New Camera? ( I believe it is, but don’t want to be wrong.)
Shasta and Modoc
Bunch Grass Lookout 1 and 2
http://www.alertwildfire.org/northcoast/index.html?camera=Axis-BunchGrassLookout1
http://www.alertwildfire.org/northcoast/index.html?camera=Axis-BunchGrassLookout2
Bunchgrass is new, and will be an amazing asset for the far eastern SHU and hopefully can help the Nevada cams triangulate any top smokes coming up in the LMU.
SLU - Hwy 41 Atascadero
http://www.alertwildfire.org/centralcoast/index.html?camera=Axis-AtascaderoHwy411&v=7a7f1bb
http://www.alertwildfire.org/centralcoast/index.html?camera=Axis-AtascaderoHwy411&v=7a7f1bb
Shasta and Modoc
Red Moutain Glenn 1 and 2
http://www.alertwildfire.org/centralcoast/index.html?camera=Axis-RedMtnGlenn2&v=7a7f1bb
Shasta and Modoc
Elk Creek 1 and 2
http://www.alertwildfire.org/centralcoast/index.html?camera=Axis-ElkCreek2&v=7a7f1bb
Elk Creek is on the old ATT Long Lines tower there - pretty cool, and great vantage point into that valley and the eastern front of the MNF there. Eagle’s Nest is also on an ATT Long Lines tower, and the tower in between Elk Creek and Eagle’s would fill a gap in the western Tehama County - off Colyear Springs Road, but not sure if owners took the tower down or not. Sat view says it’s still there. Round Mtn covers some of this area in general, but as we’ve seen in the last year and half, response time out here is 25 minutes code 3, and if you commit up the wrong watershed, you lost 25 more minutes backing down to the next access spot. Getting crosses on smokes in this area would save a lot of IA headache.
BEU - Prunedale area - (editorial comment) - Even at this time of the year, these cameras look like they have limited visibility due to lots of vegetation surrounding them. I guess something is better than nothing.
http://www.alertwildfire.org/centralcoast/index.html?camera=Axis-Prunedale1&v=7a7f1bc
http://www.alertwildfire.org/centralcoast/index.html?camera=Axis-Prunedale1&v=7a7f1bc
Northcoast
Mendocino County (MEU)
Grizzly Peak 1
http://www.alertwildfire.org/northcoast/index.html?camera=Axis-GrizzlyPeak1&v=92b5045
Phew!!! It’s difficult keeping track of all the new cameras. A historical point, the camera at Basalt Lookout brings back memories. I got to work there a couple days in 1980 and 81 as the assigned lookouts burned some holiday time. I don’t know if it is still there or not, but the lookouts assigned there kept it in immaculate condition. The lookouts even painted ‘the privy’ annually. Now back to your regularly scheduled programming…
AEU - Diamond Springs - El Dorado area
http://www.alertwildfire.org/tahoe/index.html?camera=Axis-Kingsville&v=518dd6a
AEU - Chili Bar area
http://www.alertwildfire.org/tahoe/index.html?camera=Axis-NorthPlacerville&v=518dd6a
AEU - Outingdale (southern El Dorado County)
http://www.alertwildfire.org/tahoe/index.html?camera=Axis-Outingdale&v=518dd6a
AEU - Buck’s Bar area
http://www.alertwildfire.org/tahoe/index.html?camera=Axis-Somerset&v=518dd6a
SLU - west of Paso Robles
http://www.alertwildfire.org/tahoe/index.html?camera=Axis-Somerset&v=518dd6a
MMU - the old Basalt Lookout (San Luis Reservoir)
http://www.alertwildfire.org/sierra/index.html?camera=Axis-SanLuisReservoir1&v=7a7f1bc
http://www.alertwildfire.org/sierra/index.html?camera=Axis-SanLuisReservoir1&v=7a7f1bc
SCU- Pacheco Peak
Once a lookout that operated on a car battery with a solar panel, a Dumont HT, and water hauled via a military surplus 500 gallon trailer, the lookout is gone but the cameras are here now. It has a great, unobstructed view in all directions except to the south and southeast, as those views are limited to about 10 or 15 miles(ish).
