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Brief Communication: Meteorological and Climatological Conditions
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 18, 3037–3043, 2018 https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-3037-2018 © Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Brief communication: Meteorological and climatological conditions associated with the 9 January 2018 post-fire debris flows in Montecito and Carpinteria, California, USA Nina S. Oakley1,2, Forest Cannon2, Robert Munroe3, Jeremy T. Lancaster4, David Gomberg3, and F. Martin Ralph2 1Western Regional Climate Center, Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, Nevada 89512, USA 2Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093, USA 3National Weather Service, Oxnard/Los Angeles, 520 N. Elevar St., Oxnard, CA 93030, USA 4California Geological Survey, 801 K St., Sacramento, CA 95814, USA Correspondence: Nina S. Oakley ([email protected]) Received: 20 June 2018 – Discussion started: 26 June 2018 Revised: 8 October 2018 – Accepted: 25 October 2018 – Published: 19 November 2018 Abstract. The Thomas Fire burned 114 078 ha in Santa rainfall intensity of 24 mm h−1 (USGS, 2018a; Fig. S1 in the Barbara and Ventura counties, southern California, during Supplement). December 2017–January 2018. On 9 January 2018, high- In the first significant rainfall event of the wet season on 9 intensity rainfall occurred over the Thomas Fire burn area January 2018, high-intensity rainfall occurred over the west- in the mountains above the communities of Montecito and ernmost portion of the Thomas Fire burn area between 11:30 Carpinteria, initiating multiple devastating debris flows. The and 12:00 UTC (03:30–04:00 LST). -
News Headlines 11/1/2019
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ News Headlines 11/1/2019 ➢ Rialto man is arrested for allegedly causing death of motorist ➢ Car crash after high speeed police chase sparks wildfire in California burning more than 300 acres ➢ Today in Pictures, Nov 1, 2019 ➢ California endures more wildfires, 1 sparked by a hot car ➢ New California wildfire explodes to 8,000 acres ➢ In Southern California, a family escapes wildfires with seconds to spare ➢ Fires Rage Across Southern California, Driven by Ferocious 50 MPH ‘Satan’ Winds ➢ Hillside fire in north San Bernardino is 50% contained, evacuations lifted 1 Rialto man is arrested for allegedly causing death of motorist Staff Writer, Fontana Herald News Posted: November 1, 2019, 7:00 am A Rialto man was arrested on charges of gross vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence, causing the death of a motorist in Hesperia, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. On Oct. 12 at about 8 p.m., deputies from the Hesperia Police Department, along with San Bernardino County Fire Department, responded to the area of Main Street and Mariposa Road in reference to a traffic collision. Deputies found Marcellino Cabrera III, 46, of Hesperia unresponsive inside his 1994 Honda Accord on Main Street. A 2002 BMW 325i was found on top of a down palm tree in the In-N-Out parking lot. The driver of the BMW, Ramses Gonzalez, 26, was assisted out of his vehicle and airlifted to Loma Linda Medical Center due to his injuries. Through investigation, deputies determined that Gonzalez was driving his BMW westbound on Main approaching the intersection with Mariposa when it collided into the Honda traveling northbound on Mariposa and through the intersection. -
Red Cross Supports California Residents Affected by Wildfires
2019 California Wildfires Six-Month Update 2020 Red Cross Supports California Residents Affected By Wildfires In fall 2019, wildfires once again raged across California, Lynne Fredericks, who evacuated from Windsor along burning nearly 200,000 acres of land and driving with her sister and their dog Jack, said she was amazed at hundreds of thousands of residents to flee their homes. In how hard others were working to help the evacuees, all Southern California, powerful Santa Ana winds combined “with so much kindness and generosity". "I have not seen with dry conditions to create swift fire growth and extreme anyone be rude to somebody coming in. I always see fire behavior. Multiple large blazes, including the Getty them being helpful,” she said. Fire, Tick Fire and Saddleridge Fire, destroyed thousands of acres as residents hastened to evacuate. Terrifying This kindness and generosity were on full display at the video footage showed columns of flames jumping across Red Cross shelter in Santa Rosa. When workers there roads and freeways. realized that the children staying in their shelter were going to miss Halloween, they quickly mobilized to create Northern California battled the Kincade Fire, the largest a fun-filled holiday celebration. On Halloween, costumed wildfire ever to occur in Sonoma County. Dry conditions, children enjoyed crafts, jack-o’-lanterns, face painting, high-wind events and the fast-moving wildfire led to the a visit from the Oakland Raiders mascot and of course, unprecedented evacuation of nearly 190,000 residents, candy. more than a third of the county’s population. For residents who had survived the deadly Tubbs Fire only two years The attentive work done by the Red Cross to support before, experiencing another evacuation was especially evacuees did not go unappreciated. -
