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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Have you here, Jimmy Lakey is my name? Pleasure, pleased
and thrilled. I am this segmented portion of the program,
this hour of the program, and a matter of fact,
the whole show brought to you impart by Dan Caplis
of Dan Caplis Law, a serious firm for serious cases.
Let me tell you, I hope you never have to
call Dan Caplis except to call us radio show, because
(00:20):
when you have to call Dan Caplis, it means something
has happened. Maybe it's a traffic accident, maybe some kind
of a personal injury has happened, or God forbid or
wrongful death in your family. Listen, Dan Caplis takes on
those types of cases, righteous injury cases on a percentage
fee basis. What that means for you? Is it in
those horrible moments of life where you're just trying to
get what is due to you from these insurance companies
(00:41):
and they're holding out, they're not going to just they're
not handing over money willy nilly. If you will, Dan
caple steps into your corners of those insurance companies, know
that you have a big time law. You're in your corner.
Dan Caplis takes on those righteous injury cases on a
percentage fee basis, which means just good people from all
walks of life, without regard to your bank account, your
(01:02):
ability to pay the elite level of legal representation that
you deserve. Again, personal injury, wrongful death situation. You want
Dan Capless in your corner. Dan Capless c ap l
I S. Dankaplislaw dot com, Dankaplislaw dot com. Be sure
to tell him that Jimmy Lack he told you to
be in touch. Dan Capless Law c ap l I S.
(01:23):
Dankaplislaw dot com. All right, I want to welcome into
the program my first guest of the morning giving us
an update on the fire that has been known as
the Alexander Fire burning right here in our backyard in
northern Colorado. Mister Andy Lyon. He's the public information officer
for the Incident Management Team, which is an interagency a
(01:45):
group that comes together to manage these types of fires.
Andy Lyon on the hotline, Andy, welcome to the program.
Thanks for taking time this morning.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Sir, you're quite welcome.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Good morning, Good morning to you. I know you just
you told me yesterday when we chatted that you had
a meeting at about six o'clock. So you have the
very latest on this Alexander fire. Where are we at,
what's our containment and what's the status right now on
this fire?
Speaker 2 (02:09):
Well, I can tell you that there's lots of good
news today. There is an increase in the containment number,
which I know everybody likes to hear. It's not the
only measure of success, but yesterday we able we were
able to add additional black on the map as we
(02:29):
talk about it, which is now up at fifty four percent.
Fire is not out. There's still a threat, especially on
the western edges where not everything has consumed, and there's
still heat and embers and things smoldering down in the
(02:49):
litter on the ground and in the heavy logs. But
the fire has certainly calmed down. It has not grown
at all in the last thirty six hours or so.
So lots of good news this morning.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
How many fire fighters and first responders are on site
I heard yesterday is above five hundred. Are we still
of that number?
Speaker 2 (03:11):
No, actually it's over six hundred, and that includes support
personnel and people such as myself who work behind the scenes.
But that's also good news because the fire has reached
such a state that we are able to look forward
to releasing some of those resources. I know we're talking
(03:35):
about releasing one of the hot shot crews today, And
when I say releasing, it's not like we're sending them home.
There's needs for those critical resources. Because hotshot crews have
a lot of expertise and are able to work in
difficult terrain. We're going to send one of those to
a fire with a higher need where other homes are threatened,
(03:58):
maybe down the road another part of the country. So,
and we also are able to release a couple of
the large helicopters you've seen flying around. So the number
is over six hundred, but it's going to start to
go down.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
Andy lyon my guests, he's PIO, public Information Officer for
the incident Management team covering the Alexander Fire. Andy, do
we have account of structures homes that have been damaged
and or destroyed? I know there are some where we
add and do we have an update account?
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Well, that information is all being handled by the Larimer
County Sheriff's Office, who has a damaged assessment team. The
sheriff did say at our media briefing yesterday that that
number of destroyed homes unfortunate is over two dozen. I
think the number was twenty five or twenty six. And
(04:53):
our heart goes out to anybody who lost anything in
this fire, you know, But there is some good news
on that front. Our partners at the Larimer County Sheriff's
Office are able to relax some of the evacuations today
and some people starting at noon today, we'll be able
(05:16):
to go home for the first time in a week now.
I want to send people to the Larimer dot gov website,
Larimer County's website, because there's a process and it depends
on where you live. There are still mandatory evacuation areas,
but go to Larimer dot gov. They're going to repopulate
(05:37):
a portion of the lower Big Thompson Canyon starting around
noon today and if you live there, just for residents,
not for general public. US thirty four is going to
stay closed.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
We will have someone on with Larimer County at eight
thirty five this morning if you're listening, so a couple
of hours away, we'll give the very latest with Larimer
County's PIO that's going to give an eight thirty five
this morning. Andy Lyons. My guess though now he's a
PIO public information officer for the incident Management Team. Andy,
you do give us good news this morning. Is there
anything that in these situations we have to be aware
(06:12):
of that could call we wanted to keep going in
a good direction. Is there anything that could cause it
to spark back up weather wind? I mean, is there
anything that we just need to be cognizant of that
we don't want these things to happen if we're going
to keep moving in the right direction.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
Well, yes, and that's a great question. Thank you, Thank
you for asking. There is rain in the forecast, but
and we got some sprinkles over parts of the fire yesterday.
