California Wildfire Situation Report

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

California Wildfire Situation Report

Wednesday, October 15, 2008 – 0700
National Preparedness Level 1

National Fire Activity
Initial attack activity: Light (79 new fires)
New large fires: 0 (*)
Large fires contained: 1
Uncontained large fires: 4
Area Command Teams committed: 0
NIMOs committed: 0
Type 1 IMTs committed: 2
Type 2 IMTs committed: 1
Fire Use Teams committed: 0
** Uncontained large fires do not include WFU or confine/contain incidents. **
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Southern California Area (PL 3)
New fires: 7
New large fires: 0
Uncontained large fires: 4
Type 1 IMTs committed: 2
Type 2 IMTs committed: 1

Sesnon, Los Angeles County FD. Unified command between Cal Fire IMT 1 (Hodson), Ventura County FD, Los Angeles County FD and Los Angeles City FD. Seven miles northeast of Simi Valley, CA. Chaparral. Wind-driven fire behavior with long-range spotting. Numerous structures threatened. Evacuations in effect.
Marek, Angeles NF. Unified command between IMT 1 (Opliger), Los Angeles County FD and Los Angeles City FD. Five miles east of San Fernando, CA. Chaparral. Active fire behavior. Numerous structures threatened. Evacuations in effect.
Juliett, Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base. IMT 2 (Fiorella). Nine miles northeast of Oceanside, CA. Chaparral and grass. Active fire behavior. Residences threatened. Evacuations in effect.
Chalk, Los Padres NF. Nine miles north of Gorda, CA. Chaparral. Increased fire activity.
National Interagency Coordination Center

Predictive Services Discussion: Southern California will continue to see low relative humidity with decreasing winds today. Dry conditions will persist across the Southeast.

Derived from: National Interagency Coordination Center/Incident Management Situation Report

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Wednesday, October 15, 2008