1 00:00:02,102 --> 00:00:05,737 >>> WILDFIRES BURNING ACROSS 2 00:00:05,740 --> 00:00:06,571 ARIZONA. 3 00:00:06,574 --> 00:00:08,406 >> SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA IS 4 00:00:08,409 --> 00:00:11,309 PROBABLY ONE OF THE HOTTEST 5 00:00:11,312 --> 00:00:11,609 DRIEST PLACES IN OUR GEOGRAPHIC 6 00:00:11,612 --> 00:00:13,244 AREA. 7 00:00:13,247 --> 00:00:14,278 >> THE MONSOON EN ROUTE, WILL IT 8 00:00:14,281 --> 00:00:15,980 BRING RELIEF? 9 00:00:15,983 --> 00:00:17,982 >> EVENTUALLY WE GET ENOUGH 10 00:00:17,985 --> 00:00:20,418 MOISTURE IN TO WHERE HUMIDITY 11 00:00:20,421 --> 00:00:22,387 STAYS AT HIGHER LEVELS AND THEN 12 00:00:22,390 --> 00:00:22,987 THAT DOES EVENTUALLY HELP 13 00:00:22,990 --> 00:00:25,890 FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS. 14 00:00:25,893 --> 00:00:27,025 >> PLUS A SHOOTING NEAR OUR 15 00:00:27,028 --> 00:00:27,625 NATION'S CAPITOL. 16 00:00:27,628 --> 00:00:35,633 THIS IS "ARIZONA WEEK." 17 00:00:35,636 --> 00:00:37,535 ♪♪ 18 00:00:37,538 --> 00:00:39,570 >>> HELLO AND THANKS FOR JOINING 19 00:00:39,573 --> 00:00:40,805 US, WE'RE IN COCHISE COUNTY THIS 20 00:00:40,808 --> 00:00:42,273 WEEK COVERING THE LIZARD FIRE. 21 00:00:42,276 --> 00:00:44,142 WE WILL GET TO THE STORY IN JUST 22 00:00:44,145 --> 00:00:46,444 A MOMENT, BUT FIRST A SHOOTING 23 00:00:46,447 --> 00:00:47,812 NEAR OUR NATION'S CAPITOL. 24 00:00:47,815 --> 00:00:49,914 ARIZONA SENATOR JEFF FLAKE WAS 25 00:00:49,917 --> 00:00:52,517 THERE WHEN THE SHOTS RANG OUT. 26 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:54,452 WE TURN TO ARIZONA PUBLIC 27 00:00:54,455 --> 00:00:54,752 MEDIA'S CHRISTOPHER CONOVER FOR 28 00:00:54,755 --> 00:00:57,288 MORE. 29 00:00:57,291 --> 00:00:57,989 >> ARIZONA SENATOR JEFF FLAKE 30 00:00:57,992 --> 00:00:59,023 WAS STANDING ALONG THE FIRST 31 00:00:59,026 --> 00:01:00,258 BASELINE WHEN THE SHOOTING BEGAN 32 00:01:00,261 --> 00:01:00,625 AT THE REPUBLICAN BASEBALL 33 00:01:00,628 --> 00:01:03,394 PRACTICE. 34 00:01:03,397 --> 00:01:05,063 >> THIS IS, YOU KNOW, IRONICALLY 35 00:01:05,066 --> 00:01:07,331 ONE OF THE EVENTS IN CONGRESS, 36 00:01:07,334 --> 00:01:09,300 ONE OF THE INSTITUTIONS IN 37 00:01:09,303 --> 00:01:09,767 CONGRESS, THAT BREEDS 38 00:01:09,770 --> 00:01:10,902 BIPARTISANSHIP. 39 00:01:10,905 --> 00:01:12,403 OF COURSE, IT'S REPUBLICANS 40 00:01:12,406 --> 00:01:14,138 AGAINST DEMOCRATS, BUT WE ALL 41 00:01:14,141 --> 00:01:16,674 GET TOGETHER BEFORE THE GAME TO 42 00:01:16,677 --> 00:01:18,276 PROMOTE IT, WE RAISE MONEY 43 00:01:18,279 --> 00:01:22,580 TOGETHER FOR THESE CHARITIES AND 44 00:01:22,583 --> 00:01:24,082 THEN WE HAVE A BIG AFTER PARTY 45 00:01:24,085 --> 00:01:26,484 WITH BOTH PARTIES ENGAGED. 46 00:01:26,487 --> 00:01:27,952 AND SO IT'S ONE OF THE MOST 47 00:01:27,955 --> 00:01:30,988 BIPARTISAN AND FRANKLY ONE OF 48 00:01:30,991 --> 00:01:32,190 THE FEW LASTING INSTITUTIONS OF 49 00:01:32,193 --> 00:01:33,925 BIPARTISANSHIP IN CONGRESS. 50 00:01:33,928 --> 00:01:37,662 >> SENATOR FLAKE CAME TO TUCSON 51 00:01:37,665 --> 00:01:40,932 FOLLOWING THE 2011 SHOOTING WHEN 52 00:01:40,935 --> 00:01:41,299 DEMOCRAT GABRIELLE GIFFORDS WAS 53 00:01:41,302 --> 00:01:42,934 WOUNDED. 54 00:01:42,937 --> 00:01:44,001 THAT EVENT BROUGHT CIVILITY AND 55 00:01:44,004 --> 00:01:44,402 MANY QUESTION WHETHER THAT CAN 56 00:01:44,405 --> 00:01:46,070 HAPPEN NOW. 57 00:01:46,073 --> 00:01:49,440 >> WELL, I THINK FOR A TIME WE 58 00:01:49,443 --> 00:01:49,774 HAD IT AND IT WAS A NICE 59 00:01:49,777 --> 00:01:51,876 RESPITE. 60 00:01:51,879 --> 00:01:52,510 I HOPE THAT THIS LASTS LONGER 61 00:01:52,513 --> 00:01:55,546 THIS TIME. 62 00:01:55,549 --> 00:01:57,048 IT'S BEEN NEEDED FOR A LONG 63 00:01:57,051 --> 00:01:59,050 TIME, IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT 64 00:01:59,053 --> 00:02:01,352 SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAS TO 65 00:02:01,355 --> 00:02:02,019 PROMPT IT AND MAKE US THINK, YOU 66 00:02:02,022 --> 00:02:03,554 KNOW, ABOUT IT. 67 00:02:03,557 --> 00:02:06,791 >> THE CALLS FOR CIVILITY ARE 68 00:02:06,794 --> 00:02:08,259 NOT LIMITED TO THOSE IN POWER, 69 00:02:08,262 --> 00:02:10,328 THOUGH FLAKE SAYS IT NEEDS TO 70 00:02:10,331 --> 00:02:11,729 START WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS. 71 00:02:11,732 --> 00:02:13,164 SOUTHERN ARIZONA CONGRESSWOMAN 72 00:02:13,167 --> 00:02:14,699 MARTHA McSALLY, A REPUBLICAN, 73 00:02:14,702 --> 00:02:16,667 ALSO ADDRESSED REPORTERS ABOUT 74 00:02:16,670 --> 00:02:18,736 THE NEED FOR CIVILITY. 75 00:02:18,739 --> 00:02:20,538 >> I'VE MET SOME PEOPLE IN THE 76 00:02:20,541 --> 00:02:21,372 LAST FEW WEEKS THAT HAVE 77 00:02:21,375 --> 00:02:22,406 DIFFERENT POLITICS WITHIN THEIR 78 00:02:22,409 --> 00:02:24,675 MARRIAGE OR WITHIN THEIR FAMILY 79 00:02:24,678 --> 00:02:24,976 AND THEY HARDLY CAN TALK TO EACH 80 00:02:24,979 --> 00:02:25,743 OTHER. 81 00:02:25,746 --> 00:02:27,745 COME ON, AMERICA. 82 00:02:27,748 --> 00:02:31,616 YOU KNOW, WE ARE AMERICANS AND 83 00:02:31,619 --> 00:02:33,484 WE NEED TO BE UNITED AND THE 84 00:02:33,487 --> 00:02:34,952 ENEMY IS OUT THERE, THE ENEMY IS 85 00:02:34,955 --> 00:02:35,853 NOT IN HERE. 86 00:02:35,856 --> 00:02:39,223 >> THREE CAPITOL POLICE OFFICERS 87 00:02:39,226 --> 00:02:40,424 WERE AT PRACTICE AS SECURITY FOR 88 00:02:40,427 --> 00:02:41,993 REPRESENTATIVE STEVE SCALISE 89 00:02:41,996 --> 00:02:43,261 BECAUSE HE IS THE REPUBLICAN 90 00:02:43,264 --> 00:02:45,363 WHIP IN THE HOUSE. 91 00:02:45,366 --> 00:02:45,696 THAT'S THE THIRD HIGHEST RANKING 92 00:02:45,699 --> 00:02:47,565 MEMBER. 93 00:02:47,568 --> 00:02:48,199 IF HE HADN'T BEEN THERE NO 94 00:02:48,202 --> 00:02:48,533 OFFICERS WOULD HAVE BEEN 95 00:02:48,536 --> 00:02:49,834 PRESENT. 96 00:02:49,837 --> 00:02:51,969 MOST PEOPLE SAY THAT WOULD HAVE 97 00:02:51,972 --> 00:02:54,138 LED TO MORE CASUALTIES. 98 00:02:54,141 --> 00:02:56,007 DURING A FACEBOOK LIVE TOWN HALL 99 00:02:56,010 --> 00:02:58,276 ON THURSDAY ARIZONA REPUBLICAN 100 00:02:58,279 --> 00:02:59,877 SENATOR JOHN McCAIN SAID 101 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:01,512 SECURITY IS A TOUGH QUESTION, 102 00:03:01,515 --> 00:03:03,681 ADDING HE HAS NEVER HAD A 103 00:03:03,684 --> 00:03:05,249 SECURITY GUARD OTHER THAN SECRET 104 00:03:05,252 --> 00:03:06,918 SERVICE PROTECTION DURING HIS 105 00:03:06,921 --> 00:03:08,152 PRESIDENTIAL RUN IN 2008. 106 00:03:08,155 --> 00:03:10,221 >> I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE 107 00:03:10,224 --> 00:03:12,690 GOT TO SORT OUT. 108 00:03:12,693 --> 00:03:14,792 I THINK THE SHOCK OF THESE 109 00:03:14,795 --> 00:03:16,627 KILLINGS AND WOUNDING IS JUST -- 110 00:03:16,630 --> 00:03:19,697 YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SOMETHING 111 00:03:19,700 --> 00:03:22,934 WE'RE THINKING, WOW, AT A 112 00:03:22,937 --> 00:03:23,301 CONGRESSIONAL BASEBALL GAME 113 00:03:23,304 --> 00:03:23,634 PRACTICE? 114 00:03:23,637 --> 00:03:25,303 REALLY? 115 00:03:25,306 --> 00:03:25,903 SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SORT 116 00:03:25,906 --> 00:03:28,206 IT OUT. 117 00:03:28,209 --> 00:03:30,007 I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO 118 00:03:30,010 --> 00:03:31,075 HAVE HEARINGS IN OUR RULES 119 00:03:31,078 --> 00:03:32,877 COMMITTEE WHICH SET THE 120 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:35,179 PARAMETERS FOR PEOPLE BEING ABLE 121 00:03:35,182 --> 00:03:37,381 TO COME IN AND OUT OF THE 122 00:03:37,384 --> 00:03:40,084 CAPITOL AND I THINK AT LEAST IT 123 00:03:40,087 --> 00:03:41,719 REQUIRES SOME HEARINGS AND SOME 124 00:03:41,722 --> 00:03:44,388 EXPERTS BEFORE THE CONGRESSIONAL 125 00:03:44,391 --> 00:03:46,591 COMMITTEES TO SAY, LOOK, YOU ARE 126 00:03:46,594 --> 00:03:47,992 IN DANGER OR YOU ARE NOT IN 127 00:03:47,995 --> 00:03:50,695 DANGER, OR HERE IS WHAT SOME OF 128 00:03:50,698 --> 00:03:52,763 THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF WHAT YOU 129 00:03:52,766 --> 00:03:55,433 MIGHT -- ACTION YOU MIGHT TAKE. 130 00:03:55,436 --> 00:03:57,134 IT CAN'T BE IGNORED. 