Faint smell of smoke down here in East Ventura County.
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LA just advised AA15 T72, 100, 107, 132, 137, 163, 910, 911 are his tankers.
In addition to H532, 0HX, 73U and the QRF Assets.
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OES 6848C and 6849C from XSD assigned early this AM.
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Because it’s on LP does anyone know if the team will go Unified?
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The IC announced yesterday that they were going unified, pretty early on. I assume the team/s will too?
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Copy. THanks.
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More interesting LaCFD fire didn’t put one of their teams on the fire. Might be due to logistics involving the recent LODD.
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Branch 5 and Air Attack talking about a spot out in front, they’re trying to pin point it.
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SNF task force assigned and enroute: Engine 3-11(?) Engine 3-32 Engine 3-31 Engine 3-41 Engine 3-53 Crew 15 (Sierra Hotshots) AA15
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Having a hard time filling orders for type 1 crews due to staffing and overhead issues.
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Putting a hold temporarily on fixed wing because of air conditions.
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Although it may seem confusing, teams really don’t go “unified.” Unified command is at the IC level as a result of multiple AHJs being responsible for the ground the fire is on. The AHJs that feel they need to be represented (and pass the ‘they should be’ test) by an IC - assign someone to represent them in unified command. Unified Command (UC) then manages the incident using the team. Pretty much all teams are made up from personnel from several different jurisdictions. A CalFire team has local government folks on them just like the Federal teams do. That does not make the team unified, only multi-agency, but it is so common it is hardly even mentioned. An entity can determine if they should be part of UC by reviewing the attached guide.
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And in even simpler terms an incident will either be unified command or not. Team is just who is managing the circus animals.
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That is certainly a possibility. The other possibility(ies) are:
Remember, the SRA land that LACo protects is through a contractual relationship. that is why they, and the five other counties (Kern, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Marin, Orange, and Ventura) are referred to as “contract Counties.”
Public Resources Code (PRC) section 4133 and Government Code section 55607 permit the
Director to contract with counties for the protection of SRA. The counties of Kem, Los Angeles, Marin,
Orange, Santa Barbara, and Ventura have assumed this responsibility and are commonly known as
·“Contract Counties.” These counties provide direct protection to approximately 3,387,200 acres of SRA.
The state is responsible for providing fire protection services on the land, but has/d contracted with the county where the land is. That contract spells out everything. It is a contract - and just like any contract there are processes and procedures that must be followed or you are not in compliance as a contractor. An example of that would be sending non-requested or non approved resources - the STATE may opt to not reimburse the unapproved services. It is no different than a home improvement contractor adding and doing stuff you didn’t approve. So, there is a contractor - the COUNTY who provides initial attack and some extended attack resources that are all spelled out very specifically.
However, it is still SRA and CalFire’s responsibility and they do have the option to manage what they are legally and financially responsible for. The language is:
COUNTY in coordination with STATE will establish a management organization designed to meet the
complexity of the incident.
The COUNTY Duty Chief, STATE AREP and STATE Duty Chief will maintain regular contact as the incident size or complexity increases to coordinate incident support and resource availability.
STATE may assign additional ICS positions to increase the level of authority due to incident complexity.
Depending on complexity and availability a COUNTY Type 3 Incident Management Team or organization
maybe considered with STATE concurrence.
STATE Incident Management Teams
COUNTY may request a STATE Incident Management Team (IMT) to assume incident management
responsibilities or provide incident management support.
• Prior to assuming incident management, STATE IMT IC will meet with COUNTY Fire Chief or designee to
receive a COUNTY Agency Administrator Incident Briefing (see Appendix N for IMT transfer of command
form) and
• Delegation of Authority and/or Letter of Expectation considerations {see Appendix 0)
• COUNTY and STATE AREP, STATE Administrative Unit discuss with IMT
• A IMT Conference Call may occur prior to IMT transfer
a) While assigned, STATE IMT IC will report directly to the assigned Agency Administrators
Even though it is a CalFire team, I would be VERY surprised if it did not have personnel from multiple entities rostered on it - and they will deploy with the team.
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10 acre flare up in division delta may threaten the 5 freeway shortly may have CHP close it so they can try to hold it asking for additional dozers to stage could jump the 5 if it makes there per division delta (not his exact words)
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