Friday, July 6, 2007

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California Fire News

Breaking News: Winds fuel brush fire in Lucerne Valley |

Posted: 06 Jul 2007 01:22 AM CDT

Victorville Daily Press

Winds fuel brush fire in Lucerne Valley

LUCERNE VALLEY — A large brush fire fueled by erratic 70 mph winds touched off here around 3:30 p.m. today.

As of 6 p.m., the blaze was estimated at over 250 acres and officials had no containment, said Tracey Martinez, spokeswoman for the San Bernardino County Fire Department.

The fire began just north of Specialty Minerals Cement Plant during severe storm activity, Martinez said. The cause was unknown, but there was speculation that a downed power line may be responsible.

More than 200 firefighters were on scene battling the flames, and they are expected to work into the evening.

No structures are in danger of burning, Martinez said.

CA-PNF-Wheeler - Wildland fire - 400 - 500 acres

Posted: 05 Jul 2007 10:17 PM CDT

CA-PNF-Wheeler
PNF is reporting that the Wheeler incident is estimated at 400 - 500 acres.
near Susanville
Plumas Forest-lightning activity this afternoon.
Rumors of about 10 fires, but the
largest apparently is the Wheeler incident

Lots of resources ordered and BTU apparently supplying a Type 3 Strike
team.

CA-BDU- Meridian - Wildland fire - 400 acres

Posted: 05 Jul 2007 10:16 PM CDT

CA-BDU Meridian 400 acres

Fire in Lucerne Valley.. medium fuels wind driven..extreme fire conditions due to 60 mph shifting winds.

BDF has 5 engines and a tender enroute... BC requesting 2nd alarm.

Cal Fire has 4 engines and a dozer responding...
BDC and BDU in unified command.
Aircraft working fire T-78

1620: Wind event just blew through, per IC winds to 75 mph, zero visability, waiting for clearing to see where the fire has blown to. 2nd alarm.Monte Vista is sending a strke team (9331C) to cover in San Bernardino
s by 22:00 tonight

Wildfire Burning In San Bernardino County

Posted: 05 Jul 2007 10:06 PM CDT

A brush fire is burning out of control in Lucerne Valley in San Bernardino County.

The fire has burned more than 400 acres since it broke out around 3:30 p.m. Thursday.

A California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokesman says 60 mile-per hour winds are fanning the blaze across a sparsely populated area near the backside of the San Bernardino Mountains. About 200 firefighters are battling the blaze.

No structures are threatened. The cause is under investigation.

CA-LPF-ZACA - Wildland fire - UPDATE - 1200 ACRES

Posted: 05 Jul 2007 08:36 PM CDT

Zaca fire map<br />- Geomac<br />calfire.blogspot.comZaca fire map

CA-LPF-ZACA - Vegetation fire

Zaca Fire is 1200 acres
Santa Barbara back county, 9 miles north of Los Olivos

UPDATE FROM AROUND THE NET -1730 HRS -
  • Severe weather events today
  • No expected date or time of containment.
  • Another wind event coming through.
  • This fire has been rippin a bit today and the column is once again.
  • Very visible on the visible satellite loop.
  • Current 209 - 690 acres with 30% containment is likely innacurate at this point.
  • Recon flight to provide an update scheduled.
  • Zaca Fire has entered the LPF - Los Padres NationalForest
  • The Foothills fire has been 30% contained but has the potential to grow into steep train
  • 884 firefighters battling the blaze, 15 helicopters and 5 water tenders
  • No structures have been lost have burned and there's no immediate threat to
    homes, ranches or wineries in the area
  • Zaca Lake Road is closed, Foxen Canyon Road is open but officials ask you to avoid the 154 highway and Foxen Canyon Road
  • Four firefighters have been treated for heat exhaustion and one for a cut finger
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

CA-SCU-LINDA VISTA - Vegetation FIRE- Cupertino 1710hrs

Posted: 05 Jul 2007 07:20 PM CDT

CA-SCU-LINDA VISTA - Vegetation FIRE- Cupertino 1710hrs:

Linda Vista IC

Location: Above Linda Vista Park and the golf course.
Size up: E-7 advising smoke showing from the station
Linda Vista IC
Full airshow enroute

County is light on brush patrols, several committed
to the Palo Alto fire.

