OES-JFO Situation Report

1. Incident Name: SOCAL OCTOBER 2007 WILD LAND FIRES

2. Incident Operational Period: A Shift

3. Date Prepared: November 9, 2007; 1000 Hours

4. Report No: 51

5. Type of Incident: Fire

5a. Description of Incident: 23 wild fires beginning on October 21, 2007

6. Location/Map of Incident: 7 counties in Southern California

7. Current Situation:
a. Proclamation/Declaration Information:
* Local Proclamations: Ventura County, San Diego County, Orange County, City of Irvine, Los Angeles County, City of Banning, and the City of San Jacinto.
* Governor’s Proclamation: Issued 10/21/07 for Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties due to wildfires.
* Governor's Executive Order S-13-07: Issued 10/26/07 to assist in the recovery from the disaster.
* Presidential Declaration of Emergency (FEMA -1731-DR): Issued 10/24/07.

b. Fatalities and Injuries:
* Fatalities 9 (11/07 1400 hours)
* Injuries 139 (11/07 0700 hours)

c. Extent of Damage:
* Total Acres Burned to Date: 517,267 (Final as of 11/09 1000 hrs)
* Structures Destroyed: 3,204 (Final as of 11/09 1000 hrs)
* Structures Damaged: 246 (Final as of 11/09 1000 hrs)

d. Highway Closures: See http://www.dot.ca.gov//fireclosures.php.

e. Situation Reporting:
* Active missions: 33 (RIMS – 11/9-0700 hours). Issued two missions in support of the MASG. The Department of Fish and Game was asked to provide an agency representative to coordinate field activities and the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board was asked to provide a Senior Environmental Planner.
* Active EMMA missions: 2

8. Current Weather:
Most locations over Southern California will not receive any measurable rainfall with this trough. Winds will remain fairly light over most of the region through Saturday. There will be locally strong and gusty westerly winds over the mountains and deserts Sunday. A weak ridge of high pressure will build into California from the Pacific Ocean bringing warmer temperatures and lower humidity to the region early next week. Winds will become light over the region early next week.

9. Fire Branch Update:
Santiago Incident CA-ORC-68555 Orange County. 28,400 acres with 100% containment. Crews continue to mop-up and improve containment lines. All OES equipment and personnel have been demobilized. All out of county local government equipment have been demobilized. 206 personnel are currently assigned. This is the last report on this incident.
Poomacha Incident CA-MVU-10643 San Diego County. 49,410 acres with 100% containment. Crews continue to mop up and cold trail however progress in this area will be slow due to snags and extremely steep terrain. All OES personnel and equipment have been demobilized, all out of county local government equipment has also been demobilized. 379 personnel are currently assigned. This is the last report on this incident.

10. JFO Update

a. Key Issues
Southern California Burn Areas Multiple Agency Support Group (MASG) Policy Group
* The Policy Group and the Multi-Agency Support Group (MASG) continues to coordinate the Policy Group meetings, provide resources to the MASG and the BAER teams as necessary, provide assistance to FEMA on the National Flood Insurance Program, and work with the Governor’s OES on the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.
* The Department of Water Resources’ Division of Flood Management is continuing to perform advanced planning and coordination with the US Army Corps of Engineers, Gov’s OES, National Weather Service, CA Nevada River Forecast Center and local agencies.
* 11 Department of Fish and Game (DFG) staff are now formally involved as specialists on BAER teams, working on fire remediation in 6 counties.
* Department of Conservation reports that six California Geologic Survey (CGS) engineering geologists remain on active duty with State and USFS led BAER teams; two CGS GIS specialists remain on active duty at OES-SOC Mather.
* CalFire has a PIO representing the state at the MASG facility in Colton.

Debris Management
* The City of San Bernardino has sent OES their request for funding for Household Hazardous Waste removal on private property.
* The City of Poway will not be conducting private property debris removal on the 90 homes that burnt.
* Escondido is working on a debris removal plan.
* The City of San Diego will be forwarding their letter to OES requesting funding for private property debris removal.
* Next Cal/EPA Debris MAC call is today, 3:00 pm.

Joint Housing Task Force
* 30 mobile homes have arrived at the staging area.
* The Southern Baptist Coalition (voluntary organization) have cleared a total of 18 sites on the La Jolla Reservation.
* City of Escondido has more low-income housing resources coming online soon.
* Some local governments have requested statistical information to determine what is happening with FEMA assistance in their communities. IA is coordinating with FEMA to ascertain if the information can be provided by zip code to avoid any privacy issues.

b. Care and Shelter Status (11/09 0700 hours)
ARC and Partners: 75 people in 1 shelter

a. Local Assistance Centers / Disaster Recovery Centers
* 4 LACs
San Diego County: Rancho Bernardo, Fallbrook, Ramona, El Cajon
* 3 DRCs
San Bernardino County: Orange Show Fairgrounds, Running Springs School Road
* Los Angeles County: Santa Clarita Complex closes at 5 pm today (11/9) and reopens on 11/10 as an SBA Disaster Loan Outreach Center.
* 2 SBAs
Orange County: One Stop Shop-Irvine
Los Angeles County: Malibu Bluffs Park

* Cumulative LAC/DRC Service Visits: 26,417 (11/09 1000 hrs)
* Cumulative FEMA Households: 10,828 (11/09 1000 hrs)
* The specific LAC locations and hours of operation can be found at: http://www.oes.ca.gov/Operational/OESHome.nsf/ALL/025B99508F36CBF58825737F00052385?OpenDocument

d. Joint Information Center (JIC)
Released NR #23: Burnoff and Flood Insurance
Released NR #24: Disasters Attract Scam Artists
Released NR #25: Legal Services Available
Released NR #26: Registration Hours Change
Released PSA #2: Disasters Attract Scam Artists
Released PSA #3: Protect Yourself From Fraud

e. Individual Assistance Program
FEMA Tele-registrations have increased to 16,240 (COB 11/08/07).

f. Donations Management
* The Donations Desk received 18 calls and/or inquiries on 11/8/07. Total calls date: 1110
* The donations team met with the Emergency Network Los Angeles (ENLA) and presented the donations program and the future of donations for California in AidMatrix. The membership was impressed with the new simplicity to donations and expressed excitement to becoming members.
* Continued the coordination for the delivery of an electric wheelchairs and scooter to San Diego area fire victims.
* Obtained a donation for 200 Non-ioninzing HEPA air filters. The multi-agency warehouse will distribute to fire victims with respiratory needs.
* Donations coordinated the delivery of donated pallet jacks to the multi-agency warehouse from Pennsylvania.

g. Utilities:
* CUEA reports that AT&T will restore services to the Deerhorn Valley area by November 30, with individual residence service being reconnected as the main line is restored.
* SDGE reports 13 outages at this time. SDGE outage information can be found at: http://outages.sdge.com/publicOutageWeb/servlet/OutageList

h. Long-Term Community Recovery/Mitigation
* OES Public Assistance Section requested, from FEMA, a 30-day extension for applicants to file their Request for Public Assistance, citing the length of the incident period and applicant briefings scheduled past the deadline.
* C – G permanent work categories were approved by FEMA for San Diego, San Bernardino, and Orange Counties. The request for the wind damage in Riverside County is still pending with FEMA.

11. Southern Region Report
* Southern REOC has all Sections staffed with at least 1 Chief during A shift.
* Care and Shelter Branch has demobed.
* San Diego EOC: A shift at Level I; B shift on duty officer status.
* Boiled Water Orders remain in 12 service areas in San Diego County. (http://www.sdcountyrecovery.com/bwa.html) (11/8 – 1600 hours)



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