[californiadisasters] North Ops News & Notes Update (7/31/12-7AM)

Date	Time	News and Notes
07/31/2012	0644	CA-PNF Chips Fire 400 acres 20% contained. Low afternoon humidities, diurnal wind shifts, roll out, snags, heavy fuel loading, steep innaccesable terrain continue to make firefighting difficult.
07/31/2012	0644	CA-PNF Peak Fire 780 acres, 30% contained. Fire is 15 miles NE of Portola. Unburned interior pockets with potential for additional tree torching and spotting, Gusty daytime and nighttime winds, very dry live fuel moistures, poor nighttime humidity recovery.
07/31/2012	0644	CA-MEU North Fire 385 acres 100% contained .
07/30/2012	1755	CA-PNF Chipps Fire 350 acres 10% contained. Low afternoon humidities, diurnal wind shifts, roll out, snags, heavy fuel loading, steep innaccesable terrain continue to make firefighting difficult.
07/30/2012	0653	CA-PNF Peak Fire 850 acres, 30% contained. Fire is 15 miles NE of Portola. Spot fire outside of main line comprimised entire west flank of fire and spotted over eastern containment lines. Type 2 team Whitcome on order,in brief at 1500 today.
07/30/2012	0653	CA-PNF Chipps Fire 200 acres 10% contained. Low afternoon humidities, diurnal wind shifts, roll out, snags, heavy fuel loading, steep innaccesable terrain continue to make firefighting difficult.
07/30/2012	0653	CA-MEU North Fire 385 acres 95% contained .Fire is north of Cow Mtn.
07/29/2012	1500	CA-PNF Peak Fire 300 acres, 40% contained. Fire is 15 miles NE of Portola. Increased fire activity with spotting and torching additional resources on order.
07/29/2012	1500	CA-PNF Chipps Fire 60 acres 0% contained.
07/29/2012	0934	Fern Incident on the TNF on the Rubicon Trail is reported to be 3-5 acres. The fire was started by a Jeep accident with 6 injuries. Jeep Jamboree in the area with approx. 1000 participants causing concern. 1 Type 1 crew and a Type 2 Helicopter assigned with second T2 Helicopter on order.
07/29/2012	0637	July 29, 1994 – Butler Creek Fire On July 29, 1994, pilots Bob Kelly and Randy Lynn died when their Lockheed P2V-7 air tanker crashed on the Butler Creek Fire west of Missoula, MT. For more information, visit http://www.wlfalwaysremember.org/incident-lists/128-tanker-04-crash-on-butler-creek-fire.html
07/29/2012	0635	CA-PNF Chipps Fire 20 acres 0% contained.
07/29/2012	0635	CA-PNF Peak Fire 200 acres, 40% contained. Fire is 15 miles NE of Portola.
07/29/2012	0635	CA-MEU North Fire 400 acres 30% contained .Fire is north of Cow Mtn.
07/28/2012	1715	CA-PNF Peak Fire 20 acres rapid rate of spread, fire is running in the crowns.
07/28/2012	1611	CA-MEU North Fire 150 acres heavy brush, moderate of spread, 10% contained. Threat to Communications Tower on Cow mtn, and historical structures.
07/28/2012	1439	CA-MEU North Fire 30 acres heavy brush, moderate of spread, 0% contained, no threats.
07/28/2012	1222	July 28, 1939 – Rock Creek Fire The Rock Creek Fire started at 11:15 on July 28, 1939 from lightning. The point of origin is located approximately five miles southeast of Orovada, Nevada and four miles due east of the Highway 95 monument. Between 15:30 to 16:00 the fire burned explosively downhill in a westerly direction, under the influence of a thunderstorm directly over the fire that produced 40 to 60 mile per hour downdraft winds. A crew was entrapped and 5 died. For more info: http://www.fire​leadership.gov/​toolbox/staffri​de/lsr3_stand1.​html (International Association of Wildland Fire, 2011)
07/28/2012	0830	July 28, 2002 – Stanza Fire On July 28, 2002, Lassen Engine 11 rolled down a steep embankment on the Stanza Fire, Klamath NF. Of the 5 crewmembers, Steve Oustad, Heather DePaolo-Johnny, and John Self were fatally injured. Crewmembers Ryan Smith and Alex Glover fortunately survived. Visitors to the Almanor Ranger District in Chester, California are encouraged to visit the Engine 11 Memorial that sits across from the District office next to the Chester Airport. Visit the Lassen National Forest's E-11 Memorial page for more information.
07/27/2012	1800	Light initial attack in the Geographic Area today; no new large fires reported (0600-1800).
07/27/2012	0800	The National Preparedness Level has been lowered today to PL 2.
07/27/2012	0745	No new large fires reported in the Geographic Area overnight (1800-0600).
07/26/2012	1800	Light initial attack in the Geographic Area today; no new large fires reported (0600-1800).
07/26/2012	1215	CAL FIRE ICT 8 (Veneris) has been activated for the CA-TCU Penn/Graham fires.
07/26/2012	1200	The Northern California Geographic Area has now moved to Preparedness Level 2.
07/26/2012	1120	The Southern Geographic Area issued a Fuels and Fire Behavior Advisory yesterday for the "Potential for Extreme Fire Behavior, Potential for Long Term Burning and resistance to control" for areas of Oklahoma and Arkansas. http://www.predictiveservices.nifc.gov/fuels_fire-danger/SAFuelsFire_behavior_advisory_7_25_2012.pdf There are currently Fuels and Fire Behavior Advisories isssued for the Northwest, Western Great Basin, Eastern Great Basin, Northern Rockies, Southern, and Eastern (1 for IL, WI, IN, and MI, 1 for MO, IN & IL) Geographic Areas. The NIFC Predictive Services' Fuels and Fire Behavior Advisories webpage is http://www.predictiveservices.nifc.gov/fuels_fire-danger/fuels_advisories.htm
07/26/2012	0800	CA-TGU Paskenta Fire. 300 acres, 100% contained. Located off of Round Valley Road near the town of Paskenta.
07/26/2012	0745	In memoriam - East Pierce (WA) Fire Chief Daniel Packer was fatally injured July 26, 2008 during a shelter deployment on the Panther Fire, Klamath National Forest. In order to prepare for assuming responsibility of a division the following day, Chief Packer was scouting the fire with another incoming Division Supervisor when the fire ran up a drainage and cut off their escape route. For more information, visit http://www.wlfalwaysremember.org/incident-lists/88-daniel-packer.html
07/26/2012	0745	In memoriam - On July 26, 1978, Six Rivers NF engine crewmembers Richard Montano, Gayle Tsutsumi, and David Perrine were killed, and Mark Evans and Gene Schmoker injured when their engine collided with a logging truck south of Orleans, California. The Orleans engine was responding to fires in Weitchpec when the accident occurred. For more information, visit http://www.wlfalwaysremember.org/incident-lists/235-orleans-tanker.html
07/25/2012	1800	Light initial attack in the Geographic Area today; no new large fires reported (0600-1800). Holdover lightning fires reported on the Tahoe and Plumas National Forests have been staffed; no other units reporting holdovers.
07/25/2012	0800	In memoriam - On July 25, 2008, NPS firefighter Andrew Palmer was killed during a tree falling incident on the Eagle fire, part of the Iron Complex on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. Wildland fire agencies are continually improving medical evacuation procedures because of this tragedy. For more information, visit http://www.wlfalwaysremember.org/incident-lists/107-andy-palmer-dutch-creek.html

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

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