Thursday, June 7, 2007

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State of California - Former “California Travel Net” no longer authorized

Posted: 06 Jun 2007 10:10 PM CDT

State of California The Resources Agency

Memorandum




Department of Forestry and Fire Protection


Subject:

8024.5 Telecommunications – California Travel Net

Transition from USFS California Travel Net to CESRS

Date: June 4, 2007

The former "California Travel Net" channel is no longer authorized by the federal government to be used by California fire services as of January 01, 2007. The frequencies for the old "California Travel Net" were 168.3250 and 169.1250 MHz.

The Firefighting Resources of California Organized for Potential Emergencies (FIRESCOPE) requested the State provide an emergency communications channel for ground resources enroute to/from their home unit while assigned to an incident to replace the old "California Travel Net".

The new channel to be used for resources in travel status is the California Emergency Services Radio System (CESRS – pronounced "See-zurs"). CESRS has a direct simplex configuration (CESRS direct) and a repeater configuration. Both channel configurations are recommended by FIRESCOPE to be loaded into VHF radios belonging to federal, state, and local government resources.

CESRS direct (the direct simplex configuration) may be utilized immediately. CESRS is being programmed in place of the old Travel net channel in all CAL-FIRE radio equipment and to be used in direct (Car to Car) mode this year.

  • Kenwood Mobile TK790 – Group 3 Channel (164 CESRS)
  • GPH CMD HT – Group 24 (164 CESRS)
  • CESRS direct 153.7550 MHz. (Receive & Transmit)
  • CESRS repeat 153.7550 MHz. (Mobile Receive)
  • 154.9800 MHz. (Mobile Transmit)
The standard CTCSS tones will be used for the repeater operation on transmit only. CESRS repeater operation will become available as equipment upgrades are completed. Until further notice only direct operation is to be used.

Use of CESRS (both simplex and repeater) is authorized as follows:

  1. Authorized use of CESRS is limited to ground resources enroute to/from an incident outside their home unit. This channel will not be used as a tactical net, nor will it be used for routine administrative traffic. Authorized uses are :

    1. Emergency vehicle to dispatch communications.

    2. Emergency vehicle-to-vehicle communications.

    3. Initial contact, recall and/or reassignment of personnel and equipment.

    4. Contact channel during long distance travel by overhead, strike team, etc.

    5. The purpose of this channel is limited to ground resources enroute to/from an incident outside their home base and not to be used for routine administrative traffic or as a tactical net.

Please note that CESRS is used by several other state agencies (including CCC and DGS Telecom, etc.). The channel should be monitored prior to transmitting and agencies should be courteous to other users.

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CA-MVU Inkopah Incident - Wildland fire

Posted: 06 Jun 2007 04:39 PM CDT

CA-MVU Inkopah Incident:

CA-MVU Inkopah Incident

32-37-17 X 226.5-5-18, 2 miles south of Inkopah. County of Imperial

18:30 hours 1500 acres 0% contained.

Fire started in Mexico.

Minimum staffing tonight due to safety concerns and lack of threat.

UPDATE(1): CA-MVU Inkopah Incident:
CA-BDF Mill Creek and Del Rosa Hotshot crews enroute.
UPDATE(2): CA-MVU Inkopah Incident: As of 0800 hrs. 06/06/2007 the Inkopah Fire is still about 1500+ ac. The fire is burning in three different DPA's (Unified Command). BLM-California Desert District(CDD-IC Howe), CALFIRE-Monti Vista Unit(MVU-IC Marugg) and Imperial County(IMP-IC Rouhotas)

Guests Describe California Hotel Inferno - Firehouse.com News

Posted: 06 Jun 2007 04:37 PM CDT

Guests Describe California Hotel Inferno - Firehouse.com News: "

SAN DIEGO --

Guests staying at a Hilton described to NBC 7/39 the raging fire that woke them in the middle of the night in Sorrento Valley.

Firefighters were called to the fire at a construction site in the 11000 block of Vista Sorrento Parkway just before 2 a.m., fire officials said. An unoccupied addition to the Hilton Homewood Suites hotel was engulfed in flames when they arrived.

The fire did millions of dollars in damage to the hotel and the addition. Salt Lake City resident Ken Lund, who was staying overnight with his family, photographed the fire as the flames grew.

'I thought it was a nightmare,' said Lund.

'All of a sudden, I felt intense heat in the room,' said Sherry Lund. 'I woke up and our room was glowing orange.... I screamed and woke him up, and we yelled at our kids and ran. You could hear the window popping.'

