UPDATE 3 | SATURDAY | APRIL 10, 2021 | 12:30 PM Excerpt: Size: 85 acres/Containment: 90%/Incident Type: Full Suppression Vegetation Type: Brush Current Situation: Great progress has been made by using resources through the day and night. Firefighters have line all the way around the fire and have been able to secure and deepen containment, […]
American Lung Association shares tips to protect lung health as Southern California’s fire season approaches. LOS ANGELES (April 6, 2021) – Climate change is a public health emergency. Longer and more severe wildfire seasons due to rising global temperatures produce harmful smoke with far-reaching health impacts. In 2020, there was 57,000 wildfires in the U.S. […]
All the Commotion on the West Side of Independence? You may have noticed CalFire trucks and lots of work going on behind the museum on the west side of Independence lately. This work is associated with the fire break project that the Independence Fire Safe Council notified Independence residents of via a mailer last month. […]
Big Pine Fire Department purchased this HME Super 6 in Late September. They had it painted by Inyo-Mono Body Shop and had it outfitted in Late December. It has a single stage pump capable of 500 g.p.m. with a portable diesel pump delivering 200 g.p.m., plus 300-gallon water tank and a 20-gallon foam tank. It […]
Incident Update as prescribed burns below Big Pine gets a little out of control. Bishop CHP Officer Otten took this photo of the fire as it was happening on Monday south of Big Pine.When CAL FIRE San Bernardino Unit announced a prescribed fire (presumably, controlled fire) / vegetation management project near Big Pine, California on […]
Sequoia National Forest and Giant Sequoia National Monument (Closures and Reopening Information) Springville, February 12, 2021—From August to December 2020, the Castle Fire burned across thousands of acres in the Sequoia National Forest and Giant Sequoia National Monument. Forest officials evaluated the most impacted area to refine the existing forest closure. As a result, areas […]
Lawsuit Against Liberty Utilities for Mountain View Fire Damage Filed by Mono County, Antelope Valley Fire Protection District, Toiyabe Indian Health Project, and Bridgeport Indian Colony Bridgeport, Calif. — On Tuesday, January 19, 2021, Mono County, Antelope Valley Fire Protection District, Toiyabe Indian Health Project, Inc., and Bridgeport Indian Colony filed suit against Liberty Utilities, […]
Inyo National Forest Plans Winter/Spring Prescribed Fires Thinning the forest through pile burning restores the forest to more natural conditions In a press release, the Inyo National Forest, which includes the Mono Lake, Mammoth, and White Mountain Ranger Districts of the Inyo National Forest announced that it will be implementing prescribed fire projects in the upcoming […]
The Creek Fire seemed to hang a pall over the Eastern Sierra forever, threatening the Town of Mammoth Lakes, and pouring choking smoking throughout the Eastern Sierra. The Air Quality Index was especially poor, even extremely hazardous, in Mammoth Lakes for weeks on end, as well as in the Bishop Area and almost all the […]
The Mountain View Fire began on November 17, 2020 in the town of Walker, Calif., and burned approximately 20,000 acres, destroyed 90 homes, and killed one homeowner. Initial reports of the fire mentioned “downed power lines” as the cause during a strong wind event as the reason for the fire, but the cause quickly became […]
Local fire departments hope to brighten the holidays for devastated community The volunteer firefighters of Inyo County are conducting a gift card drive for the survivors of the Mountain View Fire in Walker, which destroyed 88 homes. Together, Olancha, Lone Pine, Independence, Big Pine and Bishop have raised more than $11,000 in gift. “The outpouring […]
Almost a month to the day the Mountain View Fire started, the California Office of Emergency Services approved Mono County’s Declaration of Emergency and will oversee the clean-up. The Mono County Board of Supervisors requested the Declaration at a special meeting November 17. At its December 15 meeting, Justin Nalder who heads up the incident […]
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