by News Staff | Sep 11, 2020 | Fire, Press Release, United States Forest Service
CLICK ON LINK BELOW FOR CURRENT INFORMATION: From InciWeb* – FIRE AND SMOKE REPORTS *InciWeb is an interagency all-risk incident information management system. The system was developed with two primary missions: Provide the public a single source of incident related...
by News Staff | Sep 11, 2020 | Fire, News Releases
A message from Frank Frievalt Fire Chief, Mammoth Lakes Fire Protection District The Quick Facts: The Creek Fire is the closest fire to Mammoth Lakes and is the source of the majority of the smoke impacts. There is no current or projected evacuation order for the Town...
by News Staff | Sep 9, 2020 | Fire, News Releases, United States Forest Service
Press Release: Sept. 9, 2020 Update VALLEJO, Calif., September 9, 2020 – Due to unprecedented and historic fire conditions throughout the state, the USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region is announcing a temporary closure of an additional ten National Forests,...
by News Staff | Sep 8, 2020 | Fire, Government Agencies/Utilities, News Releases
Supervisors act to prohibit open fires include campfires, bonfires, fire pits, or any other open flame fire (but do not include propane or charcoal barbecues used for cooking) during this extreme fire danger seen throughout the state. [embeddoc...
by News Staff | Sep 8, 2020 | California Highway Patrol, Fire, General Misc. Stories, Law Enforcement, News Releases, Press Release
On 09/08/2020 at approximately 7:05 AM, a 22-year-old male from Bakersfield, CA, was driving a 2008 Dodge Avenger westbound on SR-190 approximately 2 miles east of SR-136. For unknown reasons, he allowed his vehicle to drift off the roadway onto the south dirt...
by News Staff | Sep 8, 2020 | Fire, Government Agencies/Utilities, Heavy Smoke, National Weather Service, News Releases, Press Release, Public Health, Weather
The one thing that most firefighters will tell you is that they could do without is wind. Hopefully, things will not get completely out of control in what is turning out to be a devastating fire season here in California. How and where you can find the most complete...
