High Temp Forecast For Sunday

High Temp Forecast For Sunday

Reno Nv. Red Flag Warning and breezy winds will end later today. Remember to be cautious, any little spark can set off a fire in the dry brush and grass. Hot and dry conditions with light winds are forecast for this weekend. Here’s a graphic of the forecast afternoon highs on Sunday. Source: https://www.facebook.com/NWSReno/photos/a.177815062280342.46434.157117197683462/950563501672157/?type=1&permPage=1

Procession To Honor Fallen Forest Service Firefighter “Mikey” Hallenbeck

Procession To Honor Fallen Forest Service Firefighter “Mikey” Hallenbeck

South Lake Tahoe, Calif. — The U.S. Forest Service and cooperating fire agencies will escort fallen U.S. Forest Service wildland firefighter Michael “Mikey” Hallenbeck from South Lake Tahoe, Calif., to his final resting place on Thursday, August 13, 2015. Hallenbeck succumbed to injuries sustained when a tree fell on him during efforts to suppress the […]

CalFire Red Flag Warning Extended

CalFire Red Flag Warning Extended

Sacramento Ca. CalFire has issued a Red Flag Warning for a huge area of Northern, Coastal, Central and South Eastern California as shown in this image. Update: due to weather conditions the Red Flag Warning has been extended What is a Red Flag Warning? Directly from the CalFire Web Site: The National Weather Service issues […]

California Guard, Reserve Units Aid in Wildfire Containment ~ By Amaani Lyle DoD News

California Guard, Reserve Units Aid in Wildfire Containment ~ By Amaani Lyle DoD News

Washington, DC…California Air National Guardsmen and Air Force Reservists are assisting first responders in fighting ongoing wildfires in Northern California, the Pentagon’s press operations chief said in a briefing here today. Navy Capt. Jeff Davis said the blaze has been ravaging the Lower Lake area north of San Francisco and has tripled in size over […]

Rocky Fire Jumps Containment Lines Now At 65,000 Acres

Rocky Fire Jumps Containment Lines Now At 65,000 Acres

Lower Lake, CA…The fire has crossed Hwy 20 in multiple locations and crews are working diligently to control the fire’s progression. Firefighters are working aggressively to build control lines and sustain perimeter control. Terrain is steep and rugged with limited access. Resources continue to respond from in and out of the state. “RESIDENTS ARE URGED […]

Tahoe National Forest Contains Lightning Fires

Nevada City Ca. The past few days saw significant lightning and numerous small fires on the Tahoe National Forest. Despite the sharp increase in fire activity, Tahoe National Forest firefighters successfully contained all of the fire starts on the Forest. Throughout the weekend, firefighters were hard at work locating and suppressing new lightning fires. Since […]

Stanislaus National Forest Fire Updates

Stanislaus National Forest Fire Updates

Sonora, CA…Rosasco Fire: The Rosasco Fire is a holdover heat signature from the Rim Fire. It is burning in deep duff layers, making it difficult to extinguish. Line has been cut around the fire and it is holding, in containment, at 3.4 acres. Though there has been no situational change since yesterday, crews will continue […]

Big Creek Fire TCU Incident Update

Big Creek Fire TCU Incident Update

Groveland, CA…The increase in fire acreage is the result of better mapping. Fire fighters are working hard to construct containment lines around the fire even as conditions deteriorate with this afternoon’s rising air temperatures and wind speed. The surrounding drought-stressed forest with its thousands of dead trees has created an unprecedented danger to firefighters and […]

Vegetation Fire Donnell Lake California

Vegetation Fire Donnell Lake California

Donnell Lake Ca.  USFS along with CalFire resources are on scene of a Vegetation Fire at Donnell Lake California on upper Hwy 108. Copter 404 is on scene and reporting a 1 acre working Vegetation Fire but very little ground access due to steep terrain. Copter 404 is suggesting a Type 1 HeliTanker Skycrane to […]

VEGETATION FIRE GROVELAND CALIFIRNIA

Groveland Ca. CalFire is working a Vegetation Fire on Hwy 120 and East Sprague Rd. Hard Road Closure has been requested in the area.  We will bring you more details as they become available. USFS has also been dispatched. **PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM THE AREA** Update: 8:15pm Incident IC had to make Aircraft Resource Order […]

Vegetation Fire Within The Old Rim Fire

Vegetation Fire Within The Old Rim Fire

Deadwood Ca. USFS Stanislaus Units have been working the Rasasco Incident inside the old #RimFire Burn Scar West of Cherry Lake. Copter 404 out of CalFire’s Columbia Air Base has been released from the incident and is back on base. All of our region is severely dry at this time so please remember “One Less […]