Review of California Wildfire Evacuations from 2017 to 2019
REVIEW OF CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE EVACUATIONS FROM 2017 TO 2019 STEPHEN WONG, JACQUELYN BROADER, AND SUSAN SHAHEEN, PH.D. MARCH 2020 DOI: 10.7922/G2WW7FVK DOI: 10.7922/G29G5K2R Wong, Broader, Shaheen 2 Technical Report Documentation Page 1. Report No. 2. Government Accession No. 3. Recipient’s Catalog No. UC-ITS-2019-19-b N/A N/A 4. Title and Subtitle 5. Report Date Review of California Wildfire Evacuations from 2017 to 2019 March 2020 6. Performing Organization Code ITS-Berkeley 7. Author(s) 8. Performing Organization Report Stephen D. Wong (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3638-3651), No. Jacquelyn C. Broader (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3269-955X), N/A Susan A. Shaheen, Ph.D. (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3350-856X) 9. Performing Organization Name and Address 10. Work Unit No. Institute of Transportation Studies, Berkeley N/A 109 McLaughlin Hall, MC1720 11. Contract or Grant No. Berkeley, CA 94720-1720 UC-ITS-2019-19 12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address 13. Type of Report and Period The University of California Institute of Transportation Studies Covered www.ucits.org Final Report 14. Sponsoring Agency Code UC ITS 15. Supplementary Notes DOI: 10.7922/G29G5K2R 16. Abstract Between 2017 and 2019, California experienced a series of devastating wildfires that together led over one million people to be ordered to evacuate. Due to the speed of many of these wildfires, residents across California found themselves in challenging evacuation situations, often at night and with little time to escape. These evacuations placed considerable stress on public resources and infrastructure for both transportation and sheltering. -
Baer Survey Specialist Report Format
Thomas Fire 2017-2018, Los Padres National Forest BAER Hydrology Report Resource Specialty: Hydrology Fire Name: Thomas Fires Month and Year: December 2017-January 2018 Author(s) Name and Home unit Name: Emily Fudge, Cleveland National Forest Objectives This assessment focused on evaluating possible post-fire hydrologic threats to potential values at risk for the Thomas Fire on the Los Padres National Forest, Santa Barbara County, California. Hydrologic post-fire threats include post-fire flooding, slope instability, and bulking of flows from sediment and debris. Potential threats also include avulsion on depositional fans and catchment outlets due to bulked flows (rapid relocation of channel location); braiding of channels, scour, and channel migration. I. Potential Values at Risk Initial potential Values at Risk (VARs) identified for evaluation for the Thomas Fire are listed below. See VAR spreadsheet in the 2500-8 for detailed list of evaluated values at risk (VARs). During preliminary reconnaissance, it was recognized that whole communities, major highways and roads, and privately owned infrastructure downstream/slope of the Thomas Fire could be affected by post-fire effects. A State Watershed Emergency Response Team (WERT) was tasked with conducting an assessment of VARs on non-FS lands including all these areas. This BAER assessment focuses on VARs owned by the Forest Service or located on FS lands. An initial BAER assessment considered VARs in the Ojai and Wheeler Ridge areas so these areas are excluded from this report. This assessment does not include assessment of post-fire impacts within the Adams Canyon, Harmon Canyon, Arundell Barranca, or Lower Ventura River HUC 6 watersheds. -
Thomas Fire – After Action Review
Thomas Fire 12/04/2017 – 12/22/2017 City of Ventura Emergency Operations Center After Action Review INTRODUCTION On December 4, 2017, the Thomas Fire started north of the City of Santa Paula. Driven by intense Santa Ana winds, the fire reached the City of Ventura within hours and damaged or destroyed 686 structures. At the time of final containment, the Thomas Fire would be classified as the largest fire in recorded California history. To assist with response efforts, the City proclaimed a local state of emergency and activated its Emergency Operations Center (EOC). Per the City’s Emergency Plan, the primary objective during the emergency was to provide for effective life safety measures, reduce property loss and protect the environment. As part of the EOC process, an After Action Review (AAR) began informally during activation and then formally commenced in June, 2018. During the Thomas Fire, over 140 persons served in the City of Ventura EOC. AARs focus on nationally established core capabilities (currently there are 32 core capabilities spanning 5 mission areas: Prevention, Protection, Mitigation, Response and Recovery). After a disaster, jurisdictions in California are required by statute (California Code of Regulations, section 2900[q]) to prepare an AAR to identify areas of improvement and corrective actions for each identified deficiency. As a compliance document focusing on improvement, the AAR does not focus on the successes but rather those areas that need to be improved upon. While interviewing staff from each EOC section, many successes were identified and discussed. The AAR captures some of these successes as strengths, but does not go into detail about the many successes that were experienced during this fire. -
