#WallowFire SITREP Morning Cooperators Meeting Eagar AZ 06/12/110800-0835 Hrs. AZ time

#WallowFire SITREP Morning Cooperators Meeting Eagar AZ 06/12/110800-0835 Hrs. AZ time

• The Fire crews had an excellent day yesterday.
• The late winds yesterday actually helped because they blew the smoke out for operations and pushed the line back in.
• They burned on dozer and hand line in the Greer area to get rid of fuel and strengthen their defensive operations.
• The VLAT (Very Large Air Tanker) was able to make 2 runs yesterday in the Greer area.
• There is still a full compliment of personnel in the Greer and South Fork areas doing clean up and defense work.
• Today’s winds will be a big test and will be watched closely on all areas of the fire.
• Eagar and along the highway going to Nurtioso is secured and holding.
• They will start Suppression Rehabilitation along the Eagar line tomorrow.
• In Nutrioso they finished the last of the burnout last night and are doing mop-up operations for defense.
• The long burn piece going into Luna NM was stopped at JJ then brought south to Hwy. 180.
• The portion surrounding TalWiWi AZ had some fire making some runs into the interior so they did aerial ignitions last night that are completed and the area is currently holding.
• They were able to run the large helicopter buckets along the dozer lines of the AZ/NM border all day yesterday to strengthen that line.
• Eagar Police Chief Mike Hogan stressed that the re-entry into the Round Valley will be with one instantaneous notice of 1-2 hours warning.  This way the evacuees around various parts of the state will be returning at random times, avoiding waiting lines and congestion coming into town.  He also stressed that everyone returning take it easy so that we don’t have accidents to deal with on top of the re-entry.  There has been no order to rescind the evacuation yet - the determination for re-entry will be largely determined by the winds the next couple of days and the amount of fuel at the fire lines.
• Utilities will be going into Nutrioso and Alpine today to start their survey’s of damage to the Electrical and Phone system, get repairs planned, etc.
• There will be two public meetings today
•     The Evacuation Center at 1000 hrs.
•     The Pinetop High School at 1800 hrs.