Frisco Fire Deploys Three Personnel to Texas A&M Forest Service in Childress

The Frisco Fire Department is deploying an engine and three personnel to the Texas A&M Forest Service in Childress to assist with two large fires raging in the Texas Panhandle.

The department announced the development in a Wednesday afternoon social media post. "Engine 3-31 is being deployed with three of our personnel and one firefighter from Allen Fire Department," the post reads.

According to the post, the personnel is reporting to the Texas A&M Forest Service in Childress to assist with two large fires working in the Texas Panhandle.

The personnel will be assisting with the Yellow Fire and the Cabin Creek Fire.

According to the forest service incident viewer, the Yellow Fire in Moore County is approximately 14,208 acres and at 55% containment. The Cabin Creek Fire in Gray County is currently contained at 6,949 acres.

The forest service said it received three requests for assistance on wildfires burning 8,974 acres on Tuesday.

The Texas A&M Forest Service Predictive Services released fire potential notes for March 9-13. It predicts further widespread improvement to the fire environment will occur this week as additional rainfall and increased surface moisture will limit fire potential across the eastern half of the state.

"While areas of exposure are becoming confined due to recent rainfall and improving herbaceous greenness, an underlying potential for high impact fires across west Texas, particularly in the High Plains, will remain for several weeks until green grasses are confirmed on the landscape," the notes state.

On Thursday, the presentation states that pockets of critical fire weather are possible across the High Plains as dry return flow aligns with areas of dry surface fuels. Forecast minimum relative humidities near 20% should maintain low to moderate initial attack fire potential.

Over the weekend, conditions should shift to a warm and dry pattern across the state. However, the current lack of strong fire weather triggers and improved fuel moistures should keep significant fire potential low.