VIDEO: Increased fire restrictions are starting in parts of Arizona. Tonto National Forest is now at stage two restrictions as peak wildfire season inches closer. This year has been dry so far, and firefighters say that could lead to a busy summer. FOX 10’s Nicole Krasean tagged along with Scottsdale Fire Capt. Dave Folio to inspect areas at the highest risk. The roads they took for this inspection are the same roads where you see “extreme fire risk” signs. Scottsdale Fire says this year, it hasn’t been able to change the sign to a lower risk. “I will drive these neighborhoods and I will look for overgrown brush. I’ll look for ladder fuels going up into the home or the attic. We can just put a door hanger, simply hang a door hanger, take pictures with our iPad, and it logs it into here, and it sends it to our fire inspection people,” Capt. Folio explains.
