CA-ANF Cabin Fire Los Angeles County with Evacuations

Cabin Fire, CA-ANF-003611, Los Angeles County

CABIN FIRE
Credit: Kevin ‏@kpm79 

Update 08/19/2015 0800: 1,723 acres, heavy fuels, 98% contained

• CA Type 2 IMT, SOCAL 3  (Wakoski) in command
• Hwy 39 closed from Visitors center to Hwy 2
• Evacuations remain in effect

Update 08/18/2015 0800: 1,723 acres, heavy fuels, 94% contained

• CA Type 2 IMT, SOCAL 3  (Wakoski) in command
• Hwy 39 closed from Visitors center to Hwy 2
• Evacuations remain in effect

Update 08/17/2015 0800: 1,723 acres, heavy fuels, 84% contained

• CA Type 2 IMT, SOCAL 3  (Wakoski) in command
• Hwy 39 closed from Visitors center to Hwy 2
• Evacuations remain in effect

Update 08/16/2015 0800: 1,723 acres, heavy fuels, 84% contained

• CA Type 2 IMT, SOCAL 3  (Wakoski) in command
• Hwy 39 closed from Visitors center to Hwy 2
• Evacuations remain in effect

Update 08/15/2015 0800: 2500 acres, heavy fuels, 0% contained
· Type 3 IC (Buchwald) is in command
· SR- 39 closed above East Fork.
· Fire is moving into inaccessible terrain.
· Fire will likely enter San Gabriel Wilderness to the West and move towards Sheep Mountain Wilderness to the East and Lost Canyon to the North.
· Public has been evacuated from recreation areas including Crystal Lake as well as residence along Hwy 39

Location: 3 miles North of Rincon Redbox Road X San Gabriel Canyon

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CA-TCU Marks 2 Vegetation Fire Calaveras County, DPA, SRA

Marks 2, CA-TCU008428, Calaveras County, DPA, SRA

Update 08/14/2015 0900: 120 acres, grass/oak woodlands, 40% contained

Location: Marks Ranch Rd x Cuneo Rd, West of Angels Camp
State DPA, SRA

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CA-MCP Horno, Vegetation Fire, San Diego County, Camp Pendleton DOD, FRA

Horno Fire, CA-MCP-002459, San Diego County, Camp Pendleton DOD, FRA

Update 08/14/2015 0900: 1,800 acres, heavy fuels, 10% contained.

Location: Horno Canyon near Basilone Rd, and Las Pulgas Rd. Camp Pendleton
DOD, FRA
IC: Type 4 incident Management organization (IC Cunliff-Owen)
Notes: Fire is burning in the training area.

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CA-YNP Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Fire Update 12

Yosemite Fire Update #12, August 13, 2015

Air Quality in the park is being affected by numerous fires throughout California. For more information refer to the web sites listed below. Currently no roads are closed within the park.

All visitors are urged to be diligent in any use of fire, including smoking. And be sure all fires are out!
As with all fires, staff and visitor safety is of paramount importance. Each fire, regardless of size, is assessed for the appropriate course of action.

The photo shows Wawona Engine 32 crew members installing a Portable Remote Automatic Weather Station (P-RAWS), on a granite ridge, northwest of the lightning caused Indian Canyon Fire. The station measures relative humidity, temperature, precipitation and other critical weather data for firefighters. In the background is light smoke, Half Dome and other peaks within Yosemite.
Credit: Yosemite Fire and Aviation

Active Wildland Fires:
Upper (37 45.534 x 119 35.983 – Mariposa Co., August 10). This fire was discovered by hikers at approximately 3:30PM, August 10. It is now out and in patrol status. Quick action by the Yosemite Helitack, with supporting water bucket drops, and fire crews held the fire to 3.85 acres. The fire was determined to be human caused and is under investigation. Smoke from the fire may continue to affect air quality in the morning hours. All park trail closures associated with the Upper Falls fire were lifted at 6:00 PM 8/13.

Badger (37 40.697 x 119 39.316 – Mariposa Co., August 10). This fire was discovered by Helicopter 551 in the area of Summit Meadows near Glacier Point Road. Wawona Engine 32 responded and suppressed the 0.01acre fire. It is in patrol status.

