CA-LPF-Chalk Fire-BDF engine rollover

[abercrombie]

To the Ab account from Sammie, more recently than the one below saying all are well:

Chalk Wildland Fire
http://165.221.39.44/incident/1551/

Nine injuries were reported during the last operational period. They were due to three unrelated vehicle accidents. All injuries were reported as minor with one possible broken nose. All personnel were evaluated at a local hospital and have been released.


Ab Note: Communications about this accident came in last night.
It's good to get these "heads ups" so our mods can watch out for inappropriate hotlist posts made before families are notified and so people can be looking for formal news releases that have real info in them.

To the Ab account last night:

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All firefighters have been treated and released.

Update #3

(First 2 emails not posted)

[SMOKECzECH]

Report on Conditions - Update

Chalk Fire - CA LPF 002754

October 4, 2008 – 09:25 hours

Current acreage – 11,968 acres & 22% containment
Cold front moved through the area overnight with scattered showers dropping anywhere from a ½ inch from the coast ridge west to a 10th of an inch the east.

Minimal fire activity is expected today.
Incident will be evaluating the storms effects on the fire and revising their plan if needed.

Northwest Area (North of Nacimiento-Ferguson Road and west of Cone Peak/Central Coast Ridge Road):
Fire reached Hwy 1 prior to the rains in one location last night resulting in closure of the highway for a short period of time. Crews will be working this area today.
Construction of the indirect line from Hwy 1 north along the north ridge of Hare Canyon is continuing.

Southwest Area (South of Nacimiento-Ferguson Road and west of the South Coast Ridge Road):
All line from Prewitt Ridge north to Nacimiento-Ferguson Road is now contained. Threat to residences in the Mill Creek area (Dempsey Flat, Biere Property, Nacaruby, and Alms Property) has been abated.

Southeast Area (South of Nacimiento-Road east of the South Coast Ridge Road):
Fire moved through the Nacimiento Campground to the north and in the south is within 1 ½ miles of Slick Rock Creek and a ¼ mile north of McKern Road.
Crews fired out south on South Coast Ridge Road then progressed about a mile east on McKern Road.

Northeast Area (North of Nacimiento-Ferguson Road and East of Cone Peak/Central Coast Ridge Road):
Fire has progressed north into the San Antonio River headwaters area and is approximately 2 miles south on the Basin and Indians burns.

All personnel involved in the engine rollover on the BDF Engine last evening have been treated and released from the hospital.

All CAL FIRE crews have been released from the incident.
CAL FIRE engines are slated for release on or before October 7th.

Ab Note: I added the bold. Thanks for the information behind the scenes on the BDF engine rollover. We're glad all are well. We're also glad their families did not get anxiety producing snippits of information here. They do read the hotlist and are members of our extended fire family here.

[BDFfire]

i am posting this from my cell. everyone in the engine rollover is doing good

[abercrombie]

The Accident Prevention Analysis (APA) on this is out:

lessons learned center download:
http://www.wildfirelessons.net/docum...k_Fire_APA.pdf

also, same report at wlf.com:
http://www.wildlandfire.com/docs/200...k-fire-apa.pdf (925 K pdf file)