Posted on 06/21/2005 11:20:44 AM PDT by BurbankKarl
LA County Fire Helicopter drops water on RACE fire 6/19/05
With the start of Brush Fire Season, here is the Brush Fire Thread.
Fires currently burning in Mt. Washington section of City of Los Angeles
"On the horizon
The landscape's burning red
Bushfire
Smoke in your eyes
Smoke in your eyes
If you feel something
That makes you warm all over
If you got a fire and you can't put it out
Got a bushfire
Rolling through a field of molten flowers (aaaah)
Burning in a field of molten flowers (aaaah)
There's a bushfire (aaaah)
There a bushfire burning, yeah (aaaah)
Bushfire
Bushfire
Bushfire
My mind's been going places without me lately
I need your arms to take me down
Take me to the ground
But I hold back
Get away from the heat
Hold back
In my field of vision
Hold back
Baby burning, fire
Fire in a field of molten flowers (aaaah)
Fire in a field of molten flowers (aaaah)
There's a bushfire burning, yeah (aaaah)
You better hold back, hold back (aaaah)
Bushfire
Bushfire
Bushfire
But I'm moving to the beat of a big bushfire
I'm dancing to the heat of a big bushfire
And the flames are warm and getting brighter
Whoo-hoo
Well everybody likes to dance around the heat and fire
Oh, lightning strike twice!
Hey everybody bask in the afterglow
Bushfire
Yeah, lightning strike twice!
Hey everybody bask in the afterglow
Bushfire
Naked light shining over my bed
Been lying here too long
I need your arms to take me down
Take me to the ground
But I hold back
Get away from the heat
Hold back
In my field of vision
Hold back
I see smoke
Smoke in your eyes
Bushfire
Bushfire
Bushfire
The landscape's burning red (Bushfire)
The landscape's burning red hot (Bushfire)
It's red hot (Bushfire)
The landscape is red hot (Bushfire)
Hold me in a field of molten flowers (Bushfire)
Hold me in a field of molten flowers (Bushfire)
Take me to the ground (Bushfire)
Hold me, hold me, hold me"
http://www.mattlogic.com/SCANNER.html
Scanners covering most of California
I saw the 5 acre brushfire in Lancaster yesterday evening. I happened to drive right past it. There was some crazy guy flying a chopper in and out of the vicinity. Those guys are nuts!
Nice pic! A CDF "con crew" hotlining the fire. Lucky for them it looks like the wind is blowing it back on itself.
There was a start in Tehachapi this morning also....needing an update to that. There is a new website to monitor smoke plumes in real time....and then the Geomac viewer for overnight fire lines.
http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm
Headline: Will California ever mow the grass before is catches fire?
The smart people rented those goats to eat the grass...
but no, CA never learns.
I saw goats in the Berkelely Hills during my last visit.
Monday, June 20, 2005
Fire destroys abandoned Old Town building
Flames ignite two brush fires; one home block and a half away threatened
By LEROY STANDISH/Staff Writer
VICTORVILLE — Fire gutted an abandoned four-plex that neighbors said was a hangout for transients, drug users and prostitutes on Sunday afternoon.
Stiff wind sent hot embers from the fire to the northwest of the four-plex in the 15500 block of Fourth Street in Old Town Victorville, igniting two brush fires, one of which threatened a home a block and a half away. About 50 neighbors and passersby joined with the Victorville Fire Department to fight the trio of blazes.
"There were at least 30 to 50 people running around the neighborhood putting out the fires," said Scott Mottaz as he held a hose and extinguished the last bits of fire that scorched a 2,500-square-foot patch of dry grass and trash next to his home.
"There have been a lot of neighbors complaining for quite a while about the junk in the alley, this field and the other field that caught fire because it's a big fire danger this year."
The fires started just after 1 p.m. when neighbors smelled burning plastic in the air and saw flames shooting out of the four-plex.
"I was inside cooking and then I started to smell something burning," said Valerie Ladesma. She said she looked out the kitchen window and saw the flames and smoke next door. "Right then I kind of panicked."
