State ID: CA
3 letter designator: LPF
Fire name: Front
Location: Off Highway 166 at Rock front OHV area
Reported acres: 40 per LPF cad
Rate of spread: unk
Report on Conditions:
Structure threat: low
Resources:
Hazards:
Weather:
Radio channels:
Scanner link: none at the moment, Should be LPF
Webcam link:
Agency Website:
280ac from AA potential for 1000
300 acres, starting reverse 911 calls and evacuations of area ranches. AA just getting on scene with tankers 74 & 75. Tankers 76 and 78 now assigned as well.
Tanker 910 is assigned coming out of Santa Maria as well.
#FrontFire (Los Padres NF) - Fire is now 280-300 acres, T76 & T78 now diverted to the fire after being cancelled from a Kern Co fire.
Multiple campgrounds on the Logan creek side
Resource order;
4 Dozers
5 Crews
7 Type 3 Engines
3 Water Tenders (Tactical)
…and overhead.
IC reporting 600 plus acres, 0% Containment. The fire is moving to the East.
CHP is reporting the fire is getting closer to Highway 166, They are shutting down the highway down.
Additional resources are being dispatched from surround units, including a strike team from SLU.
From what I was told, the LPF only has 5 engines to cover the entire Forest.
SoCal Team 2 has been assigned to this fire. Inbrief tomorrow at 1500 in Santa Maria.
Fire is looking pretty good this morning with heavy tanker drops yesterday, good fuel recovery last night, and excellent firefighting actions.