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Early Season Fires In Idaho

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It is way too early for this.

Lightning has caused nine new fires this weekend in the Emmett and Idaho City Ranger Districts. “Fires this early in the season are primarily due to a combination of factors; the lack of snow pack, the above average temperatures, lack of spring rain and recent thunderstorm activity have contributed to the ignitions.” said Linda Steinhaus Boise National Forest Public Affairs. Firefighters, including smokejumpers from McCall and a helicopter are fighting the fires. The fires are expected to be under control some time Saturday. Continued hot temperatures are predicted for Sunday and Monday. Firefighters and aerial patrols will monitor the fire sites for additional blazes. No structures are threatened, said Steinhaus.

Posted by on May 12, 2013 • Filed under: USFS, Wildland • Tagged:

Good News; Tanker 910 Inks Deal With Feds

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US Forest Service News Release

U.S. Forest Service issues notice of intent to award “Next Generation” airtanker contracts

WASHINGTON, May 6, 2013 — U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell announced today that the Forest Service has issued a notice of intent to award contracts to five companies to provide a total of seven Next Generation airtankers for wildfire suppression.

“We are moving ahead to modernize our fleet as part of our overall strategy to secure the best, safest airtankers available for fighting wildfires across the country in the years to come,” said Tidwell. “It is critical that we complete the Next Generation airtanker contracting effort as quickly as possible as we face the prospect of another challenging wildfire season with a dwindling legacy airtanker fleet.”

The U.S. Forest Service intends to award exclusive use contracts for Next Generation airtankers to:

Minden Air Corporation; Minden, Nev., for 1 BAe-146
Aero Air, LLC; Hillsboro, Ore., for 2 MD87s
Aero Flite, Inc.; Kingman, Ariz., for 2 Avro RJ85s
Coulson Aircrane (USA), Inc.; Portland, Ore., for 1 C130Q
10 Tanker Air Carrier, LLC; Adelanto, Calif., for 1 DC-10

These companies were selected because their proposals were determined to offer the best value to the government based on a technical evaluation of their airtanker concept, organizational experience and past performance, combined with pricing. The contracts are for a base period of five years with five one-year options (a total of 10 years if all contract options are exercised).

The Forest Service is transitioning to the Next Generation airtankers to replace its aging airtanker fleet. “Legacy” aircraft are those that have been used as part of the Forest Service aviation program for years, and in some cases, decades. All of the Next Generation airtankers are turbine powered, can carry a minimum of 3,000 gallons of retardant and have a cruise speed of at least 300 knots when fully loaded. The companies that are providing them are required to comply with stringent safety requirements in their contracts.

The agency is working to bring all seven Next Generation airtankers into service over the next year. The contracts allow these companies to provide additional Next Generation airtankers in future years, contingent on funding and other circumstances, to reach the total of 18 to 28 recommended in the Large Airtanker Modernization Strategy that the Forest Service submitted to Congress in February 2012……
US Forest Service News Release

Posted by on May 6, 2013 • Filed under: Wildland

Springs Fire, SoCal Burning Early

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The ‘Springs Fire’ burning near Camarillo and Newbury Park California has consumed 2,000 acres since its start early this morning. Multiple vehicles have burned and fire officials have ordered the evacuation of Cal State Channel Islands which is in the path of advancing flames.
*Newbury Park High School has been evacuated as well.

Springs Fire

Camarillo Weather.
Thursday – Clear. High of 93F. Windy. Winds from the NE at 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 45 mph shifting to the WNW in the afternoon.

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Posted by on May 2, 2013 • Filed under: wildfires, Wildland • Tagged: ,

California Fire Season 2013 – It’s On

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2013 is shaping up to be an especially active and dangerous fire season in California and the west. Wildland firefighters and rural landowners in California should be ready now.

Articles;
AP via Yahoo
Tribune, SLO

Cal Fire is not fully staffed with seasonal firefighters until June. Federal fire crews are typically fully staffed by mid June.

Posted by on April 27, 2013 • Filed under: Wildland • Tagged:

Video: U.S. Military Response During Colorado’s Waldo Canyon Fire

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NRA Life of Duty presented by Brownells and FNH USA have teamed up to bring you another Full Episode of the Frontlines Series – this time from the wildfires of Colorado. Watch as NRA Life of Duty Correspondent Chuck Holton reports on the men and women battling the devastating flames along with the tools and tactics used to keep the state and it’s residents safe.