Six engines, one truck and 27 firefighters from the Victorville Fire Department responded, said Chief John Becker.
It took firefighters half an hour to extinguish the fire. No other structures were burned and there were no reports of injury.
Incident: 1507 Type: Structure or Grass Fire Location: WB SR60 AT NB I710 Zoom Map: 635 6F Info as of: 6/21/2005 12:01:04 PM
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
11:55AM - PER RP SEES FIRE TRK
11:55AM - BRUSH FIRE
I see your hair is burnin'
Hills are filled with fire
If they say I never loved you
You know they are a liar
Drivin' down your freeways
Midnite alleys roam
Cops in cars, the topless bars
Never saw a woman...
So alone, so alone
So alone, so alone
DOORS - L.A. Woman
I actually liked Billy Idol's version better...
I know a red-head in Santa Clarita that needs to get smoked out and come to my place in Chatsworth later. There are a lot of dry weeds up there.
2:45PM Structure or Grass Fire RANCHO VISTA BLVD AT NB SR14
another fire in cabazon, and apple valley...
OK. That's enough fires now.
We can close the whole fire season down now. Right?
Is it just me or is the chopper dropping the water on the already burned section?
Poppet flats south of Banning CA this is a spot that took off from a controlled burn.
burn.
IC is on RRU 2 151.175
CDF tac 20 159.375
Air tac 6 151.310
Incident: 1183 Type: Report of Fire Location: SB SR14 AT AVENUE A Zoom Map: 23 7F Info as of: 6/21/2005 5:52:45 PM
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
5:20PM - 1039 DOT
5:00PM - 59-3 BOTH SB LNS NOW OPEN // TRF BACKED UP INTO MOJAVE AREA JNO AVE A - CHECK WITH LACC AND SEE IF THEY ARE WORKING ANYTHING
4:57PM - RPT OF VEHS NB IN SB LANES TRYING TO AVOID THE TRFC - JUST FOR INFO
4:25PM - OPENING #1 SB #2 STILL CLOSED FOR EMERGENCY EQUIP
4:23PM - 1039 DOT
4:06PM - KCFD CLOSING SB 14 AVE A OFR
4:05PM - 1039 59-3 AT OFFICE
3:59PM - 1039 KCFD
3:59PM - BRUSH FIRE
RESPONDING OFFICERS STATUS
5:02PM - CHP Unit Enroute
Incident: 1183 Type: Report of Fire Location: SB SR14 AT AVENUE A Zoom Map: 23 7F Info as of: 6/21/2005 5:52:45 PM
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
5:20PM - 1039 DOT
5:00PM - 59-3 BOTH SB LNS NOW OPEN // TRF BACKED UP INTO MOJAVE AREA JNO AVE A - CHECK WITH LACC AND SEE IF THEY ARE WORKING ANYTHING
4:57PM - RPT OF VEHS NB IN SB LANES TRYING TO AVOID THE TRFC - JUST FOR INFO
4:25PM - OPENING #1 SB #2 STILL CLOSED FOR EMERGENCY EQUIP
4:23PM - 1039 DOT
4:06PM - KCFD CLOSING SB 14 AVE A OFR
4:05PM - 1039 59-3 AT OFFICE
3:59PM - 1039 KCFD
3:59PM - BRUSH FIRE
RESPONDING OFFICERS STATUS
5:02PM - CHP Unit Enroute
Los Angeles, CA | Brush Fire | LAFD | 858.4375 | Valley | Brush Fire - Chatsworth Park Germaine/Valley Cir | 2005-06-22 | 13:03 PT
Desert Fire Threatens Hundreds Of Homes
A Voluntary Evacuation Has Been Called
Jun 22, 2005 4:15 pm US/Pacific
MORONGO VALLEY, Calif. (AP) The number of acres burned in the Morongo Valley fire has increased to 1,100 acres. At least seven homes have burned, and 200 others are threatened. A structure fire that got out of control has been pinpointed as the source of the blaze. Temperatures have passed 100 degrees.
