CREWS TO COVER SHIFTS AND DAILY CALLS, WHILE SOME OF THEIR FIREFIGHTERS BATTLED THE DAVIS FIRE. WELL, IT'S THE THIRD DAY IN A ROW THAT THE WASHOE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS CANCELED CLASS FOR MOST WASHOE COUNTY SCHOOLS DUE TO THE FIRE. NEWS FOUR'S SOPHIE LINCOLN SPOKE TO OFFICIALS ABOUT HOW THESE DECISIONS ARE MADE AND WHAT TO EXPECT HEADING INTO THE REST OF THE WEEK. SOPHIE >>YEAH. SHELBY TODAY'S CLOSURES WERE ANNOUNCED LAST NIGHT AFTER WASHOE COUNTY SHERIFF DARIN BALAAM SAID DURING A COMMUNITY MEETING THAT HIS OFFICE RECOMMENDED THE CLOSURE OF ALL SCHOOLS IN THE AREA. THIS IS IN LARGE PART DUE TO THE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS TODAY, WHICH WE'VE TOUCHED ON, AND THAT HAS OFFICIALS CONCERNED THE FIRE COULD SPREAD. TODAY'S CONDITIONS COULD LEAD TO A 3 TO 7 MILE SPREAD AND SHERIFF DARIN BALAAM SAYS MULTIPLE SCHOOLS ARE IN THAT POTENTIAL DANGER ZONE. THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE VERY HIGH WINDS THAT COULD CAUSE THE FIRE SPREAD, AS WELL AS SPOT FIRES, AND DRE MENTIONED THERE WAS ONE SPOT FIRE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THEY HAVE IT UNDER CONTROL NOW. SHERIFF BALAAM SAYS IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT THIS WOULD POSE TO STUDENTS IF SCHOOLS WERE OPEN, IT COULD ALSO IMPEDE THE WORK OF OFFICIALS SHOULD THE FIRE SPREAD TO AN AREA WHERE THERE IS A SCHOOL. >>WELL, WE DON'T WANT IS TO HAVE A VERY LARGE SCHOOL WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED KIDS OR SOME OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS, A THOUSAND PLUS KIDS, WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO EVACUATE NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT PARENTS WHO ARE TRYING TO GET UP TO THEIR KIDS. NOW WE'RE TRYING TO EVACUATE THEM. >>SHERIFF BLM SAYS IF THE AREA CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE HIGH WIND SPEEDS TOMORROW AND FRIDAY, PEOPLE SHOULD EXPECT SCHOOLS TO BE