HomeMy WebLinkAbout640058.tiffAUTHORIZING CHAIRMAN TO SIGN NOTICE
REGARDING USE OF ROAD MAINTAINERS:
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of County Commissioners, Weld County,
Colorado, that the Chairman be and he is hereby authorized to sign a notice to be
placed in all County Road Maintainers as to usage of said vehicle in the controlling
of prairie fires, a copy of which is attached and made a part of this resolution.
The above and foregoing resolution was, on motion duly made and seconded,
adopted by the following vote:
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THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMM I ONERS
DATED: JANUARY 22, 1964 WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
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NOTICE
The operator of this Road Maintainer is
hereby authorized and directed to use
this vehicle to assist in controlling
prairie fires. The operator should
stay a reasonable distance away from
the fire throwing the furrow towards the fire.
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
H. W. FARR. PRESIDENT
W. D. FARR, VICE PRESIDENT
FARMS
RANCHES
Farr Farms Company
P. O. Boxes 878
GREELEY, COLORADO
December 30, 1963
The Board of County Commissioners
Weld County Court House
Greeley, Colorado
Gentlemen:
SHEEP
CATTLE
Last April 1, we had a very disastrous prairie fire which covered land
owned by Robert Seyfried (The Krause Ranch), Robert McNey (The
Painter Ranch), and ourselves (L. F. Ranch). On Decoration Day,
May 30, we had another fire on our L. F. Ranch. The first fire was
set by the Burlington Railroad; the second fire was set by lightening.
Last week, we had a meeting of the three ranches involved in order to
better prepare our claim against the Burlington Railroad. This rehash-
ing of our fire loss and our problems brought two points up for discussion
that we felt should be passed on to you.
First, we all again want to thank you for the wonderful help that your
equipment and man power gave us in controlling these fires. There is
no other piece of mechanical equipment that will effectively combat a
prairie fire. A road maintainer is the only thing that really does any
good. All other equipment is more or less wasted. So we do thank you
again.
The second point was one that we felt perhaps you should pass on to
your various maintainer operators all over the county. We have been
experiencing a very dry and open winter at the present time. We had
good rainfall late last summer and there is a reasonable amount of
grass growth over a great deal of our county. If it would continue to be
dry, we will have an extreme threat of fire again this year.
Our suggestion is that your maintainer operators be alerted and on
immediately hearing about a fire they should have themselves and their)
machines available. If they were going to be away for a period of time
and there were substitute drivers, it would probably be well if they
were alerted as to these operations. One other suggestion is that
The Board of County Commissioners
December 30, 1963
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perhaps a sign should be put on the inside of each maintainer, telling \
the operator that in of a prairie fire he should get reasonably
close to the fire but not too_close. If he tries to get too close to the
fire, itself, it is likely to envelop his machine and himself, and perhaps it
he will lose the effectiveness and more grass will be destroyed than if
he stayed back a ways.
The second point is that the furrow should be plowed toward the fire.
This fact showed up in both fires very dramatically. It seems that as
the fire approaches the ridge of dirt, the sheet of flame is thrown up
and it goes out, where if the flame comes across and hits the sloping
side of the ridge, instead of the steep side, it follows up and sucks down
and starts the grass on the other side. This is contrary to what any of
us would think and contrary to what most people know. But there is no
question about it being a fact. The three of us feel there should be a
sign in each maintainer reminding them of this fact.
Your
W. D. Farr
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cc: Robert Seyfried
Robert McNey
WELD CO. COMMISSIONERS
OREELEY, COLO.
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