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Officials: fires may have merged overnight July 14, 06:38 a.m. Fire officials observing the Millard fire overnight belive it may have linked with the larger Sawtooth fire at 1 a.m. Acre Shreve, night operations chief for the multi-departmental team fighting the blaze north of Cabazon said the fire moved significantly eastward overnight and may have connected with the Sawtooth fire in the Little Morongo Canyon area. An overhead helicopter flight was underway this morning to attempt to confirm the fire linkage.

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Incident Intelligence Summary (ICS-209)

1: Date 07/13/2006

2: Time 1900

3: Initial   |   Update   |   Final              |        XX      |

4: Incident Number CA-BDU-007229

5: Incident Name SAWTOOTH COMPLEX

6: Incident Kind Wildland Fire

7: Start Date    Time 07/09/2006 0830

8: Cause Lightning

9: Incident Commander Unified Command

10: IMT Type 1

11: State-Unit CA-BDU

12: County SAN BERNARDINO

13: Latitude and Longitude Lat: 34° 8´ 17"  Long: 116° 32´ 17" Ownership: CA-BDU

14: Short Location Description (in reference to nearest town): 2 miles east of Yucca Valley, CA

Current Situation

15: Size/Area Involved 47,800 ACRES

16: % Contained or MMA 20 Percent

17: Expected Containment Date:   Time:

18: Line to Build 30 Miles

19: Costs to Date $6,150,000

20: Declared Controlled Date: Time:

21: Injuries this Reporting Period:	22: Injuries to Date:	23: Fatalities	24: Structure Information
0	6	0	Type of Structure	# Threatened	# Damaged	# Destroyed
25: Threat to Human Life/Safety: Evacuation(s) in progress ---- No evacuation(s) imminent -- Potential future threat -------- No likely threat ---------------			Residence	1,500	0	45
			Commercial Property	50
			Outbuilding/Other	1,500		118

26: Communities/Critical Infrastructure Threatened (in 12, 24, 48 and 72 hour time frames):
12 hours: Morongo Valley, Burns Canyon, Gamma Gulch
24 hours:
48 hours:
72 hours:

27: Critical Resource Needs (kind & amount, in priority order):
1. Critical resource needs are currently met.
2.
3.

28: Major problems and concerns (control problems, social/political/economic concerns or impacts, etc.) Relate critical resources needs identified above to the Incident Action Plan.
The fire is burning in extremely steep rugged terrain with little access. Control options are few. The Millard Complex, burning to the SW, made is within 3 miles of the Sawtooth Complex. The incident is projecting the potential for the Millard Complex and the Sawtooth Complex to merge. Extreme heat, low humidities and erratic winds are expected. Degredation of a critical road in Burns Canyon will require repair for firefighing vehicles and residents to move through the area.

29: Resources threatened (kind(s) and value/significance):
San Gorgonio Wilderness, Bighorn Mountain Wilderness

30: Current Weather Conditions Wind Speed: 5 mph    Temperature: 92 Wind Direction: SW       Relative Humidity: 20%

31: Resource benefits/objectives (for prescribed/wildland fire use only):

32: Fuels/Materials Involved: 4 Chaparral (6 Feet)
GREASEWOOD & JOSHUA TREES INTERMIXED WITH FINE FUELS AND PINYON JUNIPER.

33: Today's observed fire behavior (leave blank for non-fire events):
Extreme fire behavior in Big Morongo Canyon today. Fire continues to push to the south west and north west.

34: Significant events today (closures, evacuations, significant progress made, etc.):
The evacuation orders have been lifted for land owners in the communities of Pioneer Town, Pipes Canyon, and Skyline Ranch area of Yucca Valley. Significant progress made on direct line construction in Divisions D,E,F,G along the east end of the fire. Dozers are making good progress on line contruction from DP5 to the west to prevent the fire from further movement to the north. The Onyx Contingency Group is staffed and is operating in the Onyx

Outlook

35: Estimated Control Date and Time:

36: Projected Final Size:

37: Estimated Final Cost:

38: Tomorrow's Forecasted Weather Wind Speed: mph    Temperature: Wind Direction:        Relative Humidity:

39: Actions planned for next operational period:
Complete indirect dozer line from DP5 to Onyx Peak to the west. Continue direct line construction on the south side of the fire. Mop-up and patrol operations on the east end of the fire.

