OFFER.
I AM GOING TO LISTEN WITH GREAT INTEREST, AS WILL OUR ENTIRE AUDIENCE TODAY.
I WANT TO THANK OUR FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES AT THE COUNTY FOR HELPING TO ORCHESTRATE THIS MEETING AND COMING TOGETHER AT THE SAME TABLE TO ADDRESS THIS VERY IMPORTANT AND URGENT TOPIC.
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I WILL BE A LITTLE BIT LATER TODAY.FORGIVE ME FOR THAT, BUT I WILL LET THE PRESENTATION CONTINUE.
RIGHT AT THE PODIUM. AND IF YOU COULD SPEAK RIGHT INTO THE MIC AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR INVITING US TO TALK TO THE COUNCIL AND TO THE BOARD.
HOPEFULLY ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS IN A MINUTE.
MY OPERATIONS SECTION CHIEF, SCOTT GRASMERE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OPERATIONAL UPDATE OF THE FIRE.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS BEFOREHAND.
FIRST, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT OUR TEAM WAS ON SATURDAY ALREADY MOBILIZING TO THE FIRE, ALREADY MOBILIZING TO ARIZONA FOR A PRE-POSITION. I BELIEVE IT WAS THE DAY THE FIRE STARTED.
YEAH, IT WAS SUNDAY, ACTUALLY.
YEAH. I THOUGHT I HAD THAT WRONG. SORRY ABOUT THAT.
I KNEW THAT. SORRY HAS BEEN BUSY THE LAST FEW DAYS.
SO WHILE YOU GUYS WERE GETTING GOING WITH THIS FIRE, WE WERE ON THE WAY.
SO WE'VE BEEN HERE MOST OF THE TIME THAT THIS FIRE HAS BEEN HERE.
I THINK WE ARRIVED ABOUT EIGHT OR SO HOURS AFTERWARDS.
WE HAD, I THINK ON BEHALF OF THE TEAM, WHICH IS ABOUT 50 PEOPLE, IN ADDITION TO MYSELF, YOU KNOW, JUST AS HELPLESS OF A FEELING WATCHING THIS FIRE GET GOING, ESPECIALLY YESTERDAY. A LOT OF FIRE BEHAVIOR, NOT A WHOLE LOT.
A LOT OF US COME HERE AND RECREATE.
I WAS JUST HERE IN JANUARY ENJOYING WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO HAVE FOR RECREATION.
COCONINO NATIONAL FOREST BRIEFED US AND TOLD US A LOT OF THE CONCERNS, THE WATERSHED, ESPECIALLY.
THE NUMBER OF FIRES THAT YOU HAVE, THAT'S THAT'S A LOT TO ASK FOR A COMMUNITY.
I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE DEALING A LOT WITH THAT.
SO SO YESTERDAY WAS TOUGH TO DO THAT.
I'M GLAD TODAY IS LOOKING A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
AND I HAVE HIGH HOPES FOR THAT.
SO AND THEN AS WE ALL KNOW, OUR TEAM, CALIFORNIA 15, IS GOING TO BE HERE FOR PROBABLY TWO DAYS.
I'LL BE HANGING AROUND HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR LIAISON OFFICER, ELLEN WILSON.
AND THEN SO I'D LIKE TO BRING UP SCOTT MCNEAL FOR AN OPERATIONAL UPDATE.
AND AGAIN, THANKS FOR LETTING US BE HERE.
THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
BUT YESTERDAY WAS A VERY DYNAMIC DAY.
YOU KNOW, THE MAIN POINT YESTERDAY WAS JUST TO DO.
PROPERTY PROTECTION, FIRE FRONT FOLLOWING STRUCTURE PROTECTION AND PROTECT LIFE.
AND THAT'S ALL WE WERE FOCUSED ON YESTERDAY.
SO WHEN THIS THING BLEW OUT YESTERDAY AROUND.
9:30. YOU ALL GOT THE EVAC NOTIFICATIONS AND SUCH AND SO ON.
SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START LOOKING AT THE MAP, IF YOU GUYS CAN SEE IT.
I'M GOING TO START DOWN IN THE LOWER LEFT CORNER OF DIVISION ALPHA AND CURRENTLY IN DIVISION ALPHA I HAVE FIVE TYPE ONE HOTSHOT CREWS, I HAVE FOUR ENGINES, TWO WATER TENDERS.
IT JUST SEPARATES A GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARY AMONG WHERE THE CREWS ARE WORKING.
THEY'RE FOCUSING ON GOING UP TO TO THE PEAK.
AND THEY'RE PROGRESSING TODAY WITH THE HELP OF THE THE AIRCRAFT TODAY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET IN THE AREA, I'VE GOT THE THREE LARGE AIR TANKERS, TWO VATS AND A THREE TYPE ONE HELICOPTERS. THEY'RE ALL IN THE AIR AS WE SPEAK, CURRENTLY ENGAGED, DROPPING RETARDANT ON THE WHOLE RIDGE SYSTEM FROM DIVISION ALPHA, GOING TO THE NORTHEAST, TOWARDS DIVISION MIKE
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AND TOWARDS THE HEAD OF THE FIRE IN DIVISION MIKE.I'VE GOT CREWS COMING IN OFF THE TOP.
AND MY FOCUS TODAY HAS BEEN AS RESOURCES ARE TRICKLING IN, I'M FUNNELING EVERYTHING IN THOSE TWO DIVISIONS TO PROTECT THE THE INNER BASIN AND TRY TO KEEP IT FROM GETTING ON TO THE NEXT TWO SLOPES INTO THE PEAK, SAN FRANCISCO PEAK.
IT'S GIVEN US A LITTLE BIT OF FIT, I'LL BE HONEST, UP IN THE DIVISION.
IT'S HARD TO SEE THIS MAP HERE.
I APOLOGIZE, BUT UP ON THE CREEK THERE IN THE PEAK.
SO WE'RE HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE SHIFT, I'LL HAVE A LITTLE BETTER UPDATE OF WHETHER WE CAN GET AN ANCHOR POINT ESTABLISHED AND WE CAN KEEP COMING BOTH DIRECTIONS TOWARDS EACH OTHER AND TRY TO LOCK THAT DOWN.
BUT AS WE ALL KNOW, FIRE'S DYNAMIC AND THERE'S NO PROMISES, BUT WE'RE GIVING IT EVERYTHING WE HAVE.
THAT IS THE PRIORITY FOR THE MISSION TODAY.
