All Probationer’s/Parolees
The Mescalero Probation Department will be close for the 4th of July and Ceremonial Holiday, if your required to call in/check in weekly. Please call into your probation officer on your required call in/check in date. From July 4th through July 8th 2024. The Probation Department will re-open Tuesday, July 9th.
Nena Evans 575-551-1822
Rosynelle Smith 575-921-5123
Anna Scott 575-921-5114
If you still want to help, then we encourage you to donate to fundraisers intended to support recovery efforts for the Village of Ruidoso, Ruidoso Downs, and Alto. Thank you to everyone that donated. Your support means a lot.
Official link of the GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/426794a2
Head Start Enrollment Days July 9th & 10th at the Mescalero Library from 9AM to 3PM
Daily Update, Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Mescalero Apache Tribe Emergency Operations Center: 575-464-9214 (8am-6pm)
Village of Ruidoso and Lincoln County Emergency Operations Center: 575-258-6900 (7am-10pm)
Fire Information Phone:575-323-8378 or 575-323-8258 (8am-8pm)
Media Information Phone: 575-323-8053 (8am-8pm)
Email: 2024.southfork@firenet.gov
Acres: South Fork – 17,569; Salt – 7,939
Start Date: June 17, 2024
Location: South Fork – Ruidoso Area, Salt – 7 mile west of Mescalero, NM
Personnel: 608
Containment: South Fork – 85%; Salt – 84%
Fuels: mixed conifer, grass, pine/juniper
Resources: The South Fork and Salt fires are currently staffed with 13 crews, 1 helicopter, 21 engines,
2 bulldozers, and 6 water tenders.
Highlights: The fire area saw clearer skies on Monday, allowing firefighters to focus their efforts on supporting flood mitigation operations on the South Fork fire. In total, hotshots and support crews filled 18,000 sandbags in support of these efforts. Additionally, structure assessment crews have successfully triaged over 4,000 structures across the fire area.
Fire Activity: The South Fork and Salt fires received consistent isolated and scattered precipitation for several days. Thanks to this moisture, hot spots on the South Fork remain suppressed and will remain quiet until a drying trend occurs. Remaining heat sources on the South Fork fire are located interior of control lines and do not post a threat to the perimeter.
On the Salt Fire, firefighters have observed a few hot spots on the southeast corner. Fire within this area will continue to smolder and produce small amounts of localized smoke. Smoke with not impact nearby roadways and heat sources are unlikely to grow, nor do they pose a threat to containment lines.
Weather: After a calmer weather day on Monday, Tuesday will bring an increase in scattered storm activity. Maintain awareness of changing weather conditions and flash flood warnings.
Closures: A South Fork Fire Emergency Closure Order was issued on June 20, 2024, for national forest lands within the Smokey Bear Ranger District. The identified areas, and roads and trails therein, are closed to public access to allow firefighting personnel to work and through the fire area safely. More information is available at www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/lincoln/alerts-notices/?aid=88199.
The Mescalero Apache Tribe issued a Class V/Stage II – Extreme Fire Restriction Notice on June 28, 2024. More information is available at https://mescaleroapachetribe.com.
A Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) is in place over the fire area. Public/commercial drone flights are also prohibited within this area. If you fly, we may have to ground our air resources. Visit https://tfr.faa.gov/tfr2/list.html for more information.
More information:
Inciweb: https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/nmmea-south-fork-and-salt
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SWIMT5
Smoke Outlook: https://outlooks.wildlandfiresmoke.net/outlook/430b2c05
Lincoln County Government: www.lincolncountynm.gov
Mescalero Apache Tribe: https://mescaleroapachetribe.com
Village of Ruidoso: www.ruidoso-nm.gov/south-fork-fire
The FEMA Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) will be set-up at the Mescalero Apache Schools from 8AM-6PM starting July 3rd.
Sandbags are available to homeowners due to flooding. Call the Tribe’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) for more information 575-464-9214.
For informational purposes only.
Here’s a DIY video of flood barriers provided by Flood Defense Group YouTube channel. The Mescalero Apache Tribe is not held liable for the success or failure in the demonstrations homeowners choose to follow within this video.
For informational purposes only.
Here’s a DIY video of flood barriers provided by Flood Defense Group YouTube channel. The Mescalero Apache Tribe is not held liable for the success or failure in the demonstrations homeowners choose to follow within this video.
