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SCENERIO 2

SCENERIO 2. 1000 Hour fire weather forecast for: Saturday May 2 nd , 2009 Dry weather will continue to hold over the area today

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SCENERIO 2

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  1. SCENERIO 2

  2. 1000 Hour fire weather forecast for: • Saturday May 2nd, 2009 • Dry weather will continue to hold over the area today • Fire activity will remain high. The past couple of days have shown several fires start in the area which grew quickly, burning surface and ground fuels. Fire sizes were held to 4 acres or less with considerable mop-up. • Long Range outlook: Dry weather will continue for the next 3-4 days, with Wednesday showing the best chance for precip. • TODAY: • Temperature: 75-80 F • Relative Humidity: 20-25 % • Winds: S-SW, 10-15 mph with gusts up to 20 FILL IN FIRST PAGE OF INCIDENT ORGANIZER

  3. VERY HIGH.

  4. 1300 Hours – AP2 Takes off for patrol flight

  5. 1345 Hours – Dispatch tones your Department for a fire along a power-line reported by AP2

  6. You turn onto the nearest road and observe the column near a residential area

  7. 1355 HOURS… you arrive on scene

  8. First Firefighters to scout the fire report back….

  9. Some pockets of heavy fuels are burning between the power-line and residential area

  10. Surface and ground fuels are burning along head and flanks

  11. 1355 Hours – Resources Responding • Forest Ranger • 2 State Patrol trucks • Your towns FD and Ambulance • 2 area towns with structural engines • 3 area towns with forestry units and crews • Helicopter on stand-by – ETA 1.5 hours if requested

  12. UNITS RESPONDING N AVAILABLE In groups – work on the Incident Organizer Approximately 760 feet

  13. Map Sketch

  14. 1530 Hours – Helicopter arrives and starts bucket drops

  15. 1900 Hours – Fire growth is stopped, mop-up extends into the following day and a half

  16. At this point you knew you needed additional units and you should have started to form the organizational structure to handle them 1355 HOURS… you arrive on scene

  17. As additional units arrived on scene, accountability and safety needed to be established. First Firefighters to attack the fire report back….

  18. By this time it is obvious that this Incident will extend into the next day – Organizational Structure and planning should reflect this. 1530 Hours – Helicopter arrives and starts bucket drops

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