Reservoir Road Fire
Location: 8 mi E of Loveland, Larimer Co. CO
Specific Location: Near Flatiron Reservoir, Lat 40° 22´ 22″ Lon 105° 15´ 25″
Date of Origin: 09/12/2010
Cause: Human
Situation as of 09/16/2010 6:00 pm
Personnel: 375
Size: 750 acres
Percent Contained: 100%
Structures Destroyed: 2 PRIM , 4 OUTB
Costs to Date: $2,089,000
100% containment.
Fire will be turned back to local Type 3 organization at 0700 Friday 8/17/2010. Increase in costs due to more accurate reporting as result of completed database information.
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Situation as of 09/15/2010 6:00 pm
Personnel: 557
Size: 710 acres
Percent Contained: 65%
Structures Destroyed: 2 PRIM , 4 OUTB
Costs to Date: $1,067,000 (no update)
Homeowners allowed to return to their residences today on a pass system established by the Larimer County Sheriff. Residents asked to avoid driving on roads in morning and evening during shift changes by firefighter forces.
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Situation as of 09/14/2010 5:45 pm
Personnel: 557
Size: 710 acres
Percent Contained: 35%
Structures Threatened: 200 PRIM
Structures Destroyed: 2 PRIM , 4 OUTB
Costs to Date: $1,067,000
Reduction of acres due to GPS mapping. Transfer of command to Thomas Eastern Great Basin IMT1 on September 13 at 1900 hours.
Significant progress made today on containment efforts along S and E flanks of the fire. Continues efforts of structure protection and mop-up around interior structures.
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Situation as of 09/13/2010 6:00 pm
Personnel: 349
Size: 925 acres
Percent Contained: 20%
Structures Threatened: 200 PRIM
Structures Destroyed: 2 PRIM , 4 OUTB
Costs to Date: $595,000
Fire is burning to N to confluence of Cottonwood Creek. Spread has been to N in Cottonwood Gulch. Heavy helicopters supporting ground efforts in extremely steep and hazardous terrain.
[Note: the 200 homes threatened by this fire are NOT in steep and hazardous terrain.]
Transfer of command from Nelson T3 to Thomas T1 Team to occure at 1900 today. Injury today a result of fall.
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Situation as of 09/12/2010 10:35 am
Personnel: not reported
Size: 600 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Structures Threatened: 200 PRIM
Structures Destroyed: 2 PRIM , 4 OUTB
The Type 1 Team from the Four Mile Canyon Fire will be managing this fire by 9/13/10.
