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Shaping the Perception of Haiti
Feds Send Fire Aid to California
By The Associated Press
Efforts by federal agencies to assist Southern California officials struggling with devastating wildfires.
NATIONAL INTERAGENCY FIRE CENTER
By The Associated Press
Efforts by federal agencies to assist Southern California officials struggling with devastating wildfires.
NATIONAL INTERAGENCY FIRE CENTER
More than 2,000 members of the interagency wildland firefighting community
have been mobilized. The following resources have been deployed:
_One area command team (five people per team) to provide communication
and coordination assistance for several fires.
_Four type-one incident management teams (20 people per team) to establish
an effective firefighting organization and develop the tactics and strategies for
containment.
_31 crews, including 25 elite firefighter hot shot crews specially trained to
handle difficult and extreme incidents.
_90 fire engines with support from 22 strike teams (110 people total for strike
teams) to work directly on fire lines.
_11 water tenders, which support the fire and aviation activities.
_11 heavy air tankers to support the ground firefighters in attacking fires.
_14 medium and heavy helicopters to assist the ground firefighters with
strategic pinpoint drops on identified areas of the fire.
have been mobilized. The following resources have been deployed:
_One area command team (five people per team) to provide communication
and coordination assistance for several fires.
_Four type-one incident management teams (20 people per team) to establish
an effective firefighting organization and develop the tactics and strategies for
containment.
_31 crews, including 25 elite firefighter hot shot crews specially trained to
handle difficult and extreme incidents.
_90 fire engines with support from 22 strike teams (110 people total for strike
teams) to work directly on fire lines.
_11 water tenders, which support the fire and aviation activities.
_11 heavy air tankers to support the ground firefighters in attacking fires.
_14 medium and heavy helicopters to assist the ground firefighters with
strategic pinpoint drops on identified areas of the fire.
_Six bulldozers to establish the line to halt further spread of the fire.
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
_About 100 defense employees, including active duty military personnel and civilians, are fighting fires. That's 12 firefighting
teams — mostly civilian — and their 12 fire engines.
_Some 1,500 Army National Guard and Air National Guardsmen are helping firefighters — not on the fire lines, but doing other
tasks to free up the firefighters.
_550 Marine Corps personnel at Camp Pendleton, Calif., are preparing for possible firefighting duty.
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
_About 100 defense employees, including active duty military personnel and civilians, are fighting fires. That's 12 firefighting
teams — mostly civilian — and their 12 fire engines.
_Some 1,500 Army National Guard and Air National Guardsmen are helping firefighters — not on the fire lines, but doing other
tasks to free up the firefighters.
_550 Marine Corps personnel at Camp Pendleton, Calif., are preparing for possible firefighting duty.
_Another 17,301 National Guardsmen are available in California, if
needed.
_Six C-130 aircraft fitted with firefighting systems are being sent to Point
Mugu, Calif. Two are from the Air Force Reserve at Peterson Air Force
Base in Colorado Springs, Colo., and four are from the Air National Guard
in Wyoming and North Carolina. They were to arrive in California in time to
begin flying missions Wednesday morning.
_11 Pentagon helicopters equipped with water buckets are available to
help in fire suppression.
Local military bases, under emergency assistance authority, provided
some 10,000 cots to local evacuation sites.
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
needed.
_Six C-130 aircraft fitted with firefighting systems are being sent to Point
Mugu, Calif. Two are from the Air Force Reserve at Peterson Air Force
Base in Colorado Springs, Colo., and four are from the Air National Guard
in Wyoming and North Carolina. They were to arrive in California in time to
begin flying missions Wednesday morning.
_11 Pentagon helicopters equipped with water buckets are available to
help in fire suppression.
Local military bases, under emergency assistance authority, provided
some 10,000 cots to local evacuation sites.
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
FEMA has established a distribution center in Northern California with water, meals, cots and blankets.
The agency has sent a liaison to the state emergency operations center to collect information on the fires and filter state requests
for resources.
The agency has sent a liaison to the state emergency operations center to collect information on the fires and filter state requests
for resources.
