Archive for the ‘Fires/Wildfires’ Category
Current US Wildfires
Friday, November 1st, 2019| Current Wildfires | ||||||
| Fire | Unit | Agency | Size | % Ctn | Location | Information |
| Arizona | Fires: 2 | Acres: 16,800 | New: 0 | Contained: 0 | ||
| Ikes | Grand Canyon National Park | NPS | 16,400 | 80 | 60 miles southwest of Paige | 928-643-8110 |
| Molino | Coronado National Forest | FS | 400 | 50 | 6 miles northeast of Tanque Verde | 602-730-6144 |
| California | Fires: 6 | Acres: 90,526 | New: 0 | Contained: 0 | ||
| Burris | Mendocino Unit, Cal Fire | ST | 350 | 75 | 4 miles south of Potter Valley | |
| Caples | Eldorado National Forest | FS | 3,435 | 92 | 18 miles southwest of South Lake Tahoe | 530 622-5061 |
| Getty | Los Angeles City Fire Department | CNTY/Local | 656 | 15 | 1 miles south of West Lake Village | |
| Kincade | Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit, Cal Fire | FS | 76,138 | 15 | 10 miles northeast of Geyserville | 707-967-4207 |
| Tick | Los Angeles County Fire Department | CNTY/Local | 4,615 | 90 | 10 miles northeast of Santa Clarita | |
| South | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | FS | 5,332 | 75 | 15 miles south of Platina | 530-628-0039 |
| Colorado | Fires: 4 | Acres: 4,997 | New: 1 | Contained: 0 | ||
| Cow Creek | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison NF | FS | 859 | 20 | 9 miles east of Ridgeway | 970-589-0842 |
| G18 | Conejos County | CNTY/Local | 2,183 | 80 | 4 miles east of Antonito | |
| Granite Lake | White River National Forest | FS | 720 | 2 | 13 miles southeast of Meredith | 970-963-2266 |
| Middle Mamm | White River National Forest | FS | 1,235 | 42 | 11 miles south of Rifle | 970-930-1548 |
| Texas | Fires: 0 | Acres: 0 | New: 0 | Contained: 1 | ||
| Switchhouse | Texas A&M Forest Service | FS | 400 | 95 | 9 miles northeast of Archer City | |
| Utah | Fires: 2 | Acres: 703 | New: 0 | Contained: 0 | ||
| Skull Flat 2 | Fishlake National Forest | FS | 600 | 0 | 7 miles east of Beaver | |
| Swasey Peak | Richfield Field Office | BLM | 103 | 0 | 1 mile southeast of Mesa | |
| Washington | Fires: 0 | Acres: 0 | New: 1 | Contained: 1 | ||
| * Milepost 20 | Spokane District | BLM | 800 | 100 | ||
12 large fires in four states
Friday, November 1st, 2019|
October 30, 2019 Firefighters continue to work toward containment goals on 12 large fires in four states. Conditions in California continue to challenge suppression efforts. Weather: The current Foehn Wind episode will reach it’s peak today across California. Expect very windy conditions and single digit humidities in prone areas. Winds will continue through the overnight period. High pressure along the West Coast will move on shore and inland by afternoon. This will allow for continued dry conditions. Middle and upper elevations and also coastal areas will see temperatures that are well above average. However, the lower valleys and basins will likely see the development of strong valley temperature inversions. A breezy northwesterly flow will continue across the Great Plains in the wake of a passing cold front that should cross the Mississippi River around mid-day. As it does so, moisture from the Gulf of Mexico will be drawn north and should bring wetting rainfall to both the Appalachian Mountains and areas east. Widespread significant fire weather concerns are not expected today. |
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| Daily statistics 10/30/19 | ||
| Number of new large fires or emergency response | 4 | States currently reporting large fires: |
| Number of active large fires Total does not include individual fires within complexes. |
14 | Arizona (2) California (6) Colorado (4) Utah (2) |
| Acres from active fires | 113,026 | |
| Fires contained | 0 | |
| Year-to-date statistics | ||
| 2019 (1/1/19 – 10/30/19) | Fires: 44,545 | Acres: 4,554,331 |
| 2018 (1/1/18 – 10/30/18) | Fires: 50,860 | Acres: 8,240,081 |
| 2017 (1/1/17 – 10/30/17) | Fires: 52,699 | Acres: 8,830,898 |
| 2016 (1/1/16 – 10/30/16) | Fires: 51,431 | Acres: 5,012,778 |
| 2015 (1/1/15 – 10/30/15) | Fires: 53,798 | Acres: 9,407,571 |
| 2014 (1/1/14 – 10/30/14) | Fires: 42,981 | Acres: 3,260,427 |
| 2013 (1/1/13 – 10/30/13) | Fires: 42,008 | Acres: 4,111,498 |
| 2012 (1/1/12 – 10/30/12) | Fires: 51,352 | Acres: 8,968,251 |
| 2011 (1/1/11 – 10/30/11) | Fires: 63,601 | Acres: 8,232,788 |
| 2010 (1/1/10 – 10/30/10) | Fires: 61,736 | Acres: 3,182,499 |
| 2009 (1/1/09 – 10/30/09) | Fires: 73,342 | Acres: 5,774,397 |
| 10-year average Year-to-Date | ||
| 2009-2018 | Fires: 54,381 | Acres: 6,502,119 |
The California wildfires as seen from Outer Space
Thursday, October 31st, 2019TODAY: NOAA's #GOES17, from 22,300 miles in space, captures the thick smoke plumes streaming from the massive #KincadeFire. @NWS: "Potentially historic fire weather conditions expected in the northern Bay Area."
