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| Jesusita Fire: Retired Santa Barbara city firefighter saves home w/ Garden hose Posted: 09 May 2009 09:51 PM PDT
On leafy Las Canoas Road in Santa Barbara, Walter Hildbran was jubilant. Today is his mother's 90th birthday and the flames have not touched her house. Hildbran, 69, managed to save his own place, running around with a garden hose and spraying water wherever the hose could reach. "I'm sure it would have burned if I hadn't," Hildbran said. "I came up the driveway and saw this wall of flames on the hillside behind the house and just kept on spraying." Hildbran is a retired Santa Barbara city firefighter. Asked if his own department would endorse homeowners staying in mandatory evacuations zones to protect their homes, he chuckled. "No, we frown on it," he said. Source: Santa Barbara fire: Homeowner fights to save his house  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CA-LPF- Jesusita fire - Quick Look - 8,733 acres 40% Posted: 09 May 2009 11:15 PM PDT
 Santa Barbara Acres burned: 8,733 Current Containment: 40% Fog, Drizzle, Cooler temperatures, higher humidity, and lack of wind helped with fire control. With the influence of the fog, the fire laid down until mid morning. No significant fire growth. Occasional flareups and torching. Continued line construction, mop-up and patrol structures. Continued handline construction in West fork of Cold Springs Creek. Mandatory evacuation orders lifted south of Highway 192: Re-population efforts began today resulting in 70% of the evacuated area able to return home. All areas South of Foothill Road/Stanwood/HWY 192 are now within an evacuation warning area. The remaining 30% of evacuees will be re-populated over the next two operational periods.. FOOTHILL ROAD (HWY 192) REMAINS CLOSED EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLE TRAFFIC ONLY. Road Closures: Highway 154 is closed at US Highway 101 Road Closure Hotline - 805-568-3006 County Road Closure website - Link Foothill Road (HWY 192) and HWY 154 remain closed except for emergency vehicle traffic only. Damage assessment: Ongoing (in progress): 33 residences destroyed, 47 residences damaged. Structure threat: (various levels of threat with respect to location) 3500 Residences threatened, 100 Commercial properties threatened. Resources and Personnel currently assigned to the incident: Personnel- 4,321 Engines- 498 Crews- 104 Dozers- 35 Water Tenders- 45 Air Tankers- 15 Helicopters- 14 Firefighter injuries to date: 18 Cause: Under investigation - Tip line: 805-686-5074 Estimated costs to date: 6.8 million dollars Evacuations: (New) - THE UNIFIED COMMAND TEAM HAS DEVELOPED A PLAN FOR THE SAFE, STRUCTURED RETURN OF RESIDENTS TO THEIR HOMES AND BUSINESSES. THE CURRENT MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDER HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO AN EVACUATION WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS:
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY RESIDENTS OF THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS - ALL RESIDENCES WITHIN THE FOLLOWING AREA EVACUATIONS DOWNGRADED: GARDEN AND MICHELTORENA, MICHELTORENA EAST, EXTENDING TO ALAMEDA PADRE SERRA (APS),
Residents may return to their homes and businesses. Please remember that an Evacuation Warning stills exists in the area. Returning residents and business owners are cautioned to remain aware of the potential for an evacuation order on short notice.
