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
Angels Camp Ca. CalFire and Angels Camp Fire are on the scene of a vegetation fire off Finnegan Lane in Angels Camp. If you do not belong in the area please stay out of the area. There is a Full Wild Land Dispatch Assigned with Additional Aircraft on order. Update: 11:13am 8 14 2015 120 […]
Hanford Ca. More than 90% of the Hanford Weather Service’s County Warning Area remains under a D4 Exceptional Drought as of August 11, 2015. Source: https://www.facebook.com/NWSHanford/timeline Best viewed in full screen mode.
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 […]
Arnold, CA…Many in the community came and celebrated Ebbetts Pass Fire Department’s 50th anniversary on August 1st. After a 9am flag raising and brief ceremony, tours & meet and greets continued till noon. Station One was buffed, polished and ready to show off for the community. In their 50 years EPFD had grown into a […]
Mokelumne Hill Ca. CHP LIVE CAD is reporting a Vehicle accident in the 13 Corners region of Hwy 40 North of Mokelumne Hill on the Calaveras side of the Mokelumne River. Prepare for traffic control and or delays in the area. Incident: 00141 Type: Trfc Collision-Unkn Inj Location: Sr49 / Sr26 Loc Desc: IN 13 […]
Valley Springs Ca. CalFire along with units from CalCoFire District and a full wild land fire dispatch are heading to a Vegetation Fire located near Hogan Dam Road and Vista Del Lago Drive. Please stay away from the area if you have no business there. Fire agencies are rolling Code 3 to this incident and […]
Tahoe Ca. Source Facebook from Chip Dingman Admin on the Tri – County Fire, EMS, Police and More group. Firefighter Killed in Sierra Fire in Lake Tahoe Posted: Aug 09, 2015 12:06 AM PST Updated: Aug 09, 2015 12:06 AM PST By Shelbi Jay With great sorrow the U.S. forest Service confirmed that a U.S. […]
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 […]
Tuolumne County Ca. CalFire is dispatching a Full Wildland Dispatch to a reported fire at Red Hills Road and J59 in Tuolumne County. Please stay out of the area allowing Fire Fighting Resources to enter the area and please stay off the roads in the area. Looky Loo’s only slow down the Fire Fighting efforts. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
San Andreas – On Thursday, July 30th the cause of the Big Creek Fire was determined to be an escaped debris fire. A suspect was identified and at 6:00 p.m. an arrest was made in connection with the start of the fire. Lisa Ann Vilmur was arrested and booked into Tuolumne County Jail for one […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]