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Smoke Signals Volume 12 Table of Contents Aerial Ignition Gets the Job Done Memorial February 2009 Smoke Signals Volume 12 Table of Contents Aerial Ignition Gets the Job Done Memorial...................3 at San Carlos Administration.........5 ~ William T. Grauel, PhD, Fire Use Specialist San Carlos Apache Tribe Fire Use/Fuels..........6 Operations..............11 Introduction Prevention..............12 Blacksnakes Corner. 15 The San Carlos Tribal Fire Use Publishers & Info..Back Program strives to achieve ecologically meaningful fire effects in a cost efficient manner at landscape scales. The Hilltop Alpha & Bravo burn plan encompasses over 13,000 acres of ponderosa pine forest surrounded by juniper savannah uplands. With a primary goal of hazardous fuel reduction (HFR) in recently logged forest, the Hilltop project was developed with the recognition that ponderosa pine forests and timber sales exist in a larger fire- dependant landscape. Recent HFR burn plans had been confined to smaller acreages within timber sale boundaries Figure 4. Despite the relatively large acreage and smoke column, the fire and implemented stayed on the ground while removing much of the oak and juniper understory by ground ignition and logging slash. with drip torches. The Hilltop plan was by Duane Chapman, Supervisory Fuels designed to utilize the Plastic Sphere Technician, and received a technical review Dispenser in a helicopter to accomplish by Fire Behavior Analyst Ralan Hartzell of the desired fire effects on more acres at a neighboring Fort Apache Agency. The goal lower cost than ground ignition alone. of the project was to generate an intense understory burn in the pine forest, sufficient Timeline to reduce ladder fuels and raise the average canopy fuel base height. Planning began in July 2007. The Hilltop A & B burn plan was authored Cover Page 2 had been installed day the 3000 acre burn unit was by San Carlos complete. Despite the relatively large Fire Use and the acreage and smoke column (Figure Geronimo Hotshots 4), the fire stayed on the ground the week before. while removing much of the oak With temperatures and juniper understory and logging in the mid-70’s, slash. Burndown was rapid, smoke relative humidity was completely dispersed by the next around 20%, and morning, and little patrolling was one- and ten-hour necessary. The burn unit contains ten fuels around 7% FIREMON plots that were installed in moisture, the aerial 2007. Their remeasurement in early ignition proceeded 2009 will provide quantitative data on throughout the fuel reduction and scorch mortality. afternoon (Figure 2). Holding forces Cost efficiency had little to do other than observe Aerial ignition allows for the as the afternoon’s planning of larger prescribed burns, aerial ignition a necessity in forests whose fire Figure 2. Aerial ignition proceeded throughout the afternoon. accomplished about cycles are hundreds of years longer Photo taken by Dr. Grauer through the lense of his binoculars. 600 acres. than the historical record shows as Employing aerial ignition required normal. In addition, although flight careful planning (Figure 1), including The Burn Boss, Firing Boss, and time costs seem high, the ability to limited road closures during hunting FEMO surveyed the burn at dawn the season. The San Carlos Recreation next morning and Wildlife Department supported to observe fire the project by supplying Rangers to effects and enforce the temporary road closures. discuss ignition patterns (Figure The weather in late October 2008 3). Ignition looked favorable, and Chuck Maxwell began before of Predictive Services in Albuquerque midmorning on provided frequent 7-10 day outlooks. October 31, with Airwest Helicopters of Glendale, the helicopter Arizona provided the aerial platform. and firing team Lemual Juan of BIA San Carlos dropping the Agency was helicopter manager plastic spheres and serviced the Premo Mark III in strips oriented perpendicular to plastic sphere dispenser (PSD). John Figure 3. The Burn Boss, Firing Boss, and FEMO surveyed the burn Cervantes of BIA Fort Apache Agency the prevailing at dawn the next morning to observe fire effects and discuss ignition was brought in as the PSD operator southwest wind. patterns. while Carlos Nosie, Assistant Fuels Near the end of Specialist from the Western Regional the day, the main Office served as Firing Boss. John road bordering Lee, Western Regional AFMO, came the project was onboard as Safety Officer for the closed and project while Duane Chapman was ground-based Burn Boss. The Fire Effects Monitor ignition crews (FEMO) was William Grauel. burned off the road as the Implementation and Fire effects aerially-ignited fire approached At midday on October 30 all holding downhill No forces were in place and ignition holding issues began. The helicopter operation began arose and by by reinforcing the black line