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Values at risk in this incident include areas of cultural significance, the communities of Rainbow City and Navajo Mountain to the south and east, and the communications towers on top of Navajo Mountain. Firefighting personnel are divided into two groups. Tower Group is focusing on scouting and identifying work to be done on the mountain nearest the fire while Structure Group is establishing defensible space around values once they’ve been identified. Direct attack on the fire is not being undertaken due to potential damage to the land and risks to firefighters posed by extreme terrain, difficult roads, high winds, challenging communications, and lengthy extraction times should injury occur. Some aspects of the situation are working in favor of suppression efforts including large rocky areas and former burn scars slowing the fire’s progress. The probability of successful defense of the values at risk is high.