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Show POSTAGE A NO FEES PAID i V' 4 r Dugway, Utah "Published in tlie interest of the personnel at Dugway Proving GroundN Thursday, July 11, 1985 5! Wm& m off pgwaf by Lisa Simunad Two brush fires swept through Dugway in the vicinity of Fries Park, during the July 4 weekend requiring the need of the Installation Reserve Force, according to fire Chief Jack Skinner. "The wind was high and the fires jumped the fire breaks many times and caused people to believe there were more than two ; fires," said Skinner. The first fire was reported Saturday at 6:20 p.m. After calling in four of their own men, the fire department found it necessary to call in the IRF. The IRF, which includes HHC headed by Facilities director and fire marshall Maj. David Shockey, along with many other people from the community responded. "All the support we received was outstanding," said Skinner. Without the community's help we would be hurt; We have a limited number of firefighters. The fire department consists of 36 men, 14 were working during the weekend fires. The fire department used four fire fighting vehicles along with four Decon trucks from Material Test and one grader. . : 'The Decon trucks are usually; used whenever we need the IRF. They are big vehicles that can hold large amounts of iU water," said Skinner. The vehicles were refilled with water by the department's crash fire rescue vehicle. The refueling is usually taken care of by "?r.! MT or Hawthorne. ; Both' fires and the accompanying state-- , wide power outage were caused by lightning. According to Shockey the outage caused no major problem. "We just had to no work in the dark," he said. "We werein ' " critical condition for power." There was some confusion during the first IRF, "many people had never been involved in something like this," said Shockey. There were many people learning during the incident, and the rough, spots will be ironed out.", ; There were no injuries reported, "in fact," said Shockey, "they seemed to be having fun. They were quick to respond on a holiday weekend." "The attitude of the troops in ' the field was excellent," said Sgt. 1st Class Don Goff. "Many people, were given the oppor- - tunity to leave but they chose to stay.' The soldiers walked many miles with water packs, shovels and other equipment to put out the fires. Pfc. Craig Conkhn said his group walked from Fries Park to Ditto. "The alert was great, it was an interesting experience. It gives us a chance to see Dugway like never before. There was some' chaos during the situation but I feel we did a good jobr" said Conklin. Spec. 4 Scott Gray led one of the IRF groups. "Everyone displayed teamwork," he said. "We just did our job." During the fires, ACS volunteers, made sack lunches for the fighters. "After working so hard we really, appreciated the lunches," said Pfc. Patti Boggs. "Afterwards, we were exhausted." The IRF recently trained to learn to put out fires. However,; when the alert was called many untrained individuals showed ' Charland stressed that the IRF uniform is a military uniform. People that want to . : : , . : . ' .. . help should report to headquarters com- pany. "There were many people out there, even with their children that wanted to watch the fires. We dont need that," said ,4 i: ii. Charland. "It has got to get organized, it may come down to having the military police remove people that are not properly attired," said Charland. There needs to be a proper count of the people involved. Charland added, "We may . ' need the volunteers, but we need them ' under control." The IRF was called out again Tuesday. The cause of that fire is under investiga- tion.. Skinner predicts a busy fire season since it's extremely hot and thunderstorms produce lightning, with only small amounts of "Their intentions were good," said fire department work leader George Charland, "but many were not adequately dressed to ; ngni a lire, we turn i neer Comma n de r or seriously injured durirt rain, w Last year there were only small fires. "This year is beginning to look like the sea- 7 Mia stunner; . POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground "ugway, ui 84022-500- 0 ; ; DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY OFFICIAL BUSINESS PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE, DOD - 314 Third Class Mall $ 300 STEDP-P- A State Historical Society State Street 816 Madison, DA LABEL 1S-- 1. UI 1 OCT. 53706 74 ROD. (AR 140-- 1) Mi ' '' i- ALL ABLAZE !?i' 'V'" :.i'.': - One of Saturday ' v Vickie Bryant and SFC Don . . The yearly awards are presented to two people who demonstrated exceptional service to the community. ' Bryant has been involved ' Goff were presented plaques v and recognized as civilian and military employees of the year respectively. : v fire-fighti- in many areas of support in munity Services. Bryant is very active in the Dugway Women's Club and is dedicated to support of the LDS ' the community such as chairperson of the installa- tion files and volunteer sup- ervisor under Army Com- - "ira tf:-:- . FIRES OUT Sgt. 1st Class John Hayes directs Spec. 4 Shawn Snell and PvL 2 James Garner to put away used equipment. (U.S. Army Photo by Lisa Simunaci) ng as eWmpesofyear GOff chosen by Ruth A. Mecham During a general membership meeting of the Cham- ber of Commerce held at the Community Club June 19, - times giving the appearance of more than two fires. V (U.S. Army Photo by Vlclde Bryant) night's fires burns south . of Fries Park. The fires went across' the fire breaks several V:? . Church. . . Bryant said, "I was sur- Srised to get the award, I gotten anything like this before. Helping others gives me a sense of accomplishment and getting involved with the community gives me a sense of belonging. The award tells me I have done what I set out to do." Goff arrived at Dugway in September 1983 and . has been involved with commun- J.. v. ity service since. Some of the areas in which he is involved include President of the Parent Teacher Association for Dugway, he actively supports the Drug and Alcohol program and the Crisis Intervention Hot Line here. Included in Goff s .busy schedule is teaching Sunday school classes, coaching Lit- tle League Baseball and other sports during the year. Goff also serves as a member of the Moral Majority. Goff said, "I think the only way to make an impact is to be involved and I want to make an impact." Town meeting July 1 5 A town meeting will be held Monday in the theatre. The meeting will begin at 4:30 p.m. ; Col. David A. Nydam will be answering questions from Dugway residents. All members of the community are encouraged to attend. Administrative leave is granted. Ml TAKE NOTE - Vickie Bryant, civilian employee of the year takes notes to organize an upcoming ACS trip. (UJS. Army Photo by Ruth Mecham) Published by the. Transcript-Bulleti- n Publishing Company, a private firm In no way connected with the Department of the. Army. Opinions ; , - OUT. Sgt 1st Class Don Goff, military employee of the year dedicates part of his free time" to a little league baseball team. TTA expressed by the.wrlten herem are their own and are not to be const--' dered an ofnclal expression by the Department of the.ArmyNThe ap-- .jj'ffii Vm llliff1fllflfWa"fc'T in this publication does not pearance of advertisements-insertstttute an endorsement by the.Department of the Army. s con-- . A i i VI |