County Fire 154.250

CDF TAC 2 is tactical

Red flag warning in effect from 1 pm to 9 pm friday for dry lightning

Posted: 05 Jul 2007 07:16 PM CDT

[EDIS] Red flag warning in effect from 1 pm to 9 pm friday for dry lightning for the Northern Sierra and the South eastern Cascades

BURNEY BASIN AND NORTHEAST PLATEAU IN SHASTA COUNTY INCLUDING NORTHWEST LASSEN NF NORTH OF LASSEN NP-STANISLAUS NF WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST-NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING LASSEN NP AND PLUMAS AND LASSEN NF/ S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST (WEST OF EVANS PEAK-GRIZZLY PEAK-BECKWORTH PEAK)-NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING THE TAHOE AND EL DORADO NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST-

.A WEAK LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA ON FRIDAY BRINGING SUFFICIENT MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS IN INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HIGH-BASED WITH LITTLE OR NO PRECIPITATION...AT LEAST INITIALLY...AND MAY PRODUCE DRY LIGHTNING. MOST OF THE STORMS WILL BE OVER THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. IN ADDITION TO LIGHTNING... THE STORMS MAY CAUSE LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS. ... RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR DRY LIGHTNING FOR THE BURNEY BASIN INCLUDING NORTHWEST LASSEN NF AND SOUTH TO THE STANISLAUS FOREST... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR DRY LIGHTNING IN THE LASSEN... PLUMAS... TAHOE... ELDORADO AND STANISLAUS NATIONAL FORESTS WEST OF THE CREST. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. MOST OF THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE DRY AT THE ONSET... BUT MAY GRADUALLY BECOME WETTER AS ADDITIONAL SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE MOVES INTO THE AREA AND THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE MOISTEN UP. THE STORMS WILL ALSO BRING LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF DRY LIGHTNING ALONG WITH DRY FUELS WARRANT THE RED FLAG WARNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH FRIDAY EVENING. A MORE STABLE AND DRIER WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT OVER THE AREA SHOULD KEEP THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER... AN ISOLATED STORM MAY BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE CREST AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 ON SUNDAY.

Instruction:
PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

Area: BURNEY BASIN AND NORTHEAST PLATEAU IN SHASTA COUNTY INCLUDING NORTHWEST LASSEN NF NORTH OF LASSEN NP-STANISLAUS NF WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST-NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING LASSEN NP AND PLUMAS AND LASSEN NF/SWEST OF THE SIERRA CREST (WEST OF EVANS PEAK-GRIZZLY PEAK-BECKWORTH PEAK)-NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING THE TAHOE AND EL DORADO NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST-

Affected Counties or parts of: Modoc, Yuba, Plumas, Yolo, Trinity, Mendocino, Mono, Napa, Calaveras, Amador, Sonoma, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sacramento, Mariposa, Solano, Butte, Merced, Colusa, Sutter, Lake, Tehama, Alameda, Santa Clara, Nevada, Contra Costa, Lassen, El Dorado, Alpine, Sierra, Tuolumne, Stanislaus, Placer, Siskiyou, Glenn,

CA-SCU-Gerona IC - Firefighter down!

Posted: 05 Jul 2007 04:58 PM CDT

CA-SCU-Gerona IC - FIREFIGHTER DOWN

1440 hrs - Reports of a Fire fighter down, transported to Stanford Hospital via H- 106
PAFD Medic 1 w/ patient is inbound to Stanford helipad Code 3 for transfer to ground ambulance

Palo Alto Fire 1

CA-SCU-Gerona IC - VEGETATION FIRE

Posted: 05 Jul 2007 04:23 PM CDT

CA-SCU- Gerona IC - VEGETATION FIRE

Location: Stanford campus Palo Alto
Staging: Junipero Serra and Campus is

Palo Alto Tier 2 brush fire - Currently at 10 acres.
TAC - White 2 -154.265
COM - CDF SCU Local is CDF command
Palo Alto COM - Fire 2

Full air show from CDF enroute.