But until we get significant rain, there is a possibility,
especially up in like the Cedar Park area on the
(06:49):
western edge of the fire, there's some there's some spots
up there where the fire burned around what we call
it green pocket. So there's there's areas that did not
burn at all, and there might be you know, at
higher elevation there's a lot of pine needles, pine cones,
things build up there. There's still stuff smoldering and that's
all it's doing at this point. But it's smoldering and
(07:11):
when you get thunderstorms like we could get this afternoon,
you get strong winds, and those winds could fan those
embers and then possibly, you know, burn start burning some
more trees in those greened islands, which could throw embers
(07:31):
across the containment line. So that's a possibility. We're on
the lookout for that, and we're going to have a
lot of people up on that western edge and in
the Cedar Park and Storm Mountain areas today and into
this evening. But the second part of that, and I
want to stress this is when you look around anywhere
(07:51):
in the Fort Collins, Loveland, Denver metro area, even where
I live in College Springs, you know, the brown grass
is everywhere. It's still high all everything is still dry.
So what we don't want is to spark a fire,
a new fire because the rain hasn't arrived yet. So
let's not start a new fire out of some careless
(08:14):
act that might burn down somebody else's home.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
The voice of Andy lyon, Andy once again, give us
that your fifty four percent containment and ask himut on
how many acres have been consumed.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
Sir, since there were sixty six I'm sorry, nine six
hundred acres and that number has not grown in over
thirty six hours. We don't expect it to grow. It
could change a little bit yet because of the things
(08:46):
I talked about, But yeah, I expect, we're expecting. We're
expecting this to wind down if things continue in the
direction they've been going. Right now, we're talking about removing
some of the hoses and water pumps and water tanks
that we put up around homes in along the Big
(09:08):
Thompson Canyon corridor there, So things are going in a
good direction.
Speaker 1 (09:12):
Andy, Lyon, we appreciate your time this morning. Public Information
Officer for the Incident Management Team with the Alexander Fire. Andy,
I all stay in touch, let me know if there's
anything we need to get the word out. On appreciate
you taking time this morning. After your morning briefing. I'll
be back Lakey on the radio six hundred k col
Have you here, Jimmy Lakey is my name? Pleasure, pleased
and thrilled. I am this segmented portion of the program,
this hour of the program, and a matter of fact,
the whole show brought to you impart by Dan Caplis
of Dan Caplis Law, a serious firm for serious cases.
Let me tell you, I hope you never have to
call Dan Caplis except to call us radio show, because
(00:20):
when you have to call Dan Caplis, it means something
has happened. Maybe it's a traffic accident, maybe some kind
of a personal injury has happened, or God forbid or
wrongful death in your family. Listen, Dan Caplis takes on
those types of cases, righteous injury cases on a percentage
fee basis. What that means for you? Is it in
those horrible moments of life where you're just trying to
get what is due to you from these insurance companies
(00:41):
and they're holding out, they're not going to just they're
not handing over money willy nilly. If you will, Dan
caple steps into your corners of those insurance companies, know
that you have a big time law. You're in your corner.
Dan Caplis takes on those righteous injury cases on a
percentage fee basis, which means just good people from all
walks of life, without regard to your bank account, your
(01:02):
ability to pay the elite level of legal representation that
you deserve. Again, personal injury, wrongful death situation. You want
Dan Capless in your corner. Dan Capless c ap l
I S. Dankaplislaw dot com, Dankaplislaw dot com. Be sure
to tell him that Jimmy Lack he told you to
be in touch. Dan Capless Law c ap l I S.
(01:23):
Dankaplislaw dot com. All right, I want to welcome into
the program my first guest of the morning giving us
an update on the fire that has been known as
the Alexander Fire burning right here in our backyard in
northern Colorado. Mister Andy Lyon. He's the public information officer
for the Incident Management Team, which is an interagency a
(01:45):
group that comes together to manage these types of fires.
Andy Lyon on the hotline, Andy, welcome to the program.
Thanks for taking time this morning.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Sir, you're quite welcome.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Good morning, Good morning to you. I know you just
you told me yesterday when we chatted that you had
a meeting at about six o'clock. So you have the
very latest on this Alexander fire. Where are we at,
what's our containment and what's the status right now on
this fire?
Speaker 2 (02:09):
Well, I can tell you that there's lots of good
news today. There is an increase in the containment number,
which I know everybody likes to hear. It's not the
only measure of success, but yesterday we able we were
able to add additional black on the map as we
(02:29):
talk about it, which is now up at fifty four percent.
