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Sunday, November 4, 2007

Inciweb: Slide Wildland Fire - 12,759 acres - 100% contained

Slide Wildland Fire

- FINAL -

INCIDENT FINAL UPDATE

This incident is 100% contained.

Fire Perimeter Oct 27
Credit: US Forest Service

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Summary

So Cal BAER Coordination Burned Area Emergency Response--
Forest Service and Department of Interior Interagency Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) teams for the recent southern California wildfires are established and conducting ground and aerial reconnaissance on eight fires. The BAER teams consist of resource specialists such as Hydrologists, Soil Scientists, Geologists, Biologists and Engineers with experience working on BAER teams throughout California and the Western United States.
All mountain communities now open to all residents, no restrictions. Big Bear has not been affected by the fire and is open to visitors.

Voluntary evacuations continue for all mountain communities (Except Big Bear Communities) from the Crestline Area to Arrowbear including, Running Springs, Arrowhead communites, Grass Valley, Crestline, Cedar Pines Park, Lake Gregory, Valley of Enchantment, and Green Valley Lake.

The closure for the San Bernardino National Forest remains in effect until further notice.

See the San Bernardino County web site for full Re-entry information.

http://www.sbcounty.gov/evocdata.asp

The National Orange Show evacuation center will close Saturday November 3.

Highway information:

-All highways are currently open without restrictions

-Highway 330 will be closed 9 AM to 1 PM Sunday Nov 4 for CalTrans repairs.

For a partial list of damaged properties go the San Bernardino County Assessor's web site at

http://www.co.san-bernardino.ca.us/assessor/

Basic Information

Incident Type	Wildland Fire
Cause	Under Investigation
Date of Origin	10/22/2007 at 0802 hrs.
Location	Green Valley Lake, Near Running Springs
Incident Commander	Jerry Mcgowan

Current Situation

Total Personnel	977
Size	12,759 acres
Percent Contained	100%
Estimated Containment Date	10/31/2007 at hrs.
Fuels Involved	Timber (grass understory)
Fire Behavior	Smoldering hot spots with occassional smokes within the fire perimeter becoming visable in areas exposed to East winds.
Significant Events	Crews will continue to mop-up and patrol and be available to respond to 9-1-1 calls from residents if East winds create smokes within the fire perieter, especially near communities. Suppression repair work on-going and Burn Area Emergency Response (BAER) Team continues to gather data on fire affects.

Outlook

Planned Actions	Continue mop-up, patrol, backhaul, suppression repair and Burn Area Emergency Response (BAER) work.
Projected Movement	No Fire movement is expected.
Growth Potential	Low
Terrain Difficulty	High
Containment Target	With current resources and favorable weather conditions, the chosen management strategy is expected to succeed.
Remarks	While voluntary evacuation orders are still in effect for all communities on the mountaintop except Big Bear, all highways are open. However, Hwy 330 is closed between 9 Am and 1 PM on Sunday, Nov 4 for repairs. Closure order for the San Bernardino National Forest is in effect--See News Release for full information. An estimated 272 homes have been burned in the Slide Fire area and 43 damaged. Resources on Scene-- 70 Engines, 17 water tenders, 16 hand crews, 6 Helicopters, and 0 dozers.

Weather

Current Wind Conditions	Not available
Current Temperature	38 degrees
Current Humidity	27 %

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