![]() ![]() Smoke from prescribed fire operations is normal and may continue for several days after an ignition depending on the project size, conditions, and weather. The TFFT strongly supports the use of prescribed burning in appropriate situations and works closely with air quality districts to avert smoke impacts on the public. All this information is used to decide when and where to burn. Each operation follows a specialized burn plan, which considers smoke dispersal conditions, temperature, humidity, wind, and vegetation moisture. Prescribed fires may take place any time of year when conditions are favorable. Burning excess vegetation also benefits forest health by making room for new growth which provides forage for wildlife, recycles nutrients back into the soil and helps reduce the spread of insects and disease. ![]() Prescribed fires are a vital forest management tool used by land managers to help protect communities by removing excess vegetation (fuels) that can feed unwanted wildland fires. Prescribed fires are meant to mimic naturally occurring fire, which is an essential part of many different ecosystems, and produces fire behavior and fire characteristics required to attain resource management objectives. Broadcast and understory burning use low-intensity fire across the ground to remove fuels under specific environmental conditions with fire confined to a predetermined area. Pile burning involves burning slash piles that are constructed by hand or mechanical equipment. “It sounds like we won’t be opening because of the fire,” he said.Prescribed fire managers use different methods to remove excess vegetation and reintroduce low-intensity fire into forests including pile, broadcast, and understory burning. The Sierra-at-Tahoe Resort is beloved for its unpretentious and comparatively affordable winter prices. Gillespie, a mechanic at Sierra-at-Tahoe Resort, said that unlike the northern shore of Lake Tahoe, which is dotted with mansions and second homes, the area currently under threat houses blue-collar workers who make their living at the casinos and ski resorts that make the area so popular. The last two wildfires that ripped through populated areas near Tahoe were the Angora Fire that destroyed more than 200 homes in 2007 and the Gondola Fire in 2002 that ignited near a chairlift at Heavenly Mountain Resort.Īt the evacuation center in Gardnerville, Joe Gillespie said he, his girlfriend and her son left their home in Meyers south of South Lake Tahoe on Sunday, bringing clothes, picture frames and collectibles like Hot Wheels toys from the 1960s that Gillespie’s mother gave him. More than 600 structures have been destroyed, and at least 33,000 more were threatened. South Lake Tahoe resident Lorie Major was at the grocery store when she got the alert on her phone. Outside, evacuees who had stayed in tents sorted through ramen noodles and plastic bags of clothes and keepsakes. Additional sites were open at a park in Carson City, the Reno Sparks Convention Center and a rodeo event center in Dayton and Lyon County fairgrounds in Yerington.Īt the Douglas County Community & Senior Center in Gardnerville, people had their temperature checked before entering a gymnasium of cots set up by the Red Cross. “This is serious, folks.”Įvacuation shelters at community centers in Carson City and Douglas County were at capacity, officials said Tuesday. “I’m standing here and I’m getting all ash particulates on my jacket, even,” the governor said. At a news conference in Carson City, he noted that ash was falling on him even though the fire was about 20 miles (32 kilometers) away. Steve Sisolak urged residents to be prepared, saying there was no timeline for when evacuations might be ordered. In all, Harrah’s, Harveys Lake Tahoe Casino, the Hard Rock and Montbleu Resort have more than 2,200 hotel rooms. Hotels are housing evacuees, fire crews and other emergency personnel. ![]()
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