Standing room only crowd for today's briefing at Word of Life Fellowship. Well over 350 people. That's community support. People were from Sierra Village to Tuolumne City plus an entourage of city officials from Sonora.
CHIEF LARRY CRABTREE: You'll be seeing large yellow trucks in the community: structure related. They are here to check out community as part of OEG--Office of the Governor, part of the State of Emergency Team. Their presense is good; they are learning the territory.
EVAN ROYCE, Dist 3 Supervisor: He is pulling all agencies together; it's working well.
If you need:
assistance for transportation: 209-532-0404
animal control for kenneling animals: 209- 694-2730
info line/non emergency - 209-533-5174
CRAIG PEDRO: Announced other support team spokespeople.
Deputy Incident Commander: MIKE DeWITT: Overview around perimeter
Pine Mountain Lake - working on burn out of that area
SW portion--active plume yesterday, slowed down--control forces actively working
Yosemite--fire line going into granite and will burn out
capping off on north side
JERRY SNYDER--Public info officer Stanislau National Forest
Last Saturday there was also a Cottonwood Road fire---> fighters of that fire saw smoke that became the Rim Fire from aircraft. Terrain very inaccessible; extreme drying of fuel due to low snow pack (58% of normal)
safety issue--insdie burn area--damaged trees will be dropping
total area closure: Groveland and Mi Wuk ranger districts
Stanislaus national forest website -- closure orders of some roads are for traffic control
inciweb.org--getting hammered by so many viewers. Instead, go to www.FS.usda.gov/stanislaus
more maps, aircraft info, crews, etc
Chief Sherry Moranz: CAL FIRE, Tuol. Calaveras unit--doing all they can
TUOLUMNE COUNTRY SHERIFF DEPT: Scott Johnson
advisory for south side of Mi Wuk/108
North Tuolumne Rd is closed AT 108 to allow for equipment traffic and reduce access to gawkers
Also there is an increase of service vehicles in neighborhoods
Tuolumne City closed to residents only--due to movement of vehicles and equipment
3 arrests in Tuolumne City last night -- not looting. Too much to drink.M
Many agencies are in town: ceres, turlock, stanislaus and more
Chief LARRY CRABTREE:
-NEW team took over Friday.
-CalFire and Forest Service have worked on shaded clearing area over past few years---great fire break; from Mi Wuk to Confidence
-Evacuation order yesterday -- to clear area for vehicles.
-Why was the Advisory Evacution notice so soon after the meeting on Friday? It's better to have people notified (revere 911) at 3 p.m. than 1 a.m.
-don't mow weeds -- no gas power blower -- move stacked wood away from house.
-Nancy Longmore--brought more brochures
-if you have to evacuate don’t put sprinkler on roof--- it drains the water systems!
-Clean up around fire hydrant in front of your house if you have one---do not paint hydrants! Colors existing are for a reason.
-Plea to public: join CAST, Volunteer as firefighter, join the MWSP fire auxiliary
George Scott - Red Cross
Mother Lode fairgrounds - shelter
last night 185 overnight
space for pets -- please have a carrying crate -- will be kept outside
nurses on staff
food
TY for community support -- don’t show up on site without calling first
donating items- find out what is needed first-- call 209-533-1513
interested in helping out -- 209-206-1134 -- call first
WATER-PETE KAMPA-TUOL WATER DISTRICT
-Donating time to INSTAL service connections for fire camps
-making sure all systems have back up generators
-DO NOT IRRIGATE OUTSIDE
-do not wet grasses etc
-ok to flush toilets (laughter in audience!)
SCHOOL DISTRICTS
JOE SILVA HERE - superintendant
Pedro: continue to work tog as only Tuolumne county can do
Director of Emergency services/Chairman of Board of Supervisors: Randy Hanvelt
firefighters are HEROES
saved Pine Mountain Lake!!!!!
law enforcement
say thank you for being in our community to help out
#1 fire in country---we’re getting all the support we can. Senators Feinstein and Boxer are calling in daily with offers of help
TOMORROW: Briefing 10 a.m. Word of Life
most info:
--93.5 KKBN most reliable signal
-- www.mymotherlode.com
Questions from audience:
--absentee owners: how do they get information? no calls are made to primary residence when using the reverse 911 system. Call will leave message if machine available.
PROPANE: turn off if you have to leave house. Do NOT turn back on. Call your propane company to turn it back it.
SPOTTING from fires? who to call? 911. Spotting is when main fire launches burning embers -- can be as far a 1-1.5 miles out
Question to Deputy Incident Commander: How optimistic are you? Confidence: very HIGH. Many operations going on at same time very successfully.
Retardant: good for how long? When dry it is a retardant. It's really a souped up nitrogen.
DC-10s - not always mobile enought to get into drainage aareas. C130s are more flexible and nimble.
non-permanent resident---how to get in to second home/cabin? Show ID to sheriff on duty at roadblock who will probably be from out of area. He'll call local sheriff to have him (her) escort homeowner to house/cabin
ladder - good to leave available
leave hose accessible for firefighters
close drapes- keep radient heat it
cover vents around exterior of house - protect from embers
READY SET GO pamphlets available in lobby.
Containment? 5% contained - Groveland side
This fire will go down in history
how is containment determined? When they are sure that fire along a perimeter won’t be moving.
NEXT BRIEFING: 10 A.M., SUNDAY,
WORD OF LIFE FELLOWSHIP, HWY 108, MI WUK
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