[californiadisasters] South Ops News & Notes Update (6/10/12-8AM)

Date	Time	News and Notes
06/10	0800	Creek, CA-RRU-56558 East Indian Creek Rd., East Hemet fire burned an estimated 76 acres, and is 100% contained
		Rock CA-LPF001374 Hwy 166, Rockfront Ranch, Los Padres NF, Santa Barbara County 18 acres, 60% contained with forward progression stopped. Mop up and patrol operations planned for today
06/10	0800	George Fire, CA-SQF-1834 Tulare County Significant demobilization will continue today. Transition Plan has been signed by SCSIIMT (IC Cooper) and SQF Type 3 Organization IC (Carothers). Type 3 Organization took over incident at 0600 this morning. Fire remains at 1,707 acres, and is 85% percent contained. No structures threatened at this point Last night's IR shows there is still significant heat in the escarpment area. A small area of open fire line remains in very steep and rough terrain on the east side of the fire in the Little Kern Creek drainage.  Hotshot fire hand crews will be flown in the fire to work towards full containment.  Crew will use natural barriers when necessary to completely secure line around the George Fire. Closures Lloyd Meadow Road (FS22S82) north of Lower Peppermint Campground, Freeman Creek Trail (32E20), Jerkey Meadow and Forks of the Kern Trailheads.
06/09	1900	Rock CA-LPF001374 Hwy 166, Rockfront Ranch, Los Padres NF, Santa Barbara County FRA  Start Time:1536 20 acres, 0% contained Retardant line around fire and holding 115KV Lines in the immediate area, No threat or impact No Structures immediately threatened Rockfront Ranch Campground evacuated
06/09	1900	5 Mile CA-LAC 456790 Interstate 5 North of Parker Rd., Castaic, Los Angeles County Start date 06/08/2012 at 1600 SRA 525 acres, 100% contained As of 1800 Hrs. tonight 5 Mile fire will be under a type 3 incident IC(Massy). Tentatively as of 0800 hrs. Sunday morning, the 5 Mile incident will be turned back to Los Angeles County Fire. Difficult access for hand crews due to terrain and topographical challenges. Wind advisory for the Santa Clarita area, Sunday morning, from 0400 hrs. through 1000 hrs.  Winds forecasted from NE 15-30 mph with gusts of 40 mph. Slow lane and right shoulder on Interstate Hwy continues to be closed for firefighter safety. All lanes of north bound Interstate 5 Freeway will be open to normal traffic as of Sunday morning. Excellent progress was made today with fire suppression repair.A major demob of excess resources is currently underway.
06/09	1900	George Fire, CA-SQF-1834 Tulare County Giant Sequoia National Monument.  Central Sierra (Cooper) Type 2 IMT remains in command Fire remains at 1,707 acres, and is 85% percent contained. Change in acreage due to better mapping. SCSIIMT (IC Cooper) and SQF Type 3 Organization IC (Carothers) signed Transition Plan today. Type 3 Organization set to take over incident at 0600 on 06/10/12. No structures threatened at this point. Fire continued to smolder and rollout near escarpment area making short uphill runs possible. Interior islands continued to flare-up. Rollout material in steep ground still presents a safety concern for firefighters.  Fire suppression repair continues.
06/09	1900	Creek, CA-RRU-56558 East Indian Creek Rd., East Hemet fire burned an estimated 76 acres, and is 50% contained
06/09	0930	Creek, CA-RRU-56558 East Indian Creek Rd., East Hemet fire burned an estimated 76 acres, and is 50% contained
06/09	0800	5 Mile CA-LAC 456790 Interstate 5 North of Parker Rd., Castaic, Los Angeles County SRA 525 acres, 60% contained Freeway restrictions remain in effect. Acreage and containment to be updated after mapping
06/09	0800	George Fire, CA-SQF-1834 Tulare County Giant Sequoia National Monument. Fire remains at 1,800 acres, and is 70% percent contained. Central Sierra (Cooper) Type 2 IMT remains in command. The transition process back to the District will begin today at 10:00 Hrs Fire crews who spent the night on the fire line observed little fire activity.  Fire suppression activity will continues to focus on completing fire line in the steep and rugged terrain on the northeast part of the fire.  Crews continue fire line suppression repair on parts of the fire where the fire line has been completed.

Source: http://gacc.nifc.gov/oscc/predictive/intelligence/news_notes/index.htm

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