Logan Fire Recovery Upate

State Recovery Efforts

• State Assistance for Logan Fire
• Colorado DHSEM leading State recovery efforts
• Colorado Department of Local Affairs is the lead agency for the DAC
• Colorado Health and Human Services supporting DAC and connection to local health
• Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
• Colorado Department of Agriculture
• Coordinate disposal of animals
• Colorado Cattleman’s Association
• Colorado Farm Bureau

• Disaster Action Center (DAC): Thursday, March 16, 2017, Haxtun Community Center, 3-7 p.m. The center would be open to all victims of the fire (Logan and Phillips) with local government representation from Logan and Phillips County.

• Colorado Department of Local Affairs is the lead agency for the DAC
• DHSEM State Voluntary Agency Liaison (VAL)
• Farmer’s Home Administration
• Colorado State University Extension
• Natural Resource Conservation Service
• Farm Service Agency
• Centennial Mental Health
• Northeast Colorado Health Department
• USDA
• Colorado Department of Agriculture
• Insurance – State of Colorado
• Colorado Health and Human Services

• Damage Assessments
• March 8, 2017 Initial Damage Assessments with RFM and county OEM representatives
• March 14, 2017 to determine potential for Emergency Disaster Programs Administered by the Farm Service Agency with field check for the FSA draft plan:
• DHSEM Recovery Specialists (2)
• Department of Agriculture
• Farm Services Agency
• CDOT damages being evaluated and assessed to determine if Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) funds available or other programs.

• Funding
• Executive Order – D2017-006 Declaring a Disaster Emergency Due to the Logan Fire in Logan and Phillips Counties
• State Disaster Declaration – verbal authorization from Governor
• Disaster Emergency Funds (DEF)
• Resource Mobilization Fund – authorized by DHSEM Director 

• Local Declarations
• Logan County: Disaster of Emergency
• Phillips County: Disaster of Emergency

Colorado Daily Status Report: March 8, 2017

Colorado Daily Status Report March 8, 2017

Information in this report was gathered prior to 8:30 a.m.

Alerts/Warnings
National Terrorism Advisory System: No Current Alerts | Bulletin

State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) Activation Level: Level 3

Current Disasters/Large Incidents

Incident Name	Logan County Wildfire
Incident Start Date	March 6, 2017 at 11:30 a.m.
Location/County	Logan County
Cause	Undetermined
Acres	32,535
Containment	98%%
Evacuations | Shelters	Animal Shelters located at Logan County Fairgrounds and Sterling Livestock Commission
Fatalities/Injuries	1 First Responder Minor Injury
Structures Lost	4 confirmed primary structures destroyed [3 Logan County, 1 Phillips County]
Resources	SEOC activated at a Level III with SEOC Command and General staff, Field Services staff, DFPC staff working. A combined Incident Management Team with Jeffco and Eastern IMT members has been deployed. Resource orders are being worked with two engines also being deployed. Scheduled to demob at 5 p.m.
Disaster Declaration |Executive Order	Governor issued a verbal Disaster Declaration on March 6, 2017 and verbal Executive Order to support wildfire.
Funding	Resource Mobilization Plan
Information Sources	Phillips County OEM Facebook and Twitter, Logan County Office of Emergency Management Facebook Page Northeast Public Affairs Collaborative Facebook Page www.COEmergency.com Wildfire Map

State EOC Remains Activated for Logan Fire Support

The State Emergency Operations Center (EOC) has activated to support a wildfire in the northeast corner of the state, including Logan County. The State EOC is currently activated at a Level 3.

The DHSEM Director, Kevin Klein, has activated the State Resource Mobilization Plan in anticipation of resources needed to support the fire.  The Governor has given verbal authorization for a state disaster declaration.  Local disaster declarations have been authorized by Logan and Phillips Counties.

An update will be posted after a 10 a.m. coordination call.

State resources assigned to the fire include:

• Type III Incident Management Team (IMT) from Jefferson County and Eastern IMT.
• 2 Strike Teams
• 2 Colorado DHSEM Regional Field Managers
• 2 Colorado DFPC Fire Management Officers

Incident Public Information Map