[californiadisasters] South Ops News & Notes Update (05/29/11-6PM)

Date	Time	News and Notes
05/29	1800	Cove Inc. CA-SQF-1246 Kern Co. Update Lake Isabella, Kern Co. Incident transitioned to a type 4 Incident Management Organization and back to the Sequoia NF Fire has burned 1,122 acres and is 98% contained Incident will begin rehab for the fire. This will be the last report for this incident unless conditions change.
05/28	1200	Cove Inc. CA-SQF-1246 Kern Co. Update Mountain Mesa, Lake Isabella, Kern Co. Incident transitioned from Unified Command at 0600 hrs today. Fire has burned 1,122 acres and is 85% contained Sequoia Forest will continue suppression efforts on the forest lands where needed and the state lands are in patrol status. Resources are continuing the demob process. All CALFIRE resources have been released Remaining resources continue to mop up in the riparian area. Weather from Weldon, mostly cloudy with reports of light rain, temp 50.0 °F, RH 56%, Wind 17.4 mph from SW, Gust 17.4 mph
5/28	0800	Cove Inc. CA-SQF1234  Community of Mountain Mesa Incident remains in Unified Command (Sequoia NF, BLM and CALFIRE) Fire started on Federal DPA and burned onto State DPA Fire has burned approximately 1,316 ACRES and is 25% contained Evacuation Center was closed late last night Fire is still active in the N/E corner of the Incident adjacent to riparian area There has not been any recorded fire history in the N/E corner of Incident (riparian area) since the early 1900's Due to safety concerns and hazards, crews will work within the riparian areas during day operations only Gusty winds are expected to continue throughout the next operational period Values at risk are the riparian areas which is habitat to the Willow Fly Catcher and the communities of Weldon and South Lake
5/27	1930	Cove Inc. CA-SQF-1246  1234 Kern Co. Update (Corrected Inc. #) Mountain Mesa / Kissack Bay area, Highway 178 Lake Isabella, Kern Co. Per Sequoia NF ECC containment & control efforts have been hampered by strong windy conditions. Fire is estimated at 1,356 acres (838 Fed, 518 State) with a majority of the fire on the north side of Hwy 178. Fire is reported to have moved into the South fork Wilderness area Per SQF ECC & CHP CAD WEB@1658hrs Hwy 178 from Sierra – Poplar is closed with traffic being diverted around Lake Isabella via Sierra Way. Voluntary evacuations remain in place for portions of the subdivisions of Mountain Mesa and South Lake Evacuation center is located at the Lake Isabella Senior Center 6409 Lake Isabella Blvd. at Senior Center and remains open.

Source: http://gacc.nifc.gov/oscc/predictive/intelligence/news_notes/index.htm

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