1475 W. AMERICAN AVENUE • ORACLE, ARIZONA 85623 • TEL: (520) 896-2980 • email: oraclefd@qwest.net
ORACLE PRECIPITATION – Precipitation Total for July 2, 2009 (6am): 0.112"
2009 Year-to-Date Total: 6.251" • 2008 Year-to-Date Total: 7.515"
OUTDOOR BURNING
CWPP BRUSH DISPOSAL

CURRENT NEWS!

RECENT HIGHWAY 77 FIRE – at 11:33am on June 12, Oracle Fire Dept. responded to a brush/ grass fire at MP103.5 (just east of E. American Ave.) on Hwy 77. The 1/2 acre fire was quickly extinguished by crews on Engines 692 and 693. Oracle CERT's were also deployed to bring cold water to the firefighters. Check out the photos below.

 

FUEL REDUCTION IN ORACLE
(April 2009) The Florence Wildland Crew worked on brush thinning along American Avenue. Here are some views of the crew working. Volunteers cleaned up after they completed one side and got lots of old trash. We will continue the other side soon.

Lots of work to reduce fuels has been also done recently in the Cherry Valley wash area of Oracle. See this FUEL THINNING link for more information and photos.

 

 

WHAT'S NEW ON THIS WEBSITE?

• OUTDOOR BURNING
• APPARATUS
• NEW ENGINE 692
• CWPP
• MAPS – New Fire District
• FIREWISE PROJECTS
• NEWSLETTERS

Click on the topic to go to the subject.

Check out our new acquisition Engine 692.
Click HERE for photos.

The new 2009 CWPP (Pinal County Community Wildfire Protection Plan) document is available for viewing HERE. It is a pdf file 5.6MB in size. You will need Acrobat Reader to view this. Oracle is just one part of this plan. Pages 49 and 84 will be of interest to Oracle. If you cannot view this document on your computer and would like to see a printed version, contact the Oracle Fire Dept.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH . . .

AED PRESENTATION
PRESENTATION OF THE FIRST AED TO OCC – On Friday, April 24, the CERTs from OFD presented the Oracle Community Center
Board of Directors with an AED displayed inside of a wall mounted AED cabinet. The cabinet holds other CPR equipment such as a mouth-to-mouth breathing mask and gloves. Training is a major component of this lifesaving program and several of the OCC Board of Directors have already received their CPR and AED training this week.

WILDLIFE . . .

SNAKES ARE OUT! Please beware, the snakes are out and about and you could be in their way. Check out a recent photo of one of our residents below. (taken April 20). Click HERE or on the photo to see a RECENT CLASS in snake capture and relocation for firefighters and CERTs.