airfields and live‐fire weapon ranges to minimize risk from potential accidents. Five
issues relating to Safety have been identified as part of this JLUS.
Future weapons surface danger zones may extend past the current
boundaries of Florence Military Reservation.
Currently all of the surface danger zones for the weapons fired at Florence
Military Reservation are contained within the installation boundaries. The
AZARNG is planning to use enhanced ammunition rounds that generate larger
surface danger zones that may extend outside the boundary onto land that is not
managed by the AZARNG.
AZARNG movement between east and west side of Florence Military
Reservation is unsafe.
State Route 79 bisects Florence Military Reservation. There are concerns for the
safety of AZARNG Soldiers traveling by foot and vehicles crossing State Route 79
because there are no traffic control mechanisms or alert systems in place.
Unexploded ordnance may exist outside the Florence Military Reservation
Impact Area.
There are unexploded ordnances within the impact area at Florence Military
Reservation. As a result of historic activity at Florence Military Reservation,
some unexploded ordnance has also been found outside the impact area,
including the area around Florence Military Reservation. These are instances of
historic activity, and not the current operations that occur there.
Vehicle crashes have occurred at the intersection of Arizona Farms Road and
State Route 79.
There have been recurring instances of eastbound traffic on Arizona Farms Road
failing to stop at State Route 79 and crashing through the fence onto Florence
Military Reservation.
Pinal Airpark’s Runway Protection Zone extends over a portion of Silverbell
Army Heliport.
Approximately 0.48 acres of the Runway Protection Zone for Runway 12‐30 at
Pinal Airpark extend over a portion of the Silverbell Army Heliport. If the Airpark
runway were enlarged or used by additional types of aircraft in the future, a
larger Runway Protection Zone that would affect more land on Silverbell Army
Heliport could be necessary.
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