Introduced by Col. Oliver North Ret. USMC

Firefighter Blog Waldo Canyon Fire coverage.

Posted by on August 30, 2012 • Filed under: Wildland • Tagged:

Ponderosa Fire

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The Ponderosa Fire is burning in Shasta and Tehama Counties west of Mt Lassen in Northern California. The immediate threat is to the communities of Shingletown, Manton and Viola.

This is a Cal Fire show with participating agencies contributing manpower and equipment. As such expect a full scale assault on the fire with the full backing of the state of California.

The fire has consumed 15,000 acres in less than 36 hours. 7 homes have been destroyed. 1,500 firefighting personnel are assigned as of this morning. Expect the total personnel to double in the next 24 hours.

Ponderosa Fire Quick Links
Cal Fire; Ponderosa Incident
Redding.com
KRCRTV.com
Twitter; #PonderosaFire
Cal Fire PIO Berlant

Will update…

 

Posted by on August 20, 2012 • Filed under: Cal Fire, Wildland • Tagged:

Where Will The Next Big Fire In California Strike?

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TheBlaze.com offered a link to iDV Solutions awesome heat map showing major wildfires in the USA over the past 11 years.

Naturally I took interest in California fires since over the past decade Firefighter Blog has focused on the wildfires within the Golden State.

Every geographic area of the state has had its share of major wildfires over the past decade helped in large part by a 7 year drought in the middle of the decade. What has not burned interests me as much as what has already burned. Two areas stand out to me as most vulnerable. Below I took the liberty of marking up iDV Solutions’ map to highlight those two areas.

Perhaps the geographic spot most vulnerable to a major wildfire within California at the moment is the central Sierra’s that include  the Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks. If you take a look at the current U.S. drought map the central section of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range is experiencing drought.

Note the area between the 75,000 acre Telegraph Fire in 2008  and the 150,000 acre McNally Fire in 2002. The area between those fires is roughly 170 miles and encompasses the southern boundaries of Yosemite National Park and all of the Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks. The single most vulnerable city in this field from my point of view is Oakhurst.

California Fire Prediction

California Large Fire Prediction

The second area of concern is bounded by the 244,000 acre Basin Complex Fire of 2008 to the north and the 240,000 acre Zaca Fire of 2007  to the south. This area is mostly within the Los Padres National Forest from the southern Big Sur coast to just south of Solvang 175 miles to the south including Vandenberg Air Force Base.  The community most at risk in this assessment is Cambria California.

Posted by on July 17, 2012 • Filed under: Uncategorized, Wildland, wildland fire • Tagged:

Waldo Canyon Fire — Links/Resources/Views

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Update: The image below is from the Pike’s Peak (summit) webcam and offers a unique view of the wildfire from above. As you can see the fire has minimal containment and many active fronts.

Waldo Canyon Fire Links:

Watch KRDO 13 has near constant live coverage.
Listen RadioReference is monitoring all emergency frequencies in the county with Waldo dominating traffic. Good communication between air ops and operations.
Read Gazette.com, Colorado news source.

Twitter #WaldoCanyonFire real time Tweets.
Instagram Image View from I-25.
Webcam Pike’s Peak (summit).
Facebook Waldo Canyon Fire group.
Local Relief Links Citizen Command Center.


(Google Earth View KML)

Posted by on June 25, 2012 • Filed under: Wildland, wildland fire • Tagged:

Colorado On Fire

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Map Credit; CBS

Blame a combination of drought, high winds, high temps, Colorado Beetle Kill, lightning and arson for the most destructive wildfire season in Colorado in more than a decade. Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and to a lessor extent Utah see their fair share of wildfire annually but the 2012 wild fire season began early and presently shows no signs of slowing.

The High Park Fire burning on the outskirts of Fort Carson has already claimed 248 homes. The Waldo Canyon Fire burning above Colorado Springs has forced the evacuation of thousands. Fire authorities are satisfied they will be granted air and ground resources in sufficient numbers to combat advancing flames fronts and protect residential property.

Firefighters are facing temperatures nearing triple digits with predicted winds to 25 mph through Tuesday. Temperatures in Colorado Springs will remain in the 90′s for the next eight days.

