Quick Look: California Major Incident Wildland Fires

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Quick Look: California Major Incident Wildland Fires

California Major Incident Wildland Fire Morning Report:

Sayer Fire perimeter map
"Looking Cold"
California Fire News

Sayre Fire: 11,234 ACRES - 85% Contained
Incident Number: CA-LFD-1460 - 11/17/2008 Time 1800

613 homes and 10 commercial buildings were destroyed in the first 12 hours of the Sayre Fire.

Update: 18:30 hrs - Sayre (CA-LFR-1460) The fire has burned 11,234 acres and is 85% contained with 3 miles of line left to build. No active fire behavior was observed today (only smoldering). Significant progress was made with direct line construction today on the North Flank of the fire. Resources continue to patrol and mop-up. Residents of the Oak Ridge Mobile Home Park continued to be allowed limited access to their residences today. Damage to commercial properties has been adjusted upward from 3 to 4. The Little Tujunga Rd at the Wildlife Way Station is closed with K-rails. A 2 hour notice is required to re-open this road closure if needed. Sylmar High School evacuation center remains open. West Valley, East Valley and Mission animal shelters remain open.

Numerous evacuees from the Oakridge Mobile Home Park have yet to check in with any public service agency following the Sayre Wildland Fire.

Though there is high confidence that all Oakridge residents escaped or were safely evacuated, the well being of several residents has yet to be confirmed.

Anyone with information regarding the safety of an Oakridge resident who has yet to be located by authorities, is urged to call the Los Angeles Police Department at 818-838-9827.

A comprehensive address roster for those being sought can be seen on the LAPD website at: Link

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Click on map - Freeway Complex perimeter and Hot spots map

Freeway Complex perimeter and Hot spots map
Interior burning out - Hots Spots

Freeway Complex: 30,305 ACRES 100% Contained
AKA: Triangle Complex p

Final Update: 11-19-08 0700hrs -30,305 ACRES 100% Contained.
No further Structure threat .
Structures Destroyed:155 residential structures destroyed (includes multi-family residences) 104 residential structures damaged 3 commercial properties damaged.

Update: 11-18-08 1900hrs - Freeway Complex (CA-ORC-75221) fire is 90% contained. Only smoldering fire activity was observed today. 127 residences are damaged and 187 destroyed. 2 commercial properties are damaged and 2 destroyed.
The fire began in Riverside county at Green River, and spread quickly into Los Angeles, Orange, and San Bernardino counties.

Damage assessment is ongoing. The current increases in residential structures are based on the totals from the following cities Anaheim, Brea, Corona and Yorba Linda. This also reflects multi-family residences. The reduction in the commercial properties damaged is due to a reclassification of some structures.

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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.

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Wednesday, November 19, 2008