Fire Safety

Current Conditions

Texas Forest Service Fire Danger Level
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Current Fire Weather

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McDonald Resident Fire Safety

June 2008 safety schedule (PDF)

Wildfire Mitigation Plan McDonald Observatory (Word)
Onsite Defensible Space Exhibits
Wildfire Mitigation Work

July 2005 Three Points Fire
1978 Davis Mtn. Fire

Firewise
Resources for Residents


McDonald Contact:

Steve Bramlett
Safety Manager/ McD Fire Marshal

(432)426-4179
bramlett@astro.as.utexas.edu

University Contact:

Garland Waldrop
Assistant Director/Fire Marshal
Environmental Health & Safety

(512) 232-1573
gwaldrop@mail.utexas.edu
http://www.utexas.edu/student/housing/

State Contact:

H. Ross Coleman
Deputy Fire Marshal

(512) 305-7900
henry.coleman@tdi.state.tx.us
www.tdi.state.tx.us




Created:   01-Mar-2004
Last updated: 16-Jul-2008

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