Thursday, September 2, 2021

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COMMUNITY MEETINGS

Daily @ 1700 (5 pm) PT – Facebook: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7801/

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INCIDENT SUMMARY – The Incident Summary includes the date and time the fire ignited, the cause (if determined or released by officials), the location and other incident related information.

  • Burning 16 miles NE of Plymouth (El Dorado County)
  • East of Omo Ranch
  • South of Grizzly
  • Burning across the Sierra Nevada
  • Now impacting South Lake Tahoe (NV) areas
  • Consuming lands and forcing mandatory evacuations
  • Started August 14, 2021, before 1900 hours PT
  • Unknown cause
  • Cause is under investigation
  • Heavy timber and steep terrain

CURRENT FIRE BEHAVIOR / WEATHER – Listed below are today’s fire and significant weather conditions that are contributing to current fire behavior.

  • Extreme behavior
  • Long-range spotting
  • Crowning
  • Torching

CURRENT STATUS – The current status and its stats are listed below.

  • 210,893 acres
  • 27% contained
  • 811 structures destroyed
  • 44 structures damaged
  • $80.4 Million cost-to-date
  • Five injuries (fire and citizens)

INCIDENT COMMAND – The Incident is in Unified Command, which consists of these three main agencies working together to manage the CALDOR FIRE.

  • Jeff Veik, CAL FIRE IMT6
  • Joe Reinarz, USFS NIMO 2
  • Rocky Oplinger, ICT1, USFS CIIMT4

INCIDENT COOPERATORS – Incident Cooperators are human and animal service organizations, local/state/federal resources and private businesses/organizations that support one another and the communities they serve in during large long-term disasters/incidents.

Animal Services

  • Wildlife Disaster Network – 800-942-6459 (injured wildlife)
  • UC Davis Vet Med
  • Gold Country Wildlife Rescue – 530-885-0862 (rescues)
  • California Raptor Center

Fire / EMS / Medical

  • Pioneer FD
  • CAL FIRE AEU
  • Georgetown FD
  • El Dorado FD
  • Placerville FD
  • CAL FIRE
  • Mosquito FD
  • Garden Valley FD
  • Cal OES Fire
  • Marshall Medical Center
  • Barton Health
  • Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians FD
  • Lake Valley Fire District
  • CAL FIRE AEU (https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2021/8/14/caldor-fire/)
  • USFS – El Dorado NF
  • TWF Sawtooth Hotshots
  • Lake Tahoe – USFS

Government

  • El Dorado County
  • Indian Diggins School District
  • El Dorado County EMSA
  • El Dorado County Office of Education
  • CAL EPA
  • El Dorado County Department of Agriculture
  • Nevada Guard
  • CA Dept. of Ed.
  • Carson City, Nevada Government
  • Carson City FD
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Credit – Nevada National Guard

Human Services

  • Grizzly Flats Community Service District
  • Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless (@TahoeWarmRoom Twitter). 530-600-2822
  • World Central Kitchen (@WCKitchen)

Law Enforcement

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Credit – GBPD
  • SLO City Police
  • SLO Sheriff
  • CAL Poly Police
  • APD

Transportation

  • CALTRANS
  • El Dorado County DOT
  • Nevada DOT
  • Tahoe Trans District

Utilities

  • Sierra Pacific Industries
  • PG&E
  • El Dorado Irrigation District
  • SMUD
  • AT&T
  • Grizzly Flats Water District
  • Volcano Telephone
  • State Water Resources Control Board
  • KAMPS
  • Verizon

Donors / Fundraisers

  • Starfield Vineyards – donating $1 for “every” bottle of Starfield win sold now through 9/14/2021 to the El Dorado Community Foundation. (starfieldivneyards.com)
  • Greater Nevada CU – accepting donations of essential items to support impacted fire victims/evacuees/business owners/etc. Most effective way is to make monetary donations to the American Red Cross. Go to GNCu.org/RedCross

THREATENED – Threats are listed by different communities and what type of structures or valued assets in the area, if known.

  • Several communities including the Lake Tahoe area
  • Infrastructure

FIRE RESPONSE – The Fire response states the number of personnel and equipment that has been released by various agencies that are currently assigned or engaged on the incident.

  • 4,451 personnel
  • 80 crews
  • 523 engines
  • 26 copters
  • 96 dozers
  • 77 water tenders
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Credit – GBPD

HOW TO HELP

The Animal Shelter in Diamond Springs

  • This Shelter is looking for lots and lots of volunteers 18+ of age to help with all of the misplaced animals.
  • If you are unable to volunteer, they sure could use blankets, cat boxes and cat bowls. Phone #530-621-5795.

KQED, Local Media

California Department of Education Foundation
https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/cde-emergency-response-fund/cdefoundation?modified=1

Community Support

  • Carson City FD requests that you not donate to the stations but directly to the community.
  • We are asking for evacuees to not bring the items to Station 51. Instead, call 775-887-2100 for more information on where you can donate! We are proud of the support from our community for those who are impacted by the fire.

EVACUEE RESOURCES

#CaldorFire #CAwildfires2021 #CAwildfires

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