This Waldo Canyon Fire is reminiscent of the Monument Fire that struck Sierra Vista in Southern Arizona last June. Persistent SSW winds blew the fire off the Hauchuca Mountains and into residential neighborhoods claiming dozens of homes and outbuildings.

Related links:
Inciweb
Pikes Peak Webcam (summit)
Twitter Search #COFire
CBS Denver
USFS Pike
Michelle Malkin Evacuated

 

Posted by on June 24, 2012 • Filed under: Uncategorized, Wildland • Tagged: ,

LODD, Two Pilots Killed In Tanker Crash In Utah

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AP via Yahoo! News RENO, Nev. (AP) — A firefighting aircraft crashed into rugged terrain near the Utah-Nevada border as it dropped retardant on a 5,000-acre wildfire, killing the two people aboard. The air tanker went down Sunday afternoon in the Hamblin Valley area of western Utah, Bureau of Land Management officials said.
The two pilots were fighting the White Rock Fire, which began burning Friday night after a lightning strike in eastern Nevada. The fire spread across the Utah line Saturday night, but most of the blaze remained in Nevada, about 150 miles northeast of Las Vegas.

KCSG.com reports  the aircraft pilots were Captain Todd Neal Tompkins, 48 and First Officer Ronnie Edwin Chambless, 40 both of Boise, Idaho, according to the Iron County Sheriff’s Office.

The tanker was a P2V-7 contracted by Neptune Aviation in Missoula Montana.

Tanker 11

The downed tanker is believed to be Tanker 11, one of over a half dozen P2V’s in the Neptune fleet. Neptune’s Tanker 10 was retired earlier this Spring when a crack was found on one of the wings.

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Image attribution Ned Harris, Flickr.

Posted by on June 4, 2012 • Filed under: Line of Duty, LODD, Wildland • Tagged:

Cal Fire’s Wildfire Season Preparedness Primer

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Wildfire Awareness Week comes to a close today. Throughout the week Cal Fire held events designed to educate state residents about the dangers of wildfire and resources the state has available to combat wildfire.

Cal Fire points us to Ready For Wildfire, an informational program to educate potential fire victims in the wildland-urban interface.

In the video below Cal Fire reminds homeowners it is their responsibility to take action to prepare their property against approaching fire.  They break it down to three steps, Ready, Set, Go.  Have a look.

Posted by on May 12, 2012 • Filed under: Wildland • Tagged: ,

Brush Fires in New York and New Jersey Force Evacuations

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Suffolk County NY issued an evacuation order this evening.

April 9, 2012
(Ridge, N.Y.) – The following information regarding the brush fire in Ridge is updated as of 5:30 p.m.:
Currently, firefighters from 109 departments in Suffolk County have responded to the scene of the brush fire, and 15 additional departments from Nassau County are en route.
A mandatory evacuation is being sought by the Riverhead Police Department for the area north to Grumman Avenue, east to Edwards Avenue, south to Peconic Avenue, and west to Wading River Manor. The Riverhead Senior Center in Riverhead, has been established as an emergency shelter.

View more videos at: http://nbcnewyork.com.

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Posted by on April 9, 2012 • Filed under: Wildland, wildland fire • Tagged:

California Fire Season Set For An Early Start

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After consecutive benign wildfire seasons California and the western states should see a return to normal or above normal fire activity in 2012. In mid February Cal Fire and local crews responded to a 200 acre fire in oak woodlands in Napa County, north of San Francisco.  Big Sur and Paso Robles on the central coast have already seen active burning.

Kate Novoa on the Big Sur coast posted an image on BigSurKate.com showing impressive flame length from a local fire on February 7. Kimmer in Paso Robles offered this night view of a fire near Lake Nacimiento last week.

A friend in Prather, a community in the central valley foothills at the 1,500 foot level informed me there was very little green on her property. She said the last time it was this brown this early was 2008.

2008 was the tail end of a severe drought in California and dead fuel and fuel loads were high and fuel moisture was at historic low levels. 2010 and 2011 were very wet years and total burned acreage was down. There is no reason to believe we will see a repeat of the 2008 fire season but a dry winter and spring means we’ll experience a longer burning season at the very least.