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| CA-LPF- Jesusita fire - 8,733 acres 40% Posted: 09 May 2009 09:00 PM PDT
Acres burned: 8,733 Containment: 40% Inciweb finally woke up - http://inciweb.org/incident/1640/ Update: 050909 Saturday 1700hrs - CA-LPF- Jesusita fire - 8,733 acres 40% Containment Update: Noon Saturday - 8,700+ acres 40% - Mandatory evacuation zones - Lifted as of noon to include the area south of Highway 192 between Highway 154 and Mission Canyon Road, as well as the area south of Cathedral Oaks Road between Patterson Avenue and Turnpike Road. Weather: Fog, drizzle and calm breezes moved into Santa Barbara this morning. Acres burned: 8,700 Containment: 30%. Structure damage: About 80 homes damaged or destroyed. Update: 1100hrs - Sheriff - mandatory evacuation orders downgraded to evacuation warnings for most of the populated areas that had been threatened since Tuesday. Sheriff Bill Brown announced that mandatory evacuation orders were being downgraded to evacuation warnings for the bulk of the populated areas threatened by the fire since Tuesday. The evacuation orders are being lifted in stages over several hours to avoid traffic jams.  Jesusita Fire Perimeter 050909Credit: USFS LPF Portable 03 RAWS - TR154 Mesowest - Link Google location map - Link Current time: May 9, 2009 - 17:13 GMT Most Recent Observations at May 9, 2009 - 16:21 GMT
NAME: LPF03 PORTABLE LATITUDE: 34.9981 LONGITUDE: -120.1878 ELEVATION: 2000 ft MNET: RAWS Update: 0930hrs 5909- Acres burned: 8,700 Containment: 30%. Resources: Total Personnel: 4,222 (1,948 CAL FIRE) Engines: 499 (80 CAL FIRE) Hand Crews: 101 (82 CAL FIRE) Water tenders: 31 Dozers: 33 (18 CAL FIRE) Damage Estimate: 80 homes damaged or destroyed. Evacuation orders: Have displaced 30,500 residents from their homes. Weather: Fog, drizzle and calm breezes moved into Santa Barbara this morning, aiding firefighters five-days into their assault against the Jesusita fire. Fire Status: 8,700 Acres burned(this acreage reflects a more accurate computation of acres burned last night and today) - Containment: 30%
Damage assessment: In progress - initial estimate is 80 homes that have been damaged or destroyed. Air quality: Warning remains in effect. Estimated costs to date: 3.2 million dollars
Basic Information
Current Situation
Outlook
Current Weather
Everyone is asked to please conserve water !
Jesusita Fire Evacuations
EVACUATION ORDERS The mandatory evacuation order is expanded to include westbound State Street from Constance to La Cumbre, north on La Cumbre to La Colina Road, west on La Colina Road to Hwy 154, Hwy 154 south to Us 101, west on Us 101 to Patterson, north on Patterson to San Jose Creek to Camino Cielo. All points north of us 101 boundary are under mandatory evacuation order. All areas north of Sycamore Canyon Road and East Valley Road (Highway 192) between El Cielito Road and Gibraltar Road on the western boundary to Hot Springs Road north to East Camino Cielo on the eastern boundary. ALL OTHER PREVIOUS MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDER AREAS REMAIN IN EFFECT.
EVACUATION WARNINGS The evacuation warning area is expanded to include Alamar at de la Vina, west on Alamar to Junipero St, west on Junipero St to us 101, north on us 101 to upper State Street, east on State Street to De La Vina south to Alamar Street. Warnings also continue from State Street and De La Vina, De La Vina to Anapamu, Anapamu to Anacapa, Anacapa south to De la Guerra, De la Guerra to Milpas, Milpas south to Quinientos Street, Quinientos Street to Clifton Street To Eucalyptus Hill Road, Eucalyptus Hill Road to Barker Pass, Barker Pass to Hwy 192 (Sycamore Canyon Road), Hwy 192 (Sycamore Canyon Road) west to Stanwood Drive. The evacuation warning area in the southwest is expanded to include from Alamar Ave. at State Street, south on Alamar Ave to the Hwy 101, 101 west to the Hwy 154, 154 north to La Colina, La Colina east to La Cumbre, La Cumbre south to State Street, and State Street east to Alamar.
New Road Closures
Highway 154 is closed at US Highway 101
Evacuation Shelter Location
687-1331
UC Santa Barbara at Mesa and Ocean Roads
Key Phone Numbers
Road Closure Information
The following schools will be closed for Friday, May 8, 2009
Santa Barbara Elementary District: Adams Elementary
Santa Barbara High School District: Community Day School
Goleta School District: Mountain View School
Cold Spring School District: Cold Spring School
Hope School District: Hope School
Other Schools: Olive Grove Charter School
The City of Santa Barbara has set up public information kiosks in the following locations
Paseo Nuevo (State and De La Guerra Streets)
Animal Shelter Locations
The Internet:
Television:
Radio Stations: Unit Information Incident ContactJesusita Fire Call Center Incident Cooperators
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