CA-LAC- #HighwaterFire Los Angeles County #Wildfire Getting good control No homes damaged #CAFire

Monday, April 27, 2015

CA-LAC- #HighwaterFire Los Angeles County #Wildfire Getting good control No homes damaged #CAFire

CA-LAC-Highwater Los Angeles County Wildfire

Our @UFLAC members did an outstanding job at #HighwaterFire #LAFD pic.twitter.com/IcLZzTHO1C
— LA City Local 112 (@UFLAC) April 27, 2015

Firefight continues, but most active flames appear out at #HighwaterFire. Watch: http://t.co/Dps3IIysGK pic.twitter.com/RBiIpZELPo
— KTLA (@KTLA) April 27, 2015

LA County Firehawk over #HighwaterFire
Pic: ABC News

Update 12:55 - No injury; No formal acreage figure yet available; No homes damaged, mostly due to compliance with brush clearance standards

Evacuations: St. Euphrasia School in Granada Hills has been evacuated, parents asked to pick up kids immediately

Road Closures: LAPD requesting CHP close on- and off-ramps for 118 Fwy from Reseda to 405 Fwy

Update 12:35 - Getting control, Alpha division looking good, chasing some spot fires. LAFD spokesman Brian Humphrey states bulk of Granada Hills fire has been contained. Update 11:45: - 15+ acres Spotting to the south with immediate structure threat. LA County Fire has 17 engines, 10 hand crews, 3 helicopters, 2 dozers in addition to the LA city resources, 5 additional BCs were requested to the additional 15 engines requested for staging. Pulling resources out of the canyon and shifting resources to structure defense. LA City Fire reporting 200+ personnel assigned.

Location: - 12300 blk Highwater Rd. Granada Hills. #CAFire
IA Description: - Highwater IC IMMEDIATE STRUCTURE THREAT
15 acres in Granada Hills/Porter Ranch,
IA Resources: - Requesting 15 additional engines to stage at Zelzah & Rinaldi
ROC: - High winds with rapid rate of spread
ROS: - Rapid ROS
Structure Threats: - Helco advising the entire canyon is surrounded by homes.
Situation Concerns/Alerts: -
Situation Comments: -
Additional Resource Notes: - E7,77,88,81,107,21,104,39,98,496,103,83
BC17,10
WT80,88
TF1031 E103, 496, 83
TF1032 E77, 88, 81
TF1033 E107, 21, 104
TF1035 E7, 98, 39
Firehawk
Agency Website: -
Radio Frequencies: -
Online Scanners: - http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/2846/web
Weather: -
Web Cams/Live Video: - http://cbs2.com/, http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/show/live-video-2/, http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/lo...301452481.html

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Monday, April 27, 2015