Thank you and Welcome to Sit Reps for Saturday, July 2, 2016.

Global Fires in June 2016 – Courtesy of EarthData

ARIZONA

CEDAR FIRE – 8 miles northwest of Whiteriver, 10 miles south of Pinetop-Lakeside/Show Low.  31 personnel.  45,977 acres. 100% contained.

LION FIRE – South of Bradshaw Mountains. Northwest of Black Canyon City. North of Lake Pleasant. 20 personnel.  160 acres. 90% contained.  Indirect tactics. 3 engines. 2 helicopters.

CALIFORNIA

Across the State there are about 4800 Firefighters fighting 12 active wildfires.

APPALOOSA FIRE – Appaloosa Rd. and Pinto Dr., 5 miles southwest of Angels Camp/Calaveras County. 325 acres. 10% contained.

COLYEAR FIRE – Colyear Springs Road, 7 miles west of Red Bank/Tehama County. 464 acres. 80% contained. 228 personnel. 18 engines. 12 crews. 2 bulldozers. 4 helicopters. Fire movement has been stopped.

CURRY FIRE – Curry Mountain, 7 miles southwest/Fresno County.  2944 acres. 25% contained.554 personnel. 48 engines. 20 crews. 12 bulldozers.  10 watertenders. 12 structures threatened. Evacuations still in progress.

DEER FIRE – Hwy 223 and Deertrail, 6 miles east of Arvin/Kern County.  1800 acres. 20% contained. 826 Personnel. 126 engines. 7 crews. 5 bulldozers. 3 watertenders. 12 helicopters. 300 structures threatened.

ERSKINE FIRE – Lake Isabella/Kern County.  48,019 acres. 90% contained. 518 personnel.  48,019 acres.

KENDALL FIRE – Kendall Drive near Little Mountain in the City of San Bernardino. 4

Photo Credit; Nathan Cooke via SanBernardino Co RD

4 homes destroyed. 6 Chief Officers, 12 Paramedic Engines, 9 Brush Engines, 3 Trucks, 2 inmate crews, Old Cajon Crew 6-1, 7 Water Tenders, and 1 patrol assisted in protecting homes and controlling the fire. Assisting Agencies included Redlands, Loma Linda, Rialto, CalFire BDU, USFS, San Manuel, and Colton. 8.7 acres. 100% contained.

LONE PINE FIRE – 3 miles west of Lone Pine/Inyo County.  30 acres. 100% contained. 2 minor injuries. 120 personnel.  5 engines. 6 crews. 1 bulldozer. 1 helicopter.

MARINA FIRE – Hwy 395 & Mono Lake/Mono County. 250 personnel.  654 acres. 95% contained. Human caused.

PINE FIRE – San Guillermo Mountain, 6 miles southwest of Stauffer/Ventura County.  377 personnel.  1590 acres. 0% contained. Active in N and NE areas.

PONY FIRE – 15 miles southwest of Happy Camp/Siskiyou County.  160 personnel. 2858 acres. 75% contained.

SAN GABRIEL COMPLEX (Fish / Reservoir Fires) – north of Azusa/Los Angeles County. 308 personnel.  5399 acres. 96% containment. In mop up operations.

SHERPA FIRE – west of Goleta/Santa Barbara County. 7,474 acres.  96% contained.  1 structure damaged. 9 destroyed.

TRAILHEAD FIRE – along the  Middle Fork of the American River near Todd Valley/Placer – El Dorado Counties.  Fire active on SE side. Grew less than 200 acres from day before. 3387 acres. 12% contained.  2600 structures threatened.  2120 Personnel, 124 engines. 76 crews. 29 bulldozers. 9 watertenders. 13 helicopters.

COLORADO

BEAVER CREEK FIRE – Routt National Forest, BLM (Independence Mtn), private land, South of the CO/WY state line, 24 miles NW of Walden.  349 personnel.  13,275 acres.  Min, creeping and smoldering. 5% contained.

MONTANA

FINE FIRE – (same location as POLE FIRE).  12 acres. 0% containment. Same resources. 70 personnel.

OBSERVATION FIRE – West of Lost Horse Observation Point, 10 miles Southwest of Hamilton.  411 personnel.  1294 acres. 10% contained. Moderate fire behavior with torching.

POLE FIRE – Approximately 15 miles SW of Ennis, in the Gravelly Mountains. 21 acres estimated. 0% containment. Lightning caused on 6/30/2016. 10 smokejumpers, 3 engines, 2 hand crews, 3 helicopters, 70 firefighters (also part of the Fine Fire in the same area. This is not under a Complex yet.

HAWAII

MAUI FIRE – Maalaea.  Fire started 7/3/2016. Wind-driven. 6,000 acres.  West Maui and South Maui residents are mostly without power. Officials said power began to be restored in West Maui at around 4 p.m. 0% containment status. Red Cross shelter opened at Maui War Memorial in Wailuku and the Lahaina Civic Center in West Maui.  Fire burning on top of the West Maui mountains and is creeping down towards Ukumehame.

NEVADA

TOP POT FIRE – Elko District. 56,000 acres.  Started 7/2/2016.  Wyatt Type 3 team being mobilized. AA-690 & T-810 committed off district. Winnemucca/Elko border.

NEW MEXICO

NORTH FIRE – 25 miles SW of Magdalena.  60 personnel.  42,102 acres. 85% contained. Minimal and creeping.

SOUTH DAKOTA

CROW PEAK FIRE – Approx. 4 miles west of Spearfish, SD and 2 miles south of I-90..  407 personnel.  2733 acres. 50% contained. To hold containment lines, mop up.

TEXAS

FORT WORTH FIRE – 1400 block/Greenbelt Rd and NW Green Oaks Blvd. Grass Fire (Arlington/Ft Worth). Arlington FD Engine 4, Fort Worth FD Engine 27 and Engine 7 are on scene of a large grass fire. Engine 4 requesting two brush trucks and an engine. Fort Worth FD also requesting two brush trucks. Unknown if fireworks related or what the cause was.

UTAH

SADDLE FIRE – 2 miles south of Pine Valley.  445 personnel.  1633 acres. 42% contained.  Min fire spread.

WASHINGTON STATE

WEST RIVER FIRE – Mazama/Lost River areas. Okanogan County of Washington State. 1 acre. 0% containment. 0 structures damaged or destroyed. No injuries reported.

 

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