"Moderate rate of spread heading into heavy fuels"

Updates: 14:12pm.....Air Attack - Location is by the satellite dish / I-280

Fire making a run.

Copter 106 doing a priority drop to protect A crew.

1440 hrs: Firefighter down, CDF inquiring if Stanford's helipad can accommodate Copter 106

Now PAFD Medic 1 is inbound to Stanford Code 3


CA-SCU-CAMPUS - VEGETATION FIRE

Posted: 05 Jul 2007 04:16 PM CDT

IC CHANGED TO Gerona IC to match CDF dispatches.

Campus IC -
Gerona IC
1350hrs
Location: Stanford campus Palo Alto
Staging: Junipero Serra and Campus

Palo Alto Tier 2 brush fire - Currently at 10 acres.
TAC - White 2 -154.265
COM - CDF SCU Local is CDF command
Palo Alto COM - Fire 2

Full air show from CDF enroute.

"Moderate rate of spread heading into heavy fuels"

Update: 14:12pm.....Air Attack - Location is by the satellite dish / I-280

Local News- Valley Firefighters Help Battle Central Coast Wildfire

Posted: 05 Jul 2007 02:25 PM CDT

ABC30.com: Valley Firefighters Help Battle ZACA Wildfire:

Fresno County's Cal fire has a strike team of 5 engines and 26 firefighters there.

The Zaca fire has burned 700 acres 35 miles northwest of Santa Barbara.

Officials say a metal grinding operation may have started the fire.

No homes are being evacuated at this time.

Local News - Hwy 108 Vegetation Fire Quickly Extinguished

Posted: 05 Jul 2007 02:21 PM CDT

Local News - :

Hwy 108 Vegetation Fire Quickly Extinguished

Thursday, July 05, 2007 - 10:05 AM
Bill Johnson
MML News Director

San Andreas, CA -- Shortly after nine o'clock this morning CAL FIRE officials reported an acre-and-a-half vegetation fire at Hwy 108 and Tulloch Rd.

Seven engines, a water tender, a transport dozer and two baseline crews were ordered, but the fire was quickly extinguished and the recall came within 15 minutes of the resource order.

This marks at least the third fire in this area this year.

No cause of the fire has been determined.

NEWS - 2 Valley Brush Fires Knocked Down Quickly

Posted: 05 Jul 2007 02:14 PM CDT

Jul 3, 2007 (CBS) LOS ANGELES Two small brush fires were knocked down in a little more than a half hour Tuesday, authorities said.

The fires were reported in the Santa Susana Pass area north of the Ronald Reagan (118) Freeway near North Topanga Canyon Boulevard at 5:51 p.m., said Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department, which assisted the Los Angeles County Fire Department in fighting the blazes.

The two small fires, which each consumed less than an acre, were knocked down by about 6:30 p.m., according to a county fire dispatcher.

The fires were about a quarter acre apart, according to broadcast reports.

NEWS- Fire Scorches 700 Acres In Santa Barbara County

Posted: 05 Jul 2007 02:12 PM CDT

cbs2.com

- Fire Scorches 700 Acres In Santa Barbara County

(AP) LOS OLIVOS, Calif. Firefighters have worked overnight to battle a wildfire northwest of Santa Barbara burning through steep and rugged terrain and fueled by low humidity and triple-digit temperatures.

Fire officials say the so-called Zaca Fire broke out just before 11 a.m. Wednesday 15 miles north of Los Olivos and has scorched 700 acres of brush.

No structures have been threatened. An unknown number of revelers at Zaca Lake, near where the fire started, were voluntarily evacuated yesterday.

More than 200 firefighters, eight water-dropping helicopters and multiple agencies are fighting the flames.