http://www.alertwildfire.org/southeastbay/index.html?camera=Axis-PachecoPeak1&v=7a7f1bd
http://www.alertwildfire.org/southeastbay/index.html?camera=Axis-PachecoPeak2&v=7a7f1bd
BEU (LPF?) - West of Gonzales
http://www.alertwildfire.org/centralcoast/index.html?camera=Axis-PaloEscrito1&v=7a7f1bd
http://www.alertwildfire.org/centralcoast/index.html?camera=Axis-PaloEscrito1&v=7a7f1bd
MMU - Merced
http://www.alertwildfire.org/sierra/index.html?camera=Axis-Merced1&v=7a7f1bd
http://www.alertwildfire.org/sierra/index.html?camera=Axis-Merced2&v=7a7f1bd
Was on Pacheco Peak twice. The first was just after the Loma Prieta earthquake, my wife and I were up there with a generator charging the CalFire repeater batteries. The second was during the Santa Clara Complex fires to put up the link for a repeater connection between the back side of the fire with Christmas Hill park in Gilroy. Nice views from up there
Added huntington lake, san Luis res, and blue mountain in kern county…
http://www.alertwildfire.org/sierra/index.html?camera=Axis-HuntingtonLake1&v=7a7f1bd
CA-LNU Walker Ridge #1 & 2
http://www.alertwildfire.org/northbay/index.html?camera=Axis-WalkerRidge1&v=7a7f1cc
http://www.alertwildfire.org/northbay/index.html?camera=Axis-WalkerRidge2&v=7a7f1cc
CA-SCU Grizzly Peak 1 & 2 (Oakland area)
http://www.alertwildfire.org/southeastbay/index.html?camera=Axis-GrizzlyPeakLookout1&v=7a7f1cc
http://www.alertwildfire.org/southeastbay/index.html?camera=Axis-GrizzlyPeakLookout2&v=7a7f1cc
Would it be possible to add Hemet Ryan and Ramona ATB to the Alertwildfire Webcams? Ramona is on hpwren and it is very helpful in determining the severity of a fire on initial response.
With California’s next fire season now in it’s incipient stage, I thought I would update the new cameras added since the last update. The state of Utah has started adding cameras with some beautiful locations.
Here we go…
Greater Tahoe
Bald Mtn El Dorado 2
Mt. Danaher (AEU-Camino HQ, ECC, and Fire Station)
Mt. Zion 1 (Amador County, Mt. Zion Lookout)
Mt. Zion 2
North Coast
Fish Rock (MEU) near the MEU/LNU Highway 1 area.
Shasta & Modoc area
No additions
North Bay
No additions
South & East Bay
Fairview Alameda 1 (east of Hayward)
Fairview Alameda 2
Grizzly Peak KPFA (above and east of Berkeley and Oakland)
Mt. Allison (north of Mission Peak, above Fremont)
Rocky Ridge 1 (west of Danville)
Sutro Tower 1 (San Francisco has joined the group)
Sutro Tower 2
Inland Empire & Eastern Sierra CA
No additions
Sierra Nevada & Foothills CA
Portal Ridge 1
Central Coast CA
Rocky Butte Trail 1 (NE of Cambria)
Rocky Butte Trail 2
Sloan 1 (West of Paso Robles)
Sloan 2
LA, Orange & Ventura CA
No additions
San Diego CA
No additions
We hope to have Grape Hill in Corona up soon. 2 cams will give great FOV to notthern end of trabuco district and out towards chino hills state park.
Any chance of the various AABs? HPWREN has Ramona and it is very helpful.
Weekly Camera Update:
CA-AEU Amador County
http://www.alertwildfire.org/tahoe/index.html?camera=Axis-JacksonButte1&v=7a7f1c2
http://www.alertwildfire.org/tahoe/index.html?camera=Axis-JacksonButte2&v=7a7f1c2
CA-CZU San Mateo County
http://www.alertwildfire.org/southeastbay/index.html?camera=Axis-LaneHill&v=7a7f1c2
CA-SLU San Luis Obispo County
http://www.alertwildfire.org/centralcoast/index.html?camera=Axis-HiMountain1&v=7a7f1c2
http://www.alertwildfire.org/centralcoast/index.html?camera=Axis-HiMountain2&v=7a7f1c2
Ramona AAB was one of the first cams installed by HPWREN on July 4th, 2003.
I was a Fire Captain (ATGS) assigned there and collaborated with HPWREN, getting a free high speed network for the airbase in return for the Cam. It didn’t cost CalFire anything. I didn’t notify anyone since I had already submitted my state retirement papers for December 30.
I then went to work for HPWREN in 2004, as a network tower installer until 2009. We surveyed Hemet Ryan to install a cam & free wireless network in 2004, but met Cal Fire management resistance. Maybe the new generation will rethink the project?
Thank you for the insight and your previous efforts. Hopefully any objections could be addressed.