40: Projected incident movement/spread during next operational period:
The western perimeter of the fire continues to be the priority. The fire has now burned into a portion of the San Bernardino Nat'l Forest. Extremely steep rocky terrain is making access difficult as the fire moves west. The fire is projected to spread up to 100 feet per minute in light fuels with spotting up to .3 miles. The Millard and Sawtooth may begin to interact with each other.

41: For fire incidents, describe resistance to control in terms of:

1. Growth Potential - Extreme

2. Difficulty of Terrain - Extreme

42: How likely is it that containment/control targets will be met, given the current resources and suppression/control strategy?
Containment within the next burn period is unlikely.

43: Projected demobilization start date:

44: Remarks:
The change in the structure count is due to more accurate accounting by the Damage Assessment Team.
 

45: Committed Resources (Supplemental Committed Resources follow the first block)

Agency	CRW1		CRW2		HEL1	HEL2	HEL3	ENGS		DOZR		WTDR	OVHD	Camp Crews	Total Personnel
	SR	ST	SR	ST	SR	SR	SR	SR	ST	SR	ST	SR	SR
PRI					2	4	3					4	1		27
ST	8	22				2		7	12	2	4	5	98		1,194
BLM	1							1					2		27
CNTY	1	2						3	8	4			11		245
OTHR
USFS	4					1			4	3		4	8		174
OES									7			1			140
LGR								5	2			5	28	5	163
NPS										1					7
DDQ												1			2
Total	14	24	0	0	2	7	3	16	33	10	4	20	148	5	1,979

Total personnel by agency are listed in the first section of committed resources.
Agency	HELTK	FIXW	TRKCO	RESMD	LGTAIR
	SR	SR	SR	SR
PRI
ST		7
BLM		2
CNTY
OTHR
USFS
OES
LGR
NPS
DDQ
Total	0	9	0	0	0

46: Cooperating and Assisting Agencies Not Listed Above:
SAN BERNARDINO CO. FIRE, MORONGO VALLEY FIRE, CHP, SAN BERNARDINO CO. SHERIFF'S DEPT, CALIF. DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS & REHABILITATION, LA COUNTY FIRE,RED CROSS, OES, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY

Approval Information

47: Prepared by:

48: Approved by:

49: Sent to: by: Date: Time:

 

1: Date 07/13/2006

2: Time 1800

3: Initial   |   Update   |   Final              |        XX      |

4: Incident Number CA-BDF-6773

5: Incident Name MILLARD COMPLEX

6: Incident Kind Wildland Fire

7: Start Date    Time 07/09/2006 0833

8: Cause Lightning

9: Incident Commander Walker, Windsor

10: IMT Type 2

11: State-Unit CA-BDF

12: County SAN BERNARDINO

13: Latitude and Longitude Lat: 34° 2´ 10"  Long: 116° 46´ 37" Ownership: CA-BDF

14: Short Location Description (in reference to nearest town): SEVEN MILES NORTH OF CABAZON

Current Situation

15: Size/Area Involved 8,200 ACRES

16: % Contained or MMA 5 Percent

17: Expected Containment Date:   Time:

18: Line to Build 20 Miles

19: Costs to Date $2,061,500

20: Declared Controlled Date: Time:

21: Injuries this Reporting Period:	22: Injuries to Date:	23: Fatalities	24: Structure Information
0	0	0	Type of Structure	# Threatened	# Damaged	# Destroyed
25: Threat to Human Life/Safety: Evacuation(s) in progress ---- No evacuation(s) imminent -- Potential future threat -------- XX No likely threat ---------------			Residence	75
			Commercial Property	7
			Outbuilding/Other

26: Communities/Critical Infrastructure Threatened (in 12, 24, 48 and 72 hour time frames):
12 hours: Mission Creek
24 hours: Possible merge with Sawtooth Complex
48 hours:
72 hours:

27: Critical Resource Needs (kind & amount, in priority order):
1. 1 ST Type III Engines
2.
3.

