Quick Look: Southern California Wildfires 23,709 Acres [MAP]

Sunday, May 18, 2014

Quick Look: Southern California Wildfires 23,709 Acres [MAP]

Southern California Wildfires 23,709 Acres

Basilone Complex CA-MCP-001363

Tomahawk, Pulgas and Combat incidentsIncident managed as a complex as of 0600 05/17 by Federal Type 2 IMT Garwood 21,273 total acres to date, 70% contained.Tomahawk Fire CA-MCP-001554; Vegetation Fire, San Diego County

Update 0800 5-18-14: 5,400 acres, 97% contained
Location: Naval Weapons Station, Fallbrook, San Diego County FRA (MCP).
Pulgas Fire CA-MCP-001556; Vegetation Fire, San Diego County

Update 0800 5-18-14: 14,416 Acres, 55% contained
Location: NB I-5 at Las Pulgas Rd., Oceanside, San Diego County
FRA (MCP)
Combat Fire CA-MCP-001589; Vegetation Fire, San Diego County,
Update 0800 5-18-14: 1,457 Acres, 65% contained
Location: Telaga Ridge, MCB Camp Pendleton, San Diego County FRA (MCP)
San Diego Complex CA-MVU-010242

Cocos and Highway incidents, Cal Fire IMT – 4 is in Unified Command with San Marcos Fire Dept., Escondido Fire Dept., and Elfin Forest / Harmony Grove Fire DepartmentsUpdate 0800 5-18-14: 2,436 acres, 85% contained

Cocos, CA-MVU-010212; Vegetation Fire, San Diego County

Update 0800 5-18-14: 1,995 acres, 85% Containment

Location:Twin Oaks Valley Road x Craven, San Marcos, San Diego County LRA / SRA
Highway, CA-MVU-010173; Vegetation Fire, San Diego County,

Update 0800 5-18-14: 441 acres, 100% containment

Location: Interstate 15 at Old Highway 395, Deer Springs, San Diego County SRA

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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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Sunday, May 18, 2014