Cal Fire: Creek Fire Now the Largest Single Wildfire in California History
Cal Fire: Creek Fire now the largest single wildfire in California history By Joe Jacquez Visalia Times-Delta, Wednesday, September 23, 2020 The Creek Fire is now the largest single, non-complex wildfire in California history, according to an update from Cal Fire. The fire has burned 286,519 acres as of Monday night and is 32 percent contained, according to Cal Fire. The Creek Fire, which began Sept. 4, is located in Big Creek, Huntington Lake, Shaver Lake, Mammoth Pool and San Joaquin River Canyon. Creek Fire damage realized There were approximately 82 Madera County structures destroyed in the blaze. Six of those structures were homes, according to Commander Bill Ward. There are still more damage assessments to be made as evacuation orders are lifted and converted to warnings. Madera County sheriff's deputies notified the residents whose homes were lost in the fire. The Fresno County side of the fire sustained significantly more damage, according to Truax. "We are working with (Fresno County) to come up with away to get that information out," Incident Commander Nick Truax said. California wildfires:Firefighters battle more than 25 major blazes, Bobcat Fire grows Of the 4,900 structures under assessment, 30% have been validated using Fresno and Madera counties assessor records. Related: 'It's just too dangerous': Firefighters make slow progress assessing Creek Fire damage So far, damage inspection teams have counted more than 300 destroyed structures and 32 damaged structures. "These are the areas we can safely get to," Truax said. "There are a lot of areas that trees have fallen across the roads. -
2020 Annual Report
2020 ANNUAL REPORT CHIEF’S MESSAGE January 2, 2021 It is our pleasure to present our 2020 Annual Report to the community. We are proud to report our challenges and accomplishments to you in this very unique year. At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, your Montecito Fire Department set a goal to maintain our ability to provide exceptional emergency service to our community despite the challenges presented by the global health crisis. Thanks to the commitment and dedication of every member of the organization, we achieved that goal. The organization suffered no staffing or service issues which enabled us to continue to serve this great community. We also strived to support the community in whatever way possible as residents, businesses, and visitors faced challenges presented by the pandemic. As I write this message, two vaccines are nearing emergency approval and we anxiously await the opportunity for our entire community to be vaccinated. We continue to collaborate with neighboring fire departments, community service organizations, and other local government entities. These partnerships provide the foundation to effectively address community issues together to the benefit of all. In 2020, the Fire District collaborated with the Montecito Association on an outreach project called Hands Across Montecito. This program helps connect homeless people to resources and find permanent housing solutions. Additionally, the Fire Chiefs Association of Santa Barbara County established a public safety task force to identify solutions to parking issues that impede emergency vehicle access and community member egress. The task force is also addressing how to mitigate homeless encampment fires and illegal dispersed camping. -
Geologic Hazards
Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) Assessment FINAL Specialist Report – GEOLOGIC HAZARDS Thomas Fire –Los Padres N.F. December, 2017 Jonathan Yonni Schwartz – Geomorphologist/geologist, Los Padres NF Introduction The Thomas Fire started on December 4, 2017, near the Thomas Aquinas College (east end of Sulphur Mountain), Ventura County, California. The fire is still burning and as of December 13, 2017, is estimated to have burned 237,500 acres and is 25% contained. Since the fire is still active, the BAER Team analysis is separated into two phases. This report/analysis covers a very small area of the fire above the community of Ojai, California and is considered phase 1 (of 2). Under phase 1 of this BAER assessment, 40,271 acres are being analyzed (within the fire parameter) out of which 22,971 acres are on National Forest Service Lands. The remaining 17,300 acres are divided between County, City and private lands. Out of a total of 40,271 acres that were analyzed, 99 acres were determined to have burned at a high soil burn severity, 19,243 acres at moderate soil burn severity, 12,044 acres at low soil burn severity and 8,885 acres were unburned. All of the above acres including the unburned acres are within the fire parameter. This report describes and assesses the increase in risk from geologic hazards within the Thomas Fire burned area. When evaluating Geologic Hazards, the focus of the “Geology” function on a BAER Team is on identifying the geologic conditions and geomorphic processes that have helped shape and alter the watersheds and landscapes, and assessing the impacts from the fire on those conditions and processes which will affect downstream values at risk. -
Environmental Assessment