MOVING UP INTO THE TOP RIGHT CORNER OF THE FIRE, KIND OF OUT TOWARDS MEDICINE VALLEY DIVISION TANGO.
I'VE GOT THREE HOTSHOT CREWS, ONE TYPE TWO HAND CREW, EIGHT ENGINES AND A WATER TENDER.
THEY ARE CURRENTLY HOLDING THE FIRE ON THE ROAD SYSTEM IN THERE.
IT CAME THROUGH THERE WITH SOME PRETTY GOOD VELOCITY YESTERDAY AND WE JUST COULDN'T KEEP UP WITH IT.
SO I'M HOPING BY THE END OF SHIFT TODAY TO HAVE.
THAT WELL, BETTER THAN IT WAS THE LAST 24-48 HOURS.
BUT THAT'S LOOKING GOOD COMING BACK DOWN TOWARDS THE TOWN, INTO THE CITY HERE AND THE FLAGSTAFF THAT ARE SECOND PRIORITY WITH THE AIRCRAFT JUST BECAUSE OF THE PREVIOUS BURN SCAR AND DIDN'T CARRY AS DEEP INTO THAT BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY BEEN BURNED.
WE'RE REINFORCING THAT WITH AIRCRAFT SOME RETARDANT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS SECURE.
AND THEIR MISSION TODAY WAS TO MOP UP ANY HOT SPOTS IN AND AROUND THE COMMUNITIES.
I RECEIVED A LOT OF PHONE CALLS LAST NIGHT AFTER I GOT OFF SHIFT FROM DISPATCH WITH CONCERNED CITIZENS, PHONING OUR DISPATCH CENTERS, SEEING HOT SPOTS FROM THEIR READING CAMERAS AND SUCH. AND SO I WAS ABLE TO ACTUALLY TAKE PINPOINT ADDRESSES AND PUSH IT OUT TO THE FIELD AND ACTUALLY GET RESOURCES ON SCENE TO THOSE ADDRESSES AND TO TAKE CARE OF THAT COMING DOWN INTO DIVISION VICTOR.
AND TODAY, CREWS ARE JUST FOCUSING ON MOPPING UP, PUTTING OUT HOTSPOTS AND SECURING IT.
SO THAT'S LOOKING REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
WE WERE ABLE TO FROM YESTERDAY'S WORK.
BUT WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING THAT MOVING OVER TO THE HAYWIRE FIRE.
THAT ONE MADE SOME PRETTY GOOD PUSHES YESTERDAY WITH THE WIND AS WELL.
FINALLY GET STARTING TO GET SOME RESOURCES IN.
AND AS WE GET MORE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT ARE SLOWLY TRICKLING IN, WE'RE PUSHING STUFF OUT THERE.
WE'RE BUILDING A BETTER NIGHT PLAN WITH MORE RESOURCES TO CONTINUE THE FIGHT INTO THE NIGHT TONIGHT.
AND THEY'RE WORKING A PINCHER MANEUVER JUST FLANKING ON EACH SIDE AND TRYING TO TO CONTAIN IT.
IT'S JUST GOING TO TAKE US THREE OR FOUR DAYS TO GET AROUND A BIT.
NOW THAT THE WIND HAS DIED DOWN, IS TO LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR THE TYPE ONE TEAM, GET A GOOD ANCHOR POINT ESTABLISHED AND A JUMP OFF POINT SO THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL AS THEY TRANSITION TO THE FIRE AND TAKE OVER.
SO WITH THAT, THAT IS THE OPERATIONAL UPDATE AS WE SPEAK FOR TODAY.
AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE MORE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? WE WILL ALSO HAVE QUESTIONS OF STAFF AT THE VERY END OF THIS MEETING.
SO WELCOME TO SAVE THEM UP IF NECESSARY.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
WITH THAT, WE ARE DOWN TO THE COCONINO NATIONAL FOREST UPDATE, WHICH NICK CLINTON.
AND I'M THE ACTING DISTRICT RANGER FOR THE FLAGSTAFF RANGER DISTRICT.
SO I WANT TO COVER WHERE WE WERE AT PRIOR TO THIS FIRE, WHERE WE'RE AT NOW AND WHERE WE'RE GOING RELATIVE TO RESTRICTIONS AND THEN POST-FIRE EVENTS PLANNING.
WHERE THE ORIGIN WAS OF THIS FIRE WAS ALREADY IN A FIRE CLOSURE AREA YEAR ROUND.
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IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO HAD OUR STAGE TWO FIRE RESTRICTIONS FOR THE ENTIRE COCONINO NATIONAL FOREST, WHICH BANNED FIRES ACROSS THE ENTIRE FOREST.LOOKING FORWARD, WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF BACKGROUND WORK ON MOVING TOWARDS FULL FOREST CLOSURE.
HOWEVER, THAT TAKES A LOT OF COORDINATION.
WE LOOK AT OUR INDICES AS WELL AS WORK WITH COOPERATORS ON HOW THAT WILL IMPACT FOLKS.
SO WE'RE DOING THAT BACKGROUND WORK AND WE SHOULD HAVE AN ANSWER WITHIN THE NEXT DAY OR SO ON THAT ON THAT GETTING THAT CLOSURE IN PLACE, TALKING ABOUT LOOKING AT POST-FIRE, WE ARE INITIATING OUR REPAIR TEAM, OUR BURNED AREA EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM, VERY MUCH THE SAME WAY WE DID ON TUNNEL FIRE OR WE DO ON MOST FIRES.
AND SO WITH THAT, WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH THE COUNTY FOLKS IN THE CITY, AS WE DID WITH THE TUNNEL AND WITH SHARING DATA AND EMBEDDING SOME OF THE COUNTY FOLKS IN THAT TEAM TO MAKE THAT AS SEAMLESS AS POSSIBLE AND TO MAKE SURE OUR COMMUNICATIONS ARE GREAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY. WELL, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I'LL ASK YOU A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND IF THAT'S MORE APPROPRIATE FOR LATER ON, JUST TELL ME.
BUT SO I SEE A MAP UP THERE IS EVERYTHING IN RED.
IS THAT BURNING ALREADY OR IS THAT HAVE SOME OTHER MEANING? SO THESE, I BELIEVE THIS MAP THAT'S UP ON THE SCREEN HERE WAS DONE FROM OUR INFRARED FLIGHTS.
SO I DO BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE ALL MAPPED WITH HEAT SIGNATURES.
