Milton, CA…From the before it goes away dept. One of the fascinating things (At least to us) is looking back at incident progression on a fire like the Waverly. Below is the raw CHP CAD dispatch logs for the Waverly Fire. They will give you a peek into how this incident progressed at least from the traffic control side. The Raw CAD log from the first few days of the Butte Fire told a sad and ever expanding tale.

Incident: 00274 Type: Report of Fire Location: Milton Rd / SR26 Loc Desc: ROCK QUARRY Lat/Lon: 38.105777 -120.909208
Detail Information
7:45 AM 38 [76] 49-T1 FIRE IS COMPLETELY OUT BUT RDWY STILL CLOSED-UNK ETO
7:38 AM 37 [75] [Notification] [CHP]-49-T1 LL ADVS HE CAN’T GET THRU NOW, RANCHERS HAVE CATTLE IN THE RDWY // WILL CALL BACK WITH AN ETO WHEN HE GETS ONE [Shared]
2:58 AM 36 [72] UPDATED CHIEFS NOTIFICATION SENT ON HWY 4 OPEN
2:22 AM 35 [71] 49-100 10-8 FROM ICP AND WILL BE ENRT TO MILTON AND HUNT RD
2:22 AM 34 [70] 1039 MERCED
2:21 AM 33 [68] PER 49-100 HWY 4 IS COMPLETELY OPEN // WAS ABLE TO KEEP FIRE AWAY FROM THE RDWY. MILTON RD STILL SHUT / ADVISE MERCED UNIT
12:22 AM 32 [67] PER CT NO ETA AT THIS TIME // WILL CB ONCE THEY FIND A UNIT TO RESPOND
11:59 PM 31 [57] 1039 ENTAC / OFCR SMITH
11:48 PM 30 [55] 1039 MCC
11:48 PM 29 [54] 1039 CT
11:47 PM 28 [53] 49-100 AFFIRM // WILL NEED CT ALSO // CLOSURE ON HWY 4 AND MILTON RD / WILL BE CLOSED FROM HORSESHOE TO MILTON UNTIL DAYBREAK
11:43 PM 27 [52] [Notification] [CHP]-MERCED ADVISED CORDS HAS HARD CLOSURE SET UP 4 X MILTON // ADVISED IF VEHS GETTING THROUGH THEY ARE GOING AROUND CLOSURE // INQ’G IF CHP UNIT STILL NEEDED [Shared]
11:40 PM 26 [51] 1039 MERCED
11:39 PM 25 [50] C49-100 WILL HAVE TO CLOSE HWY 4 / WILL GIVE TIME WHEN CONFIRMED WITH CALFIRE // HAVE MERCED RESEND A UNT FOR HWY 4 AND MILTON
11:32 PM 24 [49] C49-100 CAL SO WILL MAN THE ROAD CLOSURE MILTON AND HUNT / MYSELF AND 200 ENRT TO HWY 4
11:16 PM 23 [48] [Notification] [CHP]-CAL FIRE REQ’G SGT 1198 SR4 / TELEGRAPH W/ ICP // WILL NEED TO SHUT DOWN SR4 // CAL FIRE ADVD NEG S UNIT ON WILL SEND BEAT UNIT [Shared]
11:14 PM 22 [47] CAL FIRE // REQ
8:29 PM 21 [46] CORDS MANNING ROAD CLOSURES — 4/ MILTON—- BALDWIN AT MILTON —- 49-100 @ HUNT/MILTON —- 200 WILL BE 97 IF ADD CLOSURES ARE NEEDED
8:06 PM 20 [44] C49-200 CORDS 97 MILTON/SR4 FOR HARD CLOSURE
7:41 PM 19 [43] 200 CORDS HANDLING RD CLOSURE MILTON/BALDWIN
7:39 PM 18 [42] [Notification] [CHP]-PER CAL FIRE // HAVE UNIT GO TO INCIDENT COMMAND HUNT / MILTON TO CONFIRM [Shared]
6:56 PM 17 [38] 1039 TO MCCC
6:55 PM 16 [36] PER OIC CLOSE MILTON AT HWY 4— START MERCED
6:37 PM 15 [32] 1039 CALA SO 1022 CORDS MILTON/SR26
6:11 PM 14 [29] 49-D2 ALL CALA UNITS SWITCHING TO SO CHANNEL FOR EVACUATIONS AND RD CLOSURES
6:01 PM 13 [27] 1039 CACO/ FOR CORDS
5:56 PM 12 [24] [Notification] [CHP]-PER CALA SO // FIRE NEEDS MORE UNITS TO CLOSE RDWY ON MILTON // SO IS STARTING EVACUATIONS IN TOWN OF MILTON [Shared]
5:50 PM 11 [23] B49-010 REQ CORDS FOR CLOSURE MILTON/SR26
5:47 PM 10 [22] [Notification] [CHP]-PER CALSO FIRE REQ CHP FOR 1184 PEOPLE ARE BLKING RD AT MILTON AND HUNT [Shared]
5:43 PM 9 [21] 1039 CALSO
5:37 PM 8 [18] [Notification] [CHP]-PER CAL FIRE // REQ’G CHP AT MILTON / HUNT TO ASSIST IN EVACUATING CIVILIANS [Shared]
5:23 PM 7 [15] ** LINE 14 PER CAL FIRE
5:23 PM 6 [14] [Notification] [CHP]-REQUEST ROAD CLOSURE AT MILTON ROCK CREEK TO SALT SPRINGS [Shared]
5:08 PM 5 [13] 1039 OFC 49-S1 WILL ADV 49-10
4:57 PM 4 [10] FIRE REQNG SHUT MILTON DWN IN CACO
4:55 PM 3 [8] [Notification] [CHP]-PER FIRE / REQNG CHP [Shared]
3:07 PM 2 [2] GRASS FIRE
3:07 PM 1 [1] TRANS TO VC
Unit Information
5:08 PM 21 Unit Assigned
5:08 PM 20 Unit Enroute
5:34 PM 19 Unit At Scene
6:32 PM 18 Unit Cleared
5:39 PM 17 Unit Assigned
5:39 PM 16 Unit Enroute
6:16 PM 15 Unit At Scene
8:11 PM 14 Unit Cleared
5:41 PM 13 Unit Assigned
5:41 PM 12 Unit Enroute
6:15 PM 11 Unit At Scene
8:27 PM 10 Unit Cleared
5:58 PM 9 Unit Assigned
5:58 PM 8 Unit Enroute
7:25 AM 7 Unit Cleared
11:20 PM 6 Unit Assigned
11:20 PM 5 Unit Enroute
12:55 AM 4 Unit At Scene
5:58 AM 3 Unit Cleared
7:24 AM 2 Unit Assigned
7:24 AM 1 Unit At Scene