Todays Wildland fire News condensed from around the net around the net

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Todays Wildland fire News condensed from around the net around the net

PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO REFLECT ON THE TRAGIC LOSSES TO THE FIRE FIGHTING COMMUNITY IN CALIFORNIA THIS WEEK

THIS EDITOR HAS REPORTED ON A FATAL STRUCTURE FIRE INVOLVING THE DEATHS OF FOUR PEOPLE WHICH INCLUDED TWO BRAVE CONTRA COSTA FIREFIGHTERS KILLED IN A FLASHOVER WHILE ATTEMPING THE RESCUE OF THE OTHER VICTIMS,

THE DEATH OF A CONTRACT HELICOPTER PILOT WORKING THE ELK COMPLEX, AND NOW THE DEATH OF TWO CAMP CREW MEMBERS DROWNED IN THE KLAMATH RIVER WHILE WORKING AT THE ELK COMPLEX

THE DEATHS OF CONTRACT HELICOPTER PILOTS IN GREECE AND ITALY.

LETS ALL TAKE A PERSONAL STAND DOWN FOR JUST A FEW MINUTES RIGHT NOW REMEMBER THESE BRAVE SOULS, THEIR FAMILIES AND THEN RESOLVE TO COME HOME TOMORROW DAMN IT!

Over at NorCalfire Scanning : Re: CALFIRE ST heading to ID.

Cal Fire SHU strike team forming. destination Idaho
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CALFIRE is sending 5 Strike Teams to Idaho LNU, Sonoma-Lake-Napa, TGU, Tehama-Glen, SHU, Shasta, TCU, Tuolumne-Calaveras, and MVU,San Diego are sending one strike team each to ID-TFD-2030, the Murphy Complex...Idaho Be advised,.
The strike team from TGU is going to be TGU and BTU engines.
Re: CALFIRE ST heading to ID. Be advised, I spoke with a CAL FIRE Captain from MVU and their strike team got cancelled. Dont know about the northern strike teams

Over at WildlandFire HOTLIST: CA-LNU-OAKS

(1)LNU Working A Fire Near Clear Lake Oaks...spotting Problems; St Of Engines Still In Bound Code 3; Copter And Aa Working Also; Unknown On Other Details; Can Only Hear Command Net, No Tac Traffic ; Spot Fires Near Sr 20 And St 53

(2)Per AA - appears that they're starting to get a handle on this. Forward spread checked now. after a windshift that must have given them some concern.
CA-LNU-OAKS

(3)I worked that area for years and this fire is near the "Wye" and it shouldn't be too big of a long term problem. The corporate resources of the variuos county fire and Cal Fire resources should pick this fire up before night fall. Unless a screamer coastal wind comes at it from the west with a lot of velocity it is nothing more than an afternoon in Lake County for the wild land firefighters. If you listen to them it is almost a daily event.

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How fires get their names

Every year in California thousands of wildfires start throughout the state. In most cases, the dispatch center sending the initial resources to a wildland fire will designate a name for the fire, but the first on scene engine or fire official can also name the incident. Fires are usually named for the area in which they start – a geographical location, local landmark, street, lake, mountain, peak, etc. Quickly naming the fire provides responding fire resources with an additional locater, and allows fire officials to track and prioritize incidents by name. For example during the Southern California Fire Siege of 2003, the largest wildland fire in California history, the Cedar Fire in San Diego County, was named after the Cedar Creek Falls area where it started. The destructive Old Fire, which burned during the same time period in San Bernardino County, was named after the road along which it started - Old Waterman Canyon Road.

CAL FIRE is the largest fire department in California and the second largest fire department in the United States. CDF - CAL FIRE Firefighters answer the call more than 300,000 times a year. CAL FIRE Firefighters make up the fire department for 30 of our 58 counties in California and more than 100 local communities. We serve as the incident command during many of California’s most serious disasters. CAL FIRE Firefighters respond to many various types and forms of calls ranging from structural fires, to auto accidents, to earthquakes, to floods, to the spilling of hazardous materials, to every conceivable disaster; CAL FIRE answer's the calls. CAL FIRE is the largest fire department in California and the second largest fire department in the United States . CAL FIRE firefighters protect 33 million acres of State Responsibility Area (SRA). We have over 4,000 members within CAL FIRE and CAL FIRE is associated with the California Professional Firefighters (CPF) and the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF).

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Tuesday, July 24, 2007