Afternoon OSCC Update: Major California Wildland Fire Incidents

Sunday, June 5, 2016

Afternoon OSCC Update: Major California Wildland Fire Incidents

A quick afternoon summary of major California wildland fire incidents today

Map: Quick look California Wildfires Today

Federal incidents

Old Fire, CA-LAC-160799, Los Angeles County, LRA
Threat to SRA

Location: Mullholland Road and Old Topanga Rd. Calabasas
Update 1200 6/5/16: 516 acres, 30% contained.

· Multiple homes threatened, several damaged
· Mandatory evacuation, evacuation center is Calabasas High School
· People go to High School, animals to the Northwest Baseball Field
· 1 structure destroyed, additional structures have been reported to have damage.

Chimney Fire, CA-CND-001134, Tulare County, FRA
Central Sierra Type 2 IMT (Mills) in command

Location: Chimney Peak Wilderness FRA
Update 1200 6/5/16: 1826 acres, 90% Contained.

Preparations underway to transition to a BLM Type 3 organization, tentatively on 6/6/16.
The only activity today was interior heat while conducting mop up.
Federal commitment of air and ground resources.

Stony Fire, CA-FHL-001475, Monterey County, FRA
McGuire CA-FHL in command

Location: Fort Hunter-Liggett, FRA
Update 1200 6/5/16: 3000 acres, 70% contained.

Moderate to rapid rate of spread and short range spotting.
Reinforce western flank to minimize spread potential.
Federal commitment of air and ground resources
[no morning 209 received]

Soda Fire, CA-CND-001171, San Luis Obispo, FRA

Location: 7 miles Northeast of the Cuyama community
FRA
Update 1200 6/5/16: 2,003 acres, 80% Contained.

Fire behavior Minimal
Single digit RHs

Coleman Fire, CA-LPF-001504, Monterey County, FRA
Unified Command with Cal Fire.

Location: North of Fort Hunter Liggett, in the Ventana Wilderness. FRA
Mission north of Milpitas, north of Hunter Liggett
IC: Harris (USFS), Herrera (Cal Fire)

Update 1200 6/5/16: 3,500 acres, 0% contained
· Fire behavior, Active.
· Fire will become extreme as the day goes on.
· Multiple residences out in front of the fire.
· Sheriffs office placed reversed 911 to residences in the area for evacuations. Not all residences have evacuated at this time.
· Type 1 team has been activated (McGowan).

State Incidents

Temecula Fire, CA-RRU-067665, Riverside County, SRA

Location: I-15 South of Temecula Parkway, south of Temecula community,
SRA
Update 1200 6/5/16: 70 acres, Heavy Brush, 30% Contained
· ROS Decreased through the day into the night. Minimal fire activity with creeping and smoldering into drainages.
· Keep fire within current containment lines, mop up interior, continue to construct and improve handline.

Pala Fire, CA-MVU-012932, San Diego County, SRA

Location: Pala-Temecula Rd X Rancho Heights, south of Temecula,
SRA
Update 1200 6/5/16: 70 acres, brush, 75% Contained
· Forward spread stopped
· Evacuations and road closures lifted

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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, June 5, 2016