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Arizona Fire and Medical Authority, often referred to as AFMA, is a fire authority in Maricopa County, Arizona.Comprising three fire districts that came together to form a Fire and Medical Authority, AFMA provides fire protection and emergency medical services to approximately 75,000 people in the communities of Sun City West, Buckeye, Tonopah, Sun Lakes, and Wittmann. [3]
In the city of Phoenix, Arizona, they got approximately 0.46 inches of rain during the monsoon season, which gives wildfires the advantage to spread quickly due to dry fuel. [10] These components of having the absence of rainfall, high winds, and drought led the way for 2020 being one of Arizona's worst fire seasons ever recorded. [11]
Tenderfoot Fire; Yarnell, Arizona [93] [94] 2019 Tilbury Fire On June 14, 2019 a fire was reported near Kearny, AZ. Quick action by the Kearny Volunteer Fire Department prevented damage to nearby structures. Pinal 22 2019 Mountain Fire This human caused fire was reported on June 7, 2019 8 miles East of the Cave Creek Ranger District Office.
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The Goodwin Fire was a wildfire that burned 28,516 acres (11,540 ha) in the U.S. state of Arizona over 16 days, from June 24 to July 10, 2017. The fire destroyed 17 homes and damaged another 19 structures, but no firefighters or civilians were injured or died in the fire.
The fire destroyed the public library, two major grocery stores, a pair of banks and several boutiques in Palisades Village. Actor Billy Crystal and his wife Janice lost their home of 45 years.
The Four Peaks Wilderness contains a section of the Arizona Trail, [11] which is considered one of the most difficult passages, as it is infrequently maintained. [12] On April 27, 1996, a party of two campers left a campfire unattended near Lone Pine Saddle. This caused the Lone Fire which burned over 61,000 acres and lasted 11 days. [13]
The Central Fire was first reported on June 20, 2020, around 11 AM, burning on the border of the Tonto National Forest and Bureau of Land Management land east of New River, Arizona. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Fueled by dry grass, brush and hot temperatures within 24 hours it grew to 3,956 acres (1,601 ha), expanding along top the New River Mesa.