CA-BTU-Camp.

6pm media update, Tues Nov 13
130,000 acres, 35% contained
Totals are up to 8,817 structures destroyed (7600 SFD residences, 95 Multi-Fam, 263 commercial and 859 others)
148 structures damaged (86 residential, 32 commercial and 30 others damaged)

  • It was a good day for aircraft work
  • lots of line constructed today
  • tomorrow winds shift upslope and light. conditions becoming favorable for rain around Thanksgiving.
  • rules being reviewed for eventual re-entry. residents are reminded no power, no water, no phone, no 911… lots of hazards, return at your own risk…
  • trees near and around residences are being marked for eventual removal any tree marked P1 is an immediate danger hazard and may fall, P2 is potential danger and will also eventually be removed by falling crews.
    … continued below
9 Likes

evening update continued…
Last night evacuations were lifted for Thermalito.
Sheriff personnel have responded to 208 calls of suspicious persons in the burned area, 18 were specifically reported as “looting”. Yesterday 2 men were arrested in the evacuated area for possession of illegal possession of firearms and controlled substances. 3 other arrests reported for theft, possession of stolen property & looting.
Sheriff will publish a list of all names reported missing or unaccounted for so people who are okay, but don’t know someone is looking for them can report in and resolve any search for them. Additional teams have been ordered to assist the completion of the search for human remains so clearing the area can be expedited for re-entry.
Today in the burn area an additional 6 human remains were recovered in Paradise inside homes. Total confirmed deaths is 48.

9 Likes

The IR folks flew early today (11/13/2018), around 6pm, so here are new maps. Things continue to cool down on most of the fire, with the exceptions being some growth above Helltown, south of Cherokee, on Bloomer Hill, in the Feather River Canyon, and up toward Stirling City, where a large burning operation is under way.

Blue lines on these images show the perimeter from the previous IR flight, on 11/12/2018 at 10 pm.

Assets at risk on Bloomer Hill:

8 Likes

That’s a lot of Tomato Plants.

8 Likes

List of missing people :frowning:

http://www.buttecounty.net/sheriffcoroner

If you see anyone on the list who is no longer missing please contact us so their name can be removed. Staff working the Missing Persons Task Force can be reached from 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM at: 530-538-6570, 530-538-7544, 530-538-7671.

If you are unable to call during those hours please email: infosheriff@buttecounty.net

3 Likes

6 posts were merged into an existing topic: CA-BTU-Camp??

I made some images today from LANDSAT satellite data. These show the heat signature of the fire at 1pm on the first day of the fire, 11/8/2018.

24 Likes

2130: Foxtrot One One is over the fire, which I believe is a CNG Drone operation operating out of Corning. Working with Ops and DIVS on live IR video feeds to support some operations.

TFR out of Corning surface to 11,000ft, then a corridor from 10,000 to 13,000ft from Corning over to the Fire TFR.

edit 2200: NIROPS N149Z over the fire mapping now. Came out of Santa Barbara and mapped the VNC/LAC incidents, then up to the HUU fire then over here and on to Reno for RON. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/XCN49

8 Likes

Foxtrot 1-1 is the Boeing Scan Eagle Drone from Insitu -

Great asset.

https://www.insitu.com/

AJ

4 Likes

AA requesting 2 LATs that can land loaded.

2 Likes

Unmanned mission (F11) in the air, operator/pilot requesting priorities for the evening.

Cal Fire Ops Update afternoon 11/16/18:
142,000 acres, 45% contained

  • expects line in Stirling City area (Div U, Div Y) to be tied in and secure within 24 hrs
  • still prepping for burn operation in Branch X (DivCC, DivMM) when conditions are right
  • Berry Creek area utilized boats for accessing remote portions of fire across the lake
  • good solid black line in Hwy 99 area all the way up hwy 32.
  • over 5,500 firefighters assigned
  • mop up continues in the interior areas. Along with utility repairs, there are thousands of dangerous trees to be dealt with prior to repopulating the burned areas. “Its gonna be a while”
3 Likes

Evening Media briefing 11/16/18
146,000 acres, 50% contained.