The fire erupted about 1 p.m. and is burning on both sides of Highway 62 in heavy grass.
The fire is burning east and south into a habitated area.
About 200 homes are immediately threatened. As many as 700 homes are in the fire's path as it moves toward the Joshua Tree National Park.
A voluntary evacuation has been called.
A firefighter has suffered a knee injury.
The community consists of about two-thousand scattered ranches and homes on large lots.
The fire has moved within feet of some buildings.
About 20 engine companies are fighting the fast-moving flames that are feeding on two-foot-high grass in temperatures of more than 100 degrees. Winds are clocked at 22 miles an hour.
The wind today isn't going to help matters. I hate fire season out here.
9 homes lost per KNBC, 200 in the path of the flames...
Thanks - I'm watching now. What a mess.
Thanks for the ping. I just got home. Still out of control in Morongo Valley?
headed north into the national park
what happened to that Lancaster brushfire?
New start in Sun City, north of Murrieta off the 215
live feed
http://mysite.verizon.net/resoa15a/socalfirelivefeed/id20.html
Current Fires Southwest 6/24/05
Current Southern California Fires 6/24/05 (red active burn)
Fire links:
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Southwest Fire Team - AZ, NM, W. Texas
Pacific Southwest Air and Fire Management - California
California Office of Emergency Services EDIS - Alerts You Need To Know
Capt. Steve Molacek, right, of the Los Padres Hot Shots from Santa Barbara, Calif., talks with a Maricopa County Sheriff's deputy as fire jumps the road in a section of the Cave Creek Complex Fire Thursday, June 23, 2005, near Carefree, Ariz. The fire has consumed over 30,000 acres, forcing the evacuation of over 300 homes.
Per OC BC reporting 17 different starts in the same general areaUnits, crews, copters all over the place
Orange county?
Yeah, the 57 and Diamond Bar vicinity. Haven't heard anything since. That's OC isn't it..
No. Diamond Bar is in LA county, just over the line from OC north of Brea.
Bumping for later....
okie. I don't know L.A. very well.
There's a large fire at Castaic, believed to have started with popping electric power lines.
In Nevada, that Vegas/Pahrump area fire looks vicious. 24,000 acres?
Two new brush fires in LA County
Avenue D - Lancaster
and
Munz Ranch
Location : Munz Ranch Rd/Lancaster Rd.
Size-up : Wt129 smoke showing 15 miles out. 8-10 acres in medium
brush running uphill with structures threaten.
Units: E78, E84, E129, E130, E134, EST129, CC91, CC114, CC141,
CC162, CC164, WT129, Copt16, LAFD copt, P78, P84, SU12, SU14, SU15,
BC11, BC17, CFF78, DT4, ST1131 (E216, E236,E244,E264,E106, BC)
COMPLAN :
CMD NET - BLUE9
PRIMARY TAC - TAC17
SEC. TAC - TAC24
AIR/GRN - TAC19
CREW/DZR - BLUE 5
Incident Name - MUNZ incident
THEN:
5 Closest Engines requested for structure protection.
E37, E131, E80, E81, E149
2nd Alarm Requested
Adding units : LFD Copter, CC14-4, CC11-3, CC12-2, CC15-1, S84, AC5
BC11 request PD to assist with evacuations to the east.
Copter 16 reporting civillians surrounded by fire attempting drops
500 acres reported burned (Lancaster area) per KABC.
Smoke was showing, more like 40 miles out. I saw it as I was driving in at 3:00. It's still burning.. I watched it all the way home.
