FACT SHEET Rock Creek Fire Beartooth Ranger District September 2, 2013 7:00 a.m. Information Officers: Katie Knotek, Tom Rhode, Claire Pitner transferring to Jeff Gildehaus Fire Information Line: (406) 446-1041 transferring to (406) 446-4584 on September 3 Office hours: 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. transferring 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Email: rockcreekfire2013@gmail.com transferring to jgildehaus@fs.fed.us Incident: The Rock Creek Fire started on August 20, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. of unknown origin and is under investigation. Location: 5 miles southwest of Red Lodge, MT along U.S. Highway 212. Agency Jurisdiction: USDA Forest Service, Custer and Gallatin National Forest Cooperating Agencies: Red Lodge Fire Rescue, Carbon County Sheriff’s Office, Carbon County DES. Incident Management: Management of the Rock Creek Fire will transition from Shawn Pearson’s Type II Northern Rockies Incident Management Team to a local Type III Team on Tuesday morning, September 3, at 6:00 a.m. Current...
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