PIDC 2005 ANNUAL REPORT PIDC had an active year making up almost 50% of the regions total acres burned with 50% of those acres coming from Kansas. There was 1 type 1, 1 type 2 and 4 type 3 incidents in our zone. We recorded Wildland fires in every month of the year showing that there is no such thing as an established season as we burned all year long due to our geographic area we cover from plains to the mountains. We started out fairly normal with moisture and temperatures throughout the zone and experienced our normal lightning and human activity. There were fewer wind events during the spring and summer but more during the fall and winter. We normally see a slow down in September and this year we went into a fall season actively burning into October. We staffed 24 hours to support going incidents 34 days which was less then normal. We had an expanded organization in place for 21 days during our highest fire activity period and used expanded overall for 39 days. One of the biggest highlights of the year came when a SEAT Base was established in Elkhart, Ks. The first of its kind since PIDC had been established. Along with mobilizing 60 Type 1 and 2 engines for structure protection on the Mason incident, PIDC was able to fill 54 of the engines from within zone which assisted in no structures being lost during the incident. We ended the year going from very mild weather to very cold weather back to above normal temperatures with records for Christmas day of 73 degrees, which has led to less rain and snow for our area for the last 2 months of the year. PIDC is still seeing an increase of incidents ranging from 2% to 7% each of the last 3 years while the budget continues to decrease. The second notable point was the successful incorporation of the San Luis Valley fire program into PIDC, where we provided dispatching service for the Rio Grande N.F., San Luis Valley public Lands Center-BLM and the National Park Service.

YEAR TO DATE PIDC INCIDENTS 1,350

PIDC FIRE INCIDENTS FALSE ALARMS 144 RX BURN 26 OUT OF ZONE 12 HUMAN 141 LTN 127 FALSE ALARM 48 UNKNOWN 32

NON FIRE INCIDENTS

PIDC SUPPORT CF 122 LOG 154 SO SPRT 4 ADMIN 48

PIDC INCIDENTS BY HOUR

PIDC INCIDENTS BY DAY

IN ZONE EQUIPMENT 34 ORDERS 553 REQUESTS

OUT OF ZONE EQUIPMENT 27 ORDERS FOR 51 REQUESTS

IN ZONE OVERHEAD 41 ORDERS 1,255 REQUESTS

OUT OF ZONE OVERHEAD 120 ORDERS 329 REQUESTS

IN ZONE CREW ORDERS 14 ORDERS FOR 68 REQUESTS

OUT OF ZONE CREW ORDERS 14 ORDERS 13 REQUESTS

OUT OF ZONE AIRCRAFT 16 INCIDENTS 33 REQUESTS

IN ZONE AIRCRAFT 55 INCIDENTS 257 REQUESTS

PREVIOUS YEAR ACTIVITY

2005 TRAVEL COSTS $88, PEOPLE 12 PEOPLE 40 PEOPLE 34 PEOPLE 100 PEOPLE 14 PEOPLE 13 PEOPLE 1 PERSON

HURRICAN KATRINA

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SAN ISABEL NF RX BURNING (SULLIVAN)

MASON FIRE (SAN CARLOS RD) SPACE SATELITE