County to hand off Kinky Creek Fire command to Idaho incident team

Teton County commissioners will vote June 25 on a delegation of authority that would transfer tactical command for any non-federal lands impacted by the Kinky Creek Wildfire to an incoming Idaho Type 3 Incident Management Team (IMT), creating a unified command structure with Jackson Hole Fire/EMS, according to a staff report.

The fire was discovered June 23 in the Gros Ventre Wilderness on the Bridger-Teton National Forest and has grown to about 350 acres, with the incident potentially threatening adjacent private property in areas such as Darwin Ranch. The report says there is no immediate fiscal impact, but the county may later choose a cost-share agreement for protection on private land, with some eligible costs potentially offset through the Wyoming Emergency Fire Suppression Account (EFSA) agenda.