Lightning caused fires being monitored and managed for multiple objectives:
Cathedral (37 51.078 x 119 25.120 – Tuolumne Co., 9400’El., 8/2). This is near the John Muir Trail to Cathedral Lakes. The perimeter is actively smoldering and creeping through lodgepole pine needles and logs and has good potential to grow until it hits natural barriers. The fire is 6.0 acres in size and is being monitored.

Middle (37 51.538 x 119 41.194 - Tuolumne Co., 8043’El., 7/27). It is west of White Wolf and south of the Middle Tuolumne River. It is at 2.5 acres, and smoke may be visible from Tioga Road. It continues to smolder and creep through down logs, pine needles and other vegetation. It is in a red fir and lodgepole pine forest.

Dark (37 50.575 x 119 37.153 – Mariposa Co.,8200’ el., 7/ 9). This fire is along the Yosemite Creek Campground Road and smoke is periodically visible from both the campground and Tioga roads. Fire crews secured the edges of the fire by burning along the most active perimeter. That operation is complete. It is at 41.5 acres, and continues to creep and smolder through red fir duff and needles within the interior of the fire. The Lukens trail is now re-opened. Fire crews will be parked and working Yosemite Creek Campground Road. For firefighter and visitor safety, drivers are urged to use caution while driving in the area of parked fire equipment.

White Cascade (37 54.926 x 119 23.780 - Tuolumne Co, at 9000’ el., 7/3). This remote fire is east of Glen Aulin High Sierra camp, east of Conness Creek, and west of Tuolumne Meadows, and is at 0.68 acres. This high elevation fire, in a lodge pole pine forest, has a low spread potential. The fire is not near any trails. Smoke may be visible in Tuolumne Meadows.

Quartzite (37 43.871 x 119 25.200 - Mariposa Co., 8387’ el., 7/27). It is approximately 0.5 miles south of Merced Lake, mid-slope and on a north aspect. It is smoldering in mountain hemlock, western white pine and lodgepole pine. This fire is contained to natural barriers.

Stubblefield (38 02.743 x 119 36.625 – Tuolumne Co., 7659’ el., 8/3). This fire is in Stubblefield Canyon and west of the Pacific Crest Trail and at the northeast section of the Park; it is very remote. It is most likely a lightning strike holdover. Currently, it is 2-3 acres in size, in a red fir and Jeffrey Pine forested area, with other sparse vegetation.

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For More Information
Fire information: gary_wuchner@nps.gov, (209) 372-0480
Yosemite Web: http://www.nps.gov/yose/blogs/fireinfo.htm.
Air Quality Sites: http://www.californiasmokeinfo.blogspot.com/
http://viewer.smoke.airfire.org/run/standard/CANSAC-2km/2015062200/ and http://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=airnow.main and www.mariposacounty.org/aqi
Yosemite Wildland Fire Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Yosemite-Fire-and-Aviation/124632964255395
Twitter: @yosemitefire

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NWS:SOCAL Heat Watch - EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING - High Temperatures Will Reach 104 To 108 degrees

HEAT WATCH - EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY ACROSS INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

A warming trend will continue through this coming weekend as high pressure builds over the region. Temperatures in many places will climb above normal by Thursday. The hottest conditions are expected Saturday and Sunday, when temperatures will be 5 to 10 degrees above normal for many inland areas. During this time, maximum temperatures for the inland coastal areas will range from 85-99 degrees, while the valleys and the desert will be 100-108 degrees. Several degrees of cooling is possible by Monday, but overall temperatures will remain above normal in most places. An additional few degrees of cooling is expected on Tuesday. The hot conditions will result in an increased risk of heat-related illnesses, especially for the homeless, elderly, infants, outdoor workers and those participating in outdoor activities. The extended period of hot and dry conditions will also bring elevated fire danger.

An excessive heat watch remains in effect from Friday afternoon Through Sunday evening. 

Temperature afternoon maximum temperatures will reach 104 to108 degrees.

NWS reminder: "Beat the heat, check the backseat!"

