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Fire Season Starts in Santa Clara County Posted: 14 May 2007 06:12 PM CDT SAN JOSE, Calif. (KCBS) -- Cal Fire has declared today the start of fire season in Santa Clara County, and will increase firefighter and dispatch staff. With the official start of the season, Cal Fire is asking the public to use lawn movers, weed eaters, chain saws and other equipment only during the cool, moist times of the day. Equipment use is the most common cause of wildfires. Residents are also being asked to create a defensible space around all structures, come up with an emergency family plan in the event of wildfire evacuations.

CA-KRN/BBD-Wofford - 209 Posted: 14 May 2007 11:12 AM CDT : CA-KRN/BBD-Wofford 1: Date 05/13/2007 2: Time 1406 3: Initial XX| Update | Final 4: Incident Number CA-BBD-920 5: Incident Name WOFFORD 6: Incident Kind Wildland Fire 7: Start 05/13/2007 0000 8: Cause Under Investigation 9: Incident Commander BRENT MOON 10: IMT Type 3 11: State-Unit CA-BBD 12: County KERN 13: Latitude and Longitude Lat: 35° 43´ 13" Long: 118° 24´ 16" Ownership: CA-BBD 14: Short Location Description (in reference to nearest town): 1 MILE SOUTH OF KERNVILLE ON SIERRA WAY RD Current Situation 15: Size/Area Involved 450 ACRES 16: % Contained or MMA 5 Percent 17: Expected Containment Date: Time: 18: Line to Build 500 Chains 19: Costs to Date 20: Declared Controlled Date: Time: 21: Injuries this Reporting Period: 0 22: Injuries to Date: 0 23: Fatalities 0 24: Structure Information Type of Structure # Threatened # Damaged # Destroyed Residence 3 0 0 Commercial Property Outbuilding/Other 0 0 2 25: Threat to Human Life/Safety: Evacuation(s) in progress ---- No evacuation(s) imminent -- Potential future threat -------- XX No likely threat --------------- 26: Communities/Critical Infrastructure Threatened (in 12, 24, 48 and 72 hour time frames): 12 hours: STRUCTURE THREATENED NEXT 12 HOURS 24 hours: STRUCTURES/OUT BUILDINGS THREATENED 48 hours: 72 hours: 27: Critical Resource Needs (kind & amount, in priority order): 1. ST TYPE 1CREWS 2. ST TYPE 3 ENGS 3. ST TYPE 2 DOZERS 28: Major problems and concerns (control problems, social/political/economic concerns or impacts, etc.) Relate critical resources needs identified above to the Incident Action Plan. HIGH WINDS, STEEP TERRAIN WITH ROUGH ACCESS TO FIRE LINE ,MOD TO HIGH FIRE BEHAVIOR. THERE ARE WATERSHED CONCERNS DUE TO DRAINAGE ALINEMENT.CONTROL PROBLEMS ARE MINIMAL RESOURCES ON THE FIRE LINE KEEP FIRE EAST OF SIERRA WAY RD AND NORTH OF CYRUS CANYON, SOUTH OF CALDWELL CR AND JAMES INCIDENT, WEST OF SHORT CANYON 29: Resources threatened (kind(s) and value/significance): WATERSHED 30: Current Weather Conditions Wind Speed: 5 mph Temperature: 78 Wind Direction: SW Relative Humidity: 25 31: Resource benefits/objectives (for prescribed/wildland fire use only): NO OBJECTIVES FOR WFU 32: Fuels/Materials Involved: 1 Short grass (1 Foot) FUEL MODEL 1 UPPER 1/3 OF SLOPE 33: Today's observed fire behavior (leave blank for non-fire events): HIGH FIRE BEHAVIOR, SHORT RANGE SPOTTING,PEAKS WINDS TO 25MPH 34: Significant events today (closures, evacuations, significant progress made, etc.): NONE AT THIS TIME Outlook 35: Estimated Control Date and Time: 36: Projected Final Size: DOUBLE IN SIZE 37: Estimated Final Cost: 38: Tomorrow's Forecasted Weather Wind Speed: mph Temperature: Wind Direction: Relative Humidity: 39: Actions planned for next operational period: FULL SUPPRESSION ACTIONS WITH DOZERS, ENGINES, HANDCREWS 40: Projected incident movement/spread during next operational period: MOVEMENT IS NORTH/EAST DIRICTION AND UPSLOPE 41: For fire incidents, describe resistance to control in terms of: 1. Growth Potential - High 2. Difficulty of Terrain - Extreme 42: How likely is it that containment/control targets will be met, given the current resources and suppression/control strategy? 43: Projected demobilization start date: 44: Remarks: 45: Committed Resources (Supplemental Committed Resources follow the first lock) Agency CRW1 CRW2 HEL1 HEL2 HEL3 ENGS DOZR WTDR OVHD Camp Crews Total Personnel SR ST SR ST SR SR SR SR ST SR ST SR SR BLM 2 1 2 USFS 1 4 2 5 CNTY 2 1 4 1 1 3 ST 4 1 Total 3 4 4 0 0 1 0 8 2 1 0 1 10 0 0 Total personnel by agency are listed in the first section of committed resources. Agency HELTK FIXW TRKCO RESMD LGTAIR SR SR SR SR BLM USFS CNTY ST Total 0 0 0 0 0 46: Cooperating and Assisting Agencies Not Listed Above: 3- CONTRCT WATERTENDERS AND SOUTHERN CALIFRONIA EDISON DUR TO POWERLINES Approval Information 47: Prepared by: RIC DOONAN 48: Approved by: DAVE BRINSFIELD 49: Sent to:RIC DOONAN by: DAVE BRINSFIELD Date: 05/13/2007 Time: 1645 CA-KRN/BBD-Wofford - Wildlandfire.com Hotlist Forum

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