AND SO, YES, THAT WOULD BE STUFF THAT IS ACTIVE.
AND THEN I THINK IT MIGHT BE REALLY HELPFUL IF YOU COULD MAYBE POINT OUT SOME OF THE KEY POINTS, LIKE WHERE I THINK I SEE WHERE HIGHWAY 89 IS AND LIKE WHERE MUNDS PARK IS AND KIND OF SOME OF THE KEY LANDMARKS, SO TO SPEAK, THAT WOULD HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, AT LEAST ME, THE THE MAP.
SURE. SO RUNNING RIGHT THROUGH THE.
CAN YOU SEE THE MOUSE HERE? OKAY. SO THIS IS 89 RUNNING UP THROUGH HERE.
AND SO THAT GIVES YOU A KIND OF A BEARING FOR THAT.
AND AND ON THIS MAP AS WELL IS THE TUNNEL FIRE IN THE GRAY SHADED AREA.
SO THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU A LITTLE MORE PROXIMITY THERE.
I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SOME OTHER LANDMARKS TO GIVE YOU.
WHERE'S DONEY PARK? IS THAT DOWN IN THE RIGHT AREA? DONEY PARK WOULD BE DOWN.
ON THIS LOWER PART OF THE MAP HERE.
SO. LET'S SEE, I'M TRYING TO FIVE, FIVE, SIX ROAD IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT THAT CONNECTS THAT ROAD IS RIGHT HERE ALONG THIS SOUTH END AND RIGHT THERE ALONG THAT END, IF THAT GIVES YOU A LITTLE LOCATION. HAVE ANY STRUCTURES BEEN BURNED IN THIS LAST FEW DAYS? SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD IS THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL AT THIS POINT FOR AT LEAST ONE RESIDENCE AND POTENTIALLY ANOTHER STRUCTURE.
BUT THAT IS I DO NOT HAVE FULL CONFIRMATION ON THAT AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOT SEEING IT THIS TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT BRINGS US TO THE EVACUATION STATUS UPDATE FROM CHIEF DEPUTY BRETT EPSON.
WHO I THINK IS TAPPING IN VIRTUALLY.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION TO COME AND GIVE A REPORT.
I AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE ARE TRANSITIONING FROM EVACUATIONS TO NOW REENTRY STATUSES.
AND I'D LIKE TO JUST GIVE A QUICK REPORT ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH OUR COMMUNITIES IN THAT AREA.
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NORTH OF EAST CULLUM LANE TO ELDEN SPRINGS ROAD AND PLACED INTO THE SET OF PRE-EVACUATION STATUS AT NOON.THE EVACUATION GHOST HOUSE WAS LIFTED FOR FERNWOOD ESTATES, HUTCHISON ACRES, SUITE ACRES AND JOHNSON RANCH WAS PLACED INTO SET STATUS, AND THAT'S THE NOTIFICATION THAT JUST WENT OUT A FEW MINUTES AGO.
AS OF NOW, THE CURRENT AREAS ON GHOST STATUS OF THE EVACUATION INCLUDE HIGHWAY 89, NORTH TO SACRED MOUNTAIN TRADING POST TIMBERLINE, NORTH OF HUTCHISON ACRES, WUPATKI TRAILS AND GIRLS RANCH ROAD.
THE CURRENT AREAS ON SET STATUS.
FOR EVACUATION PREPAREDNESS INCLUDE NORTH HIGHWAY 89 FROM SACRED MOUNTAIN TO SINAGUA TRADING POST, DONEY PARK AND NEIGHBORHOODS OFF OF ELDEN LOOKOUT ROAD. THE FOREST SERVICE HAS PLACED A SNOWBALL ON A GO EVACUATION STATUS.
AS FAR AS TOTAL HOUSEHOLDS THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED THROUGHOUT THESE EVACUATION PROCESSES FOR THE PIPELINE FIRE UNDER THE PRE EVACUATION SET STATUS. IT WAS 1584 HOMES AND THE GO EVACUATION STATUS WAS 2195 FOR THE EVACUATIONS. 57 HOUSEHOLDS HAVE BEEN PLACED ON PRE-EVACUATION STATUS AND 281 HOUSEHOLDS HAVE BEEN EVACUATED.
ESCORT SERVICES THAT WERE PROVIDING INTO AREAS IN HOMES FOR LIFE OR ANIMAL SAFETY RELATED ISSUES ARE BEING CONDUCTED FROM 9 A.M. TILL 9:30 P.M., AND THAT WILL BE DONE FROM THE EAST VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH ON NORTH HIGHWAY 89.
WE ARE CURRENTLY EVALUATING THE FIRE DAMAGED STRUCTURES IN THE TIMBERLINE AREA THAT WERE BURNED.
FOUR STATESIDE, ARIZONA CHARGES A CRIMINAL, CHARGES FOR RECKLESS BURNING AND CRIMINAL DAMAGE.
SO WHILE THE SUSPECT THAT WAS ARRESTED BY THE UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE WAS CHARGED FEDERALLY, WE NOW WILL ADD CHARGES ON THE ARIZONA STATE SIDE FOR THOSE VIOLATIONS.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? COUNCIL. AND SUPERVISORS.
LOOKING AT THE MAP HERE, THE GRAY AREA WAS A TUNNEL FIRE.
HOW MUCH OF THAT WAS REBURNED OR IF ANY? WHERE IT BURNED AND THEN IT WENT INTO THAT AREA.
IS IT? I SEE FROM THIS MAP THAT ALL THE WHOLE TUNNEL FIRE IS STILL.
IT WASN'T REALLY AFFECTED THAT MUCH.
YES, WE HAVE OUR INCIDENT MANAGEMENT HERE THAT CAN ANSWER.
YES, MA'AM? I'M SCOTT GRAUSMAN, THE OPERATIONS SECTION CHIEF.
SO IT DID PUSH INTO THE BURN SCAR, BUT A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT BURNED IN THAT AREA WAS JUST A NEEDLE CAST THAT DROPPED OFF THE TREES FROM THEM BEING HEATED IN THE PREVIOUS FIRE. SO AS THOSE PINES, THEY TAKE HEAT.
THEY DON'T LIKE TO TAKE THE HEAT, THEY DROP THE NEEDLES.
BUT IF I HAD TO GIVE AN ACRE FROM WHAT I SAW YESTERDAY.
MAYBE SIX ACRES INSIDE THE PREVIOUS BURNED, BURNED AGAIN AND A VERY LOW, LOW INTENSITY.
