Lower North Fork Fire Residents ask: Why no state help?

deltamrey wrote: SC----excellent post.......NOW, there are a number of automated systems now available to detect early a fire......bet few are used here.....no conspiracy but the firefighters thrive on the fires.....they have resisted new tech for decades with little reason.....Satellites can read a soup can and with IR sensors pick up body heat in a back yard.....simple stuff.....but I bet not inbtegrated into a detect/evaluation IT system here in CO.....maybe I am wrong. The firefighting establishment is mired in archaic approaches......I root for the recall Evergreen seeing a few engineers are making a run on the current people....

The voting booth is the solution across the board.

Airborne imaging technology developed at NASA and transferred to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service (USFS) in 2012 is being tested to prepare for this year's wildfire season in the western United States.

The Autonomous Modular Sensor (AMS) is a scanning spectrometer designed to help detect hot-spots, active fires, and smoldering and post-fire conditions. Scientists at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., and USFS engineers installed it on a Cessna Citation aircraft that belongs to the Forest Service. The USFS plans to use it in operational fire imaging and measurement.

DENVER - Lower North Fork wildfire victims are seeking restitution nearly two years later. The State Claims Board heard claims from five different Lower North Fork Fire cases, including [Kristen] Moeller and [Dave] Cottrell.

Moeller said the state offered a settlement that was below what they asked for, "Doesn't cover all of our losses, but it's enough for us to move on."

They accepted the settlement, but Moeller, Cottrell and other Lower North Fork fire claimants will have to wait for legislative approval and funding before they can receive payment.

There are still unresolved claims from other victims of the Lower North Fork wildfire that have not been settled.

"I think it's important that people know we're not done yet," said Moeller.

ScienceChic wrote: The residents of Kuehster Road have put together a website, created a Facebook Page, a Twitter account, collected their stories on one blog, and saved all of the news videos about it onto a YouTube account in an effort to continue their battle with the state to get the support they deserve. The victims of the Waldo Fire received FEMA support, and are getting special subsidized 1.9% loans...the victims of the LNFF - nothing but stalling, bureaucracy, and hopes that they will wear out and go away.

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