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Show I July 7. I 111 III l) FIRE K U I) I'rmo. I 1 I hi-- The West Mountain fire began June 25 about 40 miles southeast of Provo and 5 miles I west of Spanish Fork. Its origin ns under investigation. It was once surrounded by firebreaks, but Friday winds 'paused flames to jump the lines. A contained fire has been surrounded for 24 hours with firebreaks. A controlled fire has been contained for 24 hours. efforts were Tuesday's rewarded at 6 p.m. with a contained fire. Firefighters expected to control the fire by 6 p.m. The following attached. Contained: a fire that has been surrounded by a fire break for 24 hours. Controlled: a fire that has been contained for 24 hours. Keeping one foot in the black: walking in the burned areas for safety. The areas already burned or "black" are unlikely to burn again. Cutting across an unburned field is dangerous because a person can get trapped by fire. Lays down: a drop in fire activity generally at night and caused by a drop in temperature and a rise in BRIAN WINTER Hie Daily Herald instinct. Jablonski readily admits to a youthful and occasionally dangerous fascination with flame. "1 think it's something inherent," Jablonski said. "... You have a calling." The two analysts consider the facts and their experience with different wildfires. Then they make a prediction, which is passed onto the operations department. The operations department made up of hotshots, tanker crews, pilots, sawyers, grubbers and their supervisors are the bulk of the firefight-inforce. 209-perso- n llt-ral- UTAH COUNTY tmlay. Jablonski and Lovitt gathered weather reports, observed the fire, looked at the fire's fuel and the burned areas. Jablonski works for the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and Lands, and Lovitt for the Payett National Forest in Idaho. Their job combines science, experience DaiU are terms used by those people who tight wildfires: Air Attack: Eyes in the Sky. The plane that flies above all the helicopters and planes with water tanks and monitors the fire. Aramid: A fire resistant fabric that is more breathable than Nomex. which is another fire resist ant fabric. Backing fire: a slow moving fire that burns into the wind and is used to make fire breaks. Cold trailing: following behind a burn and checking grass and wood temperatures. Water gets applied to hot spots. Combe: a tool that looks like a folding shovel with a skinny hoe ' and I'jlv V FIRE TERMS Continued from A i uh g Operations chiefs decide how the analysts' predictions and send crews to dig fire lines, check burned areas and fight fire to use with fire. '. Al Carriere, the daytime operations chief, watched Tuesday BLAZE .Continued from Al conditions, said Bert Hart, public affairs specialist at the BLM office. Richfield Fireworks are also banned on state lands. He said the ban includes, but is not limited to; fire Hot work: Hot shot firefighters from Idaho fire Tuesday. hotshot morning as crews lit sage, cheat grass and junipers to create a firebreak at the south end of the mountain. start their hike toward the fire line said he believed the danger Tuesday was moderate compared to other fires. Burns made by the crews from both and Prescott Redmond, Ore., left swirls of white ash in blackened earth. Wild sunflowers and dandelio- 'To ensure that this thing doesn't go any further south," explained Carriere as he pointed to a nearby paved path, "we want to hold this road." orchard by bulldozing a firebreak around the property. It was the only portion of the firebreak that a machine helped man. The rest of the line was dug or burned by hand. "He had a lot to protect," said Shannon Hall, a private pilot who flies for the forest service. On Hall's Tuesday afternoon tour of the mountain, he spotted three smoking spots. Hall also flies for Classic Helicopter of Woodscross, which has rented a helicopter to the U.S. Forest Service. The 209 firefighters have set at up a small community Brockbank Elementary School in Spanish Fork. Tents and trailers have sprouted in the school's field and provide food, supplies, show flowers gone to seed rose tall above the burn. The smell of sage mixed with the smell of burned grasses. The wind's weekend tango across the mountain's ridge has left its mark one which is easily seen from a helicopter. It is a marble pattern of rock, dirt and burned brush. The blackened earth is a stark contrast to the deep greens of South Shore Farm's apple, cherry and peach trees. David McMullin helped protect the n-like The crews also worked to protect islands of green vegetation food for the mountain's deer. Some of the vegetation "tussles," e with plants such as cheat grass, return quickly after a fire, Jablonski said. No homes have been lost but firefighters worked Sunday to protect two homes from the blaze, said Loyal Clark, interagency information officer. Richard Hesoll, a hotshot foreman from Prescott, Ariz., non-nativ- works, open fires and tracer ammunition. This is especially necessary since this is the beginning of the fire season in Utah, he said. Fireworks may be set off three days before and after July 4 and 24 in urban areas. Check with local police or fire as they prepare to start backfires to us online . Yisit ers and shelters for the fire crews. Phones eventually will be supplied, but most were using cellular phones Tuesday. Inside the building, desks have been lifted onto wooden blocks so grown men and women can sit to map, plan, tabulate costs and run the communications center. The total cost is estimated to hit $380,000, said Brian Harris, fire information officer. The road from Spanish Fork to Lincoln Point, 9600 South, was opened Tuesday. Firefighters had closed it at the fire's base. vehicle trails at the south end of the mountain haven't been closed but firefighters discourage people from going there because of potential fires. second-grade-size- Piss pump: a 5 gallon pump used by firefighters doing cold trailing to spray water on hot spots. PPE: personal protection equipment. Helmets, gloves, goggles fire shelter and fire resistant clothes. Pulaski: a tool that combines an ax and a pick. Sawyer: A firefighter who uses a chain saw to cut branches that could burn. Shake and bake: firefighter slang for a fire shelter. Firefighters shake it out and then wait for the fire to pass. The glue used to keep the shelter together melts at 1.200 degrees. The fire shelter is tent d shaped. Source: Firefighters at the West Mountain fire incident command post in Spanish Fork. 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