Cal OES Daily Situation Report September 8, 2017 The Salmon August Complex, west of Etna in Siskiyou County. Photo Credit: caseyjhoward / Instagram 1 Duty Officer National Terrorism Advisory System EDO Sarah Poss Jennifer Gordon (Day) CSWC Watch Officer Chad Stokes (Night) [email protected] STAC Duty Officer 916-275-4069 FDO Bill Bondshu LDO Troy Clegg IDO Terri Mejorado CDO Nancy Smith SDO Joanne Phillips PIO Brad Alexander TDO Ben Green IT Michael Crews EQTP Yvette LaDuke Tribal Liaison POC Lori Nezhura 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 2 Level 1 Level 1 Level 1 Cal OES State Operations Center The Cal OES State Operations Center (SOC) is activated at Level II in support of statewide fires and National Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) coordination. • On 09/08/17, the SOC is activated from 0900 – 1700 hours. Hurricane Harvey Deployments, State of Texas Resources requested in support of impacts due to Hurricane Harvey: • Urban Search and Rescue IST (Incident Support Team) – 4 Personnel from California • Urban Search and Rescue IST Cache Support Personnel – 6 Personnel from California • HEPP (Hazardous Equipment Push Package) Support Personnel – 4 Personnel from California • HEPP-7 (Hazardous Equipment Push Package) Cache and Personnel – 4 Personnel from California • California US&R Blue Incident Support Team (IST) Support Personnel – 30 Personnel from California • Swiftwater Flood-Search and Rescue (SF-S&R)10 - Ventura with 1 Cal OES Assistant Chief and 14 personnel (Demobilizing, returning to CA) • SF-S&R 12 - Long Beach with 1 Cal OES Assistant Chief and 15 personnel (Demobilizing, returning to CA) At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. has approved the additional deployment of specialized components of Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 2, 3, 6 and 7 (CA-TF2, 3, 6 and 7) through the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) to aid the response to Hurricane Harvey. All of California’s state/federal Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces are assisting with operations in Texas or are enroute. This activation deploys the Water Rescue Mission Ready Package elements of the these four teams. Director Mark Ghilarducci explains how these requests come in and what our California USAR teams are prepared to do here in this video: Click here to view video Hurricane Irma Deployments, State of Florida Resources requested in support of impacts due to Hurricane Irma: • California US&R Task Force 1 (CA-TF1), Los Angeles City Fire Department – Type I US&R with 80 personnel • California US&R Task Force 4 (CA-TF4), Oakland Fire Department - Type I US&R with 80 personnel • California US&R Task Force 8 (CA-TF8), San Diego City Fire Rescue - Type 1 US&R with 80 personnel • California US&R Task Force 3 (CA-TF3), Menlo Park Fire Protection District - Type 1 US&R with 80 personnel EMAC Missions • See Cal OES Mission Tasking Slide 3 SITUATION SUMMARY Mexico Earthquake On 09/07/17 at 2149 hours, a magnitude 8.1 earthquake occurred 26 miles SW of Tonala, Chiapas, Mexico. Per the Cal OES Assistant Director of International Affairs, 11 states in Mexico felt the earthquake and aftershocks continue. There have been 33 fatalities and infrastructure and homes have been impacted. Mexico’s National Operation Center is activated and the federal government is assisting with response effort. The Cal OES Assistant Director of International Affairs will continue to monitor the situation. • The National Tsunami Warning Center (NTWC) issued a Tsunami Information Statement for California. • There is no tsunami danger for the California coast. • All coastal counties were briefed. • Cal OES Duty Officers were notified. • There have been no requests for State assistance. Cal OES SOUTHERN REGION • See Fire Activity Slides Cal OES COASTAL REGION • See Fire Activity Slides Cal OES INLAND REGION • See Fire Activity Slides 4 FIRE ACTIVITY Cal OES Fire Preparedness Levels National Northern California Southern California Preparedness Preparedness Preparedness Level 5 Level 5 Level 4 Multi-Agency Coordination Multi-Agency Coordination System MACS Mode: 4 System MACS Mode: 3 Fire Mission Tasking • 2017-FIRE-38436 has been approved for 6 California National Guard TYPE I Helicopters for water dropping and crew transport, and 1 TYPE I MEDEVAC helicopter with night vision capabilities for medical rescue operations. • 2017-FIRE-38476 has been approved for 3 Force Packages (12 Hand Crews) from California National Guard to support fire suppression activities on behalf of CAL FIRE. • 2017-FIRE-38556 has been approved for 1 California National Guard Fixed Wing RC-26 for infrared flight imagery for recording real time fire coverage on behalf of CAL FIRE. • 2017-FIRE-38527 has been approved for 1 California Conservation Corp Camp Crew to support the La Tuna Fire base camp on behalf of LA City Fire. Orleans Complex, Vegetation Fires, Siskiyou County Location: 20 miles N of Orleans Jurisdiction: FRA Type-2 IMT (Young) – FRA Per Cal OES Duty Officers and ICS-209 as of 09/08/17 at 0759 hours: • 26,490 acres, 53% contained • Expected Containment: 09/30/17 • Fires in the complex are Ukonom, Haypress, Burney Fire, Forks Fire • Minimal fire behavior due to precipitation over the fire area • Structure defense along the Highway 96 corridor Shelter • Humboldt County Shelter, Karuk Department of Natural Resources Building, 39051 Highway 96, Orleans • Shelter is closed as of 09/08/17. 