Location: Palm Bay, Brevard Co., FL
Date of Origin: 05/11/08
Cause: Arson
Osage Fire (Malabar): 3,708 acres
Madden Fire (Palm Bay): 1,185 acres
Jupiter Fire (Palm Bay): 190 acres
Lowry Fire (Southeast Brevard County): 5,300 acres
Situation as of 05/14/08
Total acreage: 10,300
Personnel: 300
Containment: 40%
An estimated nine fires set. 162 homes reported burned. Suspected arsonist arrested. All Brevard schools will open tomorrow. About 550 Florida Power & Light personnel and contractors are working to restore power. Power should be restored by Friday night.
Breaking news from Orlando Sentinel [here].
May 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment | Topic: Other States
Location: Pecos Co., TX
Specific location: 30 miles SE of Fort Stockton off Hwy 285.
Date of Origin: 04/30/2008 at 1732 hrs
Cause: Downed power line
Situation as of 05/06/08
Total Personnel: Not available
Size: 98,200 acres
Percent Contained: 90%
Estimated Containment Date: 05/06/2008 at 1800 hrs
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Current Situation 05/03/08
Total Personnel: 62
Size: 96,700 acres
Percent Contained: 30%
Fuels Involved: 2.5 feet tall grass with a medium brush component. Heavy fuels in the drainages and north slopes.
Crews are working to put in a contingency line on the north side of the fire in order to protect the windmill farm. Air resources cooled the line and allowed the crews to make direct attack on the fire.
Oil wells, critical infrastructure, ranches, houses and outbuildings are all threatened by this fire.
To date in 2008 Texas has experienced about 150 fires, and close to 800,000 acres have burned. Most of the acreage has been grass. The Texas Forest Service has been the lead agency in fighting the Texas fires, although Federal IMT’s have participated in many cases. The larger fires (5-digit acreages) are listed below with acres and date of containment:
Cathedral Wildland Fire — 23,000 (still active)
Borden County Complex Wildland Fire — 15,000 — 4/15/2008
Ellison Fire Wildland Fire — 16,000 — 4/14/2008
Porter Wildland Fire — 51,400 — 4/5/2008
Highway 322 Wildland Fire — 67,500 — 4/5/2008
Eighty-two Wildland Fire — 33,037 — 4/5/2008
Glass Wildland Fire — 220,000 — 4/5/2008
Burns Ranch Wildland Fire — 25,600 — 3/23/2008
Dana Wildland Fire — 10,000 — 3/21/2008
Snyder Complex Wildland Fire — 28,625 — 3/18/2008
Silver Wildland Fire T — 20,200 — 3/18/2008
Archer County Wildland Fire — 13,548 — 3/2/2008
May 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment | Topic: Other States
As of 04/18/08 there have been 149 wildfires in Texas this year, three of which are still active. Burned area totals 696,976 acres to date.
As of 04/23/08 there have been 153 wildfires in Texas this year, all contained. Burned area totals 698,411 acres to date.
As of 04/30/08 there have been 149 wildfires in Texas this year, three of which are still active. Burned area totals 700,437 Acres acres to date.
As of 05/03/08 there have been 147* wildfires in Texas this year, two of which are still active. Burned area totals 771,800* acres to date.
*Note: information based on InciWeb reportage. No specific info provided as to why the total fire count went down between 4/23 and 4/30, and again between 4/30 and 5/03. These are contained incidents. They either happened or they didn’t. The acreage totals are also suspect, and apparently lower than actual by ~30,000 acres.
April 19, 2008 | 2 Comments | Topic: Other States