28: Major problems and concerns (control problems, social/political/economic concerns or impacts, etc.) Relate critical resources needs identified above to the Incident Action Plan.
Fire continues to be active in Whitewater Canyon and is also moving to the Northeast. Originally, the Complex consisted of four fires (State, Jump Off, For Sure, Millard) and the Millard has overtaken the unstaffed For Sure fire. This merge has created a Complex of three fires. Potential for merge with the Sawtooth Complex to East also exists. Lightning Activity Level predicted to increase to 1-2 and also a potential for thunderstorm activity in the region.

29: Resources threatened (kind(s) and value/significance):
City of Banning watershed, San Gorgonio Wilderness, Morongo Tribal interests, Agua Caliente Tribal interests, Whitewater Canyon, Mission Creek, Morongo Valley, Significant archeological sites and paleontological resources.

30: Current Weather Conditions Wind Speed: 10-15 mph    Temperature: 101 Wind Direction: SSW       Relative Humidity: 11

31: Resource benefits/objectives (for prescribed/wildland fire use only):

32: Fuels/Materials Involved: 4 Chaparral (6 Feet)
Fuels on the Millard fire are FM 4 and 10 with large amounts of understory and bug killed timber intermixed with a grass component

33: Today's observed fire behavior (leave blank for non-fire events):
Extreme fire behavior

34: Significant events today (closures, evacuations, significant progress made, etc.):
Unified Command established between U.S. Forest Service, CDF, and Riverside County Fire on 07-12-06, 1600 hrs. Crews were working in the Snow Peak region and Millard Canyon prepping structures. Continuing to find safe anchor points and evaluating contingency lines; Additional crews staged.

Outlook

35: Estimated Control Date and Time:

36: Projected Final Size:

37: Estimated Final Cost:

38: Tomorrow's Forecasted Weather Wind Speed: 5-15 mph    Temperature: 96-106 Wind Direction: W       Relative Humidity: 11

39: Actions planned for next operational period:
Structure protection in Whitewater Canyon

40: Projected incident movement/spread during next operational period:
Rapid rates of spread to East / Northeast: Potential for spread to North / Northwest

41: For fire incidents, describe resistance to control in terms of:

1. Growth Potential - Extreme

2. Difficulty of Terrain - Extreme

42: How likely is it that containment/control targets will be met, given the current resources and suppression/control strategy?
Likely in 3-5 days

43: Projected demobilization start date:

44: Remarks:
Heavy use of air tankers and helicopters to anchor Southern flank of fire. Constant communication between Teams on Millard Complex and Sawtooth Complex ongoing; Mission Creek identified as boundary between Complexes
 

45: Committed Resources (Supplemental Committed Resources follow the first block)

Agency	CRW1		CRW2		HEL1	HEL2	HEL3	ENGS		DOZR		WTDR	OVHD	Camp Crews	Total Personnel
	SR	ST	SR	ST	SR	SR	SR	SR	ST	SR	ST	SR	SR
CNTY								1					20		23
LGR													13		13
PRI					3					2		6	14		58
ST													1	3	45
BLM													5		5
USFS	13				2	8	2	2	3				45		473
NPS													2		2
BIA	2														41
Total	15	0	0	0	5	8	2	3	3	2	0	6	100	3	660

Total personnel by agency are listed in the first section of committed resources.
Agency	HELTK	FIXW	TRKCO	RESMD	LGTAIR
	SR	SR	SR	SR
CNTY
LGR
PRI	4
ST
BLM		3
USFS	12	3
NPS
BIA
Total	16	6	0	0	0

46: Cooperating and Assisting Agencies Not Listed Above:
Morongo Tribe, Riverside County Sheriff, Agua Caliente Tribe

Approval Information

47: Prepared by: M Hoose SITL (T)

48: Approved by: Norm Walker, ICT2

49: Sent to:SOPS by: M Hoose Date: 07/13/2006 Time: 1715