Please join us this evening to hear Elliott Herrera tell us about the Albuquerque Interagency Dispatch Center.

TITLE OF PROGRAM – “Albuquerque Interagency Dispatch Center”

BRIEF ABSTRACT OF PRESENTATION – 

Albuquerque Interagency Dispatch Center is the primary dispatch center for all wildland fire within the Albuquerque Zone. The dispatch center covers roughly 14.5 million acres which stretches from the Cibola National Grasslands in Oklahoma to the Arizona border. Some of the responsibilities of the center aside from wildfire are: mobilization of resources both locally and nationally for wildfire efforts, monitor weather and daily observations, mobilize and track all fire aviation.

BRIEF BIO – 

Elliott Herrera has been working in Wildfire since 2013, starting out on Hotshot Crews before moving into dispatch. He has been the Albuquerque Interagency Dispatch Center Manager for 2 seasons. Prior to wildland fire, he was in the Navy for 8 years. His hobbies include fly fishing, painting, drawing and tying flies.

ZOOM SPECIFICS – 

Topic: FOSM Membership Meeting
Time: Aug 2, 2022 07:00 PM Mountain Time


Meeting ID: 907 527 5815
Passcode: 722104

Dial-in (Not toll-free): 346-248-7799

PLEASE PLAN TO JOIN IN A FEW MINUTES BEFORE 7 PM!

NOTES — 

This announcement also can be found at https://friendsofthesandias.org. 

Please use the link on the website if you experience difficulties joining this meeting (as happened in May).

Presentations from the April, May, and July meetings as well as the video recording of the June meeting are available at https://friendsofthesandias.org/current-events/.