RE: [RC] Southern Calif Fire agencies prepare for strong Santa Ana Winds Mon 11/20- Fri 11/24 - Sheila A. Walsh
Eric,
The California
fire fighting coalition of agencies is the best in the world; likely because
they practice, practice, practice. Best wishes and I will say prayers for
everyone’s safety.
Sheila
Arizona
No hour of life is wasted, spent in the
saddle. "Churchill"
From:
ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eric Drew Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007
9:03 PM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] Southern Calif Fire
agencies prepare for strong Santa Ana Winds Mon 11/20- Fri 11/24
So here we go again. Be prepared for the worst and pray
for the best
The State is prepositioning a heck of a lot of people and
equipment just in case we get fires popping up
Saturday, November 17, 2007
The US Forest Service
Prepares for Santa Ana
Winds
Experts have forecast Santa Ana
winds to begin as early as Tuesday morning
VALLEJO, Calif.
November 16, 2007— In anticipation of forecasted Santa Ana winds expected Tuesday, the Forest
Service is bringing in additional firefighters, fire engines, and aircraft that
will be ready to respond to any new fire as soon as it starts.
In addition to the hundreds of Forest Service firefighters that are normally in
place in southern California at this time of
year, the agency is bringing in more than 75 additional fire engines, 15 hand
crews, 13 helitankers, and eight fixed wing airtankers that will be available
for any new fire starts during the Santa
Ana wind event. Additionally, the Air National Guard
and Air Force Reserve will pre-position four MAFFS equipped C-130 firefighting
aircraft in southern California.
“By Monday afternoon all of our additional resources will be in place, and we
feel confident that in conjunction with the preparedness efforts of our state
and local partners that we have ample resources to quickly respond to any new
fires as soon as they start,” said Pacific Southwest Region Director of Fire
and Aviation Management Ed Hollenshead.
Experts have forecast Santa Ana
winds to begin as early as Tuesday morning, and are expected to remain in the
area through Saturday morning.
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Fire Potential Discussion:
The potential for large fire will be low to very low across the region through
Monday. The potential for large fire will become high over Southern California
next Tuesday through Thursday as widespread very strong Santa Ana winds blow and humidity becomes
very low. Winds will be north to east 30 to 45 mph with gusts to 70 mph and
minimum humidity will be in the single digits and teens. The potential for
large fire will increase over portions of Central
California next Tuesday through Thursday due to locally gusty
north to east win ds and very low humidity. Winds will be 12 to 25 mph with
gusts to 40 mph over the wind prone areas and minimum humidity will be in the
single digits and teens. Expect initial attack to remain very light across the
region through Monday then become moderate to heavy especially over Southern
California Tuesday through Thursday.
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Labels: Santa Ana winds
OES: Prepositioning resources in South state - Santa Ana's
Dozens of Northern California Fire fighting resources headed to southern California in anticipation of Santa
Ana wind events forecast starting Monday for Southern
California.
Cal Fire said the preparations would also include utilizing military aircraft
as well as local fire agency aircraft.
Both the Navy and Marines have been notified. The Navy said it has six
helicopter's available and Marines ha ve about 13 that could be available if
needed.
The National Weather Service issued a wind warning, saying strong offshore
winds are possible next Tuesday through Thursday.
Wind gusts could reach 70 mph. However this will be a "cool offshore
event," with temperatures forecast to be below seasonal average."The
only difference is that it's going to be 20-degrees cooler," said San
Diego Fire Chief Tracy Jarman. "So the winds will be 30-45 mph with gusts
up to 70 mph. That's the same circumstance we found ourselves in in the last
fire storm."
Region I and VI in preparation for this weekend's Santa Ana wind event:
124 federal engines, 285 CALFIRE & Local Government engines
includes 10 OES Strike teams, 10 OES water tenders & 10 LG Type 3
Strike Teams
10 Local Governmen water tenders
21 Type 1 handcrews
68 Type 2 CALFIRE & Local Government handcrews
25 dozers
40 air tankers
21 helicopters
IMT's -
Globter's Boise NIMO Incident Management Team is mobilized on CA-OSC-0114 to Southern California with a specific location to be
determined.
Southern California Incident Management Team 1 (Walker) is mobilized on
CA-OSC-0120 to San Bernardino Area with a specific location to be determined.
California Incident Management Team 2 (Molumby) is mobilized on CA-OSC-0120 to
Ontario CA. with a specific location to be determined