131 00:03:57,137 --> 00:04:00,605 >> SOUTHERN ARIZONA 132 00:04:00,608 --> 00:04:02,240 CONGRESSIONAL RAUL GRIHALVA SAID 133 00:04:02,243 --> 00:04:04,175 BY PHONE HE AND HIS COLLEAGUES 134 00:04:04,178 --> 00:04:06,944 MUST REMEMBER THAT THEY SHOULD 135 00:04:06,947 --> 00:04:09,447 MEET WITH THEIR CONSTITUENTS. 136 00:04:09,450 --> 00:04:10,481 >> MAYBE WE WILL LIKELY GO ALONG 137 00:04:10,484 --> 00:04:12,183 PRETENDING NOTHING EVER HAPPENED 138 00:04:12,186 --> 00:04:14,385 THAT'S AN ATTITUDE I HAVE TO 139 00:04:14,388 --> 00:04:15,820 HAVE OTHERWISE YOU'RE LIVING IN 140 00:04:15,823 --> 00:04:16,787 A SHELL AND IN A REPRESENTATIVE 141 00:04:16,790 --> 00:04:17,521 GOVERNMENT YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED 142 00:04:17,524 --> 00:04:18,889 TO DO THAT. 143 00:04:18,892 --> 00:04:20,791 >> SOME NEW SECURITY MEASURES 144 00:04:20,794 --> 00:04:21,125 ARE ALREADY IN PLACE AT THE U.S. 145 00:04:21,128 --> 00:04:23,227 CAPITOL. 146 00:04:23,230 --> 00:04:25,096 MORE MAY BE COMING. 147 00:04:25,099 --> 00:04:26,664 >> BACK TO WILDFIRES NOW. 148 00:04:26,667 --> 00:04:28,199 THERE ARE NEARLY 30 BURNING 149 00:04:28,202 --> 00:04:30,568 THROUGHOUT ARIZONA THIS WEEK. 150 00:04:30,571 --> 00:04:32,470 MANY OF THEM CONSIDERED TYPE ONE 151 00:04:32,473 --> 00:04:34,639 INCIDENTS, EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. 152 00:04:34,642 --> 00:04:36,274 ARIZONA IS LEADING THE WAY IN 153 00:04:36,277 --> 00:04:38,009 COMMUNICATING WITH THE PUBLIC, 154 00:04:38,012 --> 00:04:40,745 ESPECIALLY THE DEAF COMMUNITY. 155 00:04:40,748 --> 00:04:41,412 HERE IS CAMEO HUNSAKER, AN 156 00:04:41,415 --> 00:04:42,780 INTERPRETER AND YOU WILL BE 157 00:04:42,783 --> 00:04:43,414 SEEING A LOT OF HER THROUGHOUT 158 00:04:43,417 --> 00:04:46,050 THIS BROADCAST. 159 00:04:46,053 --> 00:04:46,684 >> SO I AM A NATIONALLY 160 00:04:46,687 --> 00:04:47,418 CERTIFIED SIGN LANGUAGE 161 00:04:47,421 --> 00:04:48,719 INTERPRETER. 162 00:04:48,722 --> 00:04:50,621 NORMALLY I FREELANCE, I'M AN 163 00:04:50,624 --> 00:04:52,323 INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR, BUT HERE 164 00:04:52,326 --> 00:04:53,090 WE ARE SENT ON THIS FIRE BY THE 165 00:04:53,093 --> 00:04:54,525 ARIZONA COMMISSION FOR THE DEAF 166 00:04:54,528 --> 00:04:57,228 AND HARD OF HEARING WHO STARTED 167 00:04:57,231 --> 00:04:58,796 A PROGRAM CALLED THE EMERGENCY 168 00:04:58,799 --> 00:04:59,530 RESPONSE CREDENTIALING PROGRAM 169 00:04:59,533 --> 00:05:02,166 FOR INTERPRETERS. 170 00:05:02,169 --> 00:05:03,534 SO THE INTERPRETERS COULD BE 171 00:05:03,537 --> 00:05:04,969 AVAILABLE AT ANY TYPE ONE 172 00:05:04,972 --> 00:05:06,637 INCIDENTS ALL OVER THE STATE. 173 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:09,240 THERE IS A NEED FOR SIGN 174 00:05:09,243 --> 00:05:10,741 LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION TO BE 175 00:05:10,744 --> 00:05:12,310 PROVIDED, ESPECIALLY WITH NEWS 176 00:05:12,313 --> 00:05:14,478 BROADCASTS DURING AN EMERGENCY. 177 00:05:14,481 --> 00:05:15,746 IT'S A COMMON MISCONCEPTION THAT 178 00:05:15,749 --> 00:05:19,116 CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDES 179 00:05:19,119 --> 00:05:21,352 ACCESS TO ALL DEAF PEOPLE. 180 00:05:21,355 --> 00:05:22,520 FOR MANY DEAF PEOPLE SIGN 181 00:05:22,523 --> 00:05:24,588 LANGUAGE, AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE 182 00:05:24,591 --> 00:05:26,924 IS THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE NOT 183 00:05:26,927 --> 00:05:29,193 ENGLISH AND SO THERE CAN BE A 184 00:05:29,196 --> 00:05:29,794 LANGUAGE BARRIER CLOSED 185 00:05:29,797 --> 00:05:32,463 CAPTIONING ISN'T ALWAYS 186 00:05:32,466 --> 00:05:33,998 COMPLETELY ACCURATE, AEITHER. 187 00:05:34,001 --> 00:05:36,267 CLOSED CAPTIONING IS A WONDERFUL 188 00:05:36,270 --> 00:05:37,301 SERVICE AND WORKS GREAT FOR OUR 189 00:05:37,304 --> 00:05:38,769 HARD OF HEARING COMMUNITIES AND 190 00:05:38,772 --> 00:05:41,439 THE DEAF POPULATION HAS A 191 00:05:41,442 --> 00:05:42,173 STRONGER COMMAND OF THE ENGLISH 192 00:05:42,176 --> 00:05:44,275 LANGUAGE, UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS 193 00:05:44,278 --> 00:05:45,609 A SMALLER PERCENTAGE OF THE DEAF 194 00:05:45,612 --> 00:05:47,945 POPULATION AND A LOT OF DEAF 195 00:05:47,948 --> 00:05:48,779 PEOPLE DO STRUGGLE WITH WRITTEN 196 00:05:48,782 --> 00:05:51,982 ENGLISH. 197 00:05:51,985 --> 00:05:54,418 SO IN ORDER FOR ALL OF OUR -- 198 00:05:54,421 --> 00:05:56,253 OUR MESSAGE TO BE ACCESSED 199 00:05:56,256 --> 00:05:57,254 EQUALLY BY THE DEAF POPULATION 200 00:05:57,257 --> 00:06:00,024 WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE 201 00:06:00,027 --> 00:06:02,460 INTERPRETERS ON THE NEWS AND IN 202 00:06:02,463 --> 00:06:04,962 OTHER MEDIA BROADCASTS USING 203 00:06:04,965 --> 00:06:07,131 THEIR NATURAL LANGUAGE, THEIR A 204 00:06:07,134 --> 00:06:07,498 LANGUAGE, WHICH IS AMERICAN SIGN 205 00:06:07,501 --> 00:06:08,966 LANGUAGE. 206 00:06:08,969 --> 00:06:10,968 SO JUST LIKE HEARING PEOPLE DEAF 207 00:06:10,971 --> 00:06:12,703 PEOPLE THEIR EDUCATION LEVELS 208 00:06:12,706 --> 00:06:14,905 RUN THE GAMUT, JUST LIKE THE 209 00:06:14,908 --> 00:06:17,475 HEARING POPULATION. 210 00:06:17,478 --> 00:06:19,410 ONE THING THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE 211 00:06:19,413 --> 00:06:20,678 A MISCONCEPTION ABOUT IS THAT 212 00:06:20,681 --> 00:06:23,314 ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SIGN 213 00:06:23,317 --> 00:06:24,048 LANGUAGE ARE NOT THE SAME. 214 00:06:24,051 --> 00:06:25,616 AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE HAS A 215 00:06:25,619 --> 00:06:28,319 COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SYNTAX AND 216 00:06:28,322 --> 00:06:29,019 COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STRUCTURE 217 00:06:29,022 --> 00:06:29,787 AND FOR MANY DEAF PEOPLE 218 00:06:29,790 --> 00:06:31,055 AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE IS THEIR 219 00:06:31,058 --> 00:06:33,290 FIRST LENGTH BADGE AND ENGLISH 220 00:06:33,293 --> 00:06:36,026 IS THEIR SECOND LANGUAGE. 221 00:06:36,029 --> 00:06:37,228 TEACHING DEAF KIDS IN SCHOOL 222 00:06:37,231 --> 00:06:39,897 ENGLISH LITERACY HAS BEEN A 223 00:06:39,900 --> 00:06:42,666 CHALLENGE FOR 200 YEARS. 224 00:06:42,669 --> 00:06:44,034 SO ENGLISH IS A CHALLENGE FOR 225 00:06:44,037 --> 00:06:46,370 QUITE A FEW DEAF PEOPLE AND WHEN 226 00:06:46,373 --> 00:06:48,038 WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 227 00:06:48,041 --> 00:06:49,039 PROVIDE EQUAL ACCESS TO THIS 228 00:06:49,042 --> 00:06:50,941 INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY DURING 229 00:06:50,944 --> 00:06:52,810 AN EMERGENCY, WHAT THAT MEANS IS 230 00:06:52,813 --> 00:06:55,012 PROVIDING THE INFORMATION TO THE 231 00:06:55,015 --> 00:06:58,516 DEAF COMMUNITY IN THEIR NATURAL 232 00:06:58,519 --> 00:06:59,016 LANGUAGE, THEIR A LANGUAGE WHICH 233 00:06:59,019 --> 00:06:59,717 IS SIGN LANGUAGE. 234 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:01,185 THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY 235 00:07:01,188 --> 00:07:05,289 ACT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 25 236 00:07:05,292 --> 00:07:06,090 YEARS, HOWEVER, THE -- THE 237 00:07:06,093 --> 00:07:07,725 REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEAF 238 00:07:07,728 --> 00:07:10,060 POPULATION TEND TO BE A LITTLE 239 00:07:10,063 --> 00:07:11,662 VAGUE, CLOSED CAPTIONING WAS 240 00:07:11,665 --> 00:07:13,798 PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT OF AS BEING A 241 00:07:13,801 --> 00:07:14,999 WAY TO PROVIDE EQUAL ACCESS AND 242 00:07:15,002 --> 00:07:17,368 UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE DEAF 243 00:07:17,371 --> 00:07:19,837 COMMUNITY IT JUST -- IT JUST 244 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:21,639 LACKS IN ACCESS. 