It is important for rural residents to assess their defensible space before too much longer. Though we are still due for some more rain the die has been cast, we’re dry and the fire season is beginning.

 

Posted by on March 10, 2012 • Filed under: California, Uncategorized, Wildland • Tagged: ,

Be-200 Russian Air Tanker May See Stateside Deployment

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Bill Gabbert over at Wildfire Today offers a detailed look at the Be-200 Russian made air tanker. If everything falls into place for the contractor the Be-200 could see action in the USA by Summer 2013.

Gabbert reminds us of recent problems with the P2V fleet which naturally invites alternatives to fill the void. The Be-200 has a payload of 3,000 gallons of water or retardant.

Posted by on February 8, 2012 • Filed under: air attack, Vehicle Operations & Apparatus, Wildland

10 Die On Florida Interstate Due To Wildfire/Fog Conditions

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This is hard to understand. The Florida Highway Patrol had closed the road earlier in the evening because of a combination of fog and smoke from a wildfire that had been burning for days. The smallish fire had burned a total of 65 acres by Sunday morning.  According to numerous news accounts motorists piled one by one into the blinding mix of fog and smoke directly into other trucks and cars.
Why was the Interstate open? Where were the escorts or pilot vehicles? In 2008 a similar crash with numerous fatalities occurred on Interstate 4, just south of the Sunday crash site due to smoke from a wildfire.
I’m baffled how this wildfire was allowed to burn for days or weeks. Even allowing this may be bog material there is no reason a roadside fire with associated smoke drift should be allowed to burn unabated. I know for fact in California the fire would have been cold as soon as possible, no question. Additionally in California there is close communication between state fire officials and California Highway Patrol officials. Fire and CHP will never open a roadway until conditions are considered safe.

Posted by on January 30, 2012 • Filed under: Mass Casualty Incident, Weather, Wildland

Reno, Carson City Nevada Area Wildfire, 10,000 Evacuated, 50% Contained

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AP via CBS News RENO, Nev. – Wind gusts of up to 82 mph pushed a fast-moving brush fire south of Reno out of control Thursday as it burned several homes, threatened dozens more and forced about 10,000 people to evacuate their neighborhoods.
Reno Fire Chief Michael Hernandez said more than 230 firefighters were battling the blaze, which had grown to nearly 5 square miles within hours.

Updated reports indicate 26 occupied dwellings have been destroyed. Reno, like much of the west has not seen precipitation for almost six weeks. In my area of central California the foothills are bone dry and dusty. It’s surprising Reno is the only area in the west stricken by fire.

Here is an image of the advancing storm system. Full containment should be expected in the next 24 hours if this system delivers expected precipitation totals.

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Posted by on January 20, 2012 • Filed under: Wildland, wildland fire

Inmate Firefighter Collapses/Dies On Training Hike in Central California

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Update: Firefighter inmate identified. According to SanLuisObispo.com his name is Crisanto Leo Lionell, age 54.

San Luis Obispo.com An inmate firefighter assigned to Cuesta Fire Camp, located at the California Men’s Colony, died while taking part in a County/Cal Fire training program at Camp San Luis Obispo.Cal Fire Capt. Jane Schmitz said the inmate collapsed while hiking on the military base shortly after 3:30 Wednesday afternoon.
According to Schmitz, the inmate was transported to a local hospital, were he was pronounced dead at 4:42p.m.The California Department of Corrections is reviewing the incident.

Condolences to the family of the inmate. Cal Fire maintains 44 adult inmate fire camps and two juvenile justice camps utilizing the the skills of trained Department of Corrections inmates and California Juvenile Justice System wards of the state.  The program is comprised of over 3,500 inmate firefighters fielding nearly 200 fire crews manning fire lines throughout the state putting life and limb in danger fighting wildland fires. Some go on to become professional firefighters after they serve their time.

Posted by on January 4, 2012 • Filed under: Line of Duty, LODD, Training, Wildland

Reno Wildfire Destroys 20 Homes, Thousands Evacuated

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Local coverage.

Posted by on November 18, 2011 • Filed under: wildfires, Wildland, wildland fire

Lightning Strikes Spark Fires in Sierras

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Early morning air to ground lighting has ignited 40 new fires in the Southern Sierra Nevada’s and Tehachapi’s in Kern County.

The screen cap below is from the Breckenridge-facing-Tehachapis webcam.