Locations: Many valley locations and lower mountain elevations across
Los Angeles and Ventura counties, San Bernardino County Mountains, Riverside County Mountains, and San Diego County Mountains each  afternoon and early evening Friday. 
Saturday and Sunday.  
It will remain quite warm across the Antelope Valley as well but remain below excessive heat watch criteria.

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
210 PM PDT THU AUG 13 2015

DANGEROUS HEAT ACROSS INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

.STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COMBINED
WITH WEAKENING ONSHORE FLOW WILL BRING A PROLONGED PERIOD OF VERY
HOT WEATHER THROUGH SUNDAY. AREAS UNDER AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING
WILL LIKELY SEE SIGNIFICANT HEAT RELATED IMPACTS. A SLOW COOLING
TREND IS EXPECTED ON MONDAY...WITH MORE SIGNIFICANT COOLING BY
THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANTA PAULA...FILLMORE...OJAI...PIRU...
THOUSAND OAKS...SIMI VALLEY...MOORPARK...NEWBURY PARK...
SANTA CLARITA...NEWHALL...VALENCIA...WOODLAND HILLS...
NORTHRIDGE...BURBANK...UNIVERSAL CITY...PASADENA...SAN GABRIEL...
POMONA
210 PM PDT THU AUG 13 2015

EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 8 PM PDT
SUNDAY

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO
8 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TEMPERATURE...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL REACH 104 TO 108
  DEGREES FOR MANY PORTIONS OF THE VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND
  VENTURA COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS EACH
  AFTERNOON. WARMEST PORTIONS OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS
  AND SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS WILL ALSO SEE OVERNIGHT LOWS REMAIN
  IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S. IT WILL REMAIN QUITE WARM ACROSS THE
  ANTELOPE VALLEY AS WELL BUT REMAIN BELOW EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING
  CRITERIA.

* IMPACTS...THE PROLONGED HEAT WAVE WILL BRING THE RISK OF HEAT
  RELATED ILLNESS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THOSE AT HIGHEST RISK
  INCLUDE CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY...AND PETS WITHOUT ADEQUATE
  SHELTER. IN ADDITION...THE HEAT WILL BRING EXTRA DEMAND ON
  ELECTRICITY FOR THE SOUTHLAND...BRINGING AN INCREASED THREAT
  OF POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

NEVER...EVER...LEAVE PEOPLE OR PETS IN ENCLOSED VEHICLES...EVEN
FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING.  KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 911.
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
210 PM PDT THU AUG 13 2015

...DANGEROUS HEAT ACROSS INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

.STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COMBINED
WITH WEAKENING ONSHORE FLOW WILL BRING A PROLONGED PERIOD OF VERY
HOT WEATHER THROUGH SUNDAY. AREAS UNDER AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING
WILL LIKELY SEE SIGNIFICANT HEAT RELATED IMPACTS. A SLOW COOLING
TREND IS EXPECTED ON MONDAY...WITH MORE SIGNIFICANT COOLING BY
THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOCKWOOD VALLEY...MOUNT PINOS...ACTON...
MOUNT WILSON...SANDBERG
210 PM PDT THU AUG 13 2015

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 8 PM PDT
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO
8 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL REACH 100 DEGREES OR HIGHER FOR
  MANY LOWER ELEVATION AREAS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES
  AND VENTURA COUNTIES EACH AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FRIDAY...
  SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

* IMPACTS... THE PROLONGED HEAT WAVE WILL BRING THE RISK OF HEAT
  RELATED ILLNESS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THOSE AT HIGHEST RISK
  INCLUDE CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY...AND PETS WITHOUT ADEQUATE
  SHELTER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

NEVER...EVER...LEAVE PEOPLE OR PETS IN ENCLOSED VEHICLES...EVEN
FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING.  KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 911.
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
210 PM PDT THU AUG 13 2015