245 00:07:21,642 --> 00:07:22,907 SO DURING, AGAIN, DURING THESE 246 00:07:22,910 --> 00:07:25,576 EMERGENCY SITUATIONS WE WANT TO 247 00:07:25,579 --> 00:07:28,312 MAKE SURE THAT THE DEAF 248 00:07:28,315 --> 00:07:29,480 POPULATION OF ARIZONA HAS UP TO 249 00:07:29,483 --> 00:07:30,347 THE MINUTE, ACCURATE 250 00:07:30,350 --> 00:07:31,615 INFORMATION, JUST LIKE THE 251 00:07:31,618 --> 00:07:33,317 HEARING POPULATION DOES. 252 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:34,785 THIS IS A BRAND NEW PROGRAM, IT 253 00:07:34,788 --> 00:07:36,020 JUST STARTED IN THE LAST YEAR, 254 00:07:36,023 --> 00:07:37,388 ALTHOUGH I KNOW PEOPLE AT 255 00:07:37,391 --> 00:07:38,689 ARIZONA COMMISSION FOR THE DEAF 256 00:07:38,692 --> 00:07:40,157 AND HARD OF HEARING HAVE BEEN 257 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:40,458 RAMPING THIS UP FOR QUITE SOME 258 00:07:40,461 --> 00:07:41,959 TIME. 259 00:07:41,962 --> 00:07:44,595 THE FIRST COHORT OF INTERPRETERS 260 00:07:44,598 --> 00:07:46,130 WAS JUST TRAINED WITHIN THE PAST 261 00:07:46,133 --> 00:07:46,464 YEAR AND THIS IS OUR FIRST FIRE 262 00:07:46,467 --> 00:07:47,665 SEASON. 263 00:07:47,668 --> 00:07:48,732 WHAT WE'RE HOPING IS THAT THIS 264 00:07:48,735 --> 00:07:50,334 BECOMES MUCH MORE COMMONPLACE 265 00:07:50,337 --> 00:07:52,236 AND ALL OF THE WILDFIRES ACROSS 266 00:07:52,239 --> 00:07:55,239 THE STATE AS WELL AS ANY OTHER 267 00:07:55,242 --> 00:07:56,440 EMERGENCY RESPONSE INCIDENTS AND 268 00:07:56,443 --> 00:07:58,943 HOPEFULLY OTHER STATES WILL LOOK 269 00:07:58,946 --> 00:08:00,010 AT ARIZONA AS A MODEL IN THIS 270 00:08:00,013 --> 00:08:01,479 BECAUSE AS FAR AS WE KNOW WE ARE 271 00:08:01,482 --> 00:08:04,081 THE OPENLY STATE TO HAVE THIS 272 00:08:04,084 --> 00:08:07,718 ROBUST OF A PROGRAM TO PROVIDE 273 00:08:07,721 --> 00:08:08,919 ACCESS IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. 274 00:08:08,922 --> 00:08:10,921 SO WE ARE REALLY THE LEADER. 275 00:08:10,924 --> 00:08:12,389 THIS IS A CUTTING EDGE PROGRAM 276 00:08:12,392 --> 00:08:16,093 THAT ARIZONA HAS PROVIDED FOR 277 00:08:16,096 --> 00:08:18,062 ITS RESIDENTS. 278 00:08:18,065 --> 00:08:19,063 >> THIS IS THE LIZARD FIRE, 279 00:08:19,066 --> 00:08:20,998 LIGHTNING SPARKED IT BACK ON 280 00:08:21,001 --> 00:08:23,501 JUNE 7th, IT'S BURNED FOR MORE 281 00:08:23,504 --> 00:08:24,335 THAN A WEEK, CHARRING MORE THAN 282 00:08:24,338 --> 00:08:27,137 15,000 ACRES. 283 00:08:27,140 --> 00:08:28,005 MORE THAN 600 MEN AND WOMEN FROM 284 00:08:28,008 --> 00:08:28,639 SEVEN STATES INVOLVED IN THE 285 00:08:28,642 --> 00:08:30,941 FIRE FIGHT. 286 00:08:30,944 --> 00:08:31,308 HERE IS INCIDENT COMMANDER JOHN 287 00:08:31,311 --> 00:08:32,443 PIERSON. 288 00:08:32,446 --> 00:08:34,578 >> JOHN, THANKS FOR HAVING US 289 00:08:34,581 --> 00:08:36,347 OUT HERE TO WILCOX HIGH SCHOOL. 290 00:08:36,350 --> 00:08:37,548 WHY IS WILCOX CONSIDERED THE 291 00:08:37,551 --> 00:08:39,216 BASE CAMP FOR THE LIZARD FIRE. 292 00:08:39,219 --> 00:08:42,586 >> LOGISTICALLY IT WAS THE RIGHT 293 00:08:42,589 --> 00:08:45,289 PLACE FOR US TO COME AND SET UP 294 00:08:45,292 --> 00:08:46,824 INCIDENT COMMAND POST BECAUSE 295 00:08:46,827 --> 00:08:48,792 THE AGENCIES THAT WE ARE WORKING 296 00:08:48,795 --> 00:08:52,496 FOR, YOU KNOW, THEY WANTED US TO 297 00:08:52,499 --> 00:08:54,098 BE ABLE TO ENGAGE REALLY QUICKLY 298 00:08:54,101 --> 00:08:56,233 AND SO IN ORDER FOR US TO DO 299 00:08:56,236 --> 00:08:58,836 THAT WE UTILIZED FACILITIES LIKE 300 00:08:58,839 --> 00:08:59,937 THIS WHERE IT'S A KIND OF A 301 00:08:59,940 --> 00:09:02,540 KEYSTONE OPERATION WHERE YOU 302 00:09:02,543 --> 00:09:05,509 JUST CAN OPEN THE DOOR AND START 303 00:09:05,512 --> 00:09:06,644 DOING BUSINESS, LOGISTICALLY AND 304 00:09:06,647 --> 00:09:08,445 ADMINISTRATIVELY AND SUPPORTING 305 00:09:08,448 --> 00:09:08,746 THE OPERATIONAL FOLKS OUT ON THE 306 00:09:08,749 --> 00:09:10,214 FIRE. 307 00:09:10,217 --> 00:09:10,581 >> HOW FAR ARE WE FROM THE FIRE 308 00:09:10,584 --> 00:09:12,416 LINE HERE? 309 00:09:12,419 --> 00:09:15,219 >> YOU KNOW, IT'S ABOUT 18 MILES 310 00:09:15,222 --> 00:09:17,154 OR 18-MINUTE DRIVE TO WHERE WE 311 00:09:17,157 --> 00:09:17,755 INITIALLY STARTED WORKING ON 312 00:09:17,758 --> 00:09:20,758 THIS FIRE. 313 00:09:20,761 --> 00:09:22,159 YOU KNOW, WHICH WAS OVER BY 314 00:09:22,162 --> 00:09:24,161 DRAGOON, THE COMMUNITY OF 315 00:09:24,164 --> 00:09:25,796 DRAGOON, AND THEN MOST OF THE 316 00:09:25,799 --> 00:09:27,331 ACTIVITY ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE 317 00:09:27,334 --> 00:09:28,732 DRAGOON MOUNTAINS, SO THIS WAS 318 00:09:28,735 --> 00:09:29,733 THE APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR US TO 319 00:09:29,736 --> 00:09:31,402 SUPPORT THAT OPERATION. 320 00:09:31,405 --> 00:09:33,437 >> THIS HAS BEEN CONSIDERED THE 321 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:33,737 LARGEST WILDFIRE IN ARIZONA THIS 322 00:09:33,740 --> 00:09:35,105 WEEK. 323 00:09:35,108 --> 00:09:37,474 WHAT IS SO UNIQUE ABOUT IT? 324 00:09:37,477 --> 00:09:39,443 >> YOU KNOW, SOUTHEASTERN 325 00:09:39,446 --> 00:09:41,812 ARIZONA IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE 326 00:09:41,815 --> 00:09:43,681 HOTTEST DRIEST PLACES IN OUR 327 00:09:43,684 --> 00:09:45,983 GEOGRAPHIC AREA, BETWEEN NEW 328 00:09:45,986 --> 00:09:47,551 MEXICO AND ARIZONA, SO, YOU 329 00:09:47,554 --> 00:09:49,353 KNOW, THE FUEL CONDITIONS DOWN 330 00:09:49,356 --> 00:09:51,522 HERE ARE VERY RECEPTIVE TO LARGE 331 00:09:51,525 --> 00:09:52,756 FIRE GROWTH, SO THAT'S, YOU 332 00:09:52,759 --> 00:09:53,824 KNOW, PRIMARILY WHY WE'RE HERE. 333 00:09:53,827 --> 00:09:55,059 >> CAN YOU DESCRIBE SOME OF THE 334 00:09:55,062 --> 00:09:55,826 TERRAIN THAT WE'RE SEEING IN 335 00:09:55,829 --> 00:09:58,395 THIS PARTICULAR AREA? 336 00:09:58,398 --> 00:10:01,532 >> YOU KNOW, IT'S TYPICALLY, YOU 337 00:10:01,535 --> 00:10:05,903 KNOW, THE SOUTHEASTERN SKY 338 00:10:05,906 --> 00:10:07,871 ISLANDS, DESERT SHRUB TYPE, VERY 339 00:10:07,874 --> 00:10:10,107 FLASHY FUELS WHICH CREATES VERY 340 00:10:10,110 --> 00:10:11,742 HIGH RATES OF SPREAD. 341 00:10:11,745 --> 00:10:13,410 YOU KNOW, DUE TO THE 342 00:10:13,413 --> 00:10:17,114 TEMPERATURES AND THE RELATIVE 343 00:10:17,117 --> 00:10:18,849 HUMIDITIES HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY 344 00:10:18,852 --> 00:10:19,216 CONDUCIVE TO FIRE, FIRE 345 00:10:19,219 --> 00:10:21,452 BEHAVIOR. 346 00:10:21,455 --> 00:10:21,785 YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT THAT'S ALL 347 00:10:21,788 --> 00:10:23,520 ABOUT. 348 00:10:23,523 --> 00:10:24,588 >> THIS FIRE HAS BURNED FOR MORE 349 00:10:24,591 --> 00:10:27,324 THAN A WEEK NOW. 350 00:10:27,327 --> 00:10:28,158 WHAT IS IT ABOUT IT THAT IS SO 351 00:10:28,161 --> 00:10:30,494 HARD TO CONTAIN IT? 352 00:10:30,497 --> 00:10:32,096 >> YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN BURNING 353 00:10:32,099 --> 00:10:34,431 IN REALLY STEEP RUGGED COUNTRY 354 00:10:34,434 --> 00:10:36,066 AND OF COURSE WE DON'T WANT TO 355 00:10:36,069 --> 00:10:39,403 ENGAGE OUR OPERATIONAL PEOPLE IN 356 00:10:39,406 --> 00:10:39,903 PLACES WHERE WE CAN'T BE 357 00:10:39,906 --> 00:10:41,605 SUCCESSFUL. 