THANK YOU. AND GOOD TO HEAR THAT.
SOME OF THE EVACUATION ORDERS HAVE BEEN LIFTED.
DOES THAT INCLUDE GIRLS RANCH ROAD? CHAIR HAUSMAN NO, IT DOES NOT.
AS FAR NORTH AS IT GOES IS THAT FERNWOOD AREA.
GO, GIRLS ROAD, SCHROEDER, WUPATKI TRAILS ARE STILL IN GHOST STATUS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DEPUTY CHIEF.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT UPDATE WITH WHAT'S COMING UP HERE.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR. VICE MAYOR.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MY NAME IS WES THIESSEN.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR COCONINO COUNTY.
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WE WE HAVE A PARTICULAR FUNCTION.I'LL START WITH OUR OVERALL GOAL.
SO THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER IS NOT THE GUYS THAT GO OUT AND PUT THE FIRE OUT.
WE ARE A RESPONSE, SUPPORT AND COORDINATION FUNCTION.
OUR JOB IS TO SUPPORT THE RESPONSE.
THE CITY IS ONE OF OUR PRIMARY PARTNERS, ALL OF OUR FOREST SERVICE PARTNERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SO COORDINATION IS REALLY A KEY FUNCTION FOR US WHEN WE STAND UP TO RUN AN EVENT.
AND I WILL ADD SOME CLARITY JUST ON THE MAP, BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN VERY CONFUSING.
THE LARGE RED PLOT ON THE LEFT, SIR, IS IN FACT, THE CURRENT PIPELINE FIRE.
AND THEN OUT THERE, THAT FAR RIGHT IS THE HAYWIRE FIRE.
SO THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, WE FIRST LEARNED ABOUT THE PIPELINE FIRE ON SUNDAY MORNING.
THE CITY AND EVERYBODY ELSE WENT ACTIVE AT ABOUT 1/1:30 ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
THE KEY PIECE THAT WE BRING TO THIS TYPE OF OPERATION IS THAT SUPPORT PIECE.
AND PROBABLY THE BIGGEST PIECE OF THAT IS WHAT WE CALL OUR LOGISTICS SECTION CHIEF.
BEST PROBABLY EXAMPLE OF THAT IS WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH BOTH THE TYPE TWO TEAM THAT ARE HERE AND THE INCOMING TYPE ONE TEAM TO HELP THEM FIND A PLACE TO LAND. WHEN THEY COME IN, THEY BRING AN ENORMOUS NUMBER OF PERSONNEL, A LOT OF RESOURCES.
WE'VE GOT TO FIND THE RIGHT PLACE FOR THEM TO OPERATE WHILE THEY'RE HERE.
WE HAVE USED FORT TUTHILL IN THE PAST.
YOU'VE SEEN THAT LIKE DURING THE RAFAEL FIRE, FOR EXAMPLE.
TYPICALLY WE WOULD COME IN AT ABOUT SIX IN THE MORNING AND WORK UNTIL ABOUT SIX IN THE EVENING.
AND I SAY THAT ONLY BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S ON PAPER.
THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER EXISTS 24 SEVEN 365.
IF THERE'S A NEED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, WE WILL STAND UP AND WE WILL TAKE CARE OF IT.
CASE IN POINT, MONDAY MORNING, THE FIRST CALLS FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT CAME IN 3:30, 4:00 TO BEGIN SOME OF THE EVACUATION NOTICES FOR THE HAYWIRE FIRE.
EVACUATIONS WHERE THEY OCCUR, WHO'S EVACUATED, THAT IS BY ORDER OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
THAT IS A STATUTORY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SHERIFF.
OUR OFFICE IS THE MECHANISM THAT DELIVERS THAT ON BEHALF OF THE SHERIFF.
SO ONCE THE SHERIFF OR HIS COMMAND STAFF MAKE A DETERMINATION, THEY PROVIDE US INFORMATION.
AND THEN I ONE OF MY STAFF PUSHES THOSE MESSAGES OUT OVER THE RAVE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM THAT I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY ALL VERY FAMILIAR WITH OR WITH THE OTHER SYSTEM. AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, IT'S CALLED IPAWS, INTEGRATED PUBLIC ALERT AND WARNING SYSTEM.
IPAWS IS A SYSTEM THAT'S OWNED AND RUN BY FEMA.
WE JUST HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE RIGHTS TO USE IT.
IPAWS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
I PAUSED. WORKS OFF OF THE CELL TOWERS.
IT'S MUCH LESS DISCRIMINATING.
IT MIGHT HIT THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE CELL TOWERS.
WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THAT.
THOSE TOWERS THEN REPEAT THAT MESSAGE OUT AND AMPLIFY THAT MESSAGE.
THAT MESSAGE IS REALLY INTENDED.
THAT SYSTEM IS REALLY INTENDED FOR AREAS, LARGE AREAS OF FOREST.
SO WE USE THOSE SYSTEMS REDUNDANTLY DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCE.
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YES, SUNDAY AND MONDAY ARE VERY IMPORTANT TOOL TO THIS DATE.THERE'S A LOT OF CREDIT TO OUR FIRE SERVICE.
THE RAVE SYSTEM HELPS HOPEFULLY WAKE PEOPLE UP AND GET THEM OUT.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALWAYS WORKING TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO REGISTER THE.
SO THESE EVENTS ARE EXPENSIVE.
WE TRACK IN THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER, LOCAL AND COUNTY EXPENSES, THE FOREST, THE IMTS.
THEY TRACK THEIR OWN EXPENSES.
WE TRACK ALL OF THE LOCAL AND COUNTY EXPENSES.
AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, WE WILL PROBABLY BE HAVING DECLARATION DISCUSSIONS, REIMBURSEMENT DISCUSSIONS WITH THE STATE AND WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE FOR THE STATE EMERGENCY COUNCIL, FUNDING TO GET MONEY BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY.
SO THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE BEGIN RIGHT OFF THE BAT IS TRACKING FINANCIAL COSTS.
CONNECTED TO THAT AS THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION PROCESS.
IF WE END UP IN A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES OR FUNDING TO ASK THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE FOR A STATE DECLARATION, THAT'S A PROCESS THAT RUNS FROM THE CITY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT THROUGH MY OFFICE AND THEN OUT TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
WE HAVE NOT MADE THAT ASK AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
AND I WANTED TO SPELL JUST A LITTLE BIT WHY WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT.