#CaliforniaFires #CaWx #CAFireWX pic.twitter.com/u4Aqxwhr3k— NOAA Satellites – Public Affairs (@NOAASatellitePA) October 27, 2019
The explosive growth of the #KincadeFire, which now covers more than 75,000 acres, is visible in this Fire Temperature RGB imagery from #GOESWest. Extremely critical #FireWeather conditions are forecast to persist across parts of #California into Thursday. https://t.co/DqzXks1jS5 pic.twitter.com/nVwbogsAai
— NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) October 29, 2019
Pakistan: 70 dead and another 30 are injured after gas cylinder explosion sparks fire on train
Thursday, October 31st, 2019The Grenfell Tower Fire of 2017: Who’s to blame?
Wednesday, October 30th, 2019“Some of the 72 people who died in the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 would have survived if firefighters and emergency operators had not told them to stay in their apartments, according to a government report to be released on Wednesday.
The 1,000-page report, which comes more than two years after the deadliest fire in recent British history, is harshly critical of the London Fire Brigade, calling it dangerously unprepared for such a tragedy, according to multiple British news organizations that gained access to the conclusions before their release.
The fire on June 14, 2017, began on the fourth floor of the 24-story building and spread rapidly upward because of flammable exterior cladding and insulation that had been added to the building the year before…….”
Hospital evacuations amid California wildfires
Monday, October 28th, 2019A Santa Rosa hospital evacuated about 100 patients Saturday night out of “an abundance of caution” as the Kincade Fire continues to ravage Sonoma County,……..
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital began evacuating at 6:30 p.m……….
Kaiser Permanente in Santa Rosa, which also had started a voluntary evacuation Saturday night, came under a mandatory evacuation order at 4:30 a.m. Sunday…….. About 110 patients are being transferred…….
Patients evacuated from Sutter Hospital in Santa Rosa went to Sutter Health in Novato and California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco……….
Evacuees included 13 emergency room patients, 8 neonatal patients and 10 intensive care patients…… The rest are surgical patients.
“…..The Kincade blaze has consumed more than 25,455 acres since it began on Wednesday, one of 1,300 wildfires to ignite in California over the past two weeks……”
Sunday, October 27th, 2019The Kincaid Fire: “….Winds reaching up to 75 mph or more during a “historic wind event” this weekend could help spread the fire, which has already burned more than 26,000 acres,….”
Sunday, October 27th, 2019-
Mandatory evacuation order expanded from 50,000 to 90,000 residents Saturday night
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Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), planned to shut off power for an estimated 2.35 million residents over fears that high winds and low humidity would spread the blaze.
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The entire towns of Healdsburg and Windsor in Sonoma County, north of San Francisco, were under mandatory evacuationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7nijZHVxsI
As thousands in California evacuate due to fires, others prepare for more PG&E outages
Saturday, October 26th, 2019The Kincade Fire update
Friday, October 25th, 2019Situation:
• The Kincade Fire is a fast burning wildfire, spurred by high winds and dry conditions in Sonoma County, CA
Lifeline Impacts: (Region IX SPOTREP, as of 2:27 pm EDT)
Safety and Security: • Six school districts in Sonoma County have closed some or all their schools
Food, Water, Sheltering: • Two shelters open with 138 occupants (ARC Midnight shelter count as of 6:08 am EDT)
Energy: • Geyser Geothermal Power Plant; two of the power units have received some damage, additional details are unknown
Response • FMAG was approved on October 24, 2019 • CA EOC at Partial Activation • Region IX RWC at Steady State, continues to monitor • 2 LNOs deployed to CA EOC