Careful use of the fire perimeter database will prevent users from drawing inaccurate or erroneous conclusions from the data. Fire activity continued into the evening hours following local winds and topography with active uphill runs, flanking. Steep terrain, heavy fuel loading, and wind in alignment with canyons is making control difficult. Users of the fire perimeter database must exercise caution in application of the data. Dixie Fire West Zone :Fire continues to move toward control lines burning unburned interior islands and ridges. Additionally, over-generalization, particularly with large old fires may show unburned "islands" within the final perimeter as burned. While the data capture process attempts to identify duplicate fires resulting from multiple data sources (e.g., the USFS and CAL FIRE both captured and submitted the fire perimeter), some duplicates may still exist. Other errors with the fire perimeter database include duplicate fires and over-generalization. The 2008 Lone Pine fire perimeter has been omitted, we hope to include it in the next update. Those blazes have destroyed nearly 3,000 structures. Some fires may be missing because historical records were lost or damaged, were too small for the minimum cutoffs, had inadequate documentation or have not yet been incorporated into the database. Wildfires have already burned nearly 1.8 million acres in California this year, according to Cal Fire. Fires may be missing altogether or have missing or incorrect attribute data. However it is still incomplete in many respects. If you would like to obtain information about a CAL FIRE fire burning in your area that is not included on this web site, please contact the CAL FIRE Unit that services your county.Use Constraints: This is the most complete digital record of fire history in California. However, the majority of those fires are contained quickly and no information will be provided on these incidents at this site. Being ready for wildfire starts with maintaining an adequate defensible space and hardening your home with fire resistant-building materials. Are you ready for wildfire Get ready for wildfire. If you live in a wildland area always have an evacuation plan in place.įires occur throughout the State within CAL FIRE jurisdiction on a daily basis during fire season. Accurate updates about active wildfires near you. Please refer to the fire information phone numbers provided on this site, and website links for additional information, and monitor your local radio stations for emergency broadcasts. The sites are not meant to provide up to the minute evacuation or fire behavior information. The fire-safety regulations adopted in R.08-11-005 that relied on the interim maps include: GO 95, Rule 18A, which requires electric utilities and communication infrastructure providers (CIPs) to place a high priority on the correction of significant fire hazards in high fire-threat areas of Southern California. Please use the information on these pages only as a reference. Last year during the same timeframe, about 1,900 wildfires burned more than 13,200. As battling a fire, or handling any other disaster is the priority, updates to these sites cannot be guaranteed on a set time schedule. Through May 6, more than 1,500 wildfires have burned 6,700 acres in California, according to CalFire statistics.
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All of our information comes from the firelines and must be approved by the Incident Commander in charge of managing the incident prior to release. This site provides general information concerning an incident. We make every effort to provide accurate and complete information, however the data is subject to review and change. Information presented on the departments website is a representation of the existing wildfire situation, based on the information readily available to CAL FIRE.