Doce Fire Wildlife: Prescott National Forest, Arizona

Incident: Doce Fire Wildfire
Released: 1:04 hrs. ago

PRESCOTT (June 18, 2013) – The American Red Cross Grand Canyon Chapter has opened a shelter at Yavapai College in Prescott for residents who were evacuated Tuesday by the Doce Fire.

The Red Cross has the capacity to shelter as many as 330 people inside the gymnasium at 1100 E. Sheldon St., Prescott, AZ 86301. Red Cross volunteers have set up cots and blankets for overnight stays, and evacuated residents can come to the shelter for meals, snacks, water and coffee. Evacuated residents also can receive aid from Red Cross nurses and mental health volunteers.

Evacuated residents wanting to reconnect with loved ones are urged to register through the Red Cross Safe and Well website at www.safeandwell.org. Those wishing to make donations to the Red Cross can do so online at www.redcross.org/donate or by calling 1-800-REDCROSS.

About the American Red Cross:

The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides emotional support to victims of disasters; supplies about 40 percent of the nation’s blood; teaches skills that save lives; provides international humanitarian aid; and supports military members and their families. It’s a nonprofit organization that depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to perform its mission. The Grand Canyon Chapter, established in 1916, re-chartered in 1999 and expanded in 2003, ranks as the fifth-largest chapter nationally, serving the more than 5.1 million people in Apache, Coconino, Gila, La Paz, Maricopa, Mohave, Navajo, Pinal, Yavapai and Yuma counties. For more information on the Grand Canyon Chapter, please visit www.redcross.org/gcc, like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/redcrossgcc or follow us on Twitter under the handle @RedCrossGCC.

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Incident: Doce Fire Wildfire
Released: 1:37 hrs. ago

Fire Information Phone Number (928) 777-5682

Date/Time Started: June 18, 2013, reported at 11:30 am

Location: 8 miles northwest of Prescott; burning near Granite Mountain Recreation

Cause: Human

Fuels: Manzanita and Chaparral

Size: Approximately 5000 acres (acreage may change when aerial and ground mapping is completed)

Percent Contained: 0

Resources Committed/Ordered:

2 Type 1 Air Tankers

2 Helicopters

10 Crews

10 Engines

The Southwest Area Type I Incident Management Team under Tony Sciacca will arrive Wednesday, June 19 to assume management of the fire.

Evacuations:

Granite Basin Summer Homes and American Ranch

Neighborhoods on notice in Williamson Valley for potential evacuation

(Evacuation center at Yavapai College and for livestock at the Prescott Rodeo Grounds)

Red Cross Grand Canyon Chapter Facebook https://www.facebook.com/redcrossgcc

Behavior: The fire continues to be active with winds pushing the fire north into the Williamson Valley Corridor. Several areas have been evacuated, but no structures have been lost and no injuries.