358 00:10:41,608 --> 00:10:43,073 MORE SO TO THE FACT WE DON'T 359 00:10:43,076 --> 00:10:44,708 WANT TO PUT PEOPLE WHERE WE 360 00:10:44,711 --> 00:10:46,110 CAN'T GET THEM OUT IF THEY WERE 361 00:10:46,113 --> 00:10:47,945 TO GET INJURED OR HURT OR 362 00:10:47,948 --> 00:10:50,314 SERIOUSLY INJURED, WE NEED TO BE 363 00:10:50,317 --> 00:10:52,082 OPERATING IN AN AREA WHERE WE 364 00:10:52,085 --> 00:10:53,884 HAVE A HIGH PROBABILITY OF 365 00:10:53,887 --> 00:10:55,285 SUCCESS, OF CONTAINING THE FIRE. 366 00:10:55,288 --> 00:10:56,787 SO PRIMARILY THAT'S DOWN IN THE 367 00:10:56,790 --> 00:10:59,423 LOW LANDS WHERE IT'S MORE 368 00:10:59,426 --> 00:11:02,526 FLATTER TERRAIN AND WE CAN 369 00:11:02,529 --> 00:11:03,794 UTILIZE MULTIPLE OPERATIONAL 370 00:11:03,797 --> 00:11:07,297 ASSETS, BEING HEAVY HELICOPTERS 371 00:11:07,300 --> 00:11:08,065 OR HOT SHOT CREWS, ENGINES, 372 00:11:08,068 --> 00:11:09,166 DOZERS WHERE IT'S MORE CONDUCIVE 373 00:11:09,169 --> 00:11:09,566 TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND 374 00:11:09,569 --> 00:11:10,734 EFFECTIVE. 375 00:11:10,737 --> 00:11:11,669 >> TELL ME ABOUT THE PEOPLE 376 00:11:11,672 --> 00:11:12,369 FIGHTING THESE FLAMES BECAUSE 377 00:11:12,372 --> 00:11:14,071 YOU HAVE PEOPLE REPRESENTING 378 00:11:14,074 --> 00:11:16,507 MORE THAN AT LEAST SEVEN STATES. 379 00:11:16,510 --> 00:11:18,275 >> YEAH, SEVEN STATES AND 380 00:11:18,278 --> 00:11:20,144 PROBABLY, YOU KNOW -- SO WE ARE 381 00:11:20,147 --> 00:11:22,780 LOOKING AT MULTIPLE RESOURCES 382 00:11:22,783 --> 00:11:24,181 FROM HEAVY HELICOPTERS TO MEDIUM 383 00:11:24,184 --> 00:11:25,315 HELICOPTERS TO LIGHT 384 00:11:25,318 --> 00:11:27,418 HELICOPTERS, IN ADDITION WE HAD, 385 00:11:27,421 --> 00:11:29,953 YOU KNOW, A FEW DAYS AGO WE HAD 386 00:11:29,956 --> 00:11:33,190 THE VERY LARGE AIR TANKER AND 387 00:11:33,193 --> 00:11:34,425 THEN WE HAD THE LARGE AIR 388 00:11:34,428 --> 00:11:37,294 TANKERS AND THEN COMBINING THAT 389 00:11:37,297 --> 00:11:40,097 WITH THE GROUND RESOURCES OF 390 00:11:40,100 --> 00:11:43,667 DOZERS, ENGINES, HOT SHOT CREWS 391 00:11:43,670 --> 00:11:45,569 AND TYPE 2 IE INCIDENT CREWS AND 392 00:11:45,572 --> 00:11:46,904 MULTIPLE OVERHEAD RESOURCES. 393 00:11:46,907 --> 00:11:48,105 >> FOR YOU AS AN INCIDENT 394 00:11:48,108 --> 00:11:49,139 COMMANDER A LOT OF THE TIMES 395 00:11:49,142 --> 00:11:50,507 THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT A FIRE 396 00:11:50,510 --> 00:11:50,874 THAT MAKES IT UNIQUE OR 397 00:11:50,877 --> 00:11:51,875 MEMORABLE. 398 00:11:51,878 --> 00:11:53,477 WHAT IS IT ABOUT THIS ONE? 399 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:54,745 >> YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT'S 400 00:11:54,748 --> 00:11:56,013 UNIQUE ABOUT THIS IS THAT, YOU 401 00:11:56,016 --> 00:11:57,748 KNOW, WE'RE DEALING WITH 402 00:11:57,751 --> 00:11:59,650 MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS, YOU 403 00:11:59,653 --> 00:12:02,086 KNOW, ARIZONA STATE FORESTRY, 404 00:12:02,089 --> 00:12:04,755 PRIVATE LANDS, COCHISE COUNTY, 405 00:12:04,758 --> 00:12:08,225 THE CORONADO NATIONAL FOREST AND 406 00:12:08,228 --> 00:12:09,727 JUST THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE 407 00:12:09,730 --> 00:12:11,128 BUILT OR HAVE BEEN BUILT 408 00:12:11,131 --> 00:12:12,229 PREVIOUS TO US COMING HERE AND 409 00:12:12,232 --> 00:12:13,964 US MAINTAINING THOSE. 410 00:12:13,967 --> 00:12:16,834 IT'S BEEN A VERY COLLABORATIVE 411 00:12:16,837 --> 00:12:17,234 PROCESS FOR US, VERY EASY 412 00:12:17,237 --> 00:12:19,203 TRANSITION. 413 00:12:19,206 --> 00:12:19,570 IT JUST MAKES THINGS WORK MORE 414 00:12:19,573 --> 00:12:23,741 SMOOTHLY. 415 00:12:23,744 --> 00:12:33,884 AND LASTLY I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE 416 00:12:33,887 --> 00:12:36,920 THE PIERCE COCHISE DISTRICT. 417 00:12:36,923 --> 00:12:39,156 THE CONTAIN AMOUNT Z OF LAST 418 00:12:39,159 --> 00:12:41,492 NIGHT WAS 54% OR 15,000 ACRES. 419 00:12:41,495 --> 00:12:44,194 THE PRIORITY AREAS FOR US ARE ON 420 00:12:44,197 --> 00:12:45,863 THE SOUTHERN PRIMT ERR AROUND 421 00:12:45,866 --> 00:12:47,498 THE COCHISE STRONG HOLD, WE HAVE 422 00:12:47,501 --> 00:12:49,466 CREWS INSERTED THERE AND BY THE 423 00:12:49,469 --> 00:12:50,834 END OF THE SHIFT WE FEEL PRETTY 424 00:12:50,837 --> 00:12:52,202 GOOD ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO 425 00:12:52,205 --> 00:12:54,838 BE AT BY THE END OF SHIFT. 426 00:12:54,841 --> 00:12:57,274 WE ARE CONDUCTING SUPPRESSION 427 00:12:57,277 --> 00:12:59,843 REHAB ON THOSE AREAS WHERE WE'VE 428 00:12:59,846 --> 00:13:03,680 DISTURBED THE LANDSCAPE WITH 429 00:13:03,683 --> 00:13:06,316 DOZERS OR OTHER APPARATUSES. 430 00:13:06,319 --> 00:13:09,553 SO WE ARE FOCUSING ON THAT. 431 00:13:09,556 --> 00:13:12,556 WE WILL BE RELEASING RESOURCES 432 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:13,624 TO BE COMMITTED TO OTHER 433 00:13:13,627 --> 00:13:18,695 INCIDENTS WITHIN ARIZONA AND THE 434 00:13:18,698 --> 00:13:18,996 REST OF THE COUNTRY AND SCALING 435 00:13:18,999 --> 00:13:20,597 DOWN. 436 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:22,533 >>> FLURRY DROPS FROM AIRCRAFT 437 00:13:22,536 --> 00:13:25,068 ARE KEY IN FIRE FIGHTS LIKE THIS 438 00:13:25,071 --> 00:13:25,402 ONE BECAUSE OF THE RUGGED 439 00:13:25,405 --> 00:13:27,638 TERRAIN. 440 00:13:27,641 --> 00:13:28,472 MARK PATER WITH MORE ON AIR 441 00:13:28,475 --> 00:13:30,440 OPERATIONS FOR THE LIZARD FIRE 442 00:13:30,443 --> 00:13:33,811 >> ON THE LIZARD FIRE I'M ONE OF 443 00:13:33,814 --> 00:13:34,678 TWO AIR OPERATIONS BRANCH 444 00:13:34,681 --> 00:13:36,513 DIRECTORS AND WE HELP COORDINATE 445 00:13:36,516 --> 00:13:37,681 THE AVIATION RESOURCES, THE 446 00:13:37,684 --> 00:13:38,982 AIRCRAFT AND THE MISSIONS THAT 447 00:13:38,985 --> 00:13:39,983 THOSE AIRCRAFT PERFORM EVERY DAY 448 00:13:39,986 --> 00:13:41,151 IN COORDINATION WITH THE PEOPLE 449 00:13:41,154 --> 00:13:42,686 ON THE GROUND. 450 00:13:42,689 --> 00:13:43,854 >> WE TALK AIRCRAFT. 451 00:13:43,857 --> 00:13:45,122 WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UTILIZING OUT 452 00:13:45,125 --> 00:13:46,290 ON THIS FIRE? 453 00:13:46,293 --> 00:13:47,491 >> WE HAVE A VARIETY OF 454 00:13:47,494 --> 00:13:48,625 DIFFERENT TYPES OF AIRCRAFT. 455 00:13:48,628 --> 00:13:49,860 FIRST WE HAVE A FIRE TRAFFIC 456 00:13:49,863 --> 00:13:51,428 AREA ESTABLISHED OVER THE FIRE 457 00:13:51,431 --> 00:13:55,332 WHERE ONLY FIRE AIRCRAFT CAN FLY 458 00:13:55,335 --> 00:13:57,935 WITHIN IT, IT'S AN EIGHT 459 00:13:57,938 --> 00:14:00,070 NAUTICAL MILE RADIUS CYLINDER. 460 00:14:00,073 --> 00:14:01,405 WE HAVE AN AIR TECH THAT FLIES 461 00:14:01,408 --> 00:14:03,907 HIGH ABOVE THE FIRE AND DIRECTS 462 00:14:03,910 --> 00:14:05,108 THE AIRCRAFT LIKE VERY LARGE AIR 463 00:14:05,111 --> 00:14:06,877 TANKERS, LARGE AIR TANKERS, 464 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:08,512 HELICOPTERS WHEN THEY COME IN TO 465 00:14:08,515 --> 00:14:10,914 DROP RETARDANT OR WATER. 466 00:14:10,917 --> 00:14:13,884 THE AIR ATTACK DIRECTS THEM AS 467 00:14:13,887 --> 00:14:14,985 TO WHERE THEY NEED THE WATER OR 468 00:14:14,988 --> 00:14:17,087 RETARDANT DROPPED. 469 00:14:17,090 --> 00:14:18,355 >> HOW MANY HELICOPTERS, PLANES, 470 00:14:18,358 --> 00:14:20,457 HAVE YOU HAD UP IN THE AIR? 471 00:14:20,460 --> 00:14:21,859 HOW MUCH WATER ARE WE TALKING? 472 00:14:21,862 --> 00:14:23,026 >> WITH THE VERY LARGE AIR 473 00:14:23,029 --> 00:14:24,228 TANKER I BELIEVE THEY USED THAT 474 00:14:24,231 --> 00:14:26,463 AIRCRAFT EARLY ON IN THE FIRE 475 00:14:26,466 --> 00:14:28,065 AND THAT AIRCRAFT CAN DROP ABOUT 476 00:14:28,068 --> 00:14:30,834 12,000 GALLONS OF RETARDANT AT 477 00:14:30,837 --> 00:14:33,971 THAT TIME A TIME. 478 00:14:33,974 --> 00:14:34,938 THEN WE HAVE LARGE AIR TANKERS 479 00:14:34,941 --> 00:14:36,139 THAT RUN 2,000 TO 3,000 GALLONS 480 00:14:36,142 --> 00:14:37,474 OF RETARDANT. 