Staff Ride to the Dude Fire

Facilitator Support

Maps

Information Sources

Stand Descriptions

Research and pre-study resources for the Dude Fire Staff Ride:

Local Contact Information

Payson Ranger District
1009 East Highway 260
Payson, Arizona 85541
Phone (928) 474-7900

Audio/Visual references:

• Fatality Fire Case Study video NFES 2566
• Ted Putnam in Walk Moore Canyon video ordering information
• 1999 Dude Fire Staff Ride video ordering information
• Collection of historical photos
• Dude Fire Incident Action Plan for June 26, 1990 (PDF, 348KB)
• Dude Fire Incident Action Plan cover for June 28, 1990 (PDF, 348KB)
• 3D fly-around animation of Dude Fire area (WMV, 4MB)

• Dude Fire Accident Investigation Report (PDF, 4.7MB)
• Dude Fire Information Summary (PDF, 1.2MB)
• Weather and Fire Behavior Factors Related to the Dude Fire (PDF, 140K)
• Dude Fire Chronology prepared by U.S. District Attorney (PDF, 3.3MB)
• Fire Shelter Refresher Training Memo (JPG, 1.3MB)
• Key to Blowup Conditions in the Southwest (Fire Control Notes 1962) (PDF, 1.2MB)
• Looking at "Dude" Deaths (Arizona Republic 1991) (PDF, 108KB)
• LCES and Other Thoughts by Paul Gleason (1991) (PDF, 336KB)
• Dude Fire Still Smoking by Mike Johns (1996) (PDF, 1.6MB)
• Tonto Fire History by Mark Kaib (2001) (DOC 2807K)
• Dude Fire Staff Ride (Fire Management Today 2002) (PDF, 3.1MB)

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