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| Spokane Fire - Media Release |
Thursday September 9 - 6:53 AM |
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| 9/26/2009 |
44 West Riverside |
AC Schaeffer |
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| Narrative : |
| Weather forecasters have issued a RED FLAG WARNING today from 11:00 AM to 11:00 PM for all of Spokane. A Red Flag Warning event means critical weather conditions exist or are about to exist that may lead to the occurrence of extreme and dangerous fire behavior. The conditions that exist today include relatively diminutive precipitation for the past few days, low relative humidity across the area, and a forecast for sustained high winds with higher gusts possible. Lower than normal precipitation during the past several days and sustained winds expected this afternoon have made fuels drier than typical for this time of the year.
Fire Danger is High in the City of Spokane. “High Fire Danger” means that fires start easily from all causes and, immediately after ignition, spread rapidly, increasing quickly in intensity. Unattended fires are likely to escape. This morning the SFD has already dealt with a brush incident which had all the components of “high fire danger” fire behavior (West Ide Avenue and North Monroe) and reinforces our message.
The SFD advises that the public should not conduct any open burning today and also be very careful with their backyard barbeques. A responsible person should be in attendance of the fires at all times while conducting these activities and should be prepared to extinguish any errant spark produced by the activity. The public should also be very careful when disposing of used barbeque coals and insure the coals are completely cold and out before disposal.
Stay safe today and please report all suspected fires to 911.
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Spokane Fire Department  44 West Riverside Ave Spokane WA, 99201 (509) 625-7002 |
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