Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) volunteers in New Mexico USA had responded to the Dog Head fire affecting a wide area and causing activations.

ARES is sup­port­ing Emer­gency Oper­a­tions Cen­tres as well as pro­vid­ing emer­gency com­mu­ni­ca­tions for the evac­u­a­tion centres. 

Like­ly to meet all ARES com­mu­ni­ca­tion needs are two voice repeaters locat­ed away from the fire. 

The blaze had engulfed two dozen homes and also oth­er struc­tures. Fire­fight­ers aggres­sive­ly extin­guished hot spots from the ground and air, allow­ing a flank to be con­tained, but still had work to do. 

— Jim Lin­ton VK3PC, Chair­man IARU Region 3 Dis­as­ter Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Committee