Three firefighters suffered heat exhaustion yesterday, and one firefighter had a cut finger.

Concern that the wildfire could move toward the Los Padres National Forest remains high.

The fire's cause is under investigation."

EDIS Fire weather watch remains in effect SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY-WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE-NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY-

Posted: 05 Jul 2007 12:40 PM CDT

[EDIS] fire weather watch remains in effect from friday afternoon through friday evening due to significant lightning potential and strong outflow winds

SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY-WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE-NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY-

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

Instruction:
LOW PRESSURE APPROACHING THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL BRING UNSTABLE CONDITIONS AND A THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LIGHTNING FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HOT AND DRY SURFACE CONDITIONS WILL LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL THAT REACHES THE GROUND...HOWEVER SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WHICH CAN CREATE ERRATIC WIND SHIFTS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR.

Area: SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY-WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE-NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY-

Affected Counties or parts of: Modoc, Plumas, Mono, Lassen, El Dorado, Madera, Alpine, Sierra, Shasta, Tuolumne, Placer, Inyo, Fresno, Nevada,

Sent: 2007-07-05T05:41:45-07:00

CHP investigating 911 dispatcher response to Tahoe wildfire

Posted: 05 Jul 2007 12:27 PM CDT

CHP investigating 911 dispatcher response to Tahoe wildfire:

SACRAMENTO (AP) - The California Highway Patrol is investigating whether some of its 9-1-1 dispatchers failed to alert emergency responders to early reports about last week's wildfire near Lake Tahoe.

A CHP spokesman told The Sacramento Bee that there's no indication that fire units' response to the blaze was delayed, but dispatchers initially may have told 9-1-1 callers that what they were seeing June 24th was a controlled burn instead of an out-of-control fire.

The blaze was fully contained Monday, after destroying more than 250 homes and burning about 3,100 acres.

The CHP's Truckee dispatch center was flooded with calls about the fire starting around 2 pm on the Sunday it began. Fire officials say there were no controlled burns in the South Lake Tahoe area that day.

EDIS - Red flag warning in effect until 9 pm pdt friday for SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-

Posted: 05 Jul 2007 12:25 PM CDT

[EDIS] red flag warning in effect until 9 pm pdt friday for the mountains of santa barbara... ventura... and los angeles counties due to a prolonged period of low humidities

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE ANTELOPE VALLEY DUE TO GUSTY WEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .A VERY WARM AND DRY AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH FRIDAY. THE DRY AIRMASS IS RESULTING IN A PROLONGED PERIOD OF VERY LOW HUMIDITY READINGS. IN ADDITION... ONSHORE PRESSURE GRADIENTS ARE RESULTING IN GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEY WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT FRIDAY DUE TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT FRIDAY. VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS EXIST AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE BACK COUNTRY. AS A RESULT... MANY LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF MINIMUM HUMIDITIES BELOW 10 PERCENT WITH SOME SITES ACTUALLY FALLING BELOW 5 PERCENT... MAINLY DURING THE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL REACH WELL INTO THE 90S AND EVEN APPROACH 100 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION... LOCALLY GUSTY NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING.

Instruction:
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

Area: SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-

Affected Counties or parts of: Monterey, Santa Barbara, Kings, San Bernardino, Kern, Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Orange, Los Angeles,

Sent: 2007-07-05T09:41:15-07:00

Gmail - [EDIS] Red flag warning low relative humidities

Posted: 05 Jul 2007 12:19 PM CDT

[EDIS] red flag warning now in effect until 9 pm pdt friday due to a prolonged period of low relative humidities

VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT FRIDAY. VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS EXIST IN THE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY ABOVE 4000 FT ASL. AS A RESULT... MANY LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF MINIMUM HUMIDITIES BELOW 10 PERCENT WITH SOME SITES ACTUALLY FALLING BELOW 5 PERCENT... MAINLY DURING THE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL REACH WELL INTO THE 90S AND EVEN EXCEED 100 DEGREES IN A FEW PLACES IN THE AFTERNOON.

