CA-MVU/CNF Banner Incident - Wildland fire

CA-MVU/CNF Banner Incident -:

FROM THE NET IN ORDER -

• CA-MVU new start Julian -
• Julian new fire 20-25 acres
• Burning off Hwy. 78 & Banner Grade
• Area not burned in Pines or Cedar Fire.
• Structures threat in Kentwood east of Julian

Mt. Laguna north cam

Mt. Laguna north cam
http://archive.hpwren.ucsd.edu/camer...ren-iqeye4.jpg

• AA330 says potential to get into Julian.
• IC asking for voluntary evacuations of Whispering Pines area.
• Requesting Immediate Need Strike Teams type 3 and at least 1 type 1.
• Also need another Air attack.
• Structural threat to some homes.
• MVU is tapped out on engines.
• CNF is responding.

CA-MVU/CNF Banner - 15:11 - Immediate structure threat in Whispering Pines as fire is 100+ acres on both sides of Hwy. 78. Two type 1 helicopers requested by IC Div. 3304.

Mt. Woodson Cam view from Ramona looking east, Banner Fire behind first one at Deer Canyon. http://archive.hpwren.ucsd.edu/cameras/MW.jpg

La Cima Cam: http://archive.hpwren.ucsd.edu/camer...ren-iqeye8.jpg
15:15, RRU is sending S/T 9312C (Type 111) to move-up and cover MVU.

16:30 60 acres. Eastern spread has been stopped. No evacuations are in place. No imediate threat to communities of Julian or Santa Ynez.

• No additional resources are being requested.
• Caught part of a size up a while ago around 100 acres, winds are in the favor of the troops. If there is a shift would be bad for Julian.
• Getting quite a bit of equipment staged in Julian now.
• This incident has all the available fixed wing aircraft now. 1 AA and 4 tankers. Not sure about coptors.
• They are putting a dozer to work cleaning an existing fuel break between the fire and Julian. Spread that way is the biggest concern.
• Julian RAWS reporting Temp 93°F Humidity 21% winds from the west at 7 gusting to 14; Fuel temp 108° and Fuel moisture 1%.
• Eastern spread has been stopped. No evacuations are in place. No imediate threat to communities of Julian or Santa Ynez.
• No additional resources are being requested.

17:39 - Access to some parts of the fire is difficult; IC taking it easy on committing additional engines because of the "2 Track" they have to use in and out.

• Structural threat has been minimized.
  
• 6 CDF S2T's and 2 seats plus 2 or 3 Type 2 copters working the fire now.
  
• They have too many tankers for 1 AA and have to release 2.
• Really steep country, another dozer now working with the first cleaning the fuel break.
• Smoke has laid down, no huge column now, so they have made some progress.

18:24 - Tanker 55 made one drop and a third SEAT also added to air resources.

• Fire still around 100+ acres in heavy fuels, steep terrain holding with longterm retardant.
• Ramona AAB quite busy, as the tanker turn a rounds are 20 minutes.
• Tanker 55 made one drop and a third SEAT also added to air resources.
• AA-330 just released all SEAT's and T-55 being back to SBD.