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A PASS device (personal alert safety system), also known as a distress signal unit (DSU) or ADSU (automatic distress signal unit), is a personal safety device used primarily by firefighters entering a hazardous or "immediately dangerous to life and health" environment such as a burning building.
The Weston Pass Fire was a wildfire that burned near Granite, Colorado in Park County. The fire burned a total of 13,023 acres. It was started by a lightning strike on the morning of June 28, 2018. [2] The fire grew substantially to about 11,000 acres by July 5. The containment of the fire increased from 10% on July 5 to 93% on July 14. [2]
The Hayden Creek Fire is a wildfire ignited by lightning on July 8, 2016 in the Sangre de Cristo Range on the east side of Hayden Pass in southern Colorado. [1] As of July 20, 2016 the fire had burned about 16,000 acres. For the most part the fire remained on United States Forest Service lands south of Coaldale, Colorado.
The Juliet Pass Fire was 90% contained on Tuesday afternoon after burning nearly 3,000 acres. Fire weather conditions are expected to ease during the day Wednesday in the wake of the cold front.
The Smokehouse Creek Fire is now at 15 percent contained and total acreage 1,780,186 acres, almost all within a 72-hour window. It is unique in the fact of how unique it is."
West Fork Fire Complex: Wolf Creek Pass: Started June 20, 2013; forced evacuation of entire town of South Fork, Colorado. The fire is composed of three subsidiary fires that merged: West Fork fire, Papoose fire and Windy Pass fire. Cause: Lightning. 2014: 19,569 acres (7,919 ha) Alkali fire: Moffat County near Maybell, Colorado: 2015: 11,699 ...
EAGLE PASS, Texas — The crisis unfolding at the U.S.-Mexico border since last year has spilled over into the fire engines and ambulances of a small Texas town.. First responders in Eagle Pass ...
The fires, particularly the West Fork fire, burned in dead trees killed by the spruce beetle. Due to the intensity of the West Fork fire which for some days was burning in windy conditions no attempt was made to directly attack it. Aggressive, and so far successful, efforts were made to prevent the Windy Pass fire from reaching the ski area.