CALEMA: Latest Statewide Fires map

Saturday, August 25, 2012

CALEMA: Latest Statewide Fires map

Statewide Wildfire Map and Mutual Aid Numbers

Latest California Statewide Fires Map

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (11:00 am PST) — The lastest statewide fire map and mutual aid numbers are in and there’s good and bad news. The good news? Among many successful battles to protect people and homes throughout the night, firefighters have been able to get 35% containment on the Ponderosa Fire in Tehama County and 37% containment on the Chips Incident in Plumas County. The bad news? Although there’s been some good progress made to get the upper hand on these wildfires, hundreds of residents remain evacuated and flames continue to march towards communities, threatening homes and critical resources like power lines, communications towers and bridges. Get the Cal EMA situation update here.

Download the latest statewide fire map here – JPG (530 KB) | PDF (1.7 MB)
By the Numbers

61 – Total Mutual Aid Firefighting Strike Teams
(16 State (OES/Cal EMA) Strike Teams and 45 Local Government Strike Teams)
305 – Total Mutual Aid Fire Engines
982 – Total Mutual Aid Firefighters
What Do These Numbers Mean?

The above numbers reflect the number of resources and personnel called into action by the California Emergency Management Agency to respond to help local firefighters already battling major wildfires in their cities and counties. This 24-hour-a-day mutual aid resource coordination is managed by the Cal EMA Fire & Rescue Division and is part of the California Fire Service and Rescue Emergency Mutual Aid System. Find out more by clicking the links below:
Cal EMA Fire & Rescue Division
History & Organization: California Fire Service and Rescue Emergency Mutual Aid System
California Fire and Mutual Aid Plan (PDF)

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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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Saturday, August 25, 2012