481 00:14:37,477 --> 00:14:38,809 THEN THE LARGE HELICOPTERS WILL 482 00:14:38,812 --> 00:14:41,945 DROP PRIMARILY WATER ON THIS 483 00:14:41,948 --> 00:14:43,013 FIRE, ANYWHERE FROM 1,000 TO 484 00:14:43,016 --> 00:14:43,313 2,000 GALLONS OF WATER AT A 485 00:14:43,316 --> 00:14:44,448 TIME. 486 00:14:44,451 --> 00:14:46,516 THE MEDIUM HELICOPTERS WILL 487 00:14:46,519 --> 00:14:48,819 FOLLOW IN AND THEY WILL DROP 488 00:14:48,822 --> 00:14:50,854 BETWEEN 300, MAYBE 400 GALLONS 489 00:14:50,857 --> 00:14:52,289 OF WATER DEPENDING ON HOW HOT 490 00:14:52,292 --> 00:14:53,490 AND HOW HIGH THEY HAVE TO FLY. 491 00:14:53,493 --> 00:14:54,224 >> IS THERE A WATER RESOURCE OUT 492 00:14:54,227 --> 00:14:55,525 HERE FOR YOU? 493 00:14:55,528 --> 00:14:57,594 >> THAT'S BEEN A CHALLENGE. 494 00:14:57,597 --> 00:15:00,197 WE HAD A HARD TIME, BUT LUCKILY 495 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:01,665 SOME OF THE LOCAL AGRICULTURAL 496 00:15:01,668 --> 00:15:03,834 PRODUCERS, FARMERS, ONE IN 497 00:15:03,837 --> 00:15:05,035 PARTICULAR OVER ON AN EAST SIDE 498 00:15:05,038 --> 00:15:07,804 PROVIDED HIS WELL AND WE WERE 499 00:15:07,807 --> 00:15:09,172 ABLE TO FILL A 10,000 GALLON 500 00:15:09,175 --> 00:15:10,374 PUMPKIN WHICH IS A LARGE 501 00:15:10,377 --> 00:15:12,142 CONTAINER THAT HOLDS WATER AND A 502 00:15:12,145 --> 00:15:13,911 SMALLER ONE FOR THE SMALLER 503 00:15:13,914 --> 00:15:15,145 HELICOPTERS AND WATER TENDERS. 504 00:15:15,148 --> 00:15:16,246 ON THE OTHER SIDE OF COURSE 505 00:15:16,249 --> 00:15:17,848 THERE IS THE RIVER, BUT THERE IS 506 00:15:17,851 --> 00:15:18,916 A LANDOWNER THAT HAS SOME PONDS 507 00:15:18,919 --> 00:15:20,550 OVER THERE AND WE HAVE AN 508 00:15:20,553 --> 00:15:22,686 AGREEMENT WITH THAT PERSON TO 509 00:15:22,689 --> 00:15:23,854 USE OUR LARGE AND MEDIUM 510 00:15:23,857 --> 00:15:24,354 HELICOPTERS TO DRAW WATER OUT OF 511 00:15:24,357 --> 00:15:28,091 THOSE PONDS. 512 00:15:28,094 --> 00:15:29,293 >> FOR A LOT OF THE LOCALS DOWN 513 00:15:29,296 --> 00:15:31,295 HERE PEOPLE SAW THE DCC-10, 514 00:15:31,298 --> 00:15:32,396 GREAT PICTURES OF THAT, THAT WAS 515 00:15:32,399 --> 00:15:33,463 EXCITING, IT ALSO MEANT YOU WERE 516 00:15:33,466 --> 00:15:34,531 PULLING OUT THE BIG GUNS. 517 00:15:34,534 --> 00:15:34,831 WAS THAT IMPORTANT FOR THIS 518 00:15:34,834 --> 00:15:35,999 FIGHT? 519 00:15:36,002 --> 00:15:37,234 >> I WOULD SAY YES. 520 00:15:37,237 --> 00:15:38,802 EARLY ON THIS FIRE WAS MOVING 521 00:15:38,805 --> 00:15:40,704 VERY RAPIDLY AND WHEN THAT FIRE 522 00:15:40,707 --> 00:15:43,140 CAME DOWN OFF THE SLOPES AND 523 00:15:43,143 --> 00:15:47,244 INTO THE FLATS WE SAW FIRE 524 00:15:47,247 --> 00:15:49,012 BEHAVIOR THAT WAS A LITTLE MORE 525 00:15:49,015 --> 00:15:50,380 OUT OF WHAT WE'RE USED TO SEEING 526 00:15:50,383 --> 00:15:53,750 FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. 527 00:15:53,753 --> 00:15:55,752 THE VERY LARGE AIR TANKER WITH 528 00:15:55,755 --> 00:15:58,388 BREAK THE LOAD UP INTO A SERIES 529 00:15:58,391 --> 00:16:00,457 OF DROPS AND MORE STRATEGICALLY 530 00:16:00,460 --> 00:16:01,892 PLACE THE RETARDANT ON THE 531 00:16:01,895 --> 00:16:02,559 GROUND TO TRY TO SLOW THE SPREAD 532 00:16:02,562 --> 00:16:04,461 OF THE FIRE. 533 00:16:04,464 --> 00:16:06,496 THE IMPORTANT PART OF THAT IS 534 00:16:06,499 --> 00:16:07,998 YOU CAN DROP ALL THE RETARDANT 535 00:16:08,001 --> 00:16:09,967 YOU WANT BUT UNTIL YOU HAVE 536 00:16:09,970 --> 00:16:12,469 PEOPLE ON THE GROUND TO BACK UP 537 00:16:12,472 --> 00:16:15,072 THAT RETARDANT FIRE CAN BURN 538 00:16:15,075 --> 00:16:16,239 THROUGH THAT AS IT DRIES OUT. 539 00:16:16,242 --> 00:16:17,274 >> HOW POWERFUL IS THAT 540 00:16:17,277 --> 00:16:17,641 RETARDANT? 541 00:16:17,644 --> 00:16:18,375 RETARDANT? 542 00:16:18,378 --> 00:16:19,042 CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT THE USE IT 543 00:16:19,045 --> 00:16:19,343 AND WHAT IT LOOKS AND FEELS 544 00:16:19,346 --> 00:16:20,444 LIKE? 545 00:16:20,447 --> 00:16:21,712 >> IT'S A RED, IT'S VERY SLICK. 546 00:16:21,715 --> 00:16:23,547 YOU DON'T WANT TO BE STANDING 547 00:16:23,550 --> 00:16:24,915 THERE WHEN THEY'RE DROPPING 548 00:16:24,918 --> 00:16:26,950 RETARDANT, IT CAN PICK UP ROCKS, 549 00:16:26,953 --> 00:16:28,585 IT WILL DIG A SMALL TRENCH IN 550 00:16:28,588 --> 00:16:30,053 THE GROUND, I'VE SEEN IT TAKE 551 00:16:30,056 --> 00:16:31,788 TREES OUT OF THE GROUND, SMALL 552 00:16:31,791 --> 00:16:32,522 TREES. 553 00:16:32,525 --> 00:16:33,991 SO GENERALLY ACTUALLY ALWAYS WE 554 00:16:33,994 --> 00:16:35,359 TELL OUR FIREFIGHTERS TO CLEAR 555 00:16:35,362 --> 00:16:36,893 THE DROP ZONE, THEY HAVE TO BE 556 00:16:36,896 --> 00:16:38,929 OUT OF THE AREA BEFORE THE 557 00:16:38,932 --> 00:16:39,629 AIRCRAFT CAN DROP THE RETARDANT 558 00:16:39,632 --> 00:16:41,064 ON THE GROUND. 559 00:16:41,067 --> 00:16:42,766 THE SAME THING WITH THE WATER 560 00:16:42,769 --> 00:16:45,335 BUCKETS. 561 00:16:45,338 --> 00:16:46,069 IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S 2,000 562 00:16:46,072 --> 00:16:47,137 GALLONS OF WATER OR 200 YOU DO 563 00:16:47,140 --> 00:16:47,637 NOT WANT TO BE STANDING 564 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:49,439 UNDERNEATH THAT. 565 00:16:49,442 --> 00:16:50,941 >> THE AIR ATTACK HAS BEEN A 566 00:16:50,944 --> 00:16:52,109 SIGNIFICANT PART OF THIS FIRE 567 00:16:52,112 --> 00:16:53,410 FIGHT GETTING IT UNDER CONTROL. 568 00:16:53,413 --> 00:16:54,111 WITHOUT IT HOW WOULD FIRES 569 00:16:54,114 --> 00:16:55,812 CHANGE THESE DAYS? 570 00:16:55,815 --> 00:16:56,947 >> WE WOULDN'T BE FLYING ANY 571 00:16:56,950 --> 00:16:58,448 AIRCRAFT BECAUSE THE AIR ATTACK 572 00:16:58,451 --> 00:16:59,316 IS THE PERSON THAT COORDINATES 573 00:16:59,319 --> 00:17:00,650 THE DANCE. 574 00:17:00,653 --> 00:17:02,586 THEY MAKE SURE THAT THE AIRCRAFT 575 00:17:02,589 --> 00:17:04,388 COMING IN DON'T GET TOO 576 00:17:04,391 --> 00:17:06,423 CONGESTED, THAT OUR FIRE TRAFFIC 577 00:17:06,426 --> 00:17:07,524 AREA STAYS CLEAR AND THEY TALKED 578 00:17:07,527 --> 00:17:08,959 DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE ON THE 579 00:17:08,962 --> 00:17:10,427 GROUND IN THE VARIOUS DIVISIONS 580 00:17:10,430 --> 00:17:11,995 AND SEE WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, DO 581 00:17:11,998 --> 00:17:13,563 THEY NEED HELICOPTERS, DO THEY 582 00:17:13,566 --> 00:17:15,699 NEED AIR TANKERS AND THEN THEY 583 00:17:15,702 --> 00:17:17,134 WILL MAKE THAT -- HELP THEM MAKE 584 00:17:17,137 --> 00:17:18,668 THE PROPER DECISIONS AND DIRECT 585 00:17:18,671 --> 00:17:19,669 THE AIRCRAFT INTO WHERE IT'S 586 00:17:19,672 --> 00:17:21,171 TRULY NEEDED. 587 00:17:21,174 --> 00:17:22,406 ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WE'VE SEEN 588 00:17:22,409 --> 00:17:23,106 OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS IS THE 589 00:17:23,109 --> 00:17:24,241 USE OF DRONES. 590 00:17:24,244 --> 00:17:26,176 BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A FIRE 591 00:17:26,179 --> 00:17:28,211 TRAFFIC AREA IN EFFECT, THAT 592 00:17:28,214 --> 00:17:30,013 FIRE TRAFFIC AREA IS RESTRICTED 593 00:17:30,016 --> 00:17:32,549 ONLY TO FIREFIGHTING AIRCRAFT. 594 00:17:32,552 --> 00:17:34,684 IF A DRONE WERE TO FLY INTO THAT 595 00:17:34,687 --> 00:17:36,553 FIRE TRAFFIC AREA THEY'RE 596 00:17:36,556 --> 00:17:38,155 TECHNICALLY BREAKING THE LAW AND 597 00:17:38,158 --> 00:17:40,123 WE HAVE TO SHUT DOWN ALL OF OUR 598 00:17:40,126 --> 00:17:42,459 AVIATION OPERATIONS, AIR ATTACK, 599 00:17:42,462 --> 00:17:43,894 EVERYBODY GOES AWAY UNTIL WE CAN 600 00:17:43,897 --> 00:17:45,262 ASSURE EVERYBODY THAT THAT DRONE 601 00:17:45,265 --> 00:17:46,196 ISN'T IN THE FIRE TRAFFIC AREA. 602 00:17:46,199 --> 00:17:47,597 >> THE CONVERSATION GOES AWAY 603 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:49,166 FROM THE SAFETY OF THIS TYPE OF 604 00:17:49,169 --> 00:17:49,766 WORK, BUT FLYING OVER A FIRE IS 605 00:17:49,769 --> 00:17:51,601 VERY DANGEROUS. 