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Telegraph Fire
Monday July 28, 2008

 

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Mariposa County Event Information Line 209.966.1133

The following is the recorded message on the Mariposa County Event Information Line:

You’ve reached the Mariposa County Event Information Line. Today’s date is Monday, July 28, 2008. The time is approx. 10:12 a.m. This message is being disseminated by the Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office and the Mariposa Emergency Operations Center to assist people in attaining information about the Telegraph Fire.

The following areas are under current evacuation order and the roadways are closed to the public: Texas Hill Rd., Dogtown from Texas Hill Rd. to Schilling, Schilling to Hwy 49 North. Mykle Oaks Rd. with road closure beginning at s/r 49 North.

The following areas are being issued a pre-evacuation advisement: The North side of s/r 49 from s/r 140 and 49 North intersection, s/r 140 North Areas through the Midpines areas continuing to the Briceburg area. Also, the Bear Valley Proper and Greeley Hill area.

We are not currently evacuating residents in this area at this time, however, if you reside in the pre-evacuation advisement area, please prepare to evacuate upon notice and be prepared to leave your residence immediately upon notice by emergency services.

Evacuations from this area will be dictated by fire movement and behavior. If you reside in the pre-evacuation notice area and have special needs, such as large or small animal needs, medical needs, transportation needs, please report this to sheriff officers in the area, or phone the sheriff’s dispatch center at 209.966.3615.

There will be a community meeting at 7 p.m., July 28, 2008, at the Mariposa County High School Auditorium, which will be hosted by CAL FIRE, Mariposa County Fire Dept., Mariposa County Sheriff’s office, and CHP.

Please excersice driving safety in the fire areas of Mariposa County.

Thank you for everyone’s effort and cooperation during this event.

This message will repeat one more time.

 

  
 

Telegraph Fire:  CALFIRE
Last Updated: July 28, 2008, 6:30 am  
Date/Time Started: June 25, 2008, 3:15 pm  
Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit 
County: Mariposa County
Location: Telegraph Road and Sherlock Road in the Midpines Area.
Acres Burned: 26,130 acres
Containment: 10% contained
Structures Threatened: 2,000 residences in the communities of Midpines, Briceburg, Mariposa, Greenley Hill, Coulterville, Bear Valley, and Mt. Bullion Camp
Structures Destroyed: 12 Residences and 27 Outbuildings
Injuries: 3 minor
Evacuations: An evacuation order is in place for the Midpines community. A pre-evacuation advisement was issued for the communities of Midpines and Briceburg. Evacuation warnings are in place for residences in the immediate area of the fire, which include the communities east of North Highway 49 at Mykleoaks Road south to the Highway 140 junction and communities west of Highway 140 from Mariposa north to Briceburg.

Evacuation Center:
Mariposa Elementary School
5044 Jones St, Mariposa

Cause: Human (Target Shooting)
Resources Committed : 2,543 Personnel (1,455 CAL FIRE)
268 Fire Engines
46 Hand Crews
39 Dozers
30 Watertenders
12 Airtankers
12 Helicopters
Cooperating Agencies: CAL FIRE, Mariposa County Fire, Mariposa Sheriffs Department, BLM, USFS, National Park Service, OES, CCC, and California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Conditions: The fire is burning in the Merced River Drainage, on both sides of the river. The fire is burning with a rapid rate of spread in multiple directions. Accessibility problems due to steep and rocky terrain.

Active fire behavior is being observed in all directions primarily on the south and east flanks.

A Community Meeting is being planned for night at the Mariposa High School. Click Here for more information.

CAL FIRE Incident Command Team #8 is in command of the fire.
Fire Information: (209) 966-4784 or (209) 966-4785
Evacuation Hotline: (209) 966-1133 (recorded)

 

  
 

CHP Report
 

2:58AM 1039 63-49 W/ VEH DESC SUBJ WILL CHECK WITH FIRE PERSONNELL BEFORE PASSING THRU
2:57AM THIS IS 63-49, 1039 63-49
2:53AM PER CAL FIRE, THEY HAVE SOMEONE GOING UP TO MT BULLION CAMP BUT WERE UNABLE TO CONTACT ANYONE FOR PERMISSION
1:36AM PER SGT, SR140 IS OPEN ALL THE WAY TO THE PARK, AT 0900 IT WILL BE CLOSED
12:28AM 1039 CT D10 LYNN--TMC
12:25AM CT EMS SIGN AT NB 140 AT THE VISITORS CENTER STILL SHOWING AS CLOSED
11:27PM 1039 63-58
10:57PM EB SR140 AT OCTOGON IS NOW OPEN, WILL HEAD TO CEDAR LODGE AND ADV 63-48
10:53PM AND ADV THEM TO 1019 TO MRI OFC AMD MOVE BARRICADES TO RHS
10:52PM PER 63-S1, SR140 WILL OPEN SR140 FROM 2000 TO 0900, AND GO BACK TO HARD CLOSURE AT 0900
10:40PM PER POS 28, SGT GREENE ADV THAT SR140 CANNOT BE OPENED, SGT WILL CALL BACK WITH ADDITIONAL INFO
10:34PM PER OPERATIONS AT CAL FIRE, WE CAN OPEN SR140 IN 15 MINS, NO ESCORTS NEEDED
10:15PM 1039 NTL FOREST
10:12PM NATL FOR HAD BEEN TELLING PPL IT WAS OPEN
10:12PM CLOSURE AT 140 AND EL PORTAL IS A H A R D CLOSURE
9:04PM PER 61-T1, AT&T WORKERS NEED TO GO DOWN THERE, THEY NEED TO GO TO BUCKHORN AND SCHILLING