Final Moonlight Fire Update 9/17/07 0800 Hrs.
Incident: Moonlight Wildland Fire
Released: 9/17/2007
Incident Name: Moonlight Fire Location: 6 miles Northeast
of Greenville
California Interagency Incident Management Team # 2 (IC - Bill Molumby)
Start Date & Report Time: September 3, 2007 at 2:25 PM
Acres: 65,000 Acres Percent Containment: 100 percent
Containment: 9/15/2007
Resources: Hand Crews: 42; Dozers: 17; Engines: 74; Water Tenders: 37;
Helicopters: 11; Injuries: 36; Structures Threatened: 35; Structures
burned: 8; Estimated Cost to Date: $28.5 million; Total personnel assigned
to the incident: 1,546
Significant Events: The fire was declared contained on September 15
Today is incident command transition day. California Interagency Incident
Management Team # 2 (Molumby), in charge of the fire since Sept. 4, turns
the fire over to Northern California Team # 1 (Swartzlander) at 0600 Sept.
18.
Weather: Mostly sunny today, slightly warmer with high temperatures 74-79.
The extended forecast calls for partly cloudy and a slight chance of
scattered showers.
Current Situation: No forward fire progression is expected. Fire crews
continue to patrol and mop up to within 500 feet of the fireline. Fire
suppression repair and rehabilitation has been initiated and will be
ongoing for some time. A BAER (burned Area Emergency Response) team is
assigned to the fire. The heli-base has been moved to Chester Air Base.
Evacuation Status: All mandatory evacuations have been lifted, but many
roads and access routes near and into the fire area are hazardous due to
the heavy movement of fire personnel and equipment.
Current Forest and Road Closures:
§ To provide for firefighter safety, only residents will be allowed on
the Diamond Mtn and North Arm Indian Valley Road.
§ Road closures will also continue for the upper Genesse Valley at the
junction of the Flournoy Bridge / Genesse Valley Road and at the junction
of 28N01 / 28N03 Roads.
§ A Forest Closure Order is in place to ensure safety in the vicinity
of the fire. All major highways remain open, however most Forest roads in
the area of the fire are closed to access.
§ Plumas National Forest Closure information and map are available at
www.inciweb.org.
Is Your Home Prepared to Live with Fire
· Create defensible space around your home by removing, reducing and
replacing flammable vegetation around your home, driveway and other
structures such as barns, sheds and carports.
· Remove brush within 30 to 100 feet of your home. Control weeds and
tall grass for at least 30 feet. Increase distances if your house is on a
steep slope or side hill.
· Reduce vegetation by trimming away overhanging limbs on large trees
and pruning the lower branches from the ground on smaller trees within 100
feet of your home.
· Replace flammable vegetation with less flammable vegetation.
Maintain irrigated flower gardens and other "green-up" areas around your
home.
· Replace shake roofs with approved non-flammable roofing.
· Screen the undersides of porches with at least 1/4-inch mesh hardware
cloth.
· Keep rain gutters and your roof free of needles and dead leaves on a
regular basis.
· Do not stack firewood next to your home or other buildings.
