Annual Report 2019
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Pueblo Interagency Dispatch Center 2019 Year End Report Narrative • 2019 was a below average year in incidents. The Center supported 1800 incidents which was down from the 5 year average of 1986. There were 258 fires for 45,199 acres. The first large fire of the year, (C34) was in Baca County, human caused for 3812 acres. The largest fire in Kansas was the Cherry Creek Fire in Cheyenne County (November 9th) for 10,000 acres. The largest fire in Colorado was the Decker Fire starting Sept 8th that started on the Rio Grande National Forest, involving 2 NF, BLM and three counties. It hosted 3 T3 IMT and 2 T1 IMT for over 30 days burning over 8,959 acres. Pueblo Dispatch hosted a total of 7 type 3 IMT’s and 2 Type 1 IMT during the 2019 season. • It was a year of challenging weather and record breaking fuel conditions. Winter Storm warnings and snow were recorded until the end of June in Colorado. A bomb Cyclone hit Colorado and Kansas on March 13th shutting down much of both states with extreme winds and snow. During the Decker Fire record setting days which produced 99% ERC conditions. • Pueblo Interagency Dispatch Center has ready access (ROSS statused) to over 442 local equipment, 10 crews (camp, Ty 2, Ty 2IA, Ty 1) and more than 391 overhead from interagency partnerships. Although activity was limited in zone and out of area this year the center processed 1192 OH requests, 130 Crew requests, 247 engine request, and 276 aircraft request. • An increase of permanent positions occurred with the hiring of Lyndsey Wolgram (RGF) and Krystal Quiroz (PSF) both bringing a wealth of knowledge in dispatch. Incidents by Types: 1,800 250 232 214 210 200 150 133 138 120 100 91 71 61 54 56 52 50 41 35 34 37 28 22 17 18 13 17 16 13 10 12 7 11 2 1 3 5 6 6 4 4 3 2 1 0 Incidents by Agency 1000 728 506 225 188 100 59 22 12 12 10 7 7 6 5 5 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 HOA RGD SLD PBX KSX FCQ AFQ CMQ FRQ BAR MVR FLR KIR MCR GSP FSP TGP PBS KSS PSF RGF PIDC Incidents by County: 237 60 52 50 40 40 30 20 19 15 13 13 10 11 10 7 8 6 6 5 3 4 3 3 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 Incidents by Day / Hours 350 350 299 300 300 285 288 273 246 248 250 250 227 222 200 200 162 158 150 143 148 150 137 137 150 120 113 100 100 72 64 50 41 50 24 10 15 2 6 3 4 3 0 0 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Weather Alerts/ Warnings: 223 Red Flag Warning: 54 Avalanche Warning: 5 Winter Storm Warning: 34 Severe T-Storm Warning: 41 Flood Watch/Advisory: 37 High Wind Warning: 17 Tornado Warning: 12 Freeze Warning: 16 Heat Warning: 7 35 33 30 27 26 25 22 20 15 13 10 9 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 Pueblo NWS Denver Boulder Dodge City NWS Goodland NWS Wichita NWS Topeka NWS Springfield NWS Kansas City NWS Hastings NWS Norman NWS NWS 5 Year Average of Incidents: 1,986 3000 2500 2435 2331 2027 2000 1800 1689 1500 1450 1000 500 0 y 2014 y 2015 y 2016 y 2017 y 2018 y 2019 Fire and Acres by Agencies Hum: 121 Ac.: 28,843 Ltn: 137 Ac.: 16,356 RX: 97 RX Ac.: 16,589 100000 10000 5370 2508 2267 13648 1898 5691 10000 7000 6868 1211 1073 5719 873 3574 1000 800 1958 267 233 1000 464 100 84 38 33 100 55 49 49 55 50 36 40 25 15 15 15 17 10 10 10 9 13 10 9 6 6 10 5 5 5 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 HOA RGD SLD PBX KSX FCQ FRQ BAR FLR TGP PBS PSF RGF HOA RGD SLD PBX KSX FCQ BAR MVR FLR KIR MCR FSP TGP PBS KSS PSF RGF PSICC / RGF Fire and Acres Hum: 60 Ac.: 1,960 Ltn: 63 Ac.: 10,442 RX: 42 RX Ac.: 6443 10000 10000 5073 3572 1928 1489 1605 1371 952 1000 1000 547 599 450 471 364 230 100 75 100 81 27 24 14 10 11 10 10 7 8 10 7 6 5 5 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 RGD / SLD Fire and Acres Hum: 4 Ac.: 0 Ltn: 17 Ac.: 101 RX: 6 RX Ac.: 277 100 84 1000 267 100 17 15 10 10 4 10 4 2 2 1 1 