CFN - CALIFORNIA FIRE NEWS - CAL FIRE NEWS : Morning Report

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Morning Report - California Wildland Fires Quick Look

Northern California Fire Behavior Forecast: http://gacc.nifc.gov/oncc/predictive/intelligence/fb_forecast/fb_forcast.pdf

Bar Fire CA-PNF is 992 acres and 60% contained.
Significant Events: All control lines have held. Remarks:
Observed Fire Behavior: Smoldering and creeping.
Planned Actions: Continue to hold control lines. Mop up 100' from control lines. Continue to monitor fire spread to the east towards the old Rich fire
Dutch Fire CA-KNF is 371 acres and 100% contained.
Significant Events: Significant progress in containment and mop up. Repair work to continue.
Remarks:
Observed Fire Behavior: smoldering
Planned Actions: Continue to mop up, and complete suppression repair phase I

Wolf Creek NV-HTF is 300 acres and 10 % contained, the fire is 15 miles southeast of Markleeville, Ca the fire has high growth potential because of the terrain where it is located. 6 Type 1crews , 1 Type 2 crew and 5 helicopters are assigned.

Cow FireSignificant Events: Containment and mop-up near completion.
Remarks:
Observed Fire Behavior: Isolated hot spots burning in the interior.
Planned Actions: Complete fireline improvement and mop-up as well as fireline suppression repair.

MCDONALD (W-23) CA-NOD-3688 is 9,408 acres, 95%

Location: 3 MILES NE OF TERMO
Observed Fire Behavior: Smoldering stump holes
Planned Actions: continue mop up and suppression repair

No comments:

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).

CFN - CALIFORNIA FIRE NEWS - CAL FIRE NEWS

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Morning Report - California Wildland Fires Quick Look

No comments:

Post a Comment

Twitter Buttons

Subscribe via email to California Fire News - Keep track of Cal Fire News

How fires get their names

Go Back To Top