Re: [californiadisasters] Washoe Drive Incident Update (1/19/12-10PM)

My crew went on the initial dispatch...we lost 6 homes just in our section...smoke was so bad that at times you could not see the road --- On Thu, 1/19/12, Kim Noyes <kimnoyes@gmail.com> wrote: From: Kim Noyes <kimnoyes@gmail.com> Subject: [californiadisasters] Washoe Drive Incident Update (1/19/12-10PM) To: "CaliforniaDisasters" <californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com>, RMS_Scanner@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, January 19, 2012, 11:16 PM     Fire Name: WASHOE DRIVE Updated: By: Position: 01/19/2012 @ 10:00 p.m. (next update on Friday, 1/20, at approximately 10:00 a.m.) Helen Frazier Intellegence Dispatcher Location: Start Date: Start Time: Current Size: Fuel Type: Jurisdiction: Assisting Agencies: Washoe City to Pleasant Valley on both sides of U.S. 395; 10 miles south of Reno (Lat. 39 19 33 Long. 119 48 31) 01/19/2012 12:45 p.m. 3,700 acres (as reported by Reno Fire) Fire Perimeter Map in pdf (as of 7:20 p.m. on 1/19) Brush & grass Unified command with Reno Fire, Sierra Fire Protection District, US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management & Nevada Division of Forestry Lyon County, Tahoe-Douglas, Mineral County, Storey County, Carson City Fire, East Fork FPD, North Lyon County Fire, Washoe County Sheriff's Dept., Nevada Highway Patrol, Nevada Army National Guard, NV Energy, Federal Emergency Management Agency. Public Safety: [Structures, Closures, etc.] Reno Fire Chief reports that forward progress on this fire has been halted. Fire behavior is moderating overnight due to diminishing winds, lowering termperatures and increasing humidity/moisture moving over the Sierra Nevada/Carson Range. U.S. Highway-395 remains closed between Eastlake Blvd., to the Junction of SR 341/431 (Mt. Rose Junction) in south Reno. U.S. Highway 395 will remain closed until further notice - please make alternate plans. American Red Cross has set up an evacuation center at Damonte Ranch High School, 10500 Rio Wrangler Parkway in Reno. Small animals can be evacuated to Damonte High School. Large animals can be evacuated to Reno Livestock Events Center. Evacuation information inside the 775 area code call 211. Outside the area call . Incident Command Post is at Depoali Middle School. Other Threats: [Natural & Cultural Resources] Unknown Resources Assigned:   Air Tankers   Helicopters 6 Water Tenders 2 Dozers 6 Hand Crews 39 Engines 50 Command Staff 336 # Personnel Containment/ Control: No estimate of containment or control Remarks: Reno FD is the primary agency and is in charge of the fire. Source: http://sierrafront.net/press/news%20releases.htm -- Check out http://groups.yahoo.com/group/californiadisasters/ Read my blog at http://eclecticarcania.blogspot.com/ My Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/derkimster Linkedin profile: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kim-noyes/9/3a1/2b8 Follow me on Twitter @DisasterKim

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