Smoke observed from planned prescribed burn near visitor center, Estes Park CO
Fire & ArsonFire crews investigated visible smoke near Beaver Meadows Visitor Center in Rocky Mountain National Park. They confirmed it came from a planned prescribed burn covering 294 acres. Winds were from the southwest at 10 to 12 miles per hour. No emergency was found.
Audio|Source: Poudre Fire Authority and EMS
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Transcript:
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One hundred inches four.
00:03
Engine four, go ahead.
00:06
Any info regarding Lublin and a control bird in their district?
00:12
So the closest bird that I've seen is one south of Carter Lake and then another one up iestis.
00:20
Okay, so it seems pretty remote from our location and we're going to continue to investigate.
00:25
Copy.
00:30
100 engine 4 go ahead can you give me a wind speed and direction I don't have access to connections a pull-up a weather report for engine 4100 go ahead
00:54
So Rocky Mountain National Park was planning a prescribed burn for today and they were planning to go at 294 acres.
01:02
It might be related to what you're seeing.
01:06
Okay, yeah, that's why I was wondering if we have winds out of the south,
01:11
that would make sense.
01:12
And I'm assuming we still just have a single caller on this.
01:17
Okay, from no additional callers, and the location of that burn was the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center.
01:24
Okay, and can you confirm wind direction and deceit for me? I'm out of the service area here.
01:33
Okay,
01:36
for my partner's on the phone.
01:41
The 4-100.
01:44
Go ahead.
01:46
Once these are from the south west at 10 to 12 miles per hour.
01:52
Okay, thank you very much.
01:54
With that information, Brush4, Engine 4, we're going to clear off this call.
01:58
I think this is smoke from that controlled burn.
02:02
Station 11 units, so you copy that track.
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Location mentioned:
US-36, Estes Park, CO 80517
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