Anyone seeing smoke south of Buffalo Peaks?

Tried calling USFS South Platte Ranger District but only got a recording.

Anyone seeing smoke south of Buffalo Peaks, maybe by Cheeseman Reservoir?

Don't see anything on Inciweb either.

Try calling 911. That's how you typically report sightings of smoke no matter who's land it is on.

Thanks RR but since the parties observing have more experience it may be water dogs or something else. So far they haven't pinpointed the fire district and contacting Parkco which is where the call would go to when it isn't in their district may not help.

I did finally talk to USFS South Platte Ranger District and they have nothing going on.

Just wondering if anyone with a better position can tell if it is smoke, lat and long, and possibly the fire district? It looks like it is outside of North Fork Fire but who knows.

If you call 911, Evergreen dispatch will try to pinpoint the district from the description of the possible location, and send out a fire district. If that district can see the smoke, they can take lat and long measurements and get a better location and from that point dispatch will decide if they need to call another district.

All the district work with mutual aid agreements. A district will not refuse to investigate just because they "think" it's not in their district.

Dispatch, the districts and the individual fire stations know how to handle this. In situations like this, you report it to 911 and let the professionals narrow down the location.

The folks in the "better position" are 911 and all the resources that they have at their disposal.

Thanks RR, under normal circumstances and closer to home that would be done. Believe me, they have experience at this. Because of the distance it is out of Jeffco so Evergreen Dispatch would be of little help as it isn't in any of their districts and we wouldn't get Evergreen Dispatch as the call would have originated in ParkCO. It is because of the long distance that this requires a different approach and hopefully someone else had a visual with a better opportunity for lat and long.

Reverend Revelant wrote: If you call 911, Evergreen dispatch will try to pinpoint the district from the description of the possible location, and send out a fire district. If that district can see the smoke, they can take lat and long measurements and get a better location and from that point dispatch will decide if they need to call another district.

All the district work with mutual aid agreements. A district will not refuse to investigate just because they "think" it's not in their district.

Dispatch, the districts and the individual fire stations know how to handle this. In situations like this, you report it to 911 and let the professionals narrow down the location.

The folks in the "better position" are 911 and all the resources that they have at their disposal.

Ok. I don't know which fire district covers Buffulo Peaks, but just for your information, Evergreen now dispatches for North Fork Fire and Platte Canyon Fire Districts. Looking at the map, I would wonder if that's North-West Fire Protection District.

Either way, any way, 911 calls usually will get you to the proper dispatcher. And ALL the dispatchers are capable of locating the proper districts and relay the call to the proper dispatcher.

Like I said before, that's why they are there. It's best to call 911 first no matter where you are. Then you can call other agencies if you feel there is a need.

Thanks RR. I read you. In normal circumstances that is what would be done. More than likely Platte Canyon would respond as that is where a phone call would originate. And they would then get a long and lat and try to determine f.d. However since there are often frequent smoke sightings from the local wood products place that can pop up in front of the peaks or even behind or it could be water dogs from the streams in the area, PCFD would be spending a huge amount of time observing the smoke and for some reason after the under chief or whatever his title is, has to their face told the reporting parties thanks for calling the fire department, he has been caught on video laughing at them with his other volunteers before leaving the area. So for some he has not endeared himself to others in the community. Some have decided never to contact PCFD but that is another issue and not mine.

Had it been closer I or someone else would have called it in. So it isn't a question of whether to contact 911 or not, the question that was originally asked is if anyone else was seeing smoke and perhaps they could get a better lat and long.

Thanks for your interest.