...DANGEROUS HEAT ACROSS INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

.STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COMBINED
WITH WEAKENING ONSHORE FLOW WILL BRING A PROLONGED PERIOD OF VERY
HOT WEATHER THROUGH SUNDAY. AREAS UNDER AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING
WILL LIKELY SEE SIGNIFICANT HEAT RELATED IMPACTS. A SLOW COOLING
TREND IS EXPECTED ON MONDAY...WITH MORE SIGNIFICANT COOLING BY
THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAN MARCOS PASS...
SAN RAFAEL WILDERNESS AREA...DICK SMITH WILDERNESS AREA
210 PM PDT THU AUG 13 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM PDT
FRIDAY...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 8 PM PDT
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO
8 PM PDT SUNDAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM PDT FRIDAY.
THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO 40 MPH THROUGH PASSES AND CANYONS...EXCEPT LOCAL GUSTS
  TO 50 MPH ACROSS FAVORED LOCATIONS. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL MOSTLY
  BE CONFINED TO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE SANTA YNEZ RANGE.

* TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL REACH 100 DEGREES OR HIGHER
  FOR MANY LOWER ELEVATION AREAS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA
  BARBARA COUNTY EACH AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FRIDAY...
  SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

* IMPACTS...HIGHWAYS THAT COULD BE IMPACTED BY THE GUSTY WINDS
  TONIGHT INCLUDE HIGHWAY 101 BETWEEN GOLETA AND GAVIOTA...AND
  HIGHWAY 154 IN THE VICINITY OF SAN MARCOS PASS. THE PROLONGED
  HEAT WAVE WILL BRING THE RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESS THROUGH
  THE WEEKEND. THOSE AT HIGHEST RISK INCLUDE CHILDREN...THE
  ELDERLY...AND PETS WITHOUT ADEQUATE SHELTER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

NEVER...EVER...LEAVE PEOPLE OR PETS IN ENCLOSED VEHICLES...EVEN
FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE
AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 911.
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
200 PM PDT THU AUG 13 2015

...VERY HOT WEATHER THIS WEEKEND FOR ALL LOCATIONS EXCEPT THE
IMMEDIATE COASTAL AREAS...

.STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS
WEEKEND CREATING VERY HOT WEATHER FOR MOST INLAND LOCATIONS.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL BE THE HOTTEST DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES
ABOUT 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. A SLOW COOLING TREND FOR MONDAY AND
ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NEXT WEEK.

SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
SAN GORGONIO PASS NEAR BANNING-
200 PM PDT THU AUG 13 2015

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 9 PM PDT
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE
HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 9 PM PDT
MONDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* HIGH TEMPERATURES...HOTTEST WEATHER SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH
  HIGH TEMPERATURES 106 T0 120 DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESS. THOSE AT HIGHEST RISK
  INCLUDE CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY...AND PETS WITHOUT ADEQUATE
  SHELTER.

* OUTLOOK...SLIGHTLY LESS HOT ON MONDAY. COOLER BY TUESDAY OF
  NEXT WEEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE... RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING.  KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE.  WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE, RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING.  KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE.  WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION.   HEAT STROKE

IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 911.

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CA-HTF Eagle 2 Fire Wildfire Buckeye Drainage, Mono County, Bridgeport

Eagle 2 Fire HTF-30580 Wildfire Buckeye Drainage, Mono County, Bridgeport

Wildfire Upper Buckeye Drainage 

Update 08/13/2015 12:17: 126 acres, 1/3 of slope near Upper Buckeye Drainage
P4 J1FL (0417)
Update 08/12/2015 0800: 75 acres, 2 tankers from CalFire, plus 4 SEATs flying it. AA 3ME B423 B622 BC 22 HEL 8PT HEL405 Helitnder2 INF E11 SSHS T-806 T-810 T-866 T-897

Location: Bridgeport, Upper Buckeye Drainage.
GPS: 38,18.666 x 119,20.502 
IA Acres: 10
IA ROS: Moderate
IA ROC: Wildfire upper 1/3 of slope near Buckeye Drainage* pine understotry winds 10-15 mph, understory.
Structure Threats: not currently.

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Oakland: Trial For Teen Charged with Shooting Off-duty Medic Quinn Boyer #CAEMS #CALaw #CACrime

Trial of Calif. medic killed in carjacking begins

A teenager is charged with shooting off-duty medic Quinn Boyer as he was stopped in his car sending a text message about medical equipment.