606 00:17:51,604 --> 00:17:53,737 >> YES, IT IS. 607 00:17:53,740 --> 00:17:55,539 I'D SAY ONE THING, THE WAY THE 608 00:17:55,542 --> 00:17:56,740 WINDS BEHAVE OVER THE FIRE, WE 609 00:17:56,743 --> 00:17:58,075 HAD STRONG WINDS EARLY ON WITH 610 00:17:58,078 --> 00:18:00,610 THIS INCIDENT AND THE WINDS 611 00:18:00,613 --> 00:18:03,280 COMING OVER THAT MOUNTAIN OUT OF 612 00:18:03,283 --> 00:18:05,348 THE WEST UP HIGH AN AIRCRAFT 613 00:18:05,351 --> 00:18:05,615 WILL GET BOUNCED AROUND QUITE A 614 00:18:05,618 --> 00:18:07,784 BIT. 615 00:18:07,787 --> 00:18:09,019 THE AIRCRAFT MAY NOT FEEL THAT 616 00:18:09,022 --> 00:18:10,187 EFFECT THAT MUCH BUT THEY WILL 617 00:18:10,190 --> 00:18:12,656 FEEL THOSE STRONG WINDS COMING 618 00:18:12,659 --> 00:18:14,024 OUT OF THE WEST OR SOUTHWEST, 619 00:18:14,027 --> 00:18:15,258 BUT THE HELICOPTERS COMING IN AT 620 00:18:15,261 --> 00:18:17,694 A LOWER ALTITUDE THEY HAVE TO 621 00:18:17,697 --> 00:18:19,396 DEAL WITH THAT SO SAFETY WISE WE 622 00:18:19,399 --> 00:18:21,064 HAVE WIND LIMITS THAT THE 623 00:18:21,067 --> 00:18:24,301 AIRCRAFT HAVE TO ABIDE BY. 624 00:18:24,304 --> 00:18:25,469 THEY CAN FLY UNDER CERTAIN WIND 625 00:18:25,472 --> 00:18:27,671 LIMITS, BUT WHEN THE WINDS GET 626 00:18:27,674 --> 00:18:28,805 ABOVE A CERTAIN SPEED OR KNOTS 627 00:18:28,808 --> 00:18:29,272 THEN WE HAVE TO SHUT THEM DOWN 628 00:18:29,275 --> 00:18:31,108 AND WAIT. 629 00:18:31,111 --> 00:18:32,676 WE SAW THAT ON THE SAWMILL FIRE, 630 00:18:32,679 --> 00:18:33,810 THERE WAS A FULL DAY WE COULD 631 00:18:33,813 --> 00:18:34,778 NOT FLY AIRCRAFT BECAUSE IT WAS 632 00:18:34,781 --> 00:18:36,179 TOO WINDY. 633 00:18:36,182 --> 00:18:39,549 NOT ONLY IS IT DANGEROUS FOR THE 634 00:18:39,552 --> 00:18:40,984 PILOTS AND THE AIRCRAFT BUT THE 635 00:18:40,987 --> 00:18:41,318 RETARDANT ISN'T EFFECTIVE, 636 00:18:41,321 --> 00:18:42,252 EITHER. 637 00:18:42,255 --> 00:18:44,354 >>> WILDFIRES HAVE CHARRED MORE 638 00:18:44,357 --> 00:18:45,222 THAN 80 SQUARE MILES IN ARIZONA 639 00:18:45,225 --> 00:18:47,290 THIS WEEK. 640 00:18:47,293 --> 00:18:48,658 HERE IS A LOOK AT THE MAP WITH 641 00:18:48,661 --> 00:18:49,025 SOME OF THE FIRES BURNING 642 00:18:49,028 --> 00:18:50,227 STATEWIDE. 643 00:18:50,230 --> 00:18:51,661 YOU CAN SEE THE FIRE FIGHT 644 00:18:51,664 --> 00:18:52,829 HAPPENING IN VARIOUS PARTS OF 645 00:18:52,832 --> 00:18:55,732 ARIZONA, FROM THE NORTH TO THE 646 00:18:55,735 --> 00:18:57,267 SOUTH, THE EAST TO THE WEST, IT 647 00:18:57,270 --> 00:18:57,567 SEEMS FIRES STARTING NEARLY 648 00:18:57,570 --> 00:18:59,236 DAILY. 649 00:18:59,239 --> 00:19:00,270 THESE PHOTOS TAKEN FROM 650 00:19:00,273 --> 00:19:02,239 THROUGHOUT THE STATE, CREWS FROM 651 00:19:02,242 --> 00:19:03,840 ALL OVER THE COUNTRY IN ARIZONA, 652 00:19:03,843 --> 00:19:04,875 AN EFFORT ON THE GROUND AND IN 653 00:19:04,878 --> 00:19:06,376 THE AIR. 654 00:19:06,379 --> 00:19:07,944 ACCORDING TO THE FOREST SERVICE 655 00:19:07,947 --> 00:19:10,881 THE STATE IS CONSIDERED TO 656 00:19:10,884 --> 00:19:12,115 ALWAYS BE IN FIRE SEASON. 657 00:19:12,118 --> 00:19:14,117 WILDFIRES STARTED EARLIER THAN 658 00:19:14,120 --> 00:19:16,753 NORMAL THIS YEAR, IN LATE APRIL 659 00:19:16,756 --> 00:19:18,655 THE SAWMILL FIRE SOUTHEAST OF 660 00:19:18,658 --> 00:19:20,724 TUCSON CONSUMED 47,000 ACRES AND 661 00:19:20,727 --> 00:19:21,024 COST MORE THAN $7 MILLION TO 662 00:19:21,027 --> 00:19:22,492 FIGHT. 663 00:19:22,495 --> 00:19:24,661 AND THE WEATHER PLAYS A ROLE IN 664 00:19:24,664 --> 00:19:26,496 THE FIRE FIGHT. 665 00:19:26,499 --> 00:19:29,900 METEOROLOGISTS KEEPING A CLOSE 666 00:19:29,903 --> 00:19:30,934 EYE ON WHAT'S REFERRED TO AS THE 667 00:19:30,937 --> 00:19:32,502 HAINES INDEX. 668 00:19:32,505 --> 00:19:33,870 THE NATIONAL INTERAGENCY FIRE 669 00:19:33,873 --> 00:19:35,238 CENTER SAYS THE STATE'S 670 00:19:35,241 --> 00:19:37,440 POTENTIAL FOR FIRE IS HIGH. 671 00:19:37,443 --> 00:19:39,242 HERE IS METEOROLOGIST JON BONK. 672 00:19:39,245 --> 00:19:42,045 >> I'M HERE TO PROVIDE FIRST AND 673 00:19:42,048 --> 00:19:44,080 FOREMOST FOR THE SAFETY OF THE 674 00:19:44,083 --> 00:19:46,283 FIREFIGHTERS THE WEATHER IMPACTS 675 00:19:46,286 --> 00:19:48,018 FIRE IN A PRETTY DRAMATIC WAY. 676 00:19:48,021 --> 00:19:51,221 THE MAIN THINGS THAT I'M LOOKING 677 00:19:51,224 --> 00:19:52,889 OUT FOR ARE HUMIDITY AND WIND. 678 00:19:52,892 --> 00:19:55,392 THE IMPACTS OF HUMIDITY AND WIND 679 00:19:55,395 --> 00:19:55,725 ARE THE PRIMARY DRIVERS OF FIRE 680 00:19:55,728 --> 00:19:58,929 SPREAD. 681 00:19:58,932 --> 00:20:01,264 SO I'M LOOKING OUT FOR EVENTS 682 00:20:01,267 --> 00:20:02,999 THAT COULD CAUSE HAPPENED RATES 683 00:20:03,002 --> 00:20:05,268 OF SPREAD OR WHAT WE CONSIDER 684 00:20:05,271 --> 00:20:07,003 VERY DRAMATIC FIRE GROWTH. 685 00:20:07,006 --> 00:20:09,673 >> ANYTHING UNIQUE ABOUT WHAT 686 00:20:09,676 --> 00:20:11,208 YOU'VE SEEN IN WEATHER PATTERNS 687 00:20:11,211 --> 00:20:11,841 DOWN IN HERE IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA 688 00:20:11,844 --> 00:20:12,909 THIS WEEK? 689 00:20:12,912 --> 00:20:14,911 >> THE WINDS HAVE BEEN A LITTLE 690 00:20:14,914 --> 00:20:15,812 BIT OF A CHALLENGE TO BEGIN 691 00:20:15,815 --> 00:20:17,447 WITH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE 692 00:20:17,450 --> 00:20:19,015 TERRAIN, HOW YOU HAVE YOUR BROAD 693 00:20:19,018 --> 00:20:20,116 AREAS OF FLAT AND THEN THE 694 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:21,017 MOUNTAINS KIND OF POKING UP 695 00:20:21,020 --> 00:20:23,386 THROUGH THE MIDDLE. 696 00:20:23,389 --> 00:20:24,487 THE WINDS THAT ARE HITTING ONE 697 00:20:24,490 --> 00:20:25,555 SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN MAY NOT 698 00:20:25,558 --> 00:20:27,190 NECESSARILY EFFECT THE OTHER 699 00:20:27,193 --> 00:20:28,592 SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN IN THE SAME 700 00:20:28,595 --> 00:20:31,928 WAY, THIS HE MAY BE STRONGER, 701 00:20:31,931 --> 00:20:32,662 THEY MAY BE WEAKER, THEY MAY BE 702 00:20:32,665 --> 00:20:33,063 COMING FROM COMPLETELY DIFFERENT 703 00:20:33,066 --> 00:20:34,064 DIRECTIONS. 704 00:20:34,067 --> 00:20:35,332 SO HAVING THOSE MOUNTAINS ACT AS 705 00:20:35,335 --> 00:20:37,133 A LITTLE BARRIER TO THE WIND 706 00:20:37,136 --> 00:20:38,401 FLOW IS CERTAINLY A CHALLENGE. 707 00:20:38,404 --> 00:20:39,035 >> HOW IMPORTANT ARE YOU IN THIS 708 00:20:39,038 --> 00:20:41,071 FIRE FIGHT? 709 00:20:41,074 --> 00:20:42,205 IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE JUST AS 710 00:20:42,208 --> 00:20:42,539 CRITICAL AS THE BOOTS ON THE 711 00:20:42,542 --> 00:20:44,040 GROUND. 712 00:20:44,043 --> 00:20:44,407 >> THEY CONSIDER ME TO BE VERY 713 00:20:44,410 --> 00:20:46,309 IMPORTANT. 714 00:20:46,312 --> 00:20:48,211 I LIKE TO STAY PRETTY HUMBLE 715 00:20:48,214 --> 00:20:49,579 ABOUT IT, ESPECIALLY AS MOTHER 716 00:20:49,582 --> 00:20:50,247 NATURE LIKE TO THROW WRINKLES 717 00:20:50,250 --> 00:20:52,415 OUR WAY. 718 00:20:52,418 --> 00:20:53,917 SO, AGAIN, I'M HERE FOR THE 719 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:55,051 FIREFIGHTER SAFETY AND THAT'S MY 720 00:20:55,054 --> 00:20:56,553 GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY 721 00:20:56,556 --> 00:20:56,886 ARE NOT SURPRISED BY ANY WEATHER 722 00:20:56,889 --> 00:21:00,190 EVENT. 723 00:21:00,193 --> 00:21:00,690 >> I KNOW YOU COME TO US FROM 724 00:21:00,693 --> 00:21:01,024 PORTLAND, OREGON. 725 00:21:01,027 --> 00:21:01,758 >> YES. 726 00:21:01,761 --> 00:21:03,927 >> BUT HERE IN ARIZONA WE HAVE 727 00:21:03,930 --> 00:21:04,694 THE MONSOON WHICH TECHNICALLY 728 00:21:04,697 --> 00:21:08,798 LAUNCHES THIS WEEK. 729 00:21:08,801 --> 00:21:09,199 DOES THAT COMPLICATE OR EXCITE 730 00:21:09,202 --> 00:21:10,333 YOU AT ALL. 731 00:21:10,336 --> 00:21:12,269 >> YOU CAN'T SAY THAT THE 732 00:21:12,272 --> 00:21:13,370 MONSOON TECHNICALLY LAUNCHES, IT 733 00:21:13,373 --> 00:21:14,604 COMMONLY WOULD START AROUND THIS 734 00:21:14,607 --> 00:21:15,605 TIME OF YEAR, HOWEVER, THE 735 00:21:15,608 --> 00:21:17,607 SEASON HAS BEEN DIFFERENT AND 736 00:21:17,610 --> 00:21:19,276 WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT MAYBE A 737 00:21:19,279 --> 00:21:20,543 WEEK OR TWO IF NOT LONGER BEFORE 738 00:21:20,546 --> 00:21:21,511 WE GET THE TRUE MONSOON. 