that the end of the Figure 1. Employing aerial ignition required careful planning including limited road closures during hunting season. Cover Page 3 accomplish larger acreages outweighs $22 per acre. In previous years, per acre. With proper planning and the costs associated with using an these types of HFR burns, within implementation, aerial ignition is the aerial platform. The 3000 acres the boundaries of timber sales only way to go! accomplished on the Hilltop A&B and done with ground ignition, prescribed burn cost approximately generally cost between $35 and $40 Memorial Remembering Fain LeBeau ~ Theresa Ann Wesley, NIFC Never say “Goodbye” - it’s always, “See You Later” The date was October 17, 2008 in beautiful downtown Eagle Butte, South Dakota. Retirement preparations were well under way by late afternoon and only a few things were left to do - then came the wait. Fain LeBeau was going to retire from the Bureau of Indian Affairs and I was honored with the opportunity to be the Fain LeBeau while he was Lead Instructor for the 2008 Engine Academy at Crow Creek Agency. master of ceremonies at his retirement. on time, several guest speakers got With heavy heart, I passed the news Fain LeBeau came to the Bureau of up and spoke, among them, Mr. onto the staff. The LeBeau family Indian Affairs on October 17, 1975. Greg Bourland, Cheyenne River requested my return to Eagle Butte. He was hired as a general laborer. Agency Superintendent, Dalan My arrival was met with the buzzing He then became a Range Technician. Romero, Associate Chief, BIA-NIFC of what was completed, what needed He was hired in his last position as a Operations, and several life time to be done and what else should be Supervisory Range Technician in 2002 friends and acquaintances. Dinner was considered. Dates were set and things at BIA-NIFC. Fain created a top-notch served and the Drum Group Wakinyan were set into motion. Model 52 Engine program known Maza finished with an honor song. throughout the nation. His work The band, Stampede, performed and October 26, 2008 a wake was ethic was impeccable and his people the night was danced away. performed at the Eagle Butte High skills superb. He led by example and School gymnasium. I have never seen managed his team effectively. He took I returned to Boise ready to let so many people gather. Many traveled pride in his program, had a great staff, everyone know how well things a long way to attend. Many got up and a ‘can do’ attitude that always went at the retirement celebration. and spoke of the good things and what made things happen. Thirty-three However, that was cut short because Fain meant to them. I realized that on years to the date, Fain was going to the news of Fain LeBeau’s passing this visit, I was to wear more than one call it quits and retire and do other arrived. Where one week we were hat and that night I spoke as the close things he wanted to do. planning the retirement of a good friend and sister of Fain LeBeau. As friend, now very different preparations the others, I stood in front of all of That night things could not have had to be undertaken. them and gave personal testimony as gone better. The program started to how Fain and I met, how we were Administration Page 4 preserve lands, finding ways to do things better and he never made it to retirement. The procession to the cemetery was phenomenal. Fain was to be transported in the C5500, his favorite truck. First came the escort, the local fire trucks, the C5500 with Fain and his family inside then rest of the family, friends and community. During the trip to the cemetery, I remembered Fain telling me one time, one never says Goodbye, one always says See You Later. And when the graveside services were over, I did just that. I was proud to be there for him and his family. I was honored to be a part of Fain’s life and feel this Dancing the night away. tragedy somehow allowed me to grow stronger. Thank you Fain Lebeau on kindred spirits and shared fun times do for him. He gave 33 years of his a job well done, have a good journey together, shared families and mutual life to the government, a lot of time and I will see you later. friends and how the fire world affected away from his family, fighting to both our lives. And like the others, I cried at the loss of my brother, my friend, and my coworker. I learned how to speak from the heart. October 27, 2008 the funeral was held at the Eagle Butte High School gymnasium. Mr. Phillip LeBeau officiated. He was Fain’s brother. The gym was full of family, friends and firefighters. Keynote speakers were Terry Hodgkiss, BIA Standing Rock Agency, Faron Krueger, ND State Forestry, and Scott Weston, Pine Ridge Agency. That day I represented the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, National Interagency Fire Center and I spoke of Fain, the Fain and his family enjoy his retirement party.
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