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Fire Season Starts in Santa Clara County

Posted: 14 May 2007 06:12 PM CDT

 firefighters and flames 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

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