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Collection of Historical Photographs, Bar Harbor Fire

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Before and after pictures of Dolliver's Dump on the Bar Harbor Fire

Before and after pictures of Dolliver's Dump on the Bar Harbor Fire.

Four photos show the severe wind damage of uprooted trees and the tremendous regeneration of growth after one growing season.

Photos showing the severe wind damage of uprooted trees and the tremendous regeneration of growth after one growing season.

 
Before and after photos of the Bar Harbor Fire. The third picture shows vegitation growth 36 years later.

Northwest from Cadillac Mountain road, before and after photos of the Bar Harbor Fire showing clean up and regeneration of burned areas.

Photos from the foot of Jordan Pond showing Bubble Mountain seen from the Bar Harbor Fire. NPS crews cleaned up the burn area in second photo. The third photo shows regeneration of vegetation 36 years later.

Photos from the foot of Jordan Pond showing before and after photos of the Bar Harbor Fire showing clean up and regeneration of burned areas.

 
Before and after photos Southwest to Sargent Mountain, south of the ridge, from summit of the south Bubble Mountain. Third photo shows the regrowth of vegetation 36 years later.

Before and after photos southwest to Sargent Mountain, south of the ridge, from the summit of the South Bubble Mountain.

Before and after photos north to Eagle Lake from summit of North Bubble Mountain. Third photos shows the regrowth of birch and poplar stands 36 years later.

Before and after photos north to Eagle Lake from summit of North Bubble Mountain.

 
Before and after photos from saddle between North and South Bubble Mountain. Third photo shows the clean up of burned timber waiting to be logged.

Before and after photos from the saddle between North and South Bubble Mountain.

View of Bar Harbor from Cadillac Mountain summit parking lot showing burned forest in the background. Second photo is 36 years later showing regrowth of pitch pine, but the trees and shrubs show some stunted growth.

View of Bar Harbor from Cadillac Mountain summit parking lot.

 
Two photos show the before and after of a stand of birch and aspen. 36 years after their is still evidence of stumps and cut logs left from clean up operations on the Bar Harbor Fire.

Before and after photos of a stand of birch and aspen on the Bar Harbor Fire.

Aerial news photo of the Bar Harbor Fire town dock used as a refuge at the peak of the fire's intensity.

Aerial news photo of the Bar Harbor town dock used as a refuge at the peak of the fire's intensity.

 
Newpaper photo of volunteer firefighters resting at Red Cross canteen on the villiage green at Bar Harbor.

Newspaper photo of volunteer firefighters resting at Red Cross canteen.

Newspaper photos of a farmhouse burning and the skelton remains after during the Bar Harbor Fire.

Newspaper photos of a farmhouse burning and the skeletal remains after.

 
Six photos of the skeltal remains of burned out homes on the Bar Harbor Fire.

Six photos of the skeletal remains of burned-out homes.

Burned remains of a home after the Bar Harbor Fire, only the chimminey remains standing.

Burned remains of a home after the Bar Harbor Fire.

 
Newspaper photo of an entire neighborhood burned to the ground by fire during the Bar Harbor Fire.

A newspaper photo of an entire neighborhood burned to the ground by fire.

Group of men holding hose lines combating fire during the Bar Harbor Fire.

Group of men holding hose lines combating the fire.

 

NWCG Latest Announcements

NWCG Equipment Technology Committee Releases Safety Warning: 25-001 Non-specification fire shelters

Date: January 15, 2025
Contact: Equipment Technology Committee

The Equipment Technology Committee (ETC) has released Safety Warning: 25-001 Non-specification fire shelters. Non-specification fire shelters claiming to meet Forest Service (FS) fire shelter specification 5100-606 were first found in February of 2023. As of September 2024, non-specification shelters are again being advertised and sold on the open market.

This Safety Warning outlines details and recommended procedures to purchase FS specification shelters made with materials and components that meet performance criteria and toxicity testing requirements outlined in FS Specification 5100-606. 

For additional information on identifying non-specification shelters, please view ETC Safety Warning 23-01.

References:

ETC Safety Warning 25-001: Non-specification fire shelters

NWCG Equipment Technology Committee

ETC Safety Warning 23-01

Paul Gleason Lead by Example Awards

Date: January 14, 2025
Contact: Leadership Committee

The NWCG Leadership Committee has awarded the 2023 Paul Gleason “Lead By Example” awards to individuals in the categories of Initiative and Innovation, Mentoring and Teamwork, and Motivation and Vision, as well as a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Congratulations to the awardees:

  • Sam Bowen, Superintendent of the Mark Twain Veteran Crew with the U.S. Forest Service.
  • Greg Titus, Zone Fire Management Officer for the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
  • Renae Crippen, Manager of the Blue Mountain Interagency Dispatch Center with the U.S. Forest Service.
  • Eric Carlson, Instructor with OMNA International.

References:

Paul Gleason Lead by Example Award

Wildland Fire Leadership Development Program

Interview with Paul Gleason

Updated NWCG Standards for Water Scooping Operations, PMS 518

Date: December 19, 2024
Contact: Water Scooper Operations Unit

The NWCG Standards for Water Scooping Operations, PMS 518 establishes the standards for dispatching, utilizing, and coordinating water scooping aircraft on interagency wildland fires. These standards should be used in conjunction with the NWCG Standards for Aerial Supervision (SAS), PMS 505, and any local, state, or geographic/regional water scooping plans.

References:

NWCG Standards for Water Scooping Operations, PMS 518

Updated NWCG Standards for Aerial Supervision, PMS 505

Date: December 19, 2024
Contact: Interagency Aerial Supervision Subcommittee

The Interagency Aerial Supervision Subcommittee has updated the NWCG Standards for Aerial Supervision, PMS 505. PMS 505 establishes standards for aerial supervision operations for national interagency wildland fire operations. 

References:

NWCG Standards for Aerial Supervision, PMS 505