WHILE IT IS A LARGE AND DISASTROUS EVENT, WE'VE HAD A LOSS OF RESIDENTS.
PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAS BEEN DAMAGED.
PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, MOST OF THIS IS ON THE FOREST.
A LOT OF IT'S ON PRIVATE LAND, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE ARE CONSTANTLY EVALUATING WHETHER OR NOT THE NEED FOR A STATE DECLARATION IS, IS, EXISTS.
AND THEN LAST THING, I WAS ASKED TO GIVE JUST A BRIEF ON THE WEATHER.
SO AS WE ALL KNOW, WE'RE HEADING IN MONSOONS.
IT'S A VERY UNSTABLE PERIOD OF TIME.
WE HAVE BEEN WE'RE IN DAILY, ALMOST HOURLY CONTACT WITH THE WEATHER SERVICE.
WE ARE EXPECTING SOME POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, SPECIFICALLY OF THIS WEEK.
SO PRETTY GOOD PERCENTAGES FOR THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD BE DRY.
WE CERTAINLY HOPE THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
THOSE STORMS HAPPEN TO LAND AT ANY OF THESE EXISTING BURN SCARS.
SO THE WEATHER IS GOING TO BE PRETTY UNPREDICTABLE.
I TALKED WITH BRIAN JUST BEFORE I CAME OVER HERE.
WE ARE WELL INTO THE MONSOON PATTERN AND THAT IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE PRETTY UNPREDICTABLE FOR THE NEXT ROUGHLY TWO MONTHS, AS WE ALL WELL KNOW ABOUT OUR SUMMER MONSOON. SO WE WANT THE RAIN, BUT WE DON'T WANT IT ALL AT ONE TIME IN ONE PLACE.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN STAND BY FOR THAT.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU.
MY QUESTION IS, HOW MUCH HAS IT COST THE COUNTY SO FAR TO DEAL WITH THIS SITUATION? SO THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
UNFORTUNATELY, AS WE STAND HERE TODAY, I CAN'T GIVE YOU A SOLID NUMBER, SIR.
WE'RE ONLY ON DAY THREE HERE, SO I DON'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER FOR YOU AT THIS POINT IN TIME, SIR.
WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED IN THE THE TWICE A DAY BRIEFINGS THAT I PROVIDE YOU.
ONCE THOSE NUMBERS START TO FORM AND FINALIZE, I'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT TO YOU.
WHEN CAN WE EXPECT AN ANALYSIS OR SOME INFORMATION ABOUT POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF OF THE WATERSHED IMPACTS? THANKS. I'LL ANSWER IN VERY GENERAL FORM.
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THE PROCESS IS UNDERWAY.I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DCM BERTELSEN TO GIVE YOU SOME MORE SPECIFICS.
AND WE ALSO HAVE MAYOR AND CHAIR.
WE ALSO HAVE LUCINDA ADREANI, WHO'S ALSO ON AS WELL, AND CHRISTOPHER TRESSLER FROM PUBLIC WORKS.
SO WE HAVE THE WHOLE TEAM HERE.
SO DO YOU WANT TO START AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE, PLEASE? YES. AND I THINK I CAN COVER IT.
WE HAD A MEETING OF THE ENGINEERING TEAM THIS MORNING.
JAY FULLER, JOE LOVERIDGE AND COREY HELTON ARE RUNNING VARIOUS ANALYZES AS WE SPEAK.
WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN A BURN SEVERITY MAP YET.
SO WE'RE RUNNING IT WITH VARIOUS ASSUMPTIONS.
AND BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE DO EXPECT THERE TO BE SIGNIFICANT FLOOD THREAT CREATED.
SOME OF THE WATERSHEDS WILL BE MUCH MORE IMPACTED BECAUSE AREAS THAT DID NOT BURN DURING THE MUSEUM AND SCHULTZ FIRES HAVE NOW BURNED THAT WERE NOT SEVERELY BURNED AT THAT TIME.
SO A MUSEUM ACTUALLY LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.
SO I'LL GIVE YOU THE GOOD NEWS.
THE OTHER WATERSHEDS, INCLUDING WATERSHED THAT FEEDS INTO INTO THE 180 AREA AND RIO DE FLAGG HAVE BEEN APPEAR TO BE PRETTY SUBSTANTIALLY IMPACTED.
SO SO WE'RE RUNNING THE ANALYSIS.
WE WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION AND LIKELY BECAUSE OF THE BROADNESS OF THE AREA INVOLVED, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO A SET OF VIRTUAL MEETINGS FOR THE PUBLIC SO THAT WE CAN GET THIS INFORMATION OUT AS SOON AS WE HAVE IT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
WE DO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING WITH THE FOREST SERVICE THAT THEY WILL INCLUDE JOE LEVERAGE ON THE BEAR TEAM, THE BURNED AREA EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.
SO SO WE'RE ALL MOVING VERY RAPIDLY.
FOREST SERVICE HAS BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE AND WE'LL HAVE INFORMATION OUT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE DELIVERED LIKELY TOMORROW.
ONE OF THOSE BENEFITS IS THAT CONSERVATION CORPS CREWS ARE APPEAR TO BE COMING.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO NEED LOTS AND LOTS OF VOLUNTEERS.
SO WE'LL BE PUTTING OUT A PLEA.
WE NEED LOTS OF SANDBAGS MADE.
LIKELY WE'LL NEED TO HELP WITH PLACEMENT AGAIN FOR THOSE THAT ARE ELDERLY AND DISABLED.
SO MOBILIZING ON ALL FRONTS, ENGINEERING RESOURCES, SANDBAGGING RESOURCES, ORDERING BARRIER.
WE'RE MOBILIZING EVERY RESOURCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S MUCH MORE WE CAN REPORT AT THIS STAGE, BUT I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.
VICE CHAIR. I DID HAVE A QUESTION FOR WES REGARDING THE IPAWS SYSTEM.
AND DOES THE IPAWS SYSTEM REQUIRE LOCATION SERVICES ON YOUR PHONE TO BE TURNED ON, OR IS THIS A MATTER OF JUST NOT BEING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE PARTICULAR AREA TO GET THE NOTIFICATION POTENTIALLY? GREAT QUESTION, SIR.
I'LL ANSWER THE FIRST. IPAWS DOES NOT REQUIRE LOCATION SERVICES, IPAWS BROADCAST TO ANY CELL PHONE THAT IS THAT IS CURRENTLY DETECTED BY THAT TOWER. SO IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF LOCATION.