739 00:21:21,514 --> 00:21:24,114 THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME 740 00:21:24,117 --> 00:21:25,615 THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA EARLY 741 00:21:25,618 --> 00:21:27,817 NEXT WEEK, HOWEVER, THESE ARE 742 00:21:27,820 --> 00:21:30,120 GOING TO BE JUST MORE FORMED BY 743 00:21:30,123 --> 00:21:31,354 REALLY HOT AIR AND SO WE'RE NOT 744 00:21:31,357 --> 00:21:33,256 SEEING THE HEAVY, HEAVY RAINS 745 00:21:33,259 --> 00:21:33,657 THAT WE WOULD NORMALLY GET WITH 746 00:21:33,660 --> 00:21:35,125 A MONSOON. 747 00:21:35,128 --> 00:21:36,326 >> CAN YOU DESCRIBE HOW POWERFUL 748 00:21:36,329 --> 00:21:37,761 LIGHTNING CAN BE WHEN IT MAKES 749 00:21:37,764 --> 00:21:39,329 THAT STRIKE ON DRY GROUND. 750 00:21:39,332 --> 00:21:41,931 >> IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. 751 00:21:41,934 --> 00:21:43,099 TO GIVE AN IDEA SOME SCIENTISTS 752 00:21:43,102 --> 00:21:44,434 HAVE ESTIMATED THAT THE 753 00:21:44,437 --> 00:21:45,969 TEMPERATURE OF THE LIGHTNING IS 754 00:21:45,972 --> 00:21:47,537 OVER 50,000 DEGREES, WHICH IS 755 00:21:47,540 --> 00:21:49,572 CONSIDERED TO BE HOTTER THAN THE 756 00:21:49,575 --> 00:21:53,743 SURFACE OF THE SUN. 757 00:21:53,746 --> 00:21:57,080 THE MAIN IMPACT IS TO JUST 758 00:21:57,083 --> 00:21:59,049 IMMEDIATELY IGNITE WHATEVER IT 759 00:21:59,052 --> 00:22:01,017 STRIKES AND SO WHEN THAT HAPPENS 760 00:22:01,020 --> 00:22:03,453 IF YOUR FUELS ARE DRY ENOUGH, IF 761 00:22:03,456 --> 00:22:04,688 IT'S REALLY DRY LIKE IT IS RIGHT 762 00:22:04,691 --> 00:22:06,156 NOW, THEN ANY LIGHTNING CAN 763 00:22:06,159 --> 00:22:08,658 START ANY FIRE AND IT'S REALLY 764 00:22:08,661 --> 00:22:10,026 BEST FOR PEOPLE TO PROVIDE 765 00:22:10,029 --> 00:22:11,261 PROTECTION AROUND THEIR HOMES TO 766 00:22:11,264 --> 00:22:12,128 GIVE THE FIREFIGHTERS A CHANCE 767 00:22:12,131 --> 00:22:13,663 TO DEFEND THEM. 768 00:22:13,666 --> 00:22:14,731 >> ANYTHING ABOUT ARIZONA'S DRY 769 00:22:14,734 --> 00:22:16,599 WEATHER PATTERN THAT MAKES YOU 770 00:22:16,602 --> 00:22:17,901 CONCERNED AS A METEOROLOGIST WHO 771 00:22:17,904 --> 00:22:18,234 WATCHES OUT FOR FIREFIGHTER 772 00:22:18,237 --> 00:22:22,038 SAFETY? 773 00:22:22,041 --> 00:22:24,741 >> IT'S GOING TO BE HOT AND DRY 774 00:22:24,744 --> 00:22:26,509 AND CONDITIONS ARE SUCH THAT IF 775 00:22:26,512 --> 00:22:27,544 SOMEBODY PUTS A SPARK ON THE 776 00:22:27,547 --> 00:22:29,212 GROUND, SOMEBODY PUTS FIRE ON 777 00:22:29,215 --> 00:22:32,382 THE GROUND THERE'S GOING TO BE 778 00:22:32,385 --> 00:22:33,850 WIND EVERY DAY AND WITH ALL THE 779 00:22:33,853 --> 00:22:35,919 GRASSES THAT YOU HAVE AROUND, 780 00:22:35,922 --> 00:22:37,821 ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE HAD A WET 781 00:22:37,824 --> 00:22:40,090 WINTER WHICH HAS NOT REALLY BEEN 782 00:22:40,093 --> 00:22:41,658 THE CASE THE LAST FEW MONTHS, 783 00:22:41,661 --> 00:22:43,193 YOU CAN GET PRETTY RAPID FIRE 784 00:22:43,196 --> 00:22:44,461 SPREAD BECAUSE THE WIND CAN 785 00:22:44,464 --> 00:22:45,161 REALLY PUSH THE FIRE THROUGH 786 00:22:45,164 --> 00:22:47,030 THAT GRASS. 787 00:22:47,033 --> 00:22:47,364 >> THIS IS AN IMPORTANT WEEK FOR 788 00:22:47,367 --> 00:22:49,933 ARIZONA. 789 00:22:49,936 --> 00:22:50,934 THE DRY CONDITIONS, THE CLIMBING 790 00:22:50,937 --> 00:22:53,303 TEMPERATURES AND WE HEAD INTO 791 00:22:53,306 --> 00:22:54,571 THE MONSOON, WHICH BRINGS 792 00:22:54,574 --> 00:22:57,874 THUNDERSTORMS. 793 00:22:57,877 --> 00:22:58,608 HERE IS KEN DROZD FROM THE 794 00:22:58,611 --> 00:22:58,942 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN 795 00:22:58,945 --> 00:23:00,810 TUCSON. 796 00:23:00,813 --> 00:23:02,312 >> THE MONSOON USUALLY TAKES 797 00:23:02,315 --> 00:23:04,214 HOLD IN THE LAST WEEK IN JUNE OR 798 00:23:04,217 --> 00:23:05,181 FIRST WEEK IN JULY. 799 00:23:05,184 --> 00:23:05,548 THAT'S WHEN WE GET THE MOISTURE 800 00:23:05,551 --> 00:23:06,883 HERE. 801 00:23:06,886 --> 00:23:08,551 THE MONSOON OFFICIALLY BEGINS 802 00:23:08,554 --> 00:23:09,786 THE SEASON ON JUNE 15th AND WE 803 00:23:09,789 --> 00:23:12,222 START SEEING THE EARLY 804 00:23:12,225 --> 00:23:13,723 INDICATIONS OF THAT TREND TOWARD 805 00:23:13,726 --> 00:23:14,991 BRINGING THAT MOISTURE UP INTO 806 00:23:14,994 --> 00:23:17,427 OUR AREA. 807 00:23:17,430 --> 00:23:18,828 >> WE HAVE SEEN SOME MOISTURE 808 00:23:18,831 --> 00:23:19,496 ALREADY, ESPECIALLY IN 809 00:23:19,499 --> 00:23:20,463 SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA. 810 00:23:20,466 --> 00:23:21,564 IS THAT UNUSUAL? 811 00:23:21,567 --> 00:23:23,099 >> NOT AT ALL. 812 00:23:23,102 --> 00:23:24,334 WE TEND TO GET LITTLE BURSTS OF 813 00:23:24,337 --> 00:23:25,568 MOISTURE AS WE'RE TRANSITIONING 814 00:23:25,571 --> 00:23:27,270 FROM THE JUNE PATTERN INTO THE 815 00:23:27,273 --> 00:23:27,604 JULY PATTERN, WHICH IS MUCH 816 00:23:27,607 --> 00:23:29,239 WETTER. 817 00:23:29,242 --> 00:23:31,307 SO WE MAY HAVE A DAY OR TWO 818 00:23:31,310 --> 00:23:32,809 WHERE WE GET MOISTURE UP HERE, 819 00:23:32,812 --> 00:23:33,910 WHICH AT THIS TIME OF YEAR IT'S 820 00:23:33,913 --> 00:23:35,979 USUALLY NOT VERY DEEP. 821 00:23:35,982 --> 00:23:37,147 SO IT RESULTS IN SOME 822 00:23:37,150 --> 00:23:39,215 THUNDERSTORMS, NOT NECESSARILY A 823 00:23:39,218 --> 00:23:40,617 LOT OF RAINFALL, BUT A LOT OF 824 00:23:40,620 --> 00:23:42,318 LIGHTNING STRIKES AND THIS YEAR 825 00:23:42,321 --> 00:23:45,522 WITH THE FUEL CONDITIONS THAT WE 826 00:23:45,525 --> 00:23:48,057 HAD PRESENT A LOT OF TALLER DRY 827 00:23:48,060 --> 00:23:49,092 GRASS AND OTHER DRY FUELS. 828 00:23:49,095 --> 00:23:51,561 WE HAD THOSE LIGHTNING STARTS 829 00:23:51,564 --> 00:23:51,961 THAT STARTED ALL THESE 830 00:23:51,964 --> 00:23:53,596 WILDFIRES. 831 00:23:53,599 --> 00:23:55,165 >> IF WE CAN REMIND PEOPLE ABOUT 832 00:23:55,168 --> 00:23:56,733 THE MONSOON BECAUSE THERE IS A 833 00:23:56,736 --> 00:23:57,801 LOT OF CONFUSION SURROUNDING IT. 834 00:23:57,804 --> 00:23:58,768 IT'S NOT RAINSTORMS IT INVOLVES 835 00:23:58,771 --> 00:24:00,837 A PATTERN OR SYSTEM. 836 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:04,007 >> RIGHT, IT'S AN ACTUAL SEASON 837 00:24:04,010 --> 00:24:06,509 THAT TAKES HOLD JUST AS IN THE 838 00:24:06,512 --> 00:24:07,444 NORTHERN HEMISPHERE AS THE WHOLE 839 00:24:07,447 --> 00:24:09,646 ATMOSPHERIC PATTERNS CHANGE IN 840 00:24:09,649 --> 00:24:10,814 THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, THE JET 841 00:24:10,817 --> 00:24:12,348 STREAM RETREATS NORTHWARD, 842 00:24:12,351 --> 00:24:13,716 FURTHER INTO CANADA AND HIGH 843 00:24:13,719 --> 00:24:16,252 PRESSURE BUILDS OVER US BRINGING 844 00:24:16,255 --> 00:24:17,754 US USUALLY HEARD OF EXTREME HEAT 845 00:24:17,757 --> 00:24:19,789 BEFORE THAT KIND OF SHIFTS 846 00:24:19,792 --> 00:24:21,357 NORTHWARD AND ALLOWS OUR 847 00:24:21,360 --> 00:24:23,159 PREVAILING FLOW TO BE MORE 848 00:24:23,162 --> 00:24:24,427 EASTERLY OR SOUTHEASTERLY. 849 00:24:24,430 --> 00:24:26,062 >> I READ RECENTLY THERE WAS A 850 00:24:26,065 --> 00:24:27,664 NEW REPORT THAT CAME OUT FROM 851 00:24:27,667 --> 00:24:29,165 SOME CLIMATE STUDY THAT SAID 852 00:24:29,168 --> 00:24:30,467 THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO SEE WETTER 853 00:24:30,470 --> 00:24:31,901 AND THEN DRYER CONDITIONS. 854 00:24:31,904 --> 00:24:33,636 WHAT DOES THAT REALLY MEAN FOR 855 00:24:33,639 --> 00:24:35,104 THE REMAINDER OF THE NEXT, I 856 00:24:35,107 --> 00:24:35,872 THINK, NEXT TEN YEARS, MAYBE 857 00:24:35,875 --> 00:24:39,542 NEXT 20 YEARS? 