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Rachel	Jun-20-00, 01:29 PM (MDT)
"CO. Fires"
I've been keeping an eye to the information about the fires in Colorado this season. It's nice to hear that they are, for the most part, contained. However, I am concerned about the possibility that there might be no NARAM due to how dry the area is and how prone to fire. I'm not familiar with Mr. Estes' property, so I would appreciate any feedback on how likely it would be that NARAM would be literally burned out.
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RE: CO. Fires, mjames, Jun-27-00, (1) RE: CO. Fires, Chad Ring, Jun-28-00, (2) RE: CO. Fires, mjames, Jun-29-00, (3)

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mjames	Jun-27-00, 01:53 PM (MDT)
1. "RE: CO. Fires"
We are also concerned about the dry conditions we've had this spring. The good news it that it looks like we will get some moisture this week. It's rained the last couple of days and more is predicted. It's very welcome indeed. Because Colorado is normally a fairly dry place, we decided early in the NARAM planning process that we needed to have the local fire dept involved with the launch. They will have both a fire truck and a brush truck on site, which should be adequate for all but the worst of conditions. If NARAM had been scheduled for this week, the launch would have been a go, even before the rain. If conditions do get worse, the fire dept has the final say of course, but we are optimistic the launch will proceed as planned.
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	Chad Ring	Jun-28-00, 02:25 PM (MDT)
	2. "RE: CO. Fires"
	>We are also concerned about the >dry conditions we've had this >spring. The good news >it that it looks like >we will get some moisture >this week. It's rained >the last couple of days >and more is predicted. >It's very welcome indeed. > >Because Colorado is normally a fairly >dry place, we decided early >in the NARAM planning process >that we needed to have >the local fire dept involved >with the launch. They >will have both a fire >truck and a brush truck >on site, which should be >adequate for all but the >worst of conditions. If >NARAM had been scheduled for >this week, the launch would >have been a go, even >before the rain. If >conditions do get worse, the >fire dept has the final >say of course, but we >are optimistic the launch will >proceed as planned. So when was the fire ban lifted. I am guessing if NARAM had been scheduled the week before you say, it would have been canceled, correct? chad
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	mjames	Jun-29-00, 02:16 PM (MDT)
	3. "RE: CO. Fires"
	>So when was the fire ban lifted. I am guessing if >NARAM had been scheduled the week before you >say, it would have been canceled, correct? Short answer: The fire bans are still in effect, but the conditions have not been bad enough at the site during the ban to cancel the launch, assuming the fire fighting gear was on-site as we've planned. Longer explanation: The fire ban(s) are not statewide. It is up to the local authority, city, county, etc. In Colorado Springs at least, both county and city restrictions are still in effect, but you can work with the local authority. For example, my local club held a build session and launch last week for a group of 40 C.A.P cadets. We asked for permission to hold the launch, a fire inspector came out to the site and laid out some common sense rules, gave us a permit and we had a launch. We had voluntarily canceled our club launch the weekend before, but the C.A.P. event was important enough for us to make the extra effort. For NARAM, because we have been working with the local fire depts and plan to have their fire fighting equipment on the range, we expect to have the launch as scheduled. Mark
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