All Burning Permits have been cancelled. Debris burning has been shut down indefinitely. No new permits will be issued. Thank you for your cooperation.

Wildland Fire season, unfortunately, is upon us. Arizona and the White Mountain Area has had several small and three large fires. It only takes one careless person to destroy our forest and homes. You are invited to look at a web site that the fire departments all over Arizona and the southwest use on a regular basis for fire information,  http://gacc.nifc.gov/swcc

Wildland Fire Report: Two major fires burning in New Mexico, Trigo and South Tularosa. Trigo Fire is eleven miles east of Belen, NM, 13,709 acres burned, 75% contained, 667 persons on the fire, 18 crews 26 engines, 5 helicopters and 89 structures lost at this time. South Tularosa Fire is four miles southeast of Mescalero, NM, 3,860 acres burned, 80% contained, 321 persons on the fire, 2 crews, 15 engines, 1 helicopters and 0 structures lost.

NFPA report: Home cooking fires are still # the 1 cause for home fires. Get the report at http://www.nfpa.org Also look for the quick links section on the left hand side of this page for a wealth of information under "Fact sheet and safety tips".

http://593info.org is the place for information on Southern Navajo and Apache counties Joint Information Center. All you have to do simply dial 593 from your Frontier land line or *593 from any Cellular One phone of NE Arizona or 928-333-3412 or go to the web site above.

Always remember SMOKE DETECTORS SAVE LIVES!!! Have you changed the batteries in your smoke detector lately? If you need help with changing batteries feel free to call your local fire department. They would be glad to help, it's better than the alternative.

Sweeping the country is the new hands-only CPR. To learn more on this subject, go to: http://www.americanheart.org or cdc.gov . Be sure to type in the subject you are looking for in the search box, or look in the left column for a subject and click on the appropriate subject.

For road information on just about all Arizona highways and roads dial 511 from any land line, and most cell phones, and follow the prompts. For web information go to http:// www.az511.com . Thank you.