If you click the “movie” tab you can follow the fire from the start near sunrise. Note there are three fire starts in this webcam view. There are no clear estimates of acreage involved however Kern County and Cal Fire are responding with full dispatches and are setting up for structure protection within the county.

13:40 hours

Posted by on September 10, 2011 • Filed under: Cal Fire, wildfires, Wildland, wildland fire • Tagged:

Texas Fires Situation Report

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TEXAS FOREST SERVICE INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT for Sept 6, 2012

Current Situation

Yesterday Texas Forest Service responded to 22 new fires for 7,544 acres, including 10 new large fires. In the past seven days Texas Forest Service has responded to 181 fires for 118,413 acres. It appears that in the past 48 hours, more than 700 homes have been destroyed. As better assessments come in, we will continue to update the situation report.

Forecast Fire Danger Map

Weather Satellite (water vapor animated loop)

Weather today for Texas.

DC-10 (10 Tanker) on scene.
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Houston Chron

Posted by on September 7, 2011 • Filed under: 10 Tanker, wildfires, Wildland

Bastrop Texas Wildfire

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The Bastrop County Complex Fire has consumed more than 25,000 acres and destroyed an estimated 476 homes or structures since yesterday, Reuters reports.

The Geomac imagery below shows how tenuous the situation is in and around Bastrop. The red circles in the image represent actively burning fire. Orange represents fire burned over the past 12 hours. You can see active burning up to Lake Bastrop. The fire is burning on all fronts with no obvious anchor point. It is easy to see from the Geomac imagery that the Bastrop Fire has no containment.

Bastrop has a population of over 5,000. Fox News has reported 250 firefighters are working the fire as crews are stretched around the state. Simple math tells us there are not enough fire crews to protect all the structures in Bastrop. This fire will burn as long as there is wind to push it.

Civilians need to heed evacuation orders.

Note too the fire burning West of Bastrop threatening the town of Wyldwood.

Bastrop County Complex Fire

Here is a dramatic video of the fire burning over Highway 21 east of Bastrop. This is the definition of a monster fire.

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Posted by on September 5, 2011 • Filed under: Fires, Major Incidents, Wildland • Tagged:

Small Aircraft Crash Ignites the ‘Canyon Fire’

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Update: 16:15 hours 9/5 Via Wildlandfire.com A dozen homes, 15 outbuildings and several vehicles have been destroyed by the Canyon Fire. Fire estimated at around 9,000 acres. Aircraft being diverted to a new fire in L.A. County.

Update: 07:00 9/5 Canyon Fire is at 3,500 acres with 0% containment. Heading to ridgetops among the local wind farms on the south flank. Structure protection is key today as aircraft support these efforts and drop on flanks. This is a traditionally high wind environment but the wind direction favors burning towards the desert. For more.

Update: 18:45 hours good news and bad news. The good news is this is a Cal Fire/Kern County incident which means they will throw their entire force of resources at it. The bad, “aircraft are going defensive“, not direct and are dropping loads in and around structures.

TehachapiNews.com reports “One death (updated to two deaths) related to the crash of a small plane in the mountains southeast of the City of Tehachapi has been confirmed.”


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Posted by on September 4, 2011 • Filed under: wildfires, Wildland, wildland fire • Tagged:

‘Motor Fire’ Hitting on all Cylinders

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There could not be a less hospitable spot for a major wildfire than the Merced River Canyon near Yosemite National Park. In July and August of 2008 the Telegraph Fire burned over 50,000 acres and claimed dozens of homes in and around Mariposa just down canyon from where the Motor Fire is raging.
The Motor Fire has burned 3,000 acres in two days and firefighters are still in the early stages of formulating a plan of attack. Initial reports had the fire burning on both sides of Highway 140 and the Merced River which would give the fire two distinct heads and directions. Maps are showing the fire burning mostly on the north side of the river and highway. The Telegraph Fire burned on both sides of the canyon as it raced upstream towards Yosemite which complicated suppression activity. Firefighters could not use the massive Merced River as an anchor.

Motor Fire and Proximity to Yosemite Nat Park

The GeoMac image above highlights the perimeters of recent fire activity including the Telegraph to the west and the Grouse and Big Meadow fires to the east. The Big Meadow and Grouse burns will act as a pair of defensive tackles blunting (somewhat) the eastern progression of the Motor Fire. There is no recent fire history north of the Motor so a run to Highway 120 is entirely possible.