5 FIRE ACTIVITY Eclipse Complex, Vegetation Fires, Siskiyou County Location: Near Happy Camp Jurisdiction: FRA Type-1 IMT (McGowan) – FRA Per Cal OES Duty Officers and ICS-209 as of 09/08/17 at 0759 hours: • 96,151 acres, 25% contained • Expected Containment: 10/10/17 • Fires in the complex are Cedar and Oak • Structure threat along the Highway 96 corridor with controlled traffic • Heavy timber including old growth with pockets of brush. Fires are generally burning in areas with no recent fire history. • Threats to Seiad Valley have been mitigated Proclamations • On 09/06/17, a Proclamation was received from Del Norte County due to unhealthy air quality from smoke generated by area fires. The smoke generated by fires in Oregon (Chetco Bar) and Del Norte and Siskiyou Counties (Eclipse Complex) has caused significant health related issues with residents of Del Norte County. The County of Del Norte is requesting a Director’s Concurrence in order to assist the Del Norte County with the financial burden of the event. Salmon August Complex, Vegetation Fires, Siskiyou County Location: Marble Mountain Wilderness and Trinity Alps Wilderness Jurisdiction: FRA Unified Command - SoCal Team 2 - Zombro/Bravo – CAL FIRE Per Cal OES Duty Officers and ICS-209 as of 09/08/17 at 0759 hours: • 65,343 acres, 15% contained • Expected Containment: 09/20/17 • 400 residences and 150 minor structures threatened. • Fires in the complex are Wallow and Mary • Structure threat to the communities of Etna and Greenview • Fire activity reduced due to 0.1 to 0.3 inches of precipitation over the fire area • Evacuation Warning continues for the communities of Sawyers Bar and Salmon River Roads, between Etna Summit and Nordheimer Flat Summit Complex, Vegetation Fire, Tuolumne County Location: South of Douglas Day Use area off of Highway 108 Jurisdiction: Federal DPA, FRA, Stanislaus National Forest Type 3 IC (Kaiser) Per Cal OES Duty Officers and ICS-209 as of 09/08/17 at 0759 hours: • 4,124 acres, 9% contained • Expected Containment: Unknown • Fires in the complex are Douglas, Willow and McCormik 6 FIRE ACTIVITY Helena, Vegetation Fire, Trinity County Location: Highway 299 near the town of Helena, 5 mi NW of Junction City Jurisdiction: State/Federal DPA, SRA/FRA, Shasta-Trinity Unit/Shasta-Trinity National Forest Unified Command CAL FIRE/USFS CA-IMT 1 (Templin) / CAL FIRE (Kavanaugh) SRA/FRA Per Cal OES Duty Officers and ICS-209 as of 09/08/17 at 0759 hours: • 20,354 acres, 40% contained • Numerous structures threatened and destroyed • Minimal fire behavior due to heavy morning precipitation over the fire area Activations • Trinity County EOC is activated at Level II from 0700-0000 hours. Deployment • 2 Cal OES Fire and Rescue Assistant Chiefs assigned • 1 Cal OES Law Enforcement Branch Assistant Chief monitoring • 1 Cal OES Inland Region Emergency Services Coordinator (ESC) assigned • 1 Cal OES Inland Region Senior ESC assigned • 1 Deputy Regional Administrator (RA) Assigned FMAG • On 08/31/17, a Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) application was received. • The FMAG was approved on 09/01/17, declaration number FEMA-5199-FM-CA. Proclamation • On 08/31/17, a Proclamation was received from Trinity County due to a series of wildfires which began on 08/30/17, and resulted in conditions of extreme peril to the safety of person and property in the county. There are no requests for assistance at this time. • On 08/31/17, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. issued an emergency proclamation for Trinity County due to the effects of the Helena Fire, which has burned thousands of acres, damaged critical infrastructure, destroyed homes and caused the evacuation of residents. Click here to read full Proclamation • On 09/06/17, Trinity County requested CDAA and direct state assistance for private property debris removal. Evacuations • Area between Helena and Oregon Mountain Summit, Canyon Creek area including Red Hill Rd. and all roads off of Red Hill Rd., Valdor Rd., Canyon Creek and all roads off of Canyon Creek, Power House Rd. and Upper Rd., Coopers Bar, and Barney Gulch communities • Approximately 2000 people • Residents on the south side of Hwy 299 will be allowed to re-enter as of 09/08/17 at 1200 hours in cycles of 20 cars every 15 minutes.