858 00:24:39,545 --> 00:24:40,543 >> WE'VE HAD SEVERAL FAIRLY 859 00:24:40,546 --> 00:24:43,680 DECENT MONSOON SEASONS HERE IN 860 00:24:43,683 --> 00:24:45,114 THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS AND 861 00:24:45,117 --> 00:24:47,217 SO, I MEAN, EVERY SEASON IS 862 00:24:47,220 --> 00:24:49,552 DIFFERENT, WITH HE WOULD EXPECT 863 00:24:49,555 --> 00:24:50,820 EVENTUALLY TO KIND OF EVEN OUT 864 00:24:50,823 --> 00:24:52,522 WHERE WE HAVE SOME WETTER AND 865 00:24:52,525 --> 00:24:54,591 SOME DRYER SO WE ARE GOING TO 866 00:24:54,594 --> 00:24:55,091 SEE A FLUCTUATION FROM SEASON TO 867 00:24:55,094 --> 00:24:56,326 SEASON CERTAINLY. 868 00:24:56,329 --> 00:24:57,327 >> IS THERE A CHANGE THAT'S 869 00:24:57,330 --> 00:24:58,895 HAPPENING OVERALL WITH THE 870 00:24:58,898 --> 00:24:59,229 CLIMATE, THE SHIFT, GLOBAL 871 00:24:59,232 --> 00:25:00,697 WARMING? 872 00:25:00,700 --> 00:25:01,431 I MEAN, WHERE IS THAT DISCUSSION 873 00:25:01,434 --> 00:25:04,033 RIGHT NOW? 874 00:25:04,036 --> 00:25:06,236 >> WE'VE SEEN CERTAINLY WARMER 875 00:25:06,239 --> 00:25:06,970 TEMPERATURES, PARTICULARLY 876 00:25:06,973 --> 00:25:08,071 NIGHTTIME LOWS, ALSO SOME HIGHER 877 00:25:08,074 --> 00:25:11,808 TEMPERATURES OR A LONGER PERIOD 878 00:25:11,811 --> 00:25:12,542 OF HIGHER TEMPERATURES. 879 00:25:12,545 --> 00:25:13,710 I THINK THE RESULTS OF THAT ARE 880 00:25:13,713 --> 00:25:15,645 A LITTLE BIT UP IN THE AIR. 881 00:25:15,648 --> 00:25:16,980 WE'VE SEEN THE LAST FEW YEARS 882 00:25:16,983 --> 00:25:18,281 EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE HAD HIGHER 883 00:25:18,284 --> 00:25:20,717 TEMPERATURES WE HAVE ALSO HAD 884 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:21,417 THEN MORE MOISTURE COME UP HERE, 885 00:25:21,420 --> 00:25:22,685 WE HAVE HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE 886 00:25:22,688 --> 00:25:23,987 RAIN THAN NORMAL THOUGH WE ARE 887 00:25:23,990 --> 00:25:24,921 STILL TALKING ABOUT SMALL 888 00:25:24,924 --> 00:25:26,689 AMOUNTS, WE ARE IN THE SOUTHWEST 889 00:25:26,692 --> 00:25:27,023 SO THOSE TOTALS ARE NOT TERRIBLY 890 00:25:27,026 --> 00:25:27,924 LARGE. 891 00:25:27,927 --> 00:25:28,892 >> WHAT ARE THE TOTALS ON 892 00:25:28,895 --> 00:25:30,560 AVERAGE HERE IN ARIZONA? 893 00:25:30,563 --> 00:25:32,395 I KNOW IT DEPENDS ON WHAT 894 00:25:32,398 --> 00:25:33,129 GEOGRAPHIC AREA YOU ARE AT. 895 00:25:33,132 --> 00:25:34,864 >> RIGHT. 896 00:25:34,867 --> 00:25:37,200 IN THE TUCSON AREA YOU'RE KIND 897 00:25:37,203 --> 00:25:37,534 OF LOOKING AROUND THE 5 TO 6 898 00:25:37,537 --> 00:25:38,868 INCHES. 899 00:25:38,871 --> 00:25:40,270 DURING THE MONSOON, WHICH 900 00:25:40,273 --> 00:25:42,372 ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT HALF OF WHAT 901 00:25:42,375 --> 00:25:44,340 YOU GET DURING THE WHOLE YEAR. 902 00:25:44,343 --> 00:25:45,909 OF COURSE, THE -- AS YOU GET A 903 00:25:45,912 --> 00:25:47,343 LITTLE BIT FARTHER WEST AND 904 00:25:47,346 --> 00:25:47,877 NORTH THE AMOUNTS GO DOWN, THEY 905 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:49,379 ARE LOWER. 906 00:25:49,382 --> 00:25:50,947 OF COURSE, THE MOUNTAINS TEND TO 907 00:25:50,950 --> 00:25:52,582 GET A LOT MORE THAN THAT AS 908 00:25:52,585 --> 00:25:53,516 WELL, TWO TO THREE TIMES AS MUCH 909 00:25:53,519 --> 00:25:55,752 DURING THE MONSOON. 910 00:25:55,755 --> 00:25:56,753 >> ONE OF THE HATS YOU WEAR AT 911 00:25:56,756 --> 00:25:58,221 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS 912 00:25:58,224 --> 00:25:59,622 WEATHER PREPAREDNESS. 913 00:25:59,625 --> 00:26:01,891 WHAT DO PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW AS 914 00:26:01,894 --> 00:26:03,092 FAR AS LAUNCHING INTO THE SUMMER 915 00:26:03,095 --> 00:26:03,459 SEASON HERE WHERE WE HAVE MORE 916 00:26:03,462 --> 00:26:05,028 RAINFALL? 917 00:26:05,031 --> 00:26:06,329 >> FIRST OF ALL, THE HEAT IS 918 00:26:06,332 --> 00:26:07,330 VERY, VERY IMPORTANT AND CAN BE 919 00:26:07,333 --> 00:26:09,499 VERY DEADLY. 920 00:26:09,502 --> 00:26:13,102 WE WANT PEOPLE TO TAKE HEED WHEN 921 00:26:13,105 --> 00:26:14,170 IT'S VERY HOT OUTSIDE, TRY TO 922 00:26:14,173 --> 00:26:15,972 CONDUCT OUR ACTIVITIES IN AS 923 00:26:15,975 --> 00:26:17,640 EARLY IN THE MORNING AS POSSIBLE 924 00:26:17,643 --> 00:26:21,177 AND STAY OUT OF THE HEAT OF THE 925 00:26:21,180 --> 00:26:22,478 DAY IF POSSIBLE OBVIOUSLY. 926 00:26:22,481 --> 00:26:24,047 AND THEN AS WE GET INTO 927 00:26:24,050 --> 00:26:25,782 THUNDERSTORMS, LIGHTNING IS A 928 00:26:25,785 --> 00:26:27,584 VERY BIG HAZARD HERE IN SOUTHERN 929 00:26:27,587 --> 00:26:28,885 ARIZONA, WE GET A LOT OF 930 00:26:28,888 --> 00:26:29,953 LIGHTNING STRIKES DURING THE 931 00:26:29,956 --> 00:26:31,154 MONSOON TIME OF YEAR. 932 00:26:31,157 --> 00:26:33,156 SO IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER THAT 933 00:26:33,159 --> 00:26:34,157 MEANS LIGHTNING IS CLOSE ENOUGH 934 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:36,593 TO STRIKE YOUR POSITION. 935 00:26:36,596 --> 00:26:38,828 WHEN THUNDER ROARS GO INDOORS. 936 00:26:38,831 --> 00:26:40,630 >> REGARDING THE LIGHTNING AND 937 00:26:40,633 --> 00:26:42,498 WILDFIRES DOES THE MONSOON HELP, 938 00:26:42,501 --> 00:26:43,800 DOES IT HURT OR HAMPER EFFORTS 939 00:26:43,803 --> 00:26:44,901 AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE SEEING 940 00:26:44,904 --> 00:26:45,201 ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW IN THE 941 00:26:45,204 --> 00:26:45,902 STATE? 942 00:26:45,905 --> 00:26:47,704 >> RIGHT. 943 00:26:47,707 --> 00:26:48,004 IT DOES KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF 944 00:26:48,007 --> 00:26:49,939 BOTH. 945 00:26:49,942 --> 00:26:51,140 AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE MONSOON 946 00:26:51,143 --> 00:26:52,976 WE MAY HAVE MORE MOISTURE COME 947 00:26:52,979 --> 00:26:54,344 IN HERE BUT, AGAIN, MAYBE NOT 948 00:26:54,347 --> 00:26:56,779 GREAT AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE BUT 949 00:26:56,782 --> 00:26:59,716 ENOUGH TO POSSIBLY SPARK MORE 950 00:26:59,719 --> 00:27:01,417 THUNDERSTORMS WHICH COULD 951 00:27:01,420 --> 00:27:02,752 EXACERBATE FIRE CONDITIONS, ALSO 952 00:27:02,755 --> 00:27:04,153 PRODUCE SOME STRONG GUSTY WINDS 953 00:27:04,156 --> 00:27:06,155 THAT WOULD REALLY ENDANGER 954 00:27:06,158 --> 00:27:07,223 FIREFIGHTERS AS WELL. 955 00:27:07,226 --> 00:27:09,025 EVENTUALLY WE GET ENOUGH 956 00:27:09,028 --> 00:27:11,160 MOISTURE IN TO WHERE HUMIDITY 957 00:27:11,163 --> 00:27:13,730 STAYS AT HIGHER LEVELS AND THEN 958 00:27:13,733 --> 00:27:14,497 THAT DOES EVENTUALLY HELP 959 00:27:14,500 --> 00:27:16,532 FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS. 960 00:27:16,535 --> 00:27:17,900 >> BEFORE WE GO A WEATHER 961 00:27:17,903 --> 00:27:20,136 PHENOMENON TO SHARE WITH YOU, A 962 00:27:20,139 --> 00:27:23,006 PHOTO TAKEN LAST WEEK NEAR THE 963 00:27:23,009 --> 00:27:26,309 TOWN OF HER FORD JUST OUTSIDE OF 964 00:27:26,312 --> 00:27:26,643 SIERRA VISTA, A LAND SPOUT 965 00:27:26,646 --> 00:27:28,444 TORNADO. 966 00:27:28,447 --> 00:27:31,214 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 967 00:27:31,217 --> 00:27:33,549 SAYS THE CAUSE IS A DUST DEVIL 968 00:27:33,552 --> 00:27:34,250 DRAWN BY THE CLOUD BASE WHICH 969 00:27:34,253 --> 00:27:35,485 FORMED A CONNECTION FROM THE 970 00:27:35,488 --> 00:27:36,219 GROUND TO A CLOUD. 971 00:27:36,222 --> 00:27:38,421 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 972 00:27:38,424 --> 00:27:38,755 SAYS THIS IS A FIRST FOR THE 973 00:27:38,758 --> 00:27:40,423 SEASON. 974 00:27:40,426 --> 00:27:42,558 >>> FOR ALL OF US AT ARIZONA 975 00:27:42,561 --> 00:27:42,892 PUBLIC MEDIA, I'M LORRAINE 976 00:27:42,895 --> 00:27:43,459 RIVERA. 977 00:27:43,462 --> 00:27:43,993 THANKS FOR JOINING US.