IT'S JUST YOUR VICINITY TO THAT TOWER OR THE MULTIPLE TOWERS THAT ARE HIT.
NOW, IN FOLLOW UP TO YOUR SECOND QUESTION, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS YEAR.
WE ARE VERY, VERY CAREFUL AND WE ARE VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT WHERE WE SEND THESE MESSAGES.
IN THE RAVE SYSTEM, THEY ARE DESIGNED FOR LIFE SAFETY NOTIFICATION.
WE DO NOT BROADCAST WIDELY BECAUSE THAT WOULD DILUTE THE NOTICE AND THE INFORMATION.
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SO IF YOU LIVE IN, YOU KNOW, ON THE 180 CORRIDOR, WE DON'T WANT TO NOTICE YOU OF THESE EVENTS THE WAY THAT THE EASIEST DISTINCTION FOR THAT IS IF YOU ARE POTENTIALLY IN DANGER, WE'RE GOING TO NOTICE YOU WITH RAVE.WE RESERVE OUR MESSAGES FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN DANGER.
SO THE LIFE SAFETY CONSIDERATION QUESTION.
THANK YOU. SO JUST TO FULLY CLARIFY THEN, LOCATION SERVICES DOES NOT NEED TO BE TURNED ON IN THE PHONE ON PEOPLE'S PHONES FOR THEM TO RECEIVE THE EMERGENCY ALERTS THROUGH THE RAVE SYSTEM.
THE THE IPAWS IS TIED TO TOWERS.
SO IF YOU REGISTER AND YOUR REGISTERED ADDRESS IS IN THAT POLYGON, YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE MESSAGE.
EVEN IF YOU'RE IN NEW YORK, YOUR PHONE WILL GET THE MESSAGE BECAUSE IT'S TIED TO THE ADDRESS.
OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
AND THIS IS JUST A COMMENT YOU HAD INDICATED ABOUT THE COUNTY HAS NOT ASKED FOR A STATE DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY, BUT JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S INFORMATION, I KNOW THE MAYOR ISSUED A DECLARATION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AND COCONINO COUNTY.
I SIGNED AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION ON BEHALF OF COCONINO COUNTY.
COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI? THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND AND GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO IS WORKING ON THIS.
YOU KNOW, JUST THINKING THAT THINKING AHEAD ABOUT THE RAINING AND FLOODING.
BUT I'M JUST WONDERING, ARE WE ARE WE DOING WHAT WE CAN IN TERMS OF I GUESS I JUST ASK THAT WE DO WHAT WE CAN TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE RESIDENTS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FLOODING THAT WILL OCCUR IN THE POTENTIAL DAYS TO COME.
I THINK IT WAS THIS WEEKEND, BASICALLY.
BUT YEAH, I KNOW WE'RE DEALING WITH ONE EMERGENCY AFTER THE NEXT, BUT I GUESS I DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE FLOODING THAT MIGHT BE HITTING US SOONER THAN LATER, BUT I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.
WITH THAT WE I'M NOT SEEING ANY OTHER QUESTIONS SO STACEY BK.
THANKS. I COUNCIL AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS STACEY BRECHLER-KNAGGS.
I'M YOUR GRANTS, CONTRACTS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR.
LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING ABOUT 2:00.
I GOT A CALL FROM THE TYPE THREE IMT TEAM LIAISON TO OPEN UP THE BUSINESS ACCELERATOR GEMINI INCIDENT COMMAND POST FOR THE TEAM.
I MET BOB EARLE AND THEY WERE ALL UP THERE.
WE OPENED UP THAT FACILITY FOR THE INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM.
THEY HAVE COME IN THERE, THE TYPE TWO TEAM IS IN THERE NOW.
WE WILL TRANSITION WITH THEM WITH THE IMT ONE WHEN THEY COME AND WORK WITH THEM.
THEY'VE WE CLOSED DOWN BUFFALO PARK, WE CLOSED DOWN GEMINI, THE ROAD INTO GEMINI.
THEY HAVE BEEN USING THE FACILITY FOR STAGING.
THEY HAVE LOVED OUR FACILITY AND ARE VERY HAPPY AND THANKFUL TO THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
AND AND REALLY, I WANT TO JUST SAY THANK YOU TO THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY STAFF AND THE CITY STAFF.
OUR TEAM EFFORTS TOGETHER HAVE BEEN SEAMLESS.
I THINK WES HAS ME ON SPEED DIAL AND TEXT DIAL AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY WELL TOGETHER AND WITH THE FOREST SERVICE AND THE IMT TEAMS AND YOU KNOW, THEY BRING IN A LOT OF STAFF, A LOT OF TRUCKS, A LOT OF RESOURCES, AND THEY HAVE COME IN GRACIOUSLY, RESPECTFULLY, VERY PROFESSIONAL, VERY HUMBLE INTO OUR COMMUNITY TO DO THIS FOR US.
IT'S BEEN FUN TO TO MEET ALL OF THEM FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS.
AND THEY'RE STAYING IN OUR HOTELS AND EATING HERE.
AND I JUST AM THANKFUL THAT THEY'RE HERE TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I KNOW YOU ARE TO BOTH OF YOU, MAYOR AND AND CHAIR.
SO WE'RE THANKFUL THAT WE'RE HERE AND THAT WE CAN HELP THEM AND BE A RESOURCE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING IN THE IMT UP AT GEMINI ICP HAS REALLY BEEN A LIAISON WITH THE COUNTY, THE CITY AND THE FOREST SERVICE AND KIND OF HELPING THEM AND HELP WITH RESOURCES. SO SO REALLY, THAT'S IT.
I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE A 1:00, SO I'M GOING TO BE QUICK AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO EVERYONE HERE.
AND I'M TURNING IT OVER TO FIRE CHIEF MARK.
THANK YOU, STACY. MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF
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SUPERVISORS. I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO ADD TO THE BRIEFING ASSOCIATED WITH THE FIRE, I THINK WAS WELL DONE.I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON AND EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO NOT ONLY OUR LOCAL FORCE, BUT ALSO TYPE THREE TEAM, THE TYPE TWO TEAM COMING IN AND CERTAINLY THE TYPE ONE TEAM WHO MEMBERS ARE ALREADY ON THE GROUND.
AND SO WE'RE VERY PLEASED FOR THEM AND THEIR LEADERSHIP AND THEIR CAPABILITY.