  • destroyed structures 9,700 SFD, 144 multi-fam, 7 mixed comm, comm 336, other 2,076… total of 12,263 destroyed structures. ( and an additional 368 damaged structures)
  • red flag expected sat night/sun aft. 40-50 mph on tops of slopes and in aligned drainages. Not as extensive as last week, but is an area of concern.
  • Air quality will remain poor tomorrow, slight improvement over weekend.
  • Major shift in weather with low pressure arriving next week. Expected rain Weds and Thanksgiving, up to an inch or more.
  • 50 additional engines brought in for contingency in Berry Creek area in preparaton for weather change.
  • Officer involved shooting that occurred last night is still under investigation. DA is reviewing dash cam video taken during incident. What is depicted on the video is consistent with the statements made previously.
  • Missing persons, 329 individuals have been accounted for so far. (102 increase today) The list of missing persons reports has been increased to over a thousand today. It includes email reports, 911 calls in initial evacuation event, current calls made into system and all reports made to the Sheriffs office over the entire event. They expect there will be many duplicate names, because more than one person reported the same person missing, or a person has been reported missing by more than one method. Many of the people on the list may be safe somewhere and they just don’t know someone reported them missing. Evacuees can assist the Sheriff in this process if the check the list to see if they have been listed missing and report in as “safe” so they can be cleared from the list.
  • An additional 8 human remains were recovered today, 7 found in Paradise, 1 in Magalia, all were found inside structures. Total confirmed deceased is 71 individuals. Of the 71 total, they have tentatively identified 58 and are awaiting DNA testing results.
5 Likes

Regional USAR Task Forces being mobilized

4 Likes

2100: summary of the day - have been busy away from intel. Notes where I can but couldn’t keep the big picture painted in my head.

Map Data: Friday Ops Map with IR data from 543pm Thursday. MODIS/VIIRS data of last 24hrs, with recent VIIRS pass about 1230pm Friday. Green highlights are primary lines, yellow alternate, purple contingency.

Overview of Ops, black line, plus what still has some heat.

Branch 11 in the Bloomer and Berry Creek area. A lot of fire right up to completed dozer line which is good and will hopefully be black line in the next 24. Div MM fire behavior this morning was backing fire with no significant threats.

Branches 6 and 10. Successful firing ops holding around Stirling City. Lots of heat right up to the primary line on Div U, not sure if firing or wild, but no MODIS/VIIRS hits on that spot 14 hours after IR data. A lot of firing ops in Branch 10. Div CC burn last night was holding but it was pretty dirty, mosaic though the burn. They created a Div DD in the Grizzly Creek area. Div LL firing ops the fire got hung up at Priscilla Spur (mess of heat near green line bottom of map). They wanted to get a good hook along that line to the south. They’ll try again tonight. Up in CC/DD they are building some check lines way out on the ridges around Grizzly Dome into the creek and Duffy Dome incase they want to fire off the bowl there and tuck in the box a bit from the current proposed alternate line.

President visits the area Saturday, landing at Beale AFB. Unknown time at the moment. 30mi TFR radius around Beale and Chico. All firefighting aircraft are exempt in the TFR as long as they are within the confines of the actual fire TFR. Expect some interesting radio traffic, maybe even coordination between Air Attack and the combat air patrol. When President Bush visited Redding during the 2008 fire siege, he did a fire tour west of Redding. Air Attack was in contact at the time with updated locations etc. of Marine One.

5 Likes

Any more info on the USAR FEMA Task forces?

They will not be FEMA USAR TFs. These are in state Rescue Task Forces. Same ones used during the mud slides in Santa Barbara. So far the Fresno TF is the only one confirmed.

2 Likes

Some FEMA USAR members have been activated.

1 Like

RTF 12 from Santa Barbara County is en-route.

3 Likes

LAFD and RTF 4 from So Cal en route

1 Like