CREEK FIRE INCIDENT UPDATE Date: 10/17/2020 Time: 9:00 AM Fire Information: 844-668-3473 South Zone Media Line: 559-790-6374 @SierraNF @CAL_FIRE North Zone Media Line: 844-668-3473 Incident Email: [email protected] @MaderaSheriff @FresnoSheriff Incident Website: www.fire.ca.gov @CALFIREMMU @CALFIREFresnoCoFire https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7147/
INCIDENT FACTS Incident Start Date: 09/04 /2020 Incident Start Time: 6:33 p.m. Incident Type: Wildland Fire Cause: Under Investigation Incident Location: Along the San Joaquin River near Mammoth Pool, Shaver Lake, Big Creek & Huntington Lake. Forest/CAL FIRE Units: Sierra National Forest, CAL FIRE Units Fresno-Kings and Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unified Command Agencies: Northern Rockies Team 4, CAL FIRE, California Team 14, Fresno County Sheriff Size: 346,447 Containment: 60% Firefighter Injuries: 26 (minor) Expected Full Containment: 10/31/2020 Structures Threatened: 119 Structures Destroyed: 983 Structures Damaged: 71 CURRENT SITUATION Current Weather: High pressure aloft will bring hot and dry conditions along with generally light winds Situation: through this coming weekend resulting in critical fire weather conditions. Smoke will continue to increase across the area resulting in worsening visibility and air quality.
SOUTH ZONE: Fire activity last night continued to burn on the north eastern part of the fire and had moderate fire growth to the east in the area of the San Joaquin River near Junction Bluffs. The fires edge grew northward on the peninsula east of Edison Lake. Operations and crews will continue to evaluate and plan for suppression opportunities. Firing operations continue to remain a part of the suppression effort as safety and weather permits. Resources continue to patrol and mop-up from Florence Lake to the North/South Zone break, located near Redinger Lake. Crews proceed to remove hazard trees along road systems throughout the burn area.
Suppression lines are continually being repaired. This total reflects 251 miles of Dozer line, of which 46 miles has been repaired and 94 miles of Hand Line Construction, 2 miles has been repaired. Suppression repair work is occurring on approximately 350 miles of line and assessments of impacts are nearly complete.
NORTH ZONE: A transfer of command will occur on Saturday, October 17 at 6:00 PM. The Northern Rockies Team 4 will transition with California Team 1, a type one incident management team. A new closure order was issued for the Sierra National Forest lands for October 17th.
On the western side of the fire from the San Joaquin River north to the Little Shuteye Peak firefighters patrolling and monitoring for hot spots have reported cold black along perimeter
and little activity near containment lines. Suppression Repair work has been completed on the Bass lake dozer lines and crews continue to work on post-fire erosion prevention. Crews have cleared the roadway to Shuteye Lookout Pass and are working toward Norris bridge cutting hazard trees and chipping wood debris along roadways.
Farther northwest near Upper Chiquito and Red Top areas crews are working to secure containment lines, patrol for hot spots and mop up with the support of aviation resources. The Structure Group is patrolling interior, removing structure wrap in appropriate areas while monitoring the fire conditions near structures to make sure they remain secure. The Roads Group is working on cutting hazard trees in order to widen a safety barrier along roads affected by the fire. The suppression repair crew has been successful and continues to construct water bars on dozer lines. Evacuation The evacuation map of Creek Fire evacuations for Map: Fresno and Madera counties is available online: https://nifc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/in dex.html?id=28ce52cb86bf49dea0adef5a78b3c1b5 Incident The Sierra National Forest will host an Incident Briefing on Monday at 7pm via Facebook Briefing: Live: https://www.facebook.com/SierraNF/ Damage Fresno County and Madera County: Inspection: An interactive damage assessment map for Fresno County and Madera County is available: Fresno County Damage Assessment Map or https://bit.ly/3kxDyvI Temporary Temporary Flight Restriction: Perimeter runs from South Merced River Fork on the south Flight end of Yosemite National Park, south to Millerton Lake roughly following Route 41, east Restriction: to Kings Canyon National Park, and north to Inyo National Forest. See: tfr.faa.gov Evacuation Warnings: Madera County: Complete list of evacuation warnings at Sheriff’s website. Road Closures: Fresno County: Highway 168 at Kaiser Pass Road. Madera County: Cascadel Road at 8S09, Beasore Road at Road 274, Road 274 at Central Camp Road, Road 632 at Buckskin Lane, and Road 4S81 at the fire’s edge. Closure updates are listed at: https://www.facebook.com/MaderaSheriff/. Temp. Evac. Points: Fresno County- Clovis North High School - 2770 East International Ave. Clovis, CA Missing Persons: Fresno County Sheriff 559-600-3111 Madera County Sheriff 559-658-2555 National Forest Effective October 16, 2020, the Sierra National Forest closure has been modified under Closures: Forest Closure Order No. 05-15-00-20-16 through November 1, 2020. Conditions will be re- evaluated daily. For information, please go to the Sierra National Forest website or Inciweb at: fs.usda.gov/alerts/sierra/alerts-notices or https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/
ASSIGNED RESOURCES Engines: 43 Water Tenders: 38 Helicopters: 12 Hand Crews: 19 Dozers: 11 Other various equipment: 18 Total Personnel: 983 Air Tankers: Available as needed and conditions allow. Cooperating Agencies North Zone: Madera County Departments, OES, National Park Service, PG&E, Sothern California Edison, and Caltrans. South Zone: Fresno County, Fresno County Public Health, Fresno County OES, OES, Shaver Lake Fire Department, Bald Mountain Fire Protection District, Auberry Fire Department, Huntington Lake Volunteer Fire Department, Big Creek Volunteer Fire Department, Pine Ridge Volunteer Fire Department, CHP, National Park Service, CDCR, PG&E, Southern California Edison, American Red Cross, California National Guard, California Air National Guard, Caltrans, and AT&T. To learn more about wildfire preparedness visit: www.readyforwildfire.org