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Dodge Springs Fire

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Unit Information

Ely District 
HC 33 Box 33500 Ely NV 89301-9408 Nevada 
Ely, 
Nevada 
89301 
Ely District 
HC 33 Box 33500 Ely NV 89301-9408 Nevada 
Ely, 
Nevada 
89301 

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Repair Work2
The heavy equipment boss (left) and the resource advisor (right) keep an eye out July 29, 2022, while the excavator operator works on rehabilitating the dozer line. The line was put in as a fuel break, and restoring it helps protect the area from erosion
The heavy equipment boss (left) and the resource advisor (right) keep an eye out July 29, 2022, while the excavator operator works on rehabilitating the dozer line. The line was put in as a fuel break, and restoring it helps protect the area from erosion
Repair Work2

The heavy equipment boss (left) and the resource advisor (right) keep an eye out July 29, 2022, while the excavator operator works on rehabilitating the dozer line.

Repair work
An excavator works to rehab dozer line July 29, 2022. The line was put in to stop the Dodge Springs Fire from growing and rehabbing will help prevent erosion and help promote the health of the landscape. Photo by Jess D. Harvey/USDA Forest Service
An excavator works to rehab dozer line July 29, 2022. The line was put in to stop the Dodge Springs Fire from growing and rehabbing will help prevent erosion and help promote the health of the landscape. Photo by Jess D. Harvey/USDA Forest Service
Repair work

An excavator works to rehab dozer line July 29, 2022. The line was put in to stop the Dodge Springs Fire from growing and rehabbing will help prevent erosion and help promote the health of the landscape. Photo by Jess D. Harvey/USDA Forest Service

Virga in the distance
Virga in the distance

Firefighters listen during the morning meeting on the Dodge Springs Fire while virga falls over the mountains to the south. Photo by Andy Lyon, PIO, GBT6

Camp Sunrise
Clouds backlit by the rising sun are shown with people and equipment at a remote fire camp visible in the foreground.
Clouds backlit by the rising sun are shown with people and equipment at a remote fire camp visible in the foreground.
Camp Sunrise

Nature puts on a brilliant show at the Dodge Springs Fire camp near Motoqua, Utah. Photo by PIO Andy Lyon, GBT6

Cold trailing wildland fire crews
Cold trailing wildland fire crews
Morning Ops Brief 7/25
Wildland firefighters listen to the Dodge Creek Fire morning operations briefing July 25, 2022.
Wildland firefighters listen to the Dodge Creek Fire morning operations briefing July 25, 2022.
Morning Ops Brief 7/25

Wildland firefighters listen to the Dodge Creek Fire morning operations briefing July 25, 2022. Photo by Jess D. Harvey / USDA Forest Service

Cold trailing wildland fire crews
Cold trailing wildland fire crews
Morning Ops Brief 7/25
Wildland firefighters listen to the Dodge Creek Fire morning operations briefing July 25, 2022.
Wildland firefighters listen to the Dodge Creek Fire morning operations briefing July 25, 2022.
Morning Ops Brief 7/25

Wildland firefighters listen to the Dodge Creek Fire morning operations briefing July 25, 2022. Photo by Jess D. Harvey / USDA Forest Service

Mop-up and cold trailing
Wildland firefighters perform mop up and cold trailing. Cold trailing involves carefully inspecting and feeling with bare hands to detect any fire, digging out and extinguishing every hot spot, and even building new fireline around any live edges.
Wildland firefighters perform mop up and cold trailing. Cold trailing involves carefully inspecting and feeling with bare hands to detect any fire, digging out and extinguishing every hot spot, and even building new fireline around any live edges.
Mop-up and cold trailing
Morning Ops Brief 7/25
Wildland firefighters listen to the Dodge Creek Fire morning operations briefing July 25, 2022.
Wildland firefighters listen to the Dodge Creek Fire morning operations briefing July 25, 2022.
Morning Ops Brief 7/25

Wildland firefighters listen to the Dodge Creek Fire morning operations briefing July 25, 2022. Photo by Jess D. Harvey / USDA Forest Service

Mop-up and cold trailing
Wildland firefighters perform mop up and cold trailing. Cold trailing involves carefully inspecting and feeling with bare hands to detect any fire, digging out and extinguishing every hot spot, and even building new fireline around any live edges.
Wildland firefighters perform mop up and cold trailing. Cold trailing involves carefully inspecting and feeling with bare hands to detect any fire, digging out and extinguishing every hot spot, and even building new fireline around any live edges.
Mop-up and cold trailing
Morning Ops Brief 7/25
Wildland firefighters listen to the Dodge Creek Fire morning operations briefing July 25, 2022.
Wildland firefighters listen to the Dodge Creek Fire morning operations briefing July 25, 2022.
Morning Ops Brief 7/25

Wildland firefighters listen to the Dodge Creek Fire morning operations briefing July 25, 2022. Photo by Jess D. Harvey / USDA Forest Service

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