Wednesday, August 30, 2017

[californiadisasters] South Ops News & Notes Update (8/29/17-



*NOTE:

DPA = Direct Protection Area
FRA = Federal Responsibility Area
IMT = Incident Management Team
LRA = Local Responsibility Area
NF = National Forest
SRA = State Responsibility Area

08/29/2017 6:45 PM

Federal Incidents
Railroad, Vegetation Fire, Madera County, Update
Highway 41, South of Fish Camp
Federal DPA, FRA, Sierra NF

  • 500 acres brush and timber, 0% contained
  • CA IMT 2 (Mills) mobilized with a tentative inbrief @ 0600 tomorrow
  • Extreme fire behavior with crowning and running
  • Structures threatened
  • Mandatory evacuations in place
  • Road closure remains in effect for Highway 41

South Fork, Vegetation Fire, Mariposa County, Update
1 mile east of the community of Wawona
Federal DPA, FRA, Yosemite NP

  • 6,100 acres, brush and timber, 44% contained
  • Increased fire behavior due to the high temperatures.
  • Trail and area closures of Wilderness areas remain in effect
  • Burning in tree mortality area

Empire, Vegetation Fire, Mariposa County, Update
1 mile South of Bridalveil Creek Campground
Federal DPA, FRA, Yosemite NP

  • 4,150 acres, timber, brush and slash, 55% contained
  • Active fire behavior
  • Local trails closed
  • Managing for both protection and resource objectives

Unified Command

Pier, Vegetation Fire, Tulare County, Update
Highway 190, east of Springville
Federal/Local DPA, FRA/LRA, Sequoia NF/Tulare County Fire

  • 1,655 acres grass and brush, 0% contained
  • CA IMT1 (Minton) with tentative inbrief @ 1200 tomorrow in Springville, CA
  • Extreme fire behavior with crowning and spotting
  • Unified command with Tulare County Fire
  • Structures threatened
  • Mandatory evacuations in place for Alpine, Doyle Springs, Cedar Slope, Camp Nelson and Mountain Aire
  • Road closure in effect for Highway 190
  • No divert on aircraft due to life safety
08/29/2017 1645 CA IMT 2 (Mills) is mobilizing to Railroad with a tentative inbrief 8/30 @ 0600. 08/29/2017 1600 The Southern California Geographic Area will go to Prepardness Level 4 at 1800 hours today. 08/29/2017 1515

Pier, Vegetation Fire, Tulare County, Update
Highway 190, east of Springville
Federal/Local DPA, FRA/LRA, Sequoia NF/Tulare County Fire

  • 1,250 acres grass and brush, 0% contained
  • Active fire behavior with running and spotting
  • Unified command with Tulare County Fire
  • No divert on aircraft due to life safety
  • Structures threatened
  • CA IMT1 (Minton) tentative inbrief 8/30 @ 1200, Springville, CA

Railroad, Vegetation Fire, Madera County, Update
Highway 41, South of Fish Camp
Federal DPA, FRA, Sierra NF

  • 300 acres brush and timber, 0% contained
  • Active fire behavior with torching and spotting
  • Structures threatened
  • Highway 41 closed
  • CA IMT 2 (Mills) on order
08/29/2017 1320

Railroad, Vegetation Fire, Madera County, New
Highway 41, South of Fish Camp
Federal DPA, FRA, Sierra NF
Start Time: 1219

  • 40 acres brush and timber, 0% contained
  • Rapid rate of spread
  • Short range spotting observed
  • 86 degrees, 25% RH, wind East South East @ 1 mph, gusts to 3 MPH
  • Structures threatened
  • Incident Location
08/29/2017 0920

*Correction* CA IMT1 (Minton) on order for Pier CA-SQF-002385

08/29/2017 0810

Federal Incidents

Pier, Vegetation Fire, Tulare County, New
Highway 190, east of Springville
Federal DPA, FRA, Sequoia NF

  • 1,000 acres grass and brush, 0% contained
  • Rapid rate of spread
  • Unified command with CAL FIRE
  • 80 degrees, 30% RH, wind North East @ 2 mph, gusts to 9 MPH
  • Structures threatened
  • CA IMT1 (von Tillow) on order
  • Incident Location

South Fork, Vegetation Fire, Mariposa County, Update
1 mile east of the community of Wawona
Federal DPA, FRA, Yosemite NP

  • 5,191 acres, brush and timber, 44% contained
  • Increased fire behavior due to the high temperatures.
  • Trail and area closures of Wilderness areas remain in effect
  • Burning in tree mortality area

Canyon, Vegetation Fire, Riverside County, Final
HWY 74 X South Main Divide, 2 miles southwest of Lake Elsinore
Federal/State DPA, FRA/SRA, Cleveland NF

  • 46.9 acres, 90% Contained
  • Acreage update due to accurate mapping
  • Received rainfall over fire area
  • No Longer in Unified Command with Cal Fire Riverside Unit
  • Last report without significant change

Source: https://gacc.nifc.gov/oscc/predictive/intelligence/news_notes/



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Posted by: Kim Noyes <kimnoyes@gmail.com>


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