The fire threatened the occupied portion of the hotel and surrounding apartments, so firefighters evacuated between 350 and 400 people, San Diego Fire Department spokesman Maurice Luque said.

'The difficulties initially were just with the evacuation, because there were a number of structures that were being affected by the heat, the fire and the smoke of the fire,' Luque said. 'There were a number of people that had"

RED FLAGS AND HIGH WINDS IN CALIFORNIA TODAY

Posted: 06 Jun 2007 04:23 PM CDT

Emergency Digital Information Service (EDIS):

WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON Actual/Future/Severe/Possible
ANTELOPE VALLEY-
Update sent at 06:12 PDT on 2007-06-06
RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY Actual/Immediate/Severe/Observed
MOJAVE DESERT-
Update sent at 05:50 PDT on 2007-06-06
WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING Actual/Future/Severe/Possible
WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... BARSTOW... DAGGETT... FT IRWIN
Update sent at 05:45 PDT on 2007-06-06
STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA TODAY Actual/Immediate/Severe/Likely
ANTELOPE VALLEY-
Update sent at 05:38 PDT on 2007-06-06
RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MST /9 AM PDT/ THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MST /9 PM PDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AND SOUTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA DUE TO STRONG WEST WINDS... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH FIRE DANGER Actual/Immediate/Severe/Observed
ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 131YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY/LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-CALIFORNIA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 230JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK-CALIFORNIA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 231LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-CALIFORNIA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 232IMPERIAL COUNTY AND EASTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTY-
Update sent at 04:36 PDT on 2007-06-06
RED FLAG WARNING FOR DESERT AREAS UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE COMBINATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 15 PERCENT AND WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 35 MPH... MAINLY FOR THIS AFTERNOON Actual/Immediate/Severe/Observed
VICTOR VALLEY-APPLE VALLEY-LUCERNE VALLEY-YUCCA VALLEY-MORONGO VALLEY-COACHELLA VALLEY-INCLUDING THE PALM SPRINGS SOUTH COAST DESERT DISTRICT-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-INCLUDING THE ANZA BORREGO DESERT STATE PARK-
Update sent at 03:55 PDT on 2007-06-06
WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ... HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED Actual/Future/Severe/Possible
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
Alert sent at 03:32 PDT on 2007-06-06
WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ... HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED Actual/Future/Severe/Possible
APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
Alert sent at 03:32 PDT on 2007-06-06
GUSTY WEST WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH THIS EVENING Actual/Immediate/Severe/Likely
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
Alert sent at 03:32 PDT on 2007-06-06
WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS Actual/Future/Severe/Possible
KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INDIAN WELLS VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT-
Update sent at 03:30 PDT on 2007-06-06
FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM PDT THURSDAY Actual/Future/Severe/Possible
NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY-KLAMATH BASIN-NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... TULELAKE... DORRIS... ALTURAS... ALTAMONT... KLAMATH FALLS... BEATTY... BLY... CHEMULT... CRESCENT... GILCHRIST... SPRAGUE RIVER... LAKEVIEW
Alert sent at 02:53 PDT on 2007-06-06
WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MST /9 AM PDT/ THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MST /9 PM PDT/ THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA INCLUDING JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK AND PORTIONS OF THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY... ... WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 AM MST /2 AM PDT/ EARLY THIS MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA INCLUDING JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK AND PORTIONS OF THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY Actual/Future/Severe/Possible
LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS-IMPERIAL COUNTY-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EHRENBERG... PARKER... COTTONWOOD VISITOR CENTER... LOST HORSE-KEYS VIEW JTNP... BLYTHE... CHIRIACO SUMMIT... DESERT CENTER... EAGLE MTN... MIDLAND... BRAWLEY... CALEXICO... EL CENTRO... GLAMIS... IMPERIAL... AND THE SALTON SEA
Update sent at 01:46 PDT on 2007-06-06
RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING Actual/Immediate/Severe/Observed
MOJAVE DESERT-
Update sent at 01:32 PDT on 2007-06-06
WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING Actual/Future/Severe/Possible
WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... BARSTOW... DAGGETT... FT IRWIN
Update sent at 00:40 PDT on 2007-06-06
STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA TODAY Actual/Immediate/Severe/Likely
ANTELOPE VALLEY-
Update sent at 00:19 PDT on 2007-06-06

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