Defense attorney Ernie Castillo said Monday that Burton was pressured by police into making a false confession to Boyer's death and that eyewitness accounts show the real shooter was the crime spree ringleader.

By Malaika Fraley
Contra Costa Times
OAKLAND, Calif. — The widow of slain Santa Clara County paramedic Quinn Boyer was the first to testify at the trial for two teens charged with murdering the 34-year-old Oakland native whose friends and family, including paramedics in uniform, filled the Oakland courtroom.

"He never felt like a boyfriend, he never felt like my husband -- he felt like my best friend," said Elizabeth Huerta Boyer, who was approaching her marriage anniversary and trying to start a family with Boyer when he was killed. "It's like not having a limb, and it's a nightmare. It's a literal nightmare."

Christian Burton, 18, and David McNeal, 17 -- who were 16 and 15, respectively, at the time of the shooting -- are being prosecuted as adults for Boyer's killing. The incident occurred, prosecutor Glenn Kim said, when they and four other teens, the youngest 14, skipped school April 2, 2013, and embarked on a two-day crime spree. Burton is alleged to have fatally shot Boyer, and McNeal is accused of using the same gun to shoot and wound a 13-year-old Oakland boy during a robbery the following day.


Defense attorney Ernie Castillo said Monday that Burton was pressured by police into making a false confession to Boyer's death and that eyewitness accounts show the real shooter was the crime spree ringleader.

"I'm going to spend a tremendous amount of time proving to you that the shooter in this case was Nazhee Flowers," Castillo said.

Flowers, 18, was convicted in adult court for carjacking in connection with the case and recently was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Besides the defendants themselves, he is the only teen present that day who won't be taking the witness stand at the current trial.

Damani Watts, Maurice Senegal and Rodkei Royal, who were each convicted of first-degree murder in juvenile court and are serving out their sentences, are expected to take the witness stand, Kim said.

Kim opened the trial by showing a photo of a beaming Boyer at his April 2012 wedding. The Oakland native had spent the morning taking his father to a pre-op medical appointment in Palo Alto and was planning on spending time later with his little brother through the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. That photo was replaced by police video of Boyer slumped over his steering wheel with blood gushing from his head, images that sent many of his friends and family running from the courtroom in tears.

Boyer was not far from his father's Oakland hills home when he pulled over on Keller Avenue around noon to send a text message about equipment he and his paramedic partner needed.

The teens spotted him as they were looking for their next carjacking victim, feeling cramped with the six of them in the Dodge Intrepid some of them had carjacked from a retired Oakland man at High Street and Congress Avenue an hour earlier, Kim said.

An Oakland woman will testify she was approaching the stop sign at Keller Avenue and Hansom Drive when she saw the Intrepid stop next to Boyer's car. Kim said Flowers and Burton both got out, and Burton fired at Boyer. Castillo said the witness saw only Flowers.

Burton is charged with Boyer's murder only, while McNeal is charged with numerous felonies in connection with the two-day spree. McNeal's attorney, David Bryden, didn't mention those alleged crimes during his opening statement and simply said that McNeal played no part in Boyer's death.

Some of the teens, including McNeal, allegedly carjacked another man that afternoon near an East Oakland elementary school as children were present, and at least two of the teens led Oakland police and an Alameda County sheriff's deputy on a high-speed chase.

That chase led witnesses, including one of the officers, to wrongly identify two other teenagers as being responsible for the second carjacking. But it was one of those wrongly accused boys who gave Oakland police their big break in the Boyer murder case: He was able to name Royal as one of the teens on surveillance video from in and outside a market before the first carjacking, Kim said.

Boyer was declared brain-dead April 4, 2013. Roger Boyer testified Monday that he and his daughter-in-law didn't want to take him off life support, but they knew that Quinn Boyer wished that his organs be donated to people in need in case of such a tragedy.

Testimony continues Tuesday in the court of Judge C. Don Clay.

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McClatchy-Tribune News Service©2015 the Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, Calif.)