Incident: 1577 Type: Report of Fire Location: SR138 JWO NB I15 Zoom Map: 4734 1D Info as of: 6/27/2005 8:40:13 PM ADDITIONAL DETAILS 8:38PM - CAL TRANS DO YOU HAVE SOMEONE FOR THE CLOSURE ON THE WEST END AT 138 / 2 8:33PM - PER COM CTR, THEIR DIV CHIEF ON 138 FRM HWY 2, ADV NO CHP AND RDWAY IS NOT CLOSED DOWN 138/2--- REQ CLOSURE 8:31PM - PER OIC HAVE C WATCH UNIT TAKE SEPARATE CARS AND ROLL OUT FOR 1184 - 23 AT THE OFC WILL ADV C WATCH 8:29PM - 1039 T/BLACKWELL BROS - FLTBD ER 8:26PM - PER CO FD THIS AREA WILL BE CLOSED FOR ABOUT 3HRS - 8:23PM - 1039 75-L2 8:15PM - PER 75-11M OIC 1021 L2 TO ADV OF CLOSURE 8:10PM - THIS WILL BE A LONG TERM CLOSURE, CO-ORDINATING W/CDF AT THIS TIME, WILL ADVISE IF WE NEED TO START ANY ADDITIONAL UNITS UP THIS WAY 8:06PM - SIGALERT ISSUED 8:02PM - ON LL W/COM CTR REQ 1022 HESS AT 138 NEED TO HAVE 138 / 15 & 138/2 CLOSED DOWN COMPLETELY--STRUCTURES ARE THREATENED 8:02PM - I122 IS TAKING CARE OF THE WEST END --- AND WOULD LIKE 12-50 TO ASSIST IN TURNING PEOPLE AROUND ON THE WEST END (138 AT WIMMER RD, 1M FROM LONE PINE) 8:00PM - 12-50 ENRT 20 MIN ETA 7:59PM - PER I122 THERE IS ALOT OF TRAFFIC GETTING THRU--- ADVISE I126, NR YET 7:59PM - ON LINE W/COMM CTR--REQ 1184 HESS RD AT 138 7:57PM - I122 WILL HANDLE THE WEST SIDE, I126 WILL HAVE PARTIES INVOLVED IN THE 1182 MEET AT THE GAS STATION 15/138-- 11M COPIED, FIRE IS ALSO 1097 7:55PM - ALL OF 138 IS ACCESSIBLE, BUT SUBJECT TO CHANGE, AT THIS TIME YES TO YOUR QUESTION 7:52PM - I126 WILL SHUT DOWN WB TRAFFIC 7:51PM - IS THERE A VICTORVILLE UNIT TO ASSIST W/THE CLOSURE? SHUT DOWN WB 138 AT 15 7:51PM - HAVE A UNIT SHUT DOWN WB 138 AT 15, FIRE MIGHT CROSS THE RDWY 7:48PM - CAUSED FROM AN 1182 ROLL OVER, VEH STARTED THE FIRE 7:47PM - FIRE IS RT ALONG THE EDGE OF THE RDWY 7:46PM - MIGHT HAVE TO CLOSE THE 138 TEMPORARILY 7:29PM - 1039 FD 7:29PM - HILL CATCHING ON FIRE ALSO 7:28PM - 1039 COM CTR 7:27PM - CHEROKEE ON FIRE, ALL PARTIES OUT RESPONDING OFFICERS STATUS 8:09PM - CHP Unit On Scene 8:10PM - CHP Unit On Scene 8:26PM - CHP Unit On Scene 8:30PM - CHP Unit Enroute 8:36PM - CHP Unit Enroute 8:37PM - CHP Unit Enroute 8:37PM - CHP Unit On Scene
I think its going to be a banner year i just ordered another scanner
hey pal! What do you think of this McGill fellow filling in for Noory? I like him. I also like the subject matter they are discussing. Not sure if you are listening to C2C.
( sorry off topic for your thread but looked for your latest post )
I liked how he kept the questions short...!
And what is up with the Georgy Noory Las Vegas special? They pimp everything now days.
I saw six (if not more) starts myself, first-hand and up close & personal tonight, at the Antelope Valley fairgrounds. The city of Lancaster's fireworks show started the fire that closed the 14 freeway for a time. (Saw that action live, too.) You can see a lot from those grandstands. I just wished I'd had a camera.
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