REMINDERS/ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Chief Fuller Day, Saturday, August 31st, 10-4
- Spaghetti Dinner, Saturday, August 31st, 4-7 p.m., for benefit of Mi Wuk/Sugar Pine Fire Protection District
- 1 injury today, not serious
MI WUK SUGAR PINE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, bits of information:
- small department, small budget but we do a lot of things
- Chief Crabtree introducted Capt Drew Collier (local), Volunteer Intern Jake Kepner (Modesto) -- these men have not been home since the fire began 8 days ago.
STEVE TILL - REPRESENTATIVE FROM incident management team
- they all appreciate all that residents have done---what can YOU do? Support your local dept!
- Div D, Div E controlled, still doing a bit of burnout; drone found a hot spot near Paper Cabin Ridge and alerted those in charge
- Yosemite--getting spotting
- be diligent for that one little spark
Information table at Chief Fuller Day - will have handouts
- We will see and experience more smoke over next few days--don’t get excited but do stay aware. - - Firefighters will be doing back burning but only when safe
SCOTT JOHNSON and LARRY CRABTREE ARE only ones here from Day 1 (in addition to me of course!)
DEPUTY SCOTT JOHNSON - INFORMATION OFFICER
- be vigilent
INTRODUCTIONS:
CAL FIRE: Andy Murphy, Battalion Chief for this area. THANK YOU to community
Mary ? from San Bernardino - leading strike team of engines covering fire station
Fred Wong - acting district ranger for Mi Wok Ranger District -- will be here for another 2-3 months
--what can we do to show appreciation for fire fighters --- follow recommendations for defensible space around homes.
--Forest Service and inter-agency team: sets up fire camps - one Tuolumne City and another in Drew City near Groveland. These camps are totally self contained: showers, desks, 6 rigs for kitchens to feed crews of 1000 or so. Team members are required to have a certain amount of calories / meal.
Chief LARRY CRABTREE:
VIP program: sponsored by CDF - Volunteers In Prevention Volunteers, with I.D. badges, go out to do pre-inspections in their community for defensible space. Volunteers note which houses are not in compliance with defensible space; Cal Fire follows up from there. You can pick up applications at the MWSP Fire Station. I (Blythe) am already signed up. How about you?
Q/A
--Are resources being pulled back? The threat is changing. Threat of fire coming from Div D is gone. Threat into our community is dramatically reduced. Fire that is still open, the threat will be to the Long Barn/Pinecrest area now and resources are being sent up the road to those locations. Fire fight will shift to area where they’ll use Type 3 engines.-- brush engines.
-- question about VIP volunteers: Is there anything that says people with vacant lots should clear their lots to protect their neighbors? answer: NO. :(
-- Rim Fire---where’d it get name? every incident is identified with unique identifier. Usually picked PFA --- plucked from air. Or geological landmark. Name for this fire was picked from RIM OF THE WORLD.
-- Tourists for this weekend? Let them know it’s OK to come up.
-- shaded fuel break - behind Mi Wuk - What about the brush piles that were left?? They will be burned in the FALL
-- advisory lifted? After the morning briefing perhaps; maybe Saturday.
NO MORE BRIEFINGS unless otherwise informed. INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE 'SANDWICH BOARD' IN FRONT OF THE FIRE STATION. Handouts will be available inside.
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I will continue to post updates as they come.
Funny story from Fred Wong, Acting District Ranger, at today's briefing: Fred is at the Mi Wok Ranger Station on temporary duty. He arrived about 1.5 months ago. He found a place to rent in Long Barn. He is always prompt with his rent, usually paying a week or so in advance. With the arrival of this fire he wasn't quite sure whether or not to pay the next month's rent so he held off for a few days. Today he paid his rent ! :)
That's how good he and others are feeling about this fire. Whew. It's not done and gone but also not crawling up our back door steps any more either.
Have a safe Labor Day weekend. PLEASE COME OUT TO THE CHIEF FULLER DAY and SPAGHETTI DINNER. Support our community and our fabulous, amazing, wonderful fire department. That place has been a hive of activity since Day 1, keeping us alert, informed, calm -- and keeping us a community! Thank you to Chief Crabtree, Linda Clark his secretary, the CAST TEAM who manned the phones, and many many others. Oh---like those who have been bringing in cookies, other sweets and fresh fruit. The guys love it all but are really into getting some nutrition before they're allowed to have dessert. :)
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