[californiadisasters] South Ops News & Notes Update (8/22/14-8AM)

Date	Time	News and Notes
8/22/2014	0800	Way Fire, CA-CND-003148, Kern County Location: Wofford Heights and Hwy 155 Jurisdiction: BLM Fire remains in Unified Command CIIMT5 (Joseph) USFS with BLM. 4045 acres, 78% contained. Structure damage assessment continues to be performed by Kern County FD.   Junction CA-MMU- 014633 Madera County Location of incident: Hwy 49 and Junction, Oakhurst community Jurisdiction: SRA Cal Fire IMT 6 ( Estes). 612 acres, 95% contained. Command of the incident is tentatively planned to be transitioned back to the Madera-Mariposa Unit today. Significant demobilization of resources continues today.
08/21/2014	1800	Way Fire, CA-CND-003148, Kern County Location: Wofford Heights and Hwy 155 Jurisdiction: BLM Fire remains in Unified command CIIMT5 (Joseph) USFS with BLM. 4031 acres, 72% contained. Kern County FD will exit Unified Command at 1800 hrs today.   Junction CA-MMU- 014633 Madera County Location of incident: Hwy 49 and Junction, Oakhurst community Jurisdiction: SRA Cal Fire IMT 6 (Estes) 612 acres, 90% contained Command of the incident is tentatively planned to be transitioned back to the Madera-Mariposa Unit 8/22/2014.
08/21/2014	1100	Due to a reduction in incident activity and more favorable weather conditions in the California Southern Geographic Area/Region we will decrease our CWCG Preparedness Level from a Level 4 to a Level 3, effective 1000 hours today.
8/21/2014	0745	Way Fire, CA-CND-003148, Kern County Location: Wofford Heights and Hwy 155 Jurisdiction: BLM Unified command and Kern County CIIMT5  (Joseph) USFS, BLM and Kern County FD (D.Brady) 4031 acres, 48% Contained. Repopulation in progress. Threat to community of Wofford Heights has significantly diminished. Commitment of Forest Service air and ground resources. Utilize air resources to check fire growth in inaccessible areas. Demob has begun today. Tentatively Kern County Fire will go out of unified command later this evening. Begin suppression repair in locations where containment has been achieved.   Junction CA-MMU- 014633 Madera County Location of incident: Hwy 49 and Junction, Oakhurst community Jurisdiction: SRA Cal Fire IMT 6 (Brian Estes) 612 acres, 75 % Contained. An updated damage inspection report is being produced. Power was restored to all areas affected. Continue mop up and improve containment lines. Commitment of Forest Service air resources.

Source: http://gacc.nifc.gov/oscc/predictive/intelligence/news_notes/news.php

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