United States Department of Agriculture Environmental Assessment Forest Service Silverado Fuel Break March 2013 Trabuco Ranger District, Cleveland National Forest Orange and Riverside Counties, California For More Information Contact: Jacob Gipson Trabuco Ranger District Cleveland National Forest 1147 East 6th Street, Corona, CA 92879 Phone: 951-736-1811 Non-Discrimination Policy The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination against its customers, employees, and applicants for employment on the bases of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, gender identity, religion, reprisal, and where applicable, political beliefs, marital status, familial or parental status, sexual orientation, or all or part of an individual's income is derived from any public assistance program, or protected genetic information in employment or in any program or activity conducted or funded by the Department. (Not all prohibited bases will apply to all programs and/or employment activities.) To File an Employment Complaint If you wish to file an employment complaint, you must contact your agency's EEO Counselor (PDF) within 45 days of the date of the alleged discriminatory act, event, or in the case of a personnel action. Additional information can be found online at www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_file.html. To File a Program Complaint If you wish to file a Civil Rights program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form (PDF), found online at www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, or at any USDA office, or call (866) 632-9992 to request the form. You may also write a letter containing all of the information requested in the form. -
Report on Fires in California
Report On Fires In California Gymnospermous Terencio requires mighty while Quill always hirsling his antispasmodic trumps retrally, he besmirches so diabolically. Is Herschel conventionalized or locular after pandurate Porter catalyses so acidly? Zacharia still revictuals morphologically while complaining Schroeder scry that colonic. All of Calabasas is now under mandatory evacuation due trial the Woolsey fire, department city announced Sunday evening. Unlock an ad free cover now! In this Saturday, Sept. Yucaipa Blvd to Ave E southeast to the intersection of Mesa Grande, east to Wildwood Canyon Rd to trail all portions of Hidden Meadows and the southern portion of the Cherry Valley away from Nancy Lane coming to Beaumont Ave. Angeles National Forest that this been threatened by friendly Fire. As the climate heats up, than other states in their West, including Oregon and Colorado, are seeing larger, more devastating fires and more dangerous air aside from wildfire smoke. Account Status Pending It looks like you started to grease an exhibit but did share complete it. CAL FIRE investigators determined that fire started in two locations. Mouillot F, Field CB. Groups of people walked along the parking lot up the Goebel adult center Friday morning, girl with masks over their noses and others still scrape their pajamas from their first morning escapes. Check high fire ban situation in their area. Another among people refusing to evacuate. Here can, however, ratio are gaps where municipalities lack police authority we act and statewide action is required. Large swaths of Ventura and Los Angeles counties are down under evacuation orders due provide the fires. -
Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District Board of Directors Meeting Agenda
RANCHO SANTA FE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING AGENDA Rancho Santa Fe FPD November 20, 2019 Board Room – 18027 Calle Ambiente 1:00 pm PT Rancho Santa Fe, California 92067 Regular Meeting RULES FOR ADDRESSING BOARD OF DIRECTORS Members of the audience who wish to address the Board of Directors are requested to complete a form near the entrance of the meeting room and submit it to the Board Clerk. Any person may address the Board on any item of Board business or Board concern. The Board cannot take action on any matter presented during Public Comment, but can refer it to the Administrative Officer for review and possible discussion at a future meeting. As permitted by State Law, the Board may take action on matters of an urgent nature or which require immediate attention. The maximum time allotted for each presentation is FIVE (5) MINUTES. Pledge of Allegiance 1. Roll Call 2. Motion waiving reading in full of all Resolutions/Ordinances 3. Public Comment All items listed on the Consent Calendar are considered routine and will be enacted by one motion without discussion unless Board Members, Staff or the public requests removal of an item for separate discussion and action. The Board of Directors has the option of considering items removed from the Consent Calendar immediately or under Unfinished Business. 4. Consent Calendar a. Board of Directors Minutes Board of Directors minutes of October 16, 2019 ACTION REQUESTED: Approve b. Receive and File 1. Monthly/Quarterly Reports (1) List of Demands Check 31967 thru 32061, Electronic File Transfers (EFT), and Wire Transfer(s) for the period October 1 – 31, 2019 totaling: $ 683,673.78 Wire Transfer(s) period October 1 – 31, 2019 $ 384,640.30 Payroll for the period October 1 – 31, 2019 $ 638,815.09 TOTAL DISTRIBUTION $1,707,129.17 In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in a meeting, please contact the Secretary at 858-756-5971.