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Air Tanker News: New Supertanker to be the fastest, longest-range, and most effective aerial firefighting platform in the world.

 Global SuperTanker Services, LLC, a subsidiary of Cyterna Air LLC, is pleased to announce completion of a definitive agreement to convert and operate Boeing 747-400 aircraft to be the fastest, longest-range, and most effective aerial firefighting platform in the world.

"Definitive agreement to convert and operate Boeing 747-400 aircraft to be the fastest, longest-range, and most effective aerial firefighting platform in the world."

Evergreen 747 Supertanker departs Ben Gurion Airport, Israel, (2007)
Credit: Wikipedia

 Cyterna Air, LLC is a portfolio company of an investment fund managed by private equity firm Alterna Capital Partners.

Jim Wheeler, President and CEO of Global SuperTanker Services has re-assembled core members of the former Evergreen Supertanker project team to install the pressurized tank system previously proven in a 747-100 with the significantly higher-performance and lower operating cost modern B747-400BCF (Boeing Converted Freighter).

The aircraft has a number of unique capabilities, including the ability to stand by on the ground fully loaded, deliver a variety of firefighting agents, respond rapidly over long distances, loiter over fire areas for extended periods, segment drops and land fully or partially loaded to avoid wasting firefighting agents.

 The SuperTanker operates from most designated VLAT bases staying close to the fire location saving time and fuel.

Wheeler commented, “The current worsening trends in wildfires globally demand more capable response tools. The Boeing 747-400 represents a modern, strong, high performance platform capable of flying more than 4000 nautical miles at a cruise speed of 565 miles per hour, at pressurized altitudes, fully loaded, then directly deploying nearly 20,000 gallons of a range of liquids including retardant, water, gel and foaming agents. We believe the Global SuperTanker will be a “force multiplier” for the men and women who are on the front line of controlling wildfires".

Harry Toll, Managing Partner of Alterna Capital commented, “Alterna invests capital to build valuable capabilities in vital industries. We believe strongly that the SuperTanker will add a new dimension to protecting forests, homes and lives through a powerful combination of speed, capacity and precision. In the US and many countries around the world there is an effort to deploy a ‘new generation’ of aerial tankers. We are working to deliver this and other aircraft to meet that need.”

For information about Global SuperTanker Services, LLC contact Jim Wheeler (855) 910-4562 or jim(dot)wheeler(at)globalsupertanker(dot)com.
For Information about Alterna Capital, LLC contact Harry Toll (203) 557-9024 or harry(dot)toll(at)alternacapital(dot)com .

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ONCC HI-CNTY- Wildland Fires MALEVOLENCE POAMOHO FIRE and KAWAIHAE FIRE [MAP] #HIFire

HAWAII WILDLAND FIRES TODAY

HAWAII WILDLAND FIRES MAP

MALEVOLENCE POAMOHO FIRE - HI-CNTY-000003 - Honolulu County, Hawaii
Minimal fire behavior with creeping and smoldering

Update 08/01/2015 1200: HST Wildfire 500 Acres 85 %

Start Date/Time: 08/01/2015 1200 HST
Location: Ewa Forest Reserve, Poamoho Section, Honolulu County.Three miles west of Whitmore Village, HI.
IC: Ryan Peralta 
Fuel Model: Timber (Litter and Understory) Fire is burning in Uluhe fern, eucalyptus, paperbark 

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Kawaihae Fire, Hawaii Counties.Brush. Active fire behavior. Structures threatened.

Location: Two miles south of Kawaihae, HI. 
Fuels: Brush.
ROC: Active fire behavior.
Structures threatened: Yes 

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Today's Good Story: The Donkey ‪#‎Willowfire‬ ‪#‎CAFire‬

Today's Good Story: The Donkey
‪#‎Willowfire‬ ‪#‎CAFire‬

Karen Kuehnel‎Lake Havasu Living Magazine

This terrified wild donkey would not leave the firefighters sides yesterday at the Willow Fire in Mohave Valley. 

Photo taken by, Chief Bill Weber of the Desert Hills Fire District. The firefighters sprayed the donkey down as waited near them.

And then he was safely removed from the danger. Way to go guys!!! 😀

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