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March 17, 2018

18-033 State Emergency Operations Center remains staffed through the weekend

Since the beginning of the current wildland fire incident that began March 14, the Kansas Division of Emergency Management has tracked over 100 wildland fires in the state. The fires have burned an estimated 16,800 acres, most of it in the South Cent...

March 16, 2018

18-032 Black Hawk helicopters return to the air to battle wildland fire

Four UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and 16 Kansas National Guardsmen are en route to assist with aerial fire suppression for wildfires located in Kiowa County and Rice County. Each helicopter is equipped with a Bambi Bucket that can disperse 660 gallon...

March 16, 2018

18-031 State monitors weather as wildland fires continue to crop up

Fire danger remains high today with red flag warnings for much of Kansas due to high winds and dry weather conditions. ?Strong winds continue to make for a red flag warning today across much of the state generally south of I-70,? said Kris Craven,...

March 15, 2018

18-029 Fire danger remains high in Kansas as state continues response efforts

Fire danger remains high with red flag warnings across much of Kansas due to high winds and dry weather conditions. Currently, the Rice County Fire Complex is the largest active fire. UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and crews from the Kansas Army Nat...

March 15, 2018

18-030 Wildland fire update

Three Kansas Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from the 1^st Battalion, 108^th Aviation have deployed to assist with two active fires north of the Northern Natural Gas Plant in Kiowa County.? One trooper from the Ka...

March 14, 2018

18-027 State continues response to wildland fires in central Kansas

  The Kansas Division of Emergency Management is deploying a Communication On Wheels unit to rural Rice County to facilitate communication between first responders fighting the wildland fires in Rice, Reno and McPherson counties. The FAA has ...

March 14, 2018

18-026 Governor issues disaster declaration for wildland fire

Gov. Jeff Colyer, M.D., has issued a disaster declaration for wildland fires currently burning in Rice County. County officials say they have exhausted all mutual aid resources and requested assistance from the Kansas National Guard with fire suppres...

March 14, 2018

18-025 Armed Forces Appreciation Day is March 22 at the Kansas Statehouse

The men and women who serve our state in the nation?s armed forces will be honored during the annual Armed Forces Appreciation Day Thursday, March 22, at the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka. ?No matter what branch they serve in, these people have one ...

March 13, 2018

18-024 Kansas National Guard to conduct orientation flight March 28

Community leaders from Topeka and the surrounding area will be flying out of Highland Community College, 606 W Main Street, Highland, on Wednesday, March 28, aboard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters flown by the Kansas National Guard?s 1st Battalion, 108t...

March 13, 2018

18-023 635th Regional Support Group will be welcomed home March 15

Soldiers of the 635th Regional Support Group march in to their welcome home ceremony at Forbes Field, Topeka, March 15.......