Cal OES Daily Situation Report July 8, 2017
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Cal OES Daily Situation Report July 8, 2017 The Wall Fire in Butte County has grown to 2,000 acres. Photo Credit: Wayne Wilson/ CalFire Butte County Twitter 1 Duty Officer National Terrorism Advisory System EDO Alex Cabassa Sarah Murdock (Day) CSWC Watch Officer Chad Stokes (Night) [email protected] STAC Duty Officer 916-275-4069 FDO John Salvate LDO Sherri Sarro IDO Terri Mejorado CDO Roger Sigtermans SDO Karla Benedicto PIO Brad Alexander TDO Jeffrey Howell IT Brian Begley EQTP Ryan Arba Tribal Liaison POC Denise Shemenski Access and Functional Vance Taylor Needs POC 2 SITUATION SUMMARY Cal OES Activation Status State Operations Center Inland Region EOC Coastal Region EOC Southern Region EOC Level 1 Level 1 Level 1 Level 1 Cal OES INLAND REGION • See 2017 Statewide Winter Storms Slides Cal OES COASTAL REGION Apartment/Construction Fire, Oakland, Alameda County On 07/07/17 at 0500 hours a fire broke out at a construction site at 2425 Valdez St in Oakland. The building, when completed, would have been an apartment and retail complex. Residents in nearby areas have been evacuated for safety reasons. Evacuation Shelter • American Red Cross (ARC), St. Vincent de Paul, 2271 San Pablo Ave. Oakland • Feeding services will be provided by St. Vincent de Paul and ARC. • Evacuees number approximately 100 people. • Evacuees have approximately one dozen companion animals; primarily small dogs, which are being allowed at the shelter. • Shelter services will be provide for at least 48 hours, pending safe re-entry to their residential domiciles. • On 07/07/17 in the afternoon, only 10 individuals were believed to require sheltering. Overnight shelter population is unknown. • Cal OES Duty Officers continue to monitor the situation and provide updates as they are available. • See 2017 Statewide Winter Storms Slides Cal OES SOUTHERN REGION • See 2017 Statewide Winter Storms Slides 3 SITUATION SUMMARY 2017 Statewide Winter Storms Cal OES Coastal Region Paul’s Slide, State Route 1, Monterey County Per Cal OES Coastal Duty Officer (CDO), as of 1300 hours on 05/25/17, Paul’s Slide on State Route 1 has been closed to all traffic. • Caltrans engineers report slide activity and the area has been closed in the interest of public safety. • Assessment will commence and further details will be provided once released. Mud Creek Slide, State Route 1, Monterey County The Mud Creek area on State Route 1 sustained a major slide on the evening of 05/20/17, when over a million tons of rock and dirt fell down the slope continuing down to the ocean floor 250 feet off the shoreline. • The Mud Creek area is ¼ mile in length, made up of five slides, four of which fell during this single incident and consolidated into one slide. The remaining slide now extends 1,500 feet in length over State Route 1 and is about 35 to 40 feet deep. • Roadwork at Mud Creek was suspended and heavy equipment removed due to the threat of new slides and for safety of highway workers. Caltrans geologists and engineers plan to assess it further when this area stabilizes. • Estimated opening date is 06/01/18. Pfeiffer Bridge Incident, Monterey County California Highway Patrol (CHP) and Caltrans had a hard closure on the Pfeiffer Bridge on HWY 1 at mile marker 45.52 (SB Sycamore Canyon and the Bridge) due to a crack in the bridge. The bridge has been demolished so the road is closed and estimates for some access from the north is late September 2017. • Backup air medical transport plans have been developed for medical emergencies through Cal OES Law Enforcement Branch. • All businesses north of the Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge closure are open to the public. • Caltrans will continue the process of delivering construction materials and equipment to the site of the demolished bridge on HWY 1 via Nacimiento-Fergusson Road from Hwy 101 on Tuesday, 06/20/17. • Some equipment will begin moving out one piece at a time throughout the week. These convoys of equipment will be escorted by CHP. • Effective 07/01/17, there will be a shuttle available until the Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge reopens (estimated reopening date from Caltrans is September 2017) seven days a week, 1200-2000. North shuttle leaves every hour starting at noon. South shuttle leaves every 15 minutes from Loma Vista to Nepenthe. The last shuttle from north to south is at 1700 hours. The last shuttle from south to north is 1900 hours. • Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park will reopen to the public on 07/01/17 after an 11-month closure due to the Soberanes Fire and winter storms. • Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, Andrew Molera State Park, and Highway 1 at Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge remain closed. 