We've been bracing for a bad fire year for well over a month now.
Size/Area
Involved
6,000 ACRES
% Contained or
MMA
0 Percent
Communities/Critical Infrastructure Threatened (in 12, 24, 48 and 72 hour time frames):
12 hours: Hollister Ranch
24 hours: Tip Top Ranch Tajuega Dump Oil Processing Plants
48 hours:
72 hours:
Critical Resource Needs (kind & amount, in priority order):
1. Engine Strike Teams, Type 1 and 3 for structure protection
2. Tankers and Helicopters for closwe ari support
3. Crews for line construction
Major problems and concerns (control problems, social/political/economic concerns or impacts, etc.) Relate critical resources needs identified above to the Incident Action Plan.
Inaccessable terrain, limited roads, large acreage increase and perimeter increase. State Park beaches closed. Union Pacific Railroad trestles burned. Evacuations of Hollister ranch. Highway 101 completely closed through Gaviota Pass, traffic diverted to Hwy 154, 405 and 33. Extremely dry air above the marine inversion, about 1300'.
Resources threatened (kind(s) and value/significance):
Residences, watershed, landfill, oil refineries
Fuels/Materials Involved: 4 Chaparral (6 Feet)
Heaviest mixed brush, oak woodland, grass. Fuels last burned in the 1955 Refugio Fire.
Today's observed fire behavior (leave blank for non-fire events):
Backing fire with rolling material fire spread
Significant events today (closures, evacuations, significant progress made, etc.):
Large acreage increases possible.
Projected incident movement/spread during next operational period:
The fire could move into additional drainages to the east closer to Tajigues Canyon.
Growth Potential - Extreme
Difficulty of Terrain - Extreme
How likely is it that containment/control targets will be met, given the current resources and suppression/control strategy?
Unlikely due to fire behavior
Cooperating and Assisting Agencies: SB County Fire, BLM, USFS, CAOES, Santa Barbara City FD, Montecito City FD, Carpenteria FD, Santa Maria FD, Vandenburg AFB FD, Orcutt FD, Santa Barbara County Sheriff, State Parks, L.A. County FD, CHP, CalTrans, CDF