Fire is not out. There's still a threat, especially on
the western edges where not everything has consumed, and there's
still heat and embers and things smoldering down in the
(02:49):
litter on the ground and in the heavy logs. But
the fire has certainly calmed down. It has not grown
at all in the last thirty six hours or so.
So lots of good news this morning.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
How many fire fighters and first responders are on site
I heard yesterday is above five hundred. Are we still
of that number?
Speaker 2 (03:11):
No, actually it's over six hundred, and that includes support
personnel and people such as myself who work behind the scenes.
But that's also good news because the fire has reached
such a state that we are able to look forward
to releasing some of those resources. I know we're talking
(03:35):
about releasing one of the hot shot crews today, And
when I say releasing, it's not like we're sending them home.
There's needs for those critical resources. Because hotshot crews have
a lot of expertise and are able to work in
difficult terrain. We're going to send one of those to
a fire with a higher need where other homes are threatened,
(03:58):
maybe down the road another part of the country. So,
and we also are able to release a couple of
the large helicopters you've seen flying around. So the number
is over six hundred, but it's going to start to
go down.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
Andy lyon my guests, he's PIO, public Information Officer for
the incident Management team covering the Alexander Fire. Andy, do
we have account of structures homes that have been damaged
and or destroyed? I know there are some where we
add and do we have an update account?
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Well, that information is all being handled by the Larimer
County Sheriff's Office, who has a damaged assessment team. The
sheriff did say at our media briefing yesterday that that
number of destroyed homes unfortunate is over two dozen. I
think the number was twenty five or twenty six. And
(04:53):
our heart goes out to anybody who lost anything in
this fire, you know, But there is some good news
on that front. Our partners at the Larimer County Sheriff's
Office are able to relax some of the evacuations today
and some people starting at noon today, we'll be able
(05:16):
to go home for the first time in a week now.
I want to send people to the Larimer dot gov website,
Larimer County's website, because there's a process and it depends
on where you live. There are still mandatory evacuation areas,
but go to Larimer dot gov. They're going to repopulate
(05:37):
a portion of the lower Big Thompson Canyon starting around
noon today and if you live there, just for residents,
not for general public. US thirty four is going to
stay closed.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
We will have someone on with Larimer County at eight
thirty five this morning if you're listening, so a couple
of hours away, we'll give the very latest with Larimer
County's PIO that's going to give an eight thirty five
this morning. Andy Lyons. My guess though now he's a
PIO public information officer for the incident Management Team. Andy,
you do give us good news this morning. Is there
anything that in these situations we have to be aware
(06:12):
of that could call we wanted to keep going in
a good direction. Is there anything that could cause it
to spark back up weather wind? I mean, is there
anything that we just need to be cognizant of that
we don't want these things to happen if we're going
to keep moving in the right direction.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
Well, yes, and that's a great question. Thank you, Thank
you for asking. There is rain in the forecast, but
and we got some sprinkles over parts of the fire yesterday.
But until we get significant rain, there is a possibility,
especially up in like the Cedar Park area on the
(06:49):
western edge of the fire, there's some there's some spots
up there where the fire burned around what we call
it green pocket. So there's there's areas that did not
burn at all, and there might be you know, at
higher elevation there's a lot of pine needles, pine cones,
things build up there. There's still stuff smoldering and that's
all it's doing at this point. But it's smoldering and
(07:11):
when you get thunderstorms like we could get this afternoon,
you get strong winds, and those winds could fan those
embers and then possibly, you know, burn start burning some
more trees in those greened islands, which could throw embers
(07:31):
across the containment line. So that's a possibility. We're on
the lookout for that, and we're going to have a
lot of people up on that western edge and in
the Cedar Park and Storm Mountain areas today and into
this evening. But the second part of that, and I
want to stress this is when you look around anywhere
(07:51):
in the Fort Collins, Loveland, Denver metro area, even where
I live in College Springs, you know, the brown grass
is everywhere. It's still high all everything is still dry.
So what we don't want is to spark a fire,
a new fire because the rain hasn't arrived yet. So
let's not start a new fire out of some careless
(08:14):
act that might burn down somebody else's home.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
The voice of Andy lyon, Andy once again, give us
that your fifty four percent containment and ask himut on
how many acres have been consumed.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
Sir, since there were sixty six I'm sorry, nine six
hundred acres and that number has not grown in over
thirty six hours. We don't expect it to grow. It
could change a little bit yet because of the things
(08:46):
I talked about, But yeah, I expect, we're expecting. We're
expecting this to wind down if things continue in the
direction they've been going. Right now, we're talking about removing
some of the hoses and water pumps and water tanks
that we put up around homes in along the Big
(09:08):
Thompson Canyon corridor there, So things are going in a
good direction.
Speaker 1 (09:12):
Andy, Lyon, we appreciate your time this morning. Public Information
Officer for the Incident Management Team with the Alexander Fire. Andy,
I all stay in touch, let me know if there's
anything we need to get the word out. On appreciate
you taking time this morning. After your morning briefing. I'll
be back Lakey on the radio six hundred k col
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