4 FIRE ACTIVITY Cal OES Fire Preparedness Levels National Northern California Southern California Preparedness Preparedness Preparedness Level 3 Level 2 Level 2 Multi-Agency Coordination Multi-Agency Coordination System MACS Mode: 2 System MACS Mode: 2 Wall, Vegetation Fire, Bangor, Butte County Location: Chinese Wall Rd, 5 miles north of Bangor Jurisdiction: State DPA, SRA, Butte Unit Type 3 IMT Start Time: 1455 Per Cal Fire and Cal OES Duty Officers as of 07/08/17 at 0857 hours: • 2,000 acres brush, 2% contained • Structures threatened • 52 Local Government engines • 5 Cal OES engines FMAG • On 07/07/17 an Federal Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) was requested and has been placed on hold. Activations • North Valley EOC (PG&E) • North Valley Animal Disaster Group (NVADG) Deployments • 1 Cal OES Fire Assistant Chief assigned • 1 Cal OES Inland Division Emergency Services Coordinator (ESC) • 1 Cal OES Law Assistant Chief 5 FIRE ACTIVITY Evacuations • All of Forbestown Rd. from Hurleton Swedes Flat Road to Eddy Court and Grand Oat to Swedes Flat and all roads that connect. • Swedes Flat Road from Chinese Wall Road to Robinson Mill Road and Oro Bangor including Spring Creek Rd and Romo Rd. and all roads that connect. • Black Bart Road and all roads that connect. • 200 homes, 300 residents displaced • Butte County has set up a 211 phone number to assist residents. Road Closures • Forbestown Rd at Lumpkin Rd., Forbestown Rd at Lower Hurleton Rd., Forbestown Rd at Robinson Mill, La Porte Rd at Upham Rd., Robinson Mill Rd at La Porte Rd. Shelter • Oroville Church of the Nazarene, 2238 Monte Vista Ave, Oroville • Midnight Count: 6 • Animal Shelter, Old County Hospital, 2279 Del Oro and Mono, Suite E, Oroville, (North Valley Animal Disaster Group (NVADG) • Current population: 20 dogs, 10 cats • Large Animal Shelter, Camelot Equestrian Park, 1985 Clark Road • Current population: 16 horses Utilities Per California Utilities Emergency Association (CUEA) as of 07/07/17 at 1755 hours: • Distribution circuits are immediately threatened on Chinese Wall Road, it has been de-energized at the request of CALFIRE • Approximately 630 customers have been affected. • Pole treatment equipment team has been mobilized to the area, they are in communication with CALFIRE (Butte County). • Per PG&E as of 1856 hours, there are no transmission assets in the area and no reports of infrastructure damage. 6 FIRE ACTIVITY Alamo, Vegetation Fire, San Luis Obispo / Santa Barbara Counties Location: Hwy 166 x Alamo Creek Rd, east of Santa Maria Jurisdiction: State DPA, SRA, San Luis Obispo Unit ICP: Santa Maria Rodeo Grounds Per Cal Fire and Cal OES Duty Officers as of 07/08/17 at 0857 hours: • 6,000 acres brush and timber, 10% contained, Expected Containment 07/16/17 • Weather and terrain is hindering suppression efforts • Unified Command CAL FIRE and Santa Barbara County Fire • 31 Local Government Engines • 5 Cal OES Engines • 2 Local Government watertenders assigned Activations • Santa Barbara County EOC Level 2 Deployments • 1 Cal OES Southern Region Emergency Services Coordinator (ESC) enroute • 2 Cal OES Fire Assistant Chiefs assigned • 2 Public Safety Communications Technicians assigned Evacuations • Approximately 150 homes have been affected by the evacuation orders. • Mandatory: • White Rock Ln. and Blazing Saddle Dr. • Evacuation Warnings: • Tepesquet Rd, Colson Canyon Dr. • Blazing Saddles and White Rock Ln. area from Santa Maria Mesa Rd. to HWY 166 Shelters • Minami Community Center, 600 W. Enos St. Santa Maria: Midnight Count: 4 • Large Animal Shelter: (Hotline 805-681-4332) Elks Unocal Event Center, Gate 3, 4040 HWY 101, Santa Maria • Small Animal Shelter: Santa Maria Animal Shelter, 548 W. Foster Rd., Santa Maria Utilities • PG&E advises that there are 115K powerlines in front of the fire, however they are idle. 7 FIRE ACTIVITY Alamo, Vegetation Fire, San Luis Obispo / Santa Barbara Counties (Cont.) Dam On 07/08/17 at 0212 hours, Twitchell Dam personnel notified the California State Warning Center (CSWC) that the Alamo fire was on the upstream side of the dam and moving towards the downstream side. As a result, dam personnel activated their Emergency Action Plan activation (EAP) in response to the fire. • Twitchell Dam is an earth berm dam located in both San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties. • The gates are currently shut off and not conducting releases at this time. • The reservoir is 37% full and there is no threat of failure to the dam. • The CSWC made all notifications per Dam Incident SOP. Hawk, Vegetation Fire, Kern County Location: 15 miles east of Delano Jurisdiction: State DPA, SRA, Contract County Start Time: 0918 Per CalFire and Cal OES Duty Officers as of 07/08/17 at 0857 hours: • Structure threat mitigated • Mop up and patrol • 6 Local Government engines • 4 Cal OES engines assigned 8 FIRE ACTIVITY Earthstone, Vegetation Fire, Washoe County, NV Location: Eastside