LARGE BRUSH FIRE - **FOOTHILL FIRE** LA COUNTY - PLACERITA CYN - SAND CYN - NEWHALL

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[lainie]

I was wondering that myself. Someone was screaming in Spanish. Who knows what the heck that's about.

[bd476]

They have a monster stick just south of the border. It must be picking up local handheld frequencies then.

[7.62 x 51mm]

Holy crap, fellow Americans! Run for your lives! I have no doubt that ELF and ALF were, and more recently, Islamic Muslim terrorists, are, behind this type of "WMD". ELF's fascination with firebombings is well-documented. Al Queerda's penchant for terror is legion, and forest/brush fires are a cheap way to accomplish that.

[BurbankKarl]

| Brush Fire | Ventura Co FD | 154.010 | 154.325 | Wendy Dr & Camino Dos Rios Nbry Pk-2nd Alamr Req | 2004-07-21 | 15:49 PT

[bd476]

Ping and heads up.

[BurbankKarl]

Incident# Call Type Block/Street Community
4057349 Fires WENDY DR / CAMINO DOS RIOS Nbry Pk
Response Status
Emergency Personnel On Scene

Incident Details *(Acronyms used in Detail)
PER SCC APPROACH FROM WENDY TOWARDS THE ACADEMY
SO WILL OPEN THE GATE
EST WILL BE 35A
EST WILL BE 35A
1/2 ACRE LIGHT MEDIUM
WILL BE CMD ICP AT THE ACADEMY
TACT CH 3
MOD4 FUEL MOVING UPHILL NO STR EXT ATTACK 2ND ALARM
STAGING LOC BOTTOM OF HILL ACROSS FROM ACADEMY
CPT8 REQ'D//CAT
AIR TO GROUND CH22
FAX 2ND ALARM 701 6277
ENROUTE//CAYT
FIRE CONT MOD4 FUEL UPHILL TOWARD TOP ASSIST W/ WEST 8
ETA 20 MIN//CAT
B1 DIV-A LFT FLANK
35A IN-SERV
35A IN-SERV
35A IN-SERV
35A IN-SERV
35A IN-SERV

[Cheapskate]

i don't have any maps on ventura county past part of simi valley.Where is that brushfire?

[TWhiteBear]

It looks like Cable will take his Type 1 team there and work both the Crown and Foothill fires(Crown Complex). More resources will be coming, but getting them organized and effective is the problem. When radio communication becomes overloaded, then things are getting dangerous, and that seems to be the case now. Both Air Ops and the crews seem to be having problems. The Spanish is likely from the crews. Many of the contract crews are Hispanic, and use Spanish on the line or tactical radio freqs. Crews should have at least two, fluent English speakers, and there is an effort to get at least one English speaker per squad.
You are doing a great job with this thread. I think it shows how the Internet can be useful in emergencies.

[television is just wrong]

Not fair. There are a lot of conservatives here that look around and say, "What the heck is happening here"? We work here and raise our families. We pay way too many taxes because of all the minority entitlements. \

END THE ENTITLEMENTS Taxation them will be much less. No more food stamps, no more hud, no more welfare.

[7.62 x 51mm]

Huh?

[television is just wrong]

Thanks for the pictures. I'm confused, is this another fire?

[BurbankKarl]

the CROWN fire broke out about 12 miles up the road from the FOOTHILL fire this past weekend. A lot of the responding resources came from there.

[television is just wrong]

Thanks for the info.

[Heyworth]

Though for some odd reason its blamed on enviros not allowing logging, which frankly doesn't make much sense in the So Cal environment; of course, the flora changes drastically based on altitude, but really logging companies have less than no interest in whatever grows in most of Southern California in the areas where people are living.

I remember getting into this with some people last year. I told them that if they can come up with a commercially profitable use for chaparral and brush, extracted from steep hillsides, they'll become billionaires.

[lainie]

The press conference began at 1600. Both KCBS and KABC carried it, then dropped away as it became clear they were interested in thanking CHP and residents and whatnot. They left & didn't go back.

Did the conference participants ever get around to updating the fire stats?

[Heyworth]

Rain sure would be a useful component of this afternoon's work!

October. Maybe. The way it's been running the last few years, more likely January.

[BurbankKarl]

I have given up on the local news for anything except car chases...

[MaureenO]

No, the "press conference" did not get around to updating stats. What I heard unofficially is that some of CA's power may be interrupted if the fire seriously threatens the grid in that area. Sacramento was expected to release some info on that, but I haven't heard of anything so far.

Does anyone know what "500 Powerline" is? At least my hubby will be off the line for a while as he observes the grid. His cell phone may be 10-7 in that area so I may not hear anything.

Maureen

[BurbankKarl]

A California Department of Forestry inmate crew works on cooling hotspots on the Crown Fire in Acton, California, July 21, 2004.

Firefighters line up to eat despite the fire burning in the background during the Crown Fire in Acton, California July 20, 2004.

An airtanker drops flame retardant to help contain the Crown Complex Incident wildfire on Tuesday, July 20, 2004, in Acton, Calif.

Firefighters discuss strategy as the Crown Fire, in Acton, California jumped Mt. Emma Rd. in the Angeles National Forest, July 20, 2004.

U.S. Forest Service hand crew member Justin Sylva, his face covered with soot, watches for hotspots along a line of the Foothill Fire in the hills above Santa Clarita, California, July 20, 2004.

[BurbankKarl]

There is a huge power distribution facility in the fire area....Edison owned...

they were having spikes yesterday....