Little Bear Fire Operations Brief on Chronology and Tactics
Joe Reinarz's Type 1 Southwest Incident Management Team, Operations Chief, Carl Schwope details the chronology of the Little Bear Fire in New Mexico that started on June 4, 2012. Schwope explains the tactics used by the team to manage the fire when they arrived on June 9th.
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Thank you for all that you have done for us and all that will be done. You have to make hard decisions and I'm sure that weighs heavy on your heart. Thank you all. We do respect and appreciate you.
Great job, Carl! Stay safe out there.
We are back in our homes in Enchanted forest and we than you from the bottom of our hearts for what have done for us! Our prayers are with the firefighters, all the support team and the families that have suffered a loss in this fire! Thank you for all your have done! Now we as a comunity have to be pro active in getting more prepared and get to know our neighbors so we may help each other and in rebuilding the ones who loss their properties.
Thank you all so very much. Without your hard work our Village would have been threatened.
This video was excellent.
Thanks to all the firefighters and their backup supporters who have saved so many homes and lives. There can never be enough praise of the sacrifices you have made to ensure that so many of our lives are not interrupted by the loss of life or posessions. You put your life on the line for so many and it has paid off. May God bless each and everyone. For those who did loose their homes, community they need our support as well.
Well done! One of the best tools I've seent to explain what and how things happened, what to expect, and what can be done, all in very trying times for people searching for answers. Please encourage other ICTeams and geographic areas to follow your lead. Maybe showing the map a little for many who know the areas but don't know where the fire perimeter may be.
Thank you, all the agencies and public servants, both paid and volunteer, for all your hard work.
Little Bear Fire Maps are available at inciweb.org/incident/maps/2903/ and nmfireinfo.com. High resolution versions are also posted at flickr.com/photos/lincolnnationalforest. If you'd like to zoom in, you can use the GeoMac Wildfire Viewer at geomac.gov/viewer/viewer.shtml. For more information about wildland fire data available in Google Earth, please visit nmfireinfo.com/2012/06/09/wildland-fire-data-in-google-earth/.
The information that you conveyed at the meetings was extremely helpful and gave us all a great deal of confidence that the efforts were progressing well. Everyone living in the forest is lucky that all of you chose to go into firefighting and we are forever indebted.
Thank you So much. Stay well.
Blessings to those people on the front lines doing what they can
Thank you so much for your hard work at keeping the fire contained. I feel for all the ones that lost there homes, hope they recover soon. We live in Texas as of now and have a home in Capitan. the idea that we were not there was very stressful for us yet the web site and now your video helps us know what excatly happened was a comfort ---- keep up the good work and so glad noone was injured seriously.
First of all, a sincere and heart felt thank you. Lots of prayers going up for all of you, I assure you. Secondly, I commend you on this video. It is the best that I have seen, very educational. I plan on sending the link to everyone I can. Most of us really do not understand the magnitude of decisions that must be made during a fire. There are so many things that we can do to prevent or at least deter fire in our neighborhoods. Again, thank you.
I've worked with Carl on other fires, I know that he, Joe and all the firefighters care deeply about the safety and welfare of all people and properties. Good job. We need to see more video's like this one.
GREAT JOB GUYS, VERY PROUD OF YOU! GO FS
Great Job Carl and all the firefighters!!! Proud of you all. Keep safe and God Bless you.
Awesome video!!!! Blessings to you and all the firefighters out there.
Regaurdless of what the Greedy Realitors say ZERO lives were lost :) Job well done! The Safety and lives of our Fire Fighters / Emergency Personel Come First!! we love and support each and every one of you who worked hard day and night to get this Fire under control. Lincoln County Residents are well aware that Extreme Weather / Disasters can happen at any time. but many choose to ignore the warnings. as Susanna Martinez had said... "if Ruidoso would have followed the Example of Otero County by Clearing and thinning the Forest alot of homes could have been saved." the funding is availible they have to make the first step to protect their homes. also home owners and flood insurance is availible another reason realitors are cashing in on this fire. hopfully another lesson has been learned and we can all move on.