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Type 3 Incident Management Team

Fire Information Public Phone Line: (928) 421-4579 Inciweb: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7567/ Email: [email protected] Twitter: https://twitter.com/RafaelFireInfo/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RafaelFireInfo/

Rafael Fire Morning Update – July 2, 2021

Acres: 78,065 Number of Personnel: 281 Percent Containment: 91% Cause: Lightning Date/Time Detected: Friday, 06/18/2021 at 1927 MST Origin/Location: 4 miles north of Perkinsville Structures Damaged/Destroyed: 1

A Type 3 Incident Command Team led by Incident Commander Troy Mueller, assumed management of the Rafael Fire today at 6 a.m. Crews continued with mop up, patrol and suppression repair work.

Today, crews will continue to patrol and mop up around the fire to secure the perimeter. Interior areas of the fire are expected to continue to burn and there may be smoke visible as these areas continue to burn. The Burned Area Emergency Response team is in place and is continuing assessing burn severity over the entire fire.

All communities affected by the fire are in “READY evacuation status. However, all areas within the Coconino, Kaibab, and Prescott National Forests remain closed to entry, regardless of evacuation status. Questions concerning Forest closures should be directed to each respective Forests. Updates to Forest closures can be found at - Alerts & Notices (usda.gov) - Alerts & Notices (usda.gov). and Prescott National Forest - Alerts & Notices (usda.gov).

Information about evacuation status can be found on the Coconino County Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/CoconinoCounty and at the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Department Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/YavapaiCountySheriff/ Maps of evacuation status in Coconino County can be found at: Coconino County Situational Awareness Viewer (arcgis.com) It’s fire season in Northern . Residents in Northern Arizona should be Ready. https://ein.az.gov/ready-set-go

Full forest closures are in effect on the Kaibab National Forest, Coconino National Forest, and Prescott National Forest Coconino National Forest - Alerts & Notices (usda.gov) Kaibab National Forest - Alerts & Notices (usda.gov). and Prescott National Forest - Alerts & Notices (usda.gov) All Arizona State Trust lands are closed. Fire Restrictions and Closures Across Arizona | Department of Forestry and Fire Management (az.gov)

Smoke forecasts are available at Wildfire Smoke Forecast | ADEQ Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (azdeq.gov) and https://fires.airfire.org/outlooks/NorthCentralArizona.

Updates will be posted every other day. The next update will be Sunday, July 4th.

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