I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO JUST KIND OF ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR YOUR LOCAL FIRE SERVICE AND THE INTERAGENCY COOPERATION THAT WE HAVE AND WE ENJOY IN OUR COMMUNITY EVERY DAY AND AND REALLY EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT THAT MEANT.
WHEN ON SUNDAY, WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO DO A LITTLE PREPARATION AND START MOVING RESOURCES FROM THE GREATER FLAGSTAFF REGION INTO PARTICULARLY STRUCTURE PROTECTION IN THE AREAS OF SUMMIT, FIRE AND MEDICAL DISTRICT, THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT YOU HEARD MENTIONED EARLIER. YESTERDAY I WAS SITTING ON THE SOUTH END OF THE THE SLOP OVER THAT KIND OF RAN INTO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE THE FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS WERE VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE LOSS OF ANYONE'S HOME.
BUT BASED ON FIRE CONDITIONS AND WHAT WE WERE SEEING OUT IN THE FIELD, WE FEEL VERY FORTUNATE AND OUR COMMUNITY IS VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE AMASSED OUR LOCAL RESOURCES AS WELL AS THOSE THAT CAME IN FROM OTHER REGIONS TO BE ABLE TO PUT OUT A LOT OF FIRE AND PROTECT A LOT OF OTHER HOMES YESTERDAY.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
ASSOCIATED WITH I THINK IT'S WORTH MENTIONING, I'LL KIND OF SUPPORT STACY'S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAT AND OUR INTERNAL STAFF IN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF WITH PARTNERSHIP FROM COUNTY STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR QUITE SOME TIME ON AN EVENT ACTION PLAN FOR FLOOD EVENTS.
AND I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE PUBLIC WORKS AND MY BOSS IS LEADERSHIP.
SHANNON ANDERSON IN KIND OF STANDING UP THAT EFFORT TO PROVIDE A HIGHER LEVEL OF PREPARATION FOR THE FLOODING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. AND SO THAT IS ONGOING.
SAM LOOKS LIKE THE SCOPE OF HIS EFFORTS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO INCREASE A LITTLE BIT AND WE'RE GOING TO PLUG IN TO THAT, INCLUDE THAT IN AMENDING OUR PLAN WITH THAT AND TO INCLUDE THE PUBLIC INFORMATION ASPECT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI HAD MENTIONED.
CERTAINLY WILL INCLUDE THAT AS WELL.
BUT OUR TEAM IS GETTING READY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW INFORMATION AND WE NEED TO ABSORB THAT AND ADJUST OUR PLANNING ACCORDINGLY.
WITH THAT. THAT'S THE END OF OUR PRESENTATIONS.
BUT I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
NOT A QUESTION JUST TO COMMENT.
IT WAS AMAZING THAT WE DIDN'T LOSE MORE HOUSES.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND UNDER TOUGH, TOUGH CONDITIONS.
AND SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN CONTINUE TO FIGHT THIS FIRE WITHOUT THE THREAT OF STRUCTURES.
BUT YESTERDAY WAS AMAZING BECAUSE THERE WAS I SAW FLAMES 50 FEET FROM MY HOUSE.
AND THAT SHOULD, IT PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BURNED.
AND SO. REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK.
THE TYPE TWO TEAM AND EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING.
THANK YOU. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, VICE CHAIR.
ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT SUPERVISOR FOWLER? THANK YOU. I'M LENA FOWLER.
I JUST WANT TO THANK THOSE THAT ARE WORKING ON THE FIRE AND JUST JUST A LOT OF MESSAGES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTY AND ELSEWHERE. JUST LOTS OF NOTES OF CARING AND A LOT OF, I GUESS, GOOD ENERGY BEING SENT OVER HERE FOR ALL THE FAMILIES AND THE FIRST RESPONDERS AND OUR COUNTY AND CITY STAFF.
YOU KNOW, WITH THESE FIRES, IT'S HAPPENING HERE AND THOSE ARE THE BURNED OUT AREAS.
YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY WHERE THAT'S HAPPENING.
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HOWEVER, BEYOND THAT, THERE ARE NAVAJOS THAT HAD TO BE EVACUATED AND IN THE GRAND FALLS LOOP AREA BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY SMOKE.AND THAT IS A HUGE HEALTH RISK THAT IS TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW.
AND I THINK THAT WHEN WE'RE DOING THESE REPORTS, I LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THAT HEALTH IMPACT OF THE SMOKE TO BE REPORTED OUT.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE NAVAJO NATION EMERGENCY MANAGER THAT IS ASSIGNED TO THIS TO THIS FIRE AND ALL OTHER DISASTERS, YOU KNOW, IMPACTS THAT HAPPEN ON THE COMMUNITY.
HOW CAN WE HELP? YOU KNOW, DURING THE TUNNEL FIRE, WE GAVE OUT HAY AND FOOD AND OTHER THINGS THAT PEOPLE NEED IT AND HELPED OUT IN VARIOUS WAYS.
AND WE JUST MET WITH THEM YESTERDAY AND THEY'RE ASKING, HOW CAN WE HELP? PRESIDENT NEZ WANTS TO KNOW HOW TO HELP AND BE ABLE TO BE OF SERVICE IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO BE OF SERVICE.
AS FAR AS THE SMOKE IS CONCERNED, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE NAVAJO NATION HAS COMMUNITY HEALTH REPRESENTATIVES THAT ARE GOING DOOR TO DOOR WITH, THEY ARE TRYING TO GO DOOR TO DOOR WITH THE POLICE, NAVAJO NATION POLICE, AND I BELIEVE SOCIAL SERVICES ALSO OUT THERE.
AND WE JUST, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS FIRE GOES BEYOND THESE RED LINES.
AND I CALLED THE ARIZONA AIR QUALITY, ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TO MONITORS THE AIR EVEN IN THEIR MAPS.
IT'S NOT REALLY MAPPED OUT ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
AND WELL, FOREST SERVICE, SOMEBODY CALLED ME BACK ON THAT.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT BEYOND OUR THE CITY LIMITS OR BEYOND THESE THESE LINES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, JUST I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT YOU'RE NOT DOING YOUR WORK, BUT YOU'RE DOING SUCH A AMAZING JOB AND TRYING TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT.
BUT MESSAGES NEEDS TO GO OUT TO NAVAJO NATION.
NAVAJO NATION HAS KTNN, THE CITY HAS TWO RADIO STATIONS.
WE HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA THAT WE CAN GO ON.
SO AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE LOOP ROAD IS ALWAYS A CONCERN.
