Tag: wildfire
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Burn bans, restrictions downgraded in El Paso County, Colorado Springs, officials say
The authorities on Friday downgraded burn restrictions in El Paso County and Colorado Springs after favorable weather since the start of August. Fire restrictions went from stage 2 to stage 1 in the county at 1 p.m. Friday, the Sheriff’s Office announced in a news release. The burn ban in Colorado Springs changed to burn…
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German company in Colorado providing wildfire detection and tracking from space
A German company with its headquarters in Colorado is working to make space-based wildfire detection an effective tool for firefighters in the mountain West. Ororatech, founded in Germany in 2018 by engineer and volunteer firefighter Thomas Gruebler, provides satellite imagery to fire departments during active fire periods in the afternoons. It also combines the data…
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German company in Colorado providing wildfire detection and tracking from space
A German company with its headquarters in Colorado is working to make space-based wildfire detection an effective tool for firefighters in the mountain West. Ororatech, founded in Germany in 2018 by engineer and volunteer firefighter Thomas Gruebler, provides satellite imagery to fire departments during active fire periods in the afternoons. It also combines the data…
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German company in Colorado providing wildfire detection and tracking from space
A German company with its headquarters in Colorado is working to make space-based wildfire detection an effective tool for firefighters in the mountain West. Ororatech, founded in Germany in 2018 by engineer and volunteer firefighter Thomas Gruebler, provides satellite imagery to fire departments during active fire periods in the afternoons. It also combines the data…
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Meet Ash, the 1 oz. owl saved from the Aspen Acres fire
On July 12, as hundreds of firefighters were battling the seventh-largest wildfire in Colorado history, one crew member rescued one of the smallest babies in the state. Ash the owl was too young to fly away when he was saved from the Aspen Acres blaze, which has since surpassed 101,000 acres. Ash is a fledgling…
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‘I thought it was our last goodbye’: Aspen Acres fire evacuee returns to site of father’s last stand with inferno
The Aspen Acres fire was rampaging north through the Wet Mountains, glowing on the horizon like an unwelcome sunrise, but 82-year-old Bill Peyton had a plan — and what he figured was a fighting chance. His daughter, Daisy Weeks, rushed around their ridge-top property getting cellphone videos of their homes, their belongings, everything she could…
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Remembering fallen firefighters and their selfless bravery | Paul Batura
As more than 14,000 firefighters and support personnel battle wildfires throughout the United States this July, the vast majority of them here in the West, we remain grateful for their tireless, courageous, and sacrificial efforts on our behalf. Recent attention has been understandably focused on the Aspen Acres blaze, which continues to burn across Pueblo,…
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Many evacuees await return from Aspen Acres blaze as Huerfano County issues new orders
As hundreds of firefighters made progress in slowing the eastward spread of the Aspen Acres fire, its expansion to the south and west prompted new pre-evacuation orders in Huerfano County. Officials asked residents for patience as many areas, including the towns of Rye and San Isabel, remain under evacuation orders. “Overall, progress has been made,…
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Wildfire forces evacuations south of Steamboat Springs
A wildfire in northwest Colorado forced evacuations in Routt County, south of Steamboat Springs, county officials said Sunday. Resources were on scene for the Green Ridge fire, which had burned about seven acres near Stagecoach River, with no containment as of 4 p.m. Mandatory evacuations were ordered for an area east of Stagecoach River and…
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Aspen Acres blaze 35% contained; firefighting efforts getting ‘desired results’
The Aspen Acres wildfire, which has burned 98,100 acres in Pueblo and Custer counties over a two-week span, is 35% contained, incident officials said on Sunday. Crews worked around the clock, increasing dozer line construction, mopping up hot spots and conducting burning operations to eliminate dry fuels. “Their preparation, timing and execution are generating the…