Stand 3 - East Ridge of Cerro Grande Peak
The modified blackline operation continues down the east flank and completed about 2200 hours. The burn boss walks back to the area of the test fire and discovers that the fire had burned through the blackline and burning southwest into the burn unit faster than anticipated. The decision is made to curtail the fire burning towards the west perimeter (Baca Ranch) by burning out the west flank into the saddle.
At 2300 hours, the ignition crew and holding crew return to the test fire area (via Cerro Grande Peak) to complete this operation while two additional personnel arrive and are assigned to the east flank. Upon successful completion of this operation, the burn boss is becoming concerned about the fatigue levels of his personnel. The hand crew plus six NPS employees hike down to the vehicles to rest. The burn plan calls for the Type II crew to be the holding crew during the night operations and once they are released, the remaining NPS personnel become holding resources for the remainder of the night.
The burn boss leaves the burn to return to the Bandelier office to begin requesting additional resources.
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