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Tunnel Fire GO Order Evacuations In Effect
Flagstaff AZ – On April 19, 2022, at 1100 hours the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office began evacuation operations in the Timberline and Fernwood areas, north of Flagstaff along Hwy 89.
The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office was advised by the United States Forest Service at approximately 8:00 a.m. that the Tunnel Fire had jumped the fire line and was threatening the Timberline – Fernwood Area....
Arizona Forestry Prescribed Burn Smoke Will Affect Air Quality
Sedona AZ – Starting the week of November 15, 2021, the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management begins ignitions to 400 acres of the Flagstaff Wildland Urban Interface Observatory Blocks Prescribed Burn. The Flagstaff WUI Observatory Rx Burn is part of a larger scale, 750-acre project, approximately six miles west of Flagstaff, southwest of Observatory Mesa, and south of Interstate 40.
The...
Arizona Forestry Schedules Mogollon Rim Country Prescribed Burn
Sedona AZ – Upcoming and favorable weather conditions provide an ideal window for the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management and the Pine-Strawberry Fire District to begin a multi-day, prescribed burn near the communities of Pine-Strawberry.
Starting November 15, 2021, DFFM begins ignitions to 100 acres of a 200-acre project at Camp LoMia in Pine. The goal of the burn is to safeguard...
Seligman Free Community Cleanup Days
Sedona AZ – The Yavapai County Board of Supervisors, working with the Yavapai County Public Works Department, is pleased to announce a No Charge Community Cleanup in Seligman. This two weekend event is open to Yavapai County residents on September 17 and 18 and September 24 and 25 from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. at the Seligman Transfer Station, 55799 North Seligman Landfill Road.
This cleanup...
Sedona Fire District Enacts Temporary Burn Restrictions
Sedona AZ – Effective at 5:00 p.m. on April 22, 2020, the United States Forest Service is enacting a campfire ban on all forest service managed lands to protect the health and safety of employees and communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Sedona Fire District will be aligning with the USFS and prohibiting campfires and other open burning in all areas served by Sedona Fire District.
These...
Sedona Fire District COVID-19 Preparation Update
Sedona AZ – As the COVID-19 pandemic develops, Sedona Fire District Fire Chief Jon Trautwein wants to assure the community that as an essential service provider, SFD continues to accomplish its mission and provide for the safety of the community effectively.
Engaging the community and various stakeholders to provide options and solutions to a wide variety of fire service issues is the Fire Chief’s...
Village of Oak Creek Residents Say No to Incorporation Nonsense
Sedona AZ – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor:
Editor:
Sedona Arizona’s Village of Oak Creek in 2012.
Yet again, we Village of Oak Creek residents have been told what is for our own good. The impetus for this new thrust for incorporation is because of the Hilton and Element hotels, and to that we say: “barn door, meet late closer.” This time Mr. Krupa...
Arizona Dry Conditions Trigger Fire Restrictions
Sedona AZ — Beginning June 21, 2019, due to dry and hot conditions, fire restrictions will be implemented on Bureau of Land Management lands within the Phoenix District. The district’s 2.4 million acres of public lands in Arizona extend across portions of eight counties, including Pima, Pinal, Maricopa, Gila, Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo and Apache counties. Visitors to public lands in these counties...
Sedona Fire District Board Names Coil Interim Fire Chief
Sedona AZ (December 19, 2018) – The Sedona Fire District Board of Directors has named Battalion Chief Jayson Coil as interim Fire Chief when its current Fire Chief Kris Kazian leaves in January. Coil has been acting as the interim Assistant Fire Chief since March of this year when then Assistant Chief Jeff Piechura left the fire district to accept a job in Tucson.
“Sedona Fire is in good hands...
Sedona Bell Rock Injured Hiker Rescued
Sedona AZ (September 10, 2018) – An injured hiker was rescued from near the summit of Bell Rock late Sunday morning after suffering a compound fracture of the lower leg. The hiker, a Sedona resident, was with friends when the accident occurred. Two helicopters from Arizona Department of Public Safety were utilized during the rescue.
“Due to the rugged terrain and inaccessibility of the patient,...