Sunday, February 27, 2011

Texas Wildfires Information

These are the first resources I can find for the wildfires in the Palisades, TX area Feb 27 2011. Please post comments with more resources if you have them. Note that the #txfire, #amafire and #wildfire tags are being used on Twitter.

National Weather Service 6.15pm update

MyHighPlains.com - including evacuation instructions
Live video feed from ChaserTV
Impact map from National Weather Service
Amarillo Office of Emergency Management
Twitter search for #txfire OR #amafire OR #wildfire
Live Audio Scanner Feed for Lubbock County
Live Audio Scanner Feed for Potter & Randall County Fire, Sheriff, and Amarillo PD/FD
Google News search for Texas Wildfire
CBS7 Wildfire Status Page
KWES NewsWest9
KWTX News
INCIWEB - this fire is not there yet, but when it is it will have updates and links to other resources
Satellite images of Amarillo wildfire
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10 comments:

  1. GaryFebruary 27, 2011 at 2:45 PM

    Here's a link for live audio for Potter & Randall County Fire, Sheriff, and Amarillo PD/FD, covering large wildfire with numerous structures lost in Lake Tanglewood area just south of Amarillo: http://bit.ly/f4DUGf

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  2. David WFebruary 27, 2011 at 2:46 PM

    Thanks Gary!

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  3. GaryFebruary 27, 2011 at 2:53 PM

    Current wildfire status from Texas Forest Service: http://txforestservice.tamu.edu/main/article.aspx?id=12888

    Texas Forest Service Situation Report: http://ticc.tamu.edu/Documents/Home/tx_sitrep.pdf

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  4. GaryFebruary 27, 2011 at 3:00 PM

    Office of Emergency Management for Potter County, Randall County, City of Amarillo: http://oem.amarillo.gov/ (No current information on these active fires as of when I typed this, but they're kind of busy at the moment...)

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  5. GaryFebruary 27, 2011 at 4:29 PM

    #amafire is being used for the Motley County (AKA Matador) Fire and others in the Amarillo area.

    Thanks for setting this up, David!

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  6. David WFebruary 27, 2011 at 4:51 PM

    Thanks Gary for the tips, updated page accordingly

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 27, 2011 at 5:44 PM

    This is where the Texas Forest Service procures their two way radios, 49er Communications: http://49ercommunications.com/store/radios-by-manufacturer-bk-radio-c-80_85.html

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  8. GaryFebruary 27, 2011 at 8:28 PM

    For the record, the #amafire tag is for fires in the Amarillo Complex area like Palisades. The Motley County fire I mentioned in my earlier comment is further north in the Lubbock area. Nothing to change on the page, just wanted to correct my own comment error. Sorry.

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  9. GaryFebruary 27, 2011 at 8:56 PM

    Texas Forest Service "Common Operating Picture" http://tfsfrp.tamu.edu/Earth/Layers/TexasCOP.kmz
    This is a Google Earth layer file, requires local installation of Google Earth

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  10. GaryFebruary 28, 2011 at 6:16 AM

    Fire planning and mapping tools: http://wildfire.cr.usgs.gov/fireplanning/

    NOAA Satellite based fire detection system: http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm

    NWS Fire Weather Outlooks: So. Texas critical today http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/fire_wx/

    Texas Interagency Coordination Center: http://ticc.tamu.edu/

    NWS Fire Weather Office Boise http://radar.srh.noaa.gov/fire/ #txfire

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