RIGHT NOW, HIGHWAY 89 IS CLOSED.
SO PEOPLE ARE DRIVING IN ON DIRT ROADS INTO LOOP AND THEN BRING IN DRIVING IN ON LOOP ROAD.
LOOP ROAD IS THE ACCESS POINT.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, FLAGSTAFF, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DO WORK IN FLAGSTAFF THAT DRIVE IN FROM ELSEWHERE AND OR ELSE HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS AND OTHERS THAT ARE ALREADY SCHEDULED AND THEY NEED TO COME IN AND THEY'RE COMING IN THROUGH LOOP ROAD.
I KNOW OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN TRYING TO DO THAT, BUT SO THESE ARE JUST KEY POINTS THAT PEOPLE ARE REALLY, THESE ARE ROADS THAT ARE DEPENDENT ON.
APS IS ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE POWER LINES ARE ALSO IN DANGER.
SO AS A RESULT, THE POWER KEEPS GOING OUT INTO THE CITY.
SO APS IS DIRECT IN CONTACT WITH THE COUNTY TEAM.
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH JANET DEAN AND NEIL FROM THERE AS WELL, JUST TO ALERT THE COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THE SCHOOLS WANTED TO KNOW IF THEY SHOULD CLOSE DOWN SCHOOLS UNTIL THIS IS OVER.
BECAUSE HOW IS THIS POWER? IS IT GOING TO BE ON OR OFF? BUT IT LOOKS LIKE FROM YESTERDAY'S MEETING THAT THEY FIGURED OUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP MOST OF THE RESOURCES POWER ON,
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RATHER, AND BE ABLE TO SHUT OFF SOME OTHER AREAS SO THEY CAN HAVE ENOUGH POWER OUT THERE.THERE'S A GREAT TEAM THAT WORKED TOGETHER AND JUST GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT THERE.
SO THANK YOU, THE MAYOR AND MADAM CHAIR, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
AND THANK YOU FOR THIS MEETING.
AND THEN I DO BELIEVE A SUPERVISOR B-K JMIGHT BE WANTING TO SPEAK, BUT.
AND I KNOW THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALL HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE OUT THERE ARE SAFE AND THAT THEY'RE THERE AND WE'RE HELPING THEM.
SO A LOT OF A LOT OF THINGS HAVE COME UP, JUST LIKE WITH APS AND ALSO WORKING WITH THE NAVAJO NATION AND VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND WITHIN THE NAVAJO NATION AND MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT YESTERDAY.
AND THEN ALSO, AS FAR AS MY COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALSO FOR BEING OUT THERE ON THE FRONT LINE AND SHARING INFORMATION AND JUST REALLY GOING OUT AND COMMUNICATING.
AND IT'S BEEN OUR PHONE FOR PROBABLY BEEN BUSY FOR HOURS SINCE THE FIRE STARTED AND THEY STILL ARE.
AND THEN ALSO FOR WORKING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, AND MEETING TOGETHER, I THINK MEETING LIKE THIS WOULD REALLY HELP IN A LOT OF WAYS AS FAR AS GETTING THINGS DONE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE.
WE ALL SERVE THE SAME PEOPLE WITHIN THE COUNTY.
I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY WORK TOGETHER IN ALL ASPECTS.
AND AND THEN I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT ALSO THAT DURING THIS CRISIS, TIME OF CRISIS, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD THAT, AGAIN, WE'RE ALL HERE FOR ONE ANOTHER AND AND REALLY RESPECTING THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S RIGHTS AND USED TO THE SACRED PEAKS.
AND AND AND WHEN I FIRST HEARD THAT, IT REALLY GOT TO ME, YOU KNOW, AT THE BEGINNING, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE STARTED OUR MEETING, BECAUSE IT IS SO TRUE, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T ONLY SERVE THE HOPIS, THE NAVAJOS OR WALAPAIS, KNOW ANY ANYBODY, THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, THEY'RE OUT THERE AND THEY'RE PRAYING AND REALLY GOING OUT AND, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO HELP WITH THEIR PRAYERS AND EVEN POSSIBLY THEIR CEREMONIES TO GET THIS FIRE OUT.
SO AND TO BE LESS DESTRUCTIVE, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO AND THEIR FAMILIES AND A LOT OF US, YOU KNOW, WE RESORT TO PRAYERS.
AND THIS IS A TIME THAT WE ALL GET TOGETHER AND DO WORK AND PLAN TOGETHER AND PRAY TOGETHER AND JUST WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND ALSO OUR CHAIR FOR PUTTING THIS MEETING TOGETHER AND HAVING HAVING HAVING TO LISTEN TO US AND SHARE INFORMATION WITH US, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER THAT NEEDS TO BRING INFORMATION TO US.
COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND MADAME CHAIRWOMAN, AMPLIFYING THE GRATITUDE TO EVERYONE.
MODEL. MULTIPLE PUBLIC AGENCIES, PRIVATE ENTITIES.
WITH THIS ALL OUT RESPONSE, SUPPORT AND COORDINATION TO FIRE SUPPRESSION.
PROTECTING AND PRESERVING LIFE.
PROPERTY. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, NATURAL RESOURCES AND THESE SACRED MOUNTAINS.
JUST GRATITUDE FOR KEEPING US ALL SAFE AND SOUND.
YOUR TALENT, TIME AND RESOURCES AND.
PRAYERS, GRATITUDE AND ACTION.
SO. GRATEFUL HEART TO EVERYONE.
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THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS.WELL, I WILL JUST SAY I REALLY APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION THAT WE CONTINUE TO SEE AND CONTINUE TO BUILD UPON THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE CRISES THAT OUR CITY FACES AND OUR GREATER COMMUNITY.
AND WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE FOR THIS MEETING, ALL THE WORK BEING DONE.
I KNOW MANY OF US ARE REALLY ON TOP OF IT TRYING TO GET THE MESSAGES AND INFORMATION OUT THERE.
BUT JUST PLEASE ALWAYS KNOW THAT US ELECTEDS WE CAN HELP A BIT WITH THAT, AS I KNOW, I'M ALWAYS CHAMPING AT THE BED, WANTING TO JUMP OUT THERE AND TRY TO DO SOMETHING AND TRY TO GET THINGS DONE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT IS AN AREA THAT WE CAN HELP.
THANK YOU, CHAIRWOMAN AND ALL THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS COMING TODAY.
WITH THAT, MEETING ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.