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July 29, 2010

And Fire Season is Underway

Filed under: journalism,wildfires — Tags: CAL Fire, fire season, firefighting, Kern County Fire Department, West Fire, wildfire — waters @ 11:47 am

I just barely had enough time to relax and make dinner after returning from Lassen county when I get the CAL Fire twitter. Kern County Fire was battling a blaze south of Tehachapi and it looked like it was a big one.

The initial report was 400 acres and 30 plus structures lost with 150 structures threatened. I would have time for a quick nap then load up the car and head south. The drive would only take four hours.

I wanted to hit the road at 1 a.m. but I over-slept my alarm and didn’t get up till 5 a.m. (I guess I was more tired from the drive back from Lassen than I realized). I made quick time down I-5 and made it to Incident Command in Tehachapi around 10:30 a.m.

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July 27, 2010

The First Big Fire

Filed under: journalism,wildfires — Tags: CAL Fire, Lassen County, Russell Fire — waters @ 12:44 pm

Yesterday I drove up north past Redding into Lassen National Forest for my first fire of the season. We had a wet winter so the season is getting off to a slow start. The Russell Fire was the first major incident up north.

The fire was in a remote part of the national forest making it not a very newsworthy event outside of the Redding area but it provided me the opportunity to get out and shoot.

There are a few pics in the archive here.

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June 12, 2010

California Fire Season

Filed under: journalism,wildfires — Tags: CAL Fire, fire season, firefighter, firefighting, forest fire, Hummingbird Fire, Robinson Fire, Summit Fire, wildfire — waters @ 12:24 am

Other states have hunting seasons or tourist seasons. We have those in California as well but we also have fire season. As the dry summer winds heat up the California landscape the moisture is driven from the ground vegitation first and eventually from the trees creating a very dangerous set of conditions. If you have ever spent a summer here you quickly get used to reading and hearing about the wildfires that spring up around the state.

Two years ago I got the chance to cover my first set of wildfires that occurred very close to San Jose. The first fire was the Summit fire that started when a land owner illegally burned some debris up on Summit Road along the border of Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties. (more…)

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