Instruction:
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING NOW. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

Area: VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-

Affected Counties or parts of: Monterey, Santa Barbara, Kings, San Bernardino, Kern, Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Orange, Los Angeles,

Sent: 2007-07-05T09:41:16-07:00

EDIS- Red flag warning - ANTELOPE VALLEY-

Posted: 05 Jul 2007 12:16 PM CDT

Gmail - [EDIS] red flag warning now in effect until 9 pm pdt friday due to locally gusty west winds and low relative humidities: "[EDIS] red flag warning now in effect until 9 pm pdt friday due to locally gusty west winds and low relative humidities
[EDIS] red flag warning now in effect until 9 pm pdt friday due to locally gusty west winds and low relative humidities
ANTELOPE VALLEY-
THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT FRIDAY. LOCALLY GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 5 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE ANTELOPE VALLEY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS TODAY AND FRIDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG WINDS...THERE WILL BE HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB TO BETWEEN 100 AND 110 DEGREES TODAY...WITH ONLY SLIGHTLY COOLER CONDITIONS EXPECTED FRIDAY. IN ADDITION... THERE WILL BE LONG DURATIONS OF LOW HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS.

Instruction:
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

Area: ANTELOPE VALLEY-

Affected Counties or parts of: Monterey, Santa Barbara, Kings, San Bernardino, Kern, Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Orange, Los Angeles,

Sent: 2007-07-05T09:41:17-07:00

[EDIS] Red flag warning Tulare and Kern county mountains for very low humidities

Posted: 05 Jul 2007 12:13 PM CDT

[EDIS] red flag warning remains in effect until 9 pm pdt this evening for the tulare and kern county mountains for very low

KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE TULARE AND KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS DUE TO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. AREAS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE SEQUOIA NATIONAL FOREST... SEQUOIA/KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK AND THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS MAINLY EAST OF TEHACHAPI. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION IS BRINGING HOT TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS. OVERNIGHT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THESE AREAS REMAINED IN THE LOWER TEENS TO MID 20 PERCENT RANGE. HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW 10 PERCENT FOR PERIODS OF 10 HOURS OR LONGER ACROSS THESE AREAS TODAY. OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERY WILL BE POOR AGAIN TONIGHT.

Instruction:
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE VERY LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

Area: KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-

Affected Counties or parts of: Mono, Madera, San Luis Obispo, Tuolumne, Stanislaus, Tulare, Inyo, Mariposa, Monterey, Merced, Kings, Fresno, Kern, San Bernardino, San Benito, Santa Clara, Los Angeles,

Sent: 2007-07-05T10:02:17-07:00
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER"

Blue Sheet - Tanker 82 Nose Gear Up Landing

Posted: 05 Jul 2007 11:46 AM CDT

(1) Blue Sheet
Tanker 82 Nose Gear Up Landing
June 25, 2007
Columbia Air Attack Base
CDF Incident Number: CATCU 005641

This Preliminary Summary Report is intended as an aid in accident prevention, and to provide factual information from the first 24 hours of the accident review. To that end it is published and distributed within a short time frame. Information contained within may be subject to revision as further review is conducted, and other reports and documents are received.

Synopsis
During a routine landing at Columbia Air Attack Base, Air Tanker 82 made a nose gear down landing on runway 35.

Narrative
On June 25, 2007 at approximately 1955 hours, Air Tanker 82 was returning from a fire in Santa Clara Unit (CA SCU 003754 Grant Line fire). Upon landing all indicators told the pilot that the landing gear was down and locked. During the actual landing it was discovered that the nose gear had not come down. The pilot was able to land safely on the nose of the plane with minimal damage to the aircraft and no injuries to the pilot or Air Base employees.

Recommendations for immediate corrective action

* The pilot was wearing proper flight PPE.
* All emergency procedures were followed once it was indicated that the nose gear had not deployed.
* Due to the extensive experience of the pilot there were no injuries and minim"

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