A look at the area of responsibility shows this will be a Forest Service show with Cal Fire responsible for only a couple of strips of land and property along the river and highway. Cal Fire was responsible for suppressing the Telegraph Fire and at one point had 4,500 firefighters, 30 or more fixed wing aircraft and helicopters, 61 fire crews and 101 fire engines on scene. It will be interesting to see how many resources the Forest Service puts in use.

Posted by on August 27, 2011 • Filed under: Cal Fire, California, Fires, Uncategorized, Wildland, wildland fire • Tagged:

Cal Fire To Impose $150 Fee Per Inhabitable Structure in Response Zones

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Cal Fire, California’s elite wildland firefighting force is set to charge homeowners within Cal Fire’s area of responsibility $145 per inhabitable structure. It’s being called a “fire prevention fee” and the bill will create a Responsibility Area Fire Prevention Fund.

The crux of the issue is hardly arguable.

AB 29 Chapter 1.5

(c) The costs of fire prevention activities aimed at reducing the effects
of structures in state responsibility areas should be borne by the owners of
these structures.
(d) Individual owners of structures within state responsibility areas receive
a disproportionately larger benefit from fire prevention activities than that
realized by the state’s citizens generally.
(e) It is the intent of the Legislature that the economic burden of fire
prevention activities that are associated with structures in state responsibility
areas shall be equitably distributed among the citizens of the state who
generally benefit from those activities and those owners of structures in the
state responsibility areas who receive a specific benefit other than that
general benefit.

Assembly Bill No. 29 dictates the fund will feed the following:

Moneys in the fund shall be used only for the following fire prevention
activities, which shall benefit owners of structures within the state
responsibility areas who are required to pay the annual fire prevention fee
pursuant to this chapter:
– Local assistance grants.
– Grants to Fire Safe Councils, the California Conservation Corps, or
certified local conservation corps for fire prevention projects and activities
in the state responsibility areas.
– Grants to a qualified nonprofit organization with a demonstrated
ability to satisfactorily plan, implement, and complete a fire prevention
project applicable to the state responsibility areas.
– Inspections by the department for compliance with defensible space
requirements around structures in state responsibility areas
– Public education to reduce fire risk in the state responsibility areas.
– Fire severity and fire hazard mapping by the department in the state
responsibility areas.
– Other fire prevention projects in the state responsibility areas,
authorized by the board.
– The board shall establish a local assistance grant program for fire
prevention activities designed to benefit structures within state responsibility
areas, including public education, that are provided by counties and other
local agencies, including special districts, with state responsibility areas
within their jurisdictions.

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Cal Fire SRA Map

Kate in Big Sur offers a nice Q and A on the subject for her readers here.

Posted by on July 23, 2011 • Filed under: Cal Fire, Fire Prevention & Education, Uncategorized, Wildland

Las Conchas Fire Now 70,000 Acres, Growth Stalled as Winds Abate (updated)

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Winds in northern New Mexico diminished somewhat overnight and are expected remain light for the next few days. Las Conchas fire command are mapping out plans to control this 70,000 acre beast. Las Conchas incident command has placed containment at 3%. The fire has burned 12 homes.

Update: Winds back in forecast –KRQE.com Reports gusts to 35 mph expected today.

Facts:
Number of Personnel: Approximately 350 personnel including three hotshot crews and nine handcrews .
Location: Approximately 12 miles southwest of Los Alamos off NM 4 at mile marker 35
Fuels: Mixed Conifer, Ponderosa Pine. Fuel moisture is extremely low.
Cause: Unknown – under investigation
Equipment: Four dozers and 12 engines
Size: 69,555 acres based on 06/29 infrared data
Aircraft: Five helicopters
Percent Contained: 3%
Residences Destroyed: 12

Jacqueline Shen Las Conchas Fire, June 2011

Image Credit Jacqueline Shen, June 2011

Link to Jacqueline Shen image on Facebook, Las Conchas Fire.
Animated weather satellite.

Las Conchas Fire; Geomac Imagery

Posted by on June 29, 2011 • Filed under: wildfires, Wildland, wildland fire • Tagged: