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Hermits Peak Fire

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Unit Information

Santa Fe National Forest 
New Mexico 
Santa Fe, 
New Mexico 
87508 
Santa Fe National Forest 
New Mexico 
Santa Fe, 
New Mexico 
87508 

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IA on Rev X Fire June 12
4 firefighters walk across burned, black ground with vegetation and a red engine truck in the background. 2 firefighters are carrying chainsaws.
4 firefighters walk across burned, black ground with vegetation and a red engine truck in the background. 2 firefighters are carrying chainsaws.
IA on Rev X Fire June 12

Firefighters carrying chainsaws move through the burned area to locate and removing any burning vegetation.

Dozer line repair June 13
Yellow piece of heavy equipment working to move vegetation over a dozer line created during suppression efforts. cloudy blue sky
Yellow piece of heavy equipment working to move vegetation over a dozer line created during suppression efforts. cloudy blue sky
Dozer line repair June 13

Excavator working on repair of dozer line

Before & after of dozer line repair June 13
Before and after comparison. Left is before with dozer line looking like a dirt road along ridge top with vegetation on both sides. After shows many logs covering the dirt path made by the dozer. Blue sky in background.
Before and after comparison. Left is before with dozer line looking like a dirt road along ridge top with vegetation on both sides. After shows many logs covering the dirt path made by the dozer. Blue sky in background.
Before & after of dozer line repair June 13

Before and after of an excavator repairing dozer line. Logs and woody debris covering dozer line to reduce erosion impacts and prevent people driving on it for further damage.

Excavator in Mineral Hills June 11
Rocky, dirt covered ground with red, heavy equipment called an excavator working in the background. Burned, black trees with brown pine needles fill the background against a blue sky.
Rocky, dirt covered ground with red, heavy equipment called an excavator working in the background. Burned, black trees with brown pine needles fill the background against a blue sky.
Excavator in Mineral Hills June 11

Excavator working to repair dozer line constructed during fire suppression efforts

Interior Smoke from San Geronimo June 11
Dry, grass field with dispersed green trees. Blue sky with scattered clouds. Mountain range in the distance has trees covering the slope with white smoke rising from a couple places on slope side.
Dry, grass field with dispersed green trees. Blue sky with scattered clouds. Mountain range in the distance has trees covering the slope with white smoke rising from a couple places on slope side.
Interior Smoke from San Geronimo June 11

Smoke rising form the interior of the fire as seen from San Geronimo

Excavator working on suppression repair June 11
Piece of Yellow, heavy equipment called an excavator working to drag burned trees over dozer line. Slope has many standing, burned trees across the landscape.
Piece of Yellow, heavy equipment called an excavator working to drag burned trees over dozer line. Slope has many standing, burned trees across the landscape.
Excavator working on suppression repair June 11

Excavator working on suppression repair for a dozer line. Photo credit to Daniel R Patterson (READ)

Fence wire in burned tree June 11
Black, burned tree with blackened metal wire running through tree and on to another burned tree to serve as fencing. Background is numerous completely burned trees.
Black, burned tree with blackened metal wire running through tree and on to another burned tree to serve as fencing. Background is numerous completely burned trees.
Fence wire in burned tree June 11

Burned tree with fence wire running to the next tree

IA on Rev X Fire June 12
3 firefighters in yellow shirts, green pants, and wearing hardhats. One is using a hose to spray water on a stump to cool any remaining heat. One firefigher uses a tool with long handle to scrap ground to stir water into grab and extinguish any heat.
3 firefighters in yellow shirts, green pants, and wearing hardhats. One is using a hose to spray water on a stump to cool any remaining heat. One firefigher uses a tool with long handle to scrap ground to stir water into grab and extinguish any heat.
IA on Rev X Fire June 12

Firefighers use a hose to spray water directly on hotspots for the Rev X Fire. Resources assigned to Initial Attack (IA) responded to this fire on Hwy 518 at mile marker 6.

Dozer Line in Minerall Hills June 11
Dozer line of a wide, scaped path through a grass field with a line of trees in the background.
Dozer line of a wide, scaped path through a grass field with a line of trees in the background.
Dozer Line in Minerall Hills June 11

Dozer line in the Mineral Hills area near Tecolote Creek

Ash pit June 11
Burned ground with a depression. Depression has black and white ash along with pieces of a tree stump in the hole. Bare ground surrounding the ash pit.
Burned ground with a depression. Depression has black and white ash along with pieces of a tree stump in the hole. Bare ground surrounding the ash pit.
Ash pit June 11

Ash pit created from a burned out tree stump.

IA on Rev X Fire June 12
Male firefighter in yellow shirt, green pants, and a hardhat uses a white hose to spray water around the base of a burned tree. Vegetation in the background and other firefighters working in background.
Male firefighter in yellow shirt, green pants, and a hardhat uses a white hose to spray water around the base of a burned tree. Vegetation in the background and other firefighters working in background.
IA on Rev X Fire June 12

A firefigher uses a hose to spray water directly onto flames at the base of a tree for the Rev X Fire. Resources assigned to Initial Attack (IA) responded to this fire on Hwy 518 at mile marker 6.

Excavator Work June 11
Female in yellow shirt, hard hat and green pants stands on constructed dozer line surrounded by black, burned trees. A piece of heavy equipment is working in the background to make repairs.
Female in yellow shirt, hard hat and green pants stands on constructed dozer line surrounded by black, burned trees. A piece of heavy equipment is working in the background to make repairs.
Excavator Work June 11

REAF (Resource Advisor with fire line qualifications) directing excavator operator through forest

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