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Title: Summit Fire - Santa Cruz/Santa Clara counties in Northern California
Post by: RennMan on May 22, 08, 01:21:31 PM
I know folks with property in that area, and have wandered a bit around those mountains as well.  Very windy in that area at the moment, which isn't helping...

KGO-TV ABC7 in San Francisco:
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local&id=6158746

San Jose Mercury News
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_9344864

Wildland Firefighter website
http://www.wildlandfire.com/hotlist/showthread.php?t=4436
Title: Re: Summit Fire - Santa Cruz/Santa Clara counties in Northern California
Post by: Wrightwood on May 22, 08, 02:09:54 PM
http://www.nbc11.com/videostream/11441536/detail.html
Title: Re: Summit Fire - Santa Cruz/Santa Clara counties in Northern California
Post by: RennMan on May 22, 08, 04:09:53 PM
In the SJ Mercury News story, with the timestamp of 1:45 PM, is a story of a couple who lost their home.  I've been on their property several times, and it is a total loss.

My heart goes out to them, and everyone else affected by this fire.
Title: Re: Summit Fire - Santa Cruz/Santa Clara counties in Northern California
Post by: clint on May 22, 08, 05:40:02 PM
This fire is not on Inciweb - no federal resources on fire- but here is the Calfire site with info.

http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_details_info?incident_id=263
Title: Re: Summit Fire - Santa Cruz/Santa Clara counties in Northern California
Post by: FSfirefighter on May 27, 08, 12:17:32 AM
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no federal resources on fire

There actually were a great deal of federal ground and aerial resources on the Summit Fire.

CDF (CAL FIRE) uses their website http://www.fire.ca.gov and the federal agencies use http://www.inciweb.org for updates.

On any major incident in California, there will be a collection of local, state, and federal resources assigned regardless of how it is reported.
Title: Re: Summit Fire - Santa Cruz/Santa Clara counties in Northern California
Post by: clint on May 27, 08, 07:11:06 AM
The Calfire site still does not indicate any USFS resources. It does list several other non Calfire agencies.
And Inciweb does not list the fire at all.
Title: Re: Summit Fire - Santa Cruz/Santa Clara counties in Northern California
Post by: FSfirefighter on May 27, 08, 09:21:32 PM
The 05/24 (1800) Incident Status Summary (ICS-209) lists 12 - Forest Service Type 1 Crews, 2 - Forest Service Type 3 Engine Strike Teams, 1 - Type 2 Dozer, and 8 - Overhead positions assigned to the fire.

The 1800 report from tonight shows 5 FS crews, 1 FS Engine Strike Team, 1 FS Dozer, and 9 FS Overhead still committed.