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A Whole Community Recovery
YAVAPAI COUNTY
June 18th through July 7th, 2013
An Exposition of the Doce, Yarnell Hill Wildfire, and the Fallen 19
Emergency Management simplified always equals People
Doce Fire
June 18th, 2013
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Fire Name: Doce
Start Date: 6/18/13
Acres: 6,700
8 miles northwest of Prescott, AZ
Lat/Lon: 34.595, -112.596
AZ State Forestry and USFS
Chaparral and pinyon juniper fire.
Fire Name Start Date Acres
State/ Pvt Fed/Tribal
Contain % Brief Location Jurisdiction
6/18/13 67 6,700 40% 8 miles northwest of Prescott, AZ
Lat/Lon: 34.595, -112.596
AZ State Forestry and
USFS
Doce
Chaparral and pinyon juniper fire. Prescott National Forest and Central Yavapai Fire
District. Resources: 3
camp crews, 2 dozers, 33 engines, 188 overhead, 9 type 1 crews (Black Mesa IHC, Blue
Ridge IHC, Flagstaff
IHC, Granite Mt IHC, Mormon Lake IHC, Navajo IHC, Pleasant Valley IHC, Prescott IHC, and
Sacramento
IHC), 10 type 2 crews, 4 type 1 helicopters, 1 type 2 helicopter, 2 type 3 helicopters, and 5
water tenders. Total
personnel: 771. Sciacca’s Type 1 Incident Management Team. Human caused.
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Alto Pit ICP
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Two DC-10 jets (called VLATs or Very Large Air Tankers) painted nearly 12,000 gallons of
retardant on the western and eastern flanks of the blaze during each drop. Other large air
tankers carry 2,000-3,000 gallons.
"There's only two DC-10s in the nation (fighting wildfires), and to have both of them on one
fire is pretty amazing," said Pete Schwab, air operations branch director on Sciacca's Type I
team.
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One of the DC-10 VLAT pilots,
Kevin Hopf, grew up in Prescott
DC-10 air tanker Captains Jack Maxey
(left) and Kevin Hopf
Doce Facts:
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Fire Cause: Man Caused (possibly Tannerite)
Fire Size: 6700 Acres
IMT Configuration: Type 1, Tony Sciacca
Manpower: 771
Threats: Iron Springs Club, Highland Pines, Alto, Granite Basin
Summer homes, Williamson Valley Corridor, Sundown Acres,
American Ranch, American Ranch Areas North, Basin East of Highland
Pines
• Evacuated: 660 displaced
• ARC/ADS: Shelters Active 10/25
• Homes Lost: 0
• Post Fire Mitigation: Treat watercourse south side of burn area which
impact Iron Springs (NRCS/EWP , BAER, and FCD). Treat watercourses
north for brush removal enhance flow. Preposition water rescue
assets. Public Outreach Program (Station 57)
• Historical Mitigation: Firewise program, massive hazardous fuels
mitigation program for the Basin, PAWUIC
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Yarnell Hill
June 28, 2013
Highway 89, heading north, into Yarnell
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Yavapai County Emergency Operation Center
WICKENBURG (July 23, 2013) – Karen Patterson stayed at an American Red Cross
Grand Canyon Chapter shelter at Wickenburg High School this month with her husband,
James Bonde, and her three children after the Yarnell Hill Fire nearly burned their home.
The painful memories are still fresh.
“First, it was black smoke, and then a black, red glow,” Bonde said. “I was being the
optimist – that it wasn’t going to come.” Patterson had time to pull brush away from
their house, as they watched the wildfire about two miles west of them. However, the
blaze changed direction, heading their way.
“It was the scariest thing I’ve ever had to deal with,” Patterson said. “It was terrifying
(Upwards to 35)
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PRESCOTT (– The American Red Cross Grand Canyon Chapter has opened a shelter
at Yavapai College in Prescott for residents who were evacuated Sunday by the Yarnell
Hill Fire.
The Red Cross has the capacity to shelter as many as 330 people inside the gymnasium at
1100 E. Sheldon St., Prescott, AZ 86301. Red Cross volunteers have set up cots and
blankets for overnight stays, and evacuated residents can come to the shelter for meals,
snacks, water and coffee. Evacuated residents also can receive aid from Red Cross nurses
and mental health volunteers. (upwards to 60)
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Animal Disaster Services
Large animals are evacuated to the Hidden Spring Ranch
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ADS ran shelters for both the Yarnell and Doce Fire
Evacuations
Arizona Humane Society
Animal Rescue Team
Disaster Preparedness
HSVMA-Rural Area Veterinary
Services
Sanctuaries and Wildlife Care
Centers
Humane Society International:
Street Dog Welfare
Humane Wildlife Services
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Sunday, June 30
7 a.m.: Logs indicate aircraft are ordered.
7:54 a.m.: The fire has grown to 300-plus acres and a state-supervised “Type 2 short
team” is activated. Such a team is slightly smaller than a full “Type 2” team.
9:20 a.m.: Arizona Interagency Wildfire Prevention group announces that an Arizona
State Forestry wildland-firefighting team will assume command of the Yarnell Hill Fire
at 10 a.m.
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Sunday, June 30
10:18 a.m.: Evacuations begin in the Double Bar A Ranch area southwest of Yarnell.
11:05 a.m.: Southwest Coordination Center announces that the Yarnell Hill Fire is exhibiting
active fire behavior and has grown to between 800 and 1,000 acres.
2:31 p.m.: Southwest Coordination Center announces that a Type 1 fire team managed by
the U.S. Forest Service’s Clay Templin has been ordered. Type 1 teams are activated on
major fires and have more firefighting resources dedicated to them.
Sunday, June 30 continued
3 p.m.: A dispatcher tells Dupuy, a Yarnell resident, that he and his neighbors will be
given a one-hour notice to evacuate.
4 p.m.: “My wife’s looking out the window and sees this wall of fire coming,” Dupuy
said. “We hauled ass out of there.”
Winds have been blowing from the southwest all afternoon at average sustained
speeds of 10-11 mph, with gusts of about 20 mph. Between 4 and 5 p.m., the winds
suddenly turn to the opposite direction and become more powerful, with sustained
winds of about 26 mph and gusts of 41 mph.
4:15 p.m.: A stream of cars can be seen leaving the area, including the hard-hit
Glen IIah community southwest of Yarnell, and driving south on Arizona 89.
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Sunday, June 30 continued
4:47 p.m.: Arizona State Forestry’s dispatch center in Phoenix is notified that the
Granite Mountain Hotshots have deployed fire shelters.
5:33 p.m.: Radio traffic captures local fire chief asking dispatch who is going to help with
the downed firefighters.
6:35 p.m.: An Arizona Department of Public Safety helicopter carrying a medic lands at
Ranch House Restaurant in Yarnell. The medic later hikes to fallen firefighters and radios
that none survived.
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RECOVERY ACTIONS
• Establish life lines for re-entry (Water, Gas, Transportation, Communications, and
Power)
• Preliminary Damage Assessment
• Implement Recovery Plan
• Identify Long Term Recovery Group
• Donations Management
• Volunteer Management
• Establish IASC in Yarnell (Capture Insured, Under Insured, and Uninsured)
• Open Case Files
• Connect People with VOADS and Government Services (Consistent and
Constant Follow-up)
• Meet the Emotional and Spiritual needs (Chaplains and Crisis Counselors)
• Immediate Needs and identify long term needs
• Food Bank, water, gator aid, fuel, generators, tables, chairs, locations, etc…
• Debris Operations (8 Weeks)
• Hundreds of man-hours
• Actual Cost $396,000.00 Reimbursable Cost 75% of $298,000.00
RECOVERY ACTIONS
• Community Outreach
• Community meetings (twice weekly reduced to once weekly)
• Steering Committee Meeting (YHRG, YC OEM, YC DS, YC PW,
YC BOS, ADEM)
• Mitigation
• NRCS/EWP and FCD Emergency Watershed Grant
• Hydro-seed West of Yarnell
• Low water bridge to enhance flow (200%)
• Clear and clean water courses
• Remove Debris
• Chip brush from fire and watercourses
• Mitigation Effects
• 200% Enhanced Flow
• 10/12 houses removed from the 100yr flood plane; the two
remaining at reduce risk
• No household inundation from post fire rains
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A Quality Water: Pat Carpenter, owner and his Yarnell Team, Derrick Scott and
Fletch Wiles who worked tirelessly to deliver water for firefighting efforts and
ensure an adequate and safe supply of water for returning residents were assisted
by work crews sent by the Cities of Prescott and Prescott Valley/ CH2M Hill OMI
to assist with repairs and on-going donated repair materials and work crews from
PCL Construction.
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The Disaster Recovery Section's mission is to coordinate state and federal actions with local
jurisdictions to assist those impacted communities in recovering from disasters. Through
Public Assistance (infrastructure) and Individual Assistance (human services)
programs and activities the Recovery Section works to reduce human suffering during
disasters and enhance recovery after they occur.
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American Red Cross
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Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster
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Salvation Army
United Way of Yavapai County
American Red Cross
Animal Disaster Services
Arizona Humane Society
Arizona Baptist Disaster Services
Mennonite Disaster Services
Samaritan's Purse
Church of Christ Disaster Services
Presbyterian Disaster Services
The Church of the Latter Day Saints
Tzu Chi – Buddhist
Yarnell Hill Recovery Group
Yavapai County Community Foundation
52 Club
100 Club
Et Al……
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Yarnell Hill Wildfire Facts:
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Fire Cause: Lightening Caused (June 28th Thunderstorm)
Fire Size: 8400 Acres
IMT Configuration: Type 1, Clay Templin
Resources: 249
• Lives Lost 19
• Threats: AA Ranch, Peeples Valley, Ruger Ranch, Yarnell, Glen Ilah
• Evacuated: 1200 displaced
• ARC/ADS: Shelters Active Wickenburg up to 35, Prescott up to 45
• Homes Lost: 122, Structures Lost Total 134,
Uninsured 11, Under Insured 25
• Post Fire Mitigation: Treat watercourses east side of burn area which
impact Yarnell (NRCS/EWP and FCD). Treat watercourses through
Yarnell for brush removal enhance flow.
• Historical Mitigation: Hazardous Fuel Mitigation at the Shrine, with
little through town.
Questions And Answers?
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