Categories: 2018 Fire Season

FRONT Fire – SLO Co, LPNF

8:30 pm – 800 acres and 0% containment. Highway 166 to be closed for 24 hours…

6 pm – #FrontFire is starting off a lot like the 1997 #LoganFire and 2009 #LaBreaFire both of which burned in the same area and burned > 50,000 acres in similar weather conditions. It is currently over 600 acres. It is close to the SB/SLO Co line.

As of 5:30 pm – Just had SLO get a ST (strike team) together for the Front incident…..ST9241C…..3465, 3462, 3467, 3470, an 3472Per CHP:

2:02 PM	12	[31] 1039 SLOSO W/1124 JEEP/POSS PTY ON FOOT INFO
1:59 PM	11	[29] 1039 USFS W/LINE 22
1:56 PM	10	[28] 14-S2 REQ CALTRANS RESPOND TO SR166 AT US101 / SR166 AT TEP / SR166 AT NEW CUYAMA FOR POTENTIAL CLOSURE
1:54 PM	9	[26] B14-021 INQ W/14-S2 FOR POSS CLOSURE SR166 AT TEP // 14-S2 COPIES ROLL CALTRANS
1:53 PM	8	[24] 1039 USFS – WILL HAVE FIRE SUPRESSION AIRCRAFT IN THE AREA WHICH MAY BE IN CONFLICT – THEY WILL BE SURVEYING THE FIRE AND MAY BE ABLE TO LOOK FOR PTYS IN PERIL // H70 COPIES WILL BE PATROLLING SOUTH AND AVAIL IF NEEDED
1:51 PM	7	[22] A14-063 FIRE MOVING IN SE DIRECTION – APPEARS TO BE 20 ACRES IN SIZE
1:49 PM	6	[21] PER CALFIRE, FIRE BEING MANAGED BY USFS LOS PADRES
1:47 PM	5	[16] A14-063 FIRE IS MOVING TOWARD HIGHWAY
1:43 PM	4	[13] A14-063 FIRE IS NORTHE OF THE HWY APPROX 1/2 MI – RIGHT AT ROCK FRONT RANCH
1:37 PM	3	[8] A14-063 VIS OF SMOKE PLUME GO AHEAD AND START FIRE
1:34 PM	2	[2] TOT CAL FIRE
1:34 PM	1	[1] BRUSH FIRE ON.

Per WildCAD LPF: (sorry about the formatting)

08/19/2018 13:37

LPF-2334

Front

Wildfire

ROCKFRONT RANCH SL

CRW1LPF CRW8LPF DIV3LPF DIV7LPF E337LPF E346LPF E41LPF E74LPF HEL528LPF PAT34LPF Q

Grass /Brush

35 6.846, -120 5.526

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