West Fire
Location: 5 mi S of Tehachapi, Kern Co. CA
Specific Location: Kern County, Lat 35° 3´ 29″ Lon 118° 25´ 33″
Date of Origin: 07/27/2010
Cause: Under investigation
Situation as of 08/01/2010 6:00 pm
Personnel: 403
Size: 1,658 acres
Percent Contained: 100%
Costs to Date: $6,543,253
Transition of command to Kern County Type 3 organization. Demobilization of Incident Base has begun. CAL EMA search task force consisting of canine cadaver search units searched areas of concern in the burn area. The areas of concern that were searched did not find any deceased persons.
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Situation as of 07/29/2010 6:00 pm
Personnel: 1,205
Size: 1,658 acres
Percent Contained: 44%
Costs to Date: $1,875,000
Potential for spotting via wind driven brands and torching continues. Diminished threat to the electrical infrastructure for the city of Tehachapi, wind generator farms and to structures.
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Situation as of 07/28/2010 6:00 pm
Personnel: 784
Size: 1,436 acres
Percent Contained: 25%
Costs to Date: $387,940
Structures Threatened: 500 COMM , 150 PRIM
Update Structures Destroyed: 10 outbuildings , 25 residences
CAL FIRE ICT 9 transitioned in at 1800 hours. Dozer line completed in Division Y. Contingency lines completed in Division E and Division L.
Potential for spotting via wind driven fire brands and torching. Threat to electrical infrastructure for the city of Tehachapi.
Moderate rate of spread. Backburning with slope and fuel driven runs. Occasional torching through pinyon pine mortality areas (40%).
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Situation as of 07/28/2010 6:00 am
Personnel: 250
Size: 1,230 acres
Percent Contained: 25%
More than 30 homes were lost in the community of Old West Ranch and another 150 structures were threatened.
Foothills pine and chaparral fuels.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency for Kern County on Tuesday, freeing up state resources to battle the fires.
