September 9, 2024 Update: The First Thunder Fire is now 100% contained. We would like to thank all of our cooperators including South Dakota Wildland Fire, Rapid City Pennington County Emergency Management, Pennington County Sheriff's Office and all of the Volunteer Fire Departments and other fire crews who helped keep the public informed and helped get this fire contained.
We would also like to thank the residents of Pennington County for being so supportive to our firefighters with your generous donations of food and water. And your cooperation with us during this incident.
This is the last post for the First Thunder Fire.
September 6, 2024 News Release
First Thunder Fire Updates
NOTE: This is the final news release
for the First Thunder Fire
Location: 3 miles southwest of Rapid City,
SD
Fire
Information: 605-923-8868
Start
Date: 9/2/2024
Cause: Under Investigation
Size: 157 acres
Containment:
85%
September 6, 2024 – The Type 3 Incident Management team managing the First Thunder Fire will transition to the local unit led by a Type 4 Incident Commander, today, Friday September 6, 2024. Crews were able to get a good handle on the First Thunder Fire and is now 85% contained.
Firefighters and dozers continue to rehabilitate fire lines around the perimeter created during suppression operations. Other remaining resources continue to mop up smokes and patrol. In addition, crews will focus on returning roads to pre-fire conditions. Smoke may be visible for the next several days due to unburned fuel within the control lines.
The Type 3 Incident Management Team
would like to thank all the agencies who assisted including; the Forest Service,
South Dakota Wildland Fire, and Volunteer Fire Departments.
Note: This will be the
last First Thunder fire update unless something significant happens. The
information phone line will remain open.
Special Prevention Message: Stage I Fire Restrictions are in place on the Black Hills National Forest for both SD and WY. Fireworks are always prohibited on public lands. For complete information on Stage I Fire Restrictions, please visit: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/blackhills/fire/?cid=fseprd1040075.
Public
safety information can be found at www.facebook.com/PennCoSheriff.
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