| 1: Date 10/27/2007 |
2: Time 1400 |
3: Initial | Update |
Final | | XX |
4: Incident
Number CA-ANF-4306 |
5: Incident
Name RANCH |
| 6: Incident Kind Wildland Fire |
7: Start Date
Time 10/20/2007 2142 |
8: Cause Under Investigation |
9: Incident Commander Jeanne Pincha-Tulley |
10: Incident
Command Organization Type 1 Team |
11:
State-Unit CA-ANF |
| 12: County Los Angeles |
13: Latitude and Longitude Lat: 34° 34´ 23" Long: 118° 41´ 43" Ownership: CA-ANF |
14: Short Location Description (in reference to
nearest town): 6 miles North of Castaic, CA |
| Current Situation |
| 15:
Size/Area Involved 58,401 ACRES |
16: % Contained or MMA 97 Percent |
17: Expected Containment Date: 10/30/2007 |
18: Line to Build 0 Miles |
19: Estimated Costs to Date $9,000,000 |
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 -------- No likely threat --------------- XX |
Residence | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Commercial Property | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Outbuilding/Other | 0 | 2 | 9 | |||
| 26: Communities/Critical Infrastructure Threatened (in 12, 24,
48 and 72 hour time frames): 12 hours: 24 hours: 48 hours: 72 hours: |
| 27: Critical Resource Needs(kind & amount, in
priority order in 12, 24, 48, and 72 hour time
frames): 12 hours: 24 hours: 48 hours: 72 hours: |
| 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. Critically low live fuel moisture and steep inaccessible terrain. |
| 29: Natural and Cultural Resources to be
protected (kind(s) and value/significance): Condor Sanctuary, Sespe Wilderness Area, Hopper Canyon National Wildlife Refuge. Threatened and endangered species including: California condor, Arroyo Toad, Mountain Red Legged Frog, Southwest Pond Turtle. Extensive cultural resources. |
| 30: Current Weather Conditions Wind Speed: 8G23 mph Temperature: 68 Wind Direction: E Relative Humidity: 26 |
| 31: Fuels/Materials Involved:
4 Chaparral (6 Feet) Heavy brush, grass, oak woodland. |
| 32: Today's observed fire behavior (leave blank for
non-fire events): Successful suppression efforts prevented fire spread on the entire perimeter. Minimal fire activity was observed within the entire fire area. |
| 33: Significant events today (closures, evacuations,
significant progress made, etc.): Resources continued patrolling and mopping up the perimeter of the fire. |
| Outlook |
| 34: Estimated Control Date and Time: 12/31/2007 2359 |
35: Projected Final
Size: 58401 |
36: Estimated Final
Cost: $9,000,000 |
| 37: Actions planned for next operational
period: Patrol and mop up as needed. |
| 38: Projected incident movement/spread during next
operational period (in 12, 24, 48, and 72 hour time
frames): 12 hours: No movement expected on the entire fire due to successful suppression efforts. 24 hours: No movement expected on the entire fire due to successful suppression efforts. 48 hours: No movement expected on the entire fire due to successful suppression efforts. 72 hours: No movement expected on the entire fire due to successful suppression efforts. |
| 39: For fire incidents, describe resistance to control in terms of: |
| 1. Growth Potential - Low |
| 2. Difficulty of Terrain - Extreme |
| 40: Given the current constraints, when will the
chosen management strategy succeed? Management strategy was successful. |
| 41: Projected demobilization start date: 10/24/2007 0800 |
| 42: Remarks: Management of the Ranch Fire transferred out of Unified Command at 0600 hours today. Management of the Ranch Fire will transition to a local Type 3 organization (IC Mike Ryan) today at 1800 hours. Containment will remain at 97% due to natural barriers not requiring cold trailing. As of 1400 on 10/27 acreage breakdown by Direct Protection Area: National Forest (27,166), CDF State Responsibility (28,063), BLM (1,270) Fish and Wildlife Service (1,902). |
| 43: 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 | |||
| USFS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 72 | ||
| CNTY | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 73 |
| Total personnel by agency are listed in the first section of committed resources. | |||||
| Agency | HELTK | FIXW | TRKCO | RESMD | LGTAIR |
| SR | SR | SR | SR | ||
| USFS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| CNTY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44: Cooperating and Assisting Agencies Not Listed
Above: |
| Approval Information |
| 45: Prepared by: G. Black SITL |
46: Approved by: Jeanne Pincha-Tulley |
47: Sent to:South Ops by:
G. Black Date: 10/27/2007 Time: 1400 |