[californiadisasters] South Ops News & Notes Update (9/05/12-6PM)

Date	Time	News and Notes
09/05	1800	Williams Fire, CA-ANF-004803, Los Angeles County, vegetation fire. Angeles NF, east of San Gabriel Reservoir Type 2 team IMT (Smith) has assumed command Fire has burned approximately 4,180 acres, and is 44% contained Inaccessible, steep, rugged terrain. Heavy fuels with critically low fuel moistures.   Highway 39 remains closed.   Slides Fire, CA-SQF-02990, Tulare County, vegetation fire, Slides Area, McNally Footprint 254 acres, 100% contained. Fire will transition to a type 4 incident organization tentatively on 9/6/12
09/05	0800	Williams Fire, CA-ANF-004803, Los Angeles Co., vegetation fire, east of San Gabriel Reservoir 3,806 acres 24 % contained. The fire transitioned to Unified Command with the Angeles National Forest and Los Angeles County Sheriff Departments (LACSO). Los Angeles Fire Department will remain involved as a cooperating agency. Tactical and strategic decisions are being made with emphasis being placed on safety, environmental / cultural concerns, and cost benefit.   Slides Fire, CA-SQF-02990, 20 miles north of Kernville, Tulare County, vegetation fire, Slides Area, McNally Footprint. Fire remains at 254 acres, with 90% contained. The last 10% of the fire has run into a rock outcrop, firefighters work to remove any un burned material in order to achieve 100% containment today.

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

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