Royal Gorge San Luis Valley Royal Gorge San Luis Valley Colorado / Kansas Counties Fire & Acres Hum: 45 Ac.: 19,339 Ltn: 49 Ac.: 5,719 RX: 16 RX Ac.: 271 10000 10000 1000 4521 1889 2189 1488 1407 233 1000 550550 640 414 350 100 195 178 147 159 151 100 77 59 31 19 22 11 12 9 9 10 10 6 7 6 76 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 22 2 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Co-JEX Co-TLX Co-CFX Co-FRX Ks-LYX Co-CTX Co-PAX Co-CJX Co-ALX Co-OTX Ks-CNX Ks-RNX Ks-HVX Co-BAX Co-BNX Co-CUX Co-RGX Co-EPX Co-LSX Ks-CFX Co-DGX Co-MLX Co-PWX Ks-MCX Co-PUX Ks-MTX Co-HUX Co-CFX Co-CTX Co-EPX Co-JEX Co-TLX Ks-CQX Fire and Acres by Month Hum: 121 Ac.: 28,843 Ltn: 137 Ac.: 16,356 RX: 97 RX Ac.: 16,589 100000 10000 6427 3327 17368 2875 9312 10000 1151 5110 1049 3815 4521 1000 768 2184 1826 398 348 1000 207 398 297 186 100 100 63 28 30 56 23 39 38 29 30 25 30 11 16 16 16 9 14 10 10 9 9 6 10 7 8 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 22 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 5 Year Average - Fire: 302 / Acres: 266,596 Fires Acres 1000000 415508 488162 319343 100000 53104 56862 45199 10000 1000 350 360 246 276 280 258 100 10 1 yr 2014 yr 2015 yr 2016 yr 2017 yr 2018 yr 2019 Overhead In Zone: 34 Incidents for 872 Requests 500 USFS BLM FWS BIA STATE NPS COUNTY NWS CANCEL UTF 450 429 8% 2% 1% 400 350 300 21% 250 49% 200 185 150 100 87 66 3% 50 36 29 17 10 6 7 4% 0 1% 1% 10% Overhead Out of Zone: 111 Incidents for 320 Requests 200 USFS BLM FWS BIA STATE CONTRA COUNTY CANCEL UTF 180 173 7% 17% 160 2% 140 2% 120 3% 100 2% 80 60 56 43 13% 40 23 20 10 8 5 5 8 52% 2% 0 Crews in Zone: 16 Incidents for 95 Request 45 USFS BLM County NPS BIA STATE CONTRACT CANCEL UTF 41 3% 40 4% 35 15% 30 25 43% 20 15 14 12 10 13% 10 5 4 4 5 3 2 0 11% 4% 2% 5% Crews Out of Zone: 21 Incidents for 35 Requests 16 USFS BLM FWS BIA STATE CANCEL UTF OVERHEAD 14 14 23% 12 10 40% 8 8 6 6% 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 8% 1 0 8% 6% 3% 6% Engines in Zones: 23 Incidents for 192 Requests 80 USFS BLM FWS STATE BIA NPS COUNTY CONTRACT CANCEL UTF 72 5% 70 4% 5% 60 56 36% 50 40 30 28% 20 14 14 10 10 9 8 10 6 2 0 7% 7% 3% 4% 1% Engines Out of Zone: 28 Incidents for 55 Requests 25 USFS BLM FWS STATE COUNTY CANCEL UTF OVERHEAD 7% 20 20 24% 15% 15 13 10 5% 8 6% 5 4 2% 3 3 3 1 5% 0 36% Aircraft in Zone: 19 Incidents for 224 Requests BLM: 13 CNTY: 36 DDQ: 9 USFS: 166 BLM CNTY DDQ USFS 70 6% 61 60 16% 50 40 30 4% 20 19 20 12 13 9 10 10 7 7 5 5 6 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 11 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 21 0 74% 0 Aircraft Out of Zone: 30 Incidents for 52 Requests BLM: 4 CNTY: 9 STATE: 13 USFS: 25 BLM CNTY STATE USFS 10 8% 9 9 8 8 18% 7 6 6 5 49% 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 25% Tanker / SEAT Base Totals Water (gal): 0 Retardant (gal): 118,557 Sorties: 55 87,197 100000 20,579 10000 5,363 4,118 1,300 1000 100 32 8 10 7 6 2 1 Fort Collins SEAT Base Fremont County SEAT Base (1V6) Grand Junction Tankerbase Durango Tanker Base JeffCo Tankerbase EU Contracted Helicopters USFS EU: H-350MW DFPC EU: H-58HJ 80,381 100000 63,800 1000000 38,955 120,878 145,619 100000 10000 14,880 10000 1000 673 1000 787 181.1 179 100 170.9 148 46 100 29 10 10 1 1 Total Flight Total Water Passengers External Internal Day on Total Flight Total Water Passengers External Internal Days on Time Logged Missions Dropped Cargo (lbs) Cargo (lbs) Contract Time Logged Missions Dropped Cargo (lbs) Cargo (lbs) Contract (hrs) (gals) (hrs) (gals) BCD Travel # of Travelers: 378 Cost: $172,978.91 100000 $48,387.85 $40,017.39 $30,576.60 $23,424.89 $15,018.68 $8,749.60 10000 $4,661.85 $991.15 $925.45 1000 $225.45 84 100 100 65 62 37 12 11 10 4 2 1 1 Jan-Mar April May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec ICS 209’s: Incident Name Agency Start Date Cause Ac.