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Rolling Pines Fire

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Unit Information

Texas A&M Forest Service 
Texas 
College Station, 
Texas 
77845 
Texas A&M Forest Service 
Texas 
College Station, 
Texas 
77845 

Incident Contacts

  • Kari Hines
    Email:
    khines@tfs.tamu.edu
    Phone:
    512-375-0354
  • Alex Bregenzer
    Email:
    alex.bregenzer@tfs.tamu.edu
    Phone:
    512-354-5790

Photographs Gallery

Aerial View of Rolling Pines Fire from January 22
A drone shot of the burned area from the Rolling Pines Fire that shows some burned out fires and allowed others to survive and create a patchwork of different intensities
A drone shot of the burned area from the Rolling Pines Fire that shows some burned out fires and allowed others to survive and create a patchwork of different intensities
Aerial View of Rolling Pines Fire from January 22

When fire burns hot in some sections and not in others it creates a mosaic pattern on the landscape that creates trees of different ages and heights

Defensible Space on Rolling Pines Fire
The fire stopped in a mowed field before impacting an outbuilding and the values around them.
The fire stopped in a mowed field before impacting an outbuilding and the values around them.
Defensible Space on Rolling Pines Fire

Good defensible space around an outbuilding

Defensible Space on Rolling Pines Fire
Trees were limbed up and allowed fire to stop underneath them without burning so the house was not at as much risk.
Trees were limbed up and allowed fire to stop underneath them without burning so the house was not at as much risk.
Defensible Space on Rolling Pines Fire

Limbed up trees around a home

01/19 Fireline Operations - Rolling Pines Fire
Fireline Personnel nearby Texas A&M Forest Service transport vehicles. Background is pine trees.
Fireline Personnel nearby Texas A&M Forest Service transport vehicles. Background is pine trees.
01/19 Fireline Operations - Rolling Pines Fire

Fireline Personnel nearby Texas A&M Forest Service transport vehicles near the fireline

01/19 Burnout Operations - Rolling Pines Fire
Picture shows members of a fireline crew watching a ground fire creep away from a roadway. They are standing in front of wildland fire engines.
Picture shows members of a fireline crew watching a ground fire creep away from a roadway. They are standing in front of wildland fire engines.
01/19 Burnout Operations - Rolling Pines Fire

Fire personnel conducting burnout operations along a roadway

01/19 Aerial Operations - Rolling Pines Fire
Picture shows a helicopter performing bucket drops in the background. Foreground is two pine trees.
Picture shows a helicopter performing bucket drops in the background. Foreground is two pine trees.
01/19 Aerial Operations - Rolling Pines Fire

Helicopter performing bucket drops over the Rolling Pines Fire

Fireline Crew Mopping Up - Rolling Pines Fire
View of fireline personnel patrolling a containment line using UTVS alone a powerline
View of fireline personnel patrolling a containment line using UTVS alone a powerline
Fireline Crew Mopping Up - Rolling Pines Fire

One of the fireline crews patrolling containment line.

Aerial View of the Rolling Pines Fire on 1/18/22
native vegetation on rolling hills in the foreground with a large smoke plume in background
native vegetation on rolling hills in the foreground with a large smoke plume in background
Aerial View of the Rolling Pines Fire on 1/18/22

View from a helicopter of the Rolling Pines from afternoon of January 18, 2022

View of the Rolling Pines Fire on 1/18/22
view of smoke plume drifting over highway with sun visible through smoke
view of smoke plume drifting over highway with sun visible through smoke
View of the Rolling Pines Fire on 1/18/22

Smoke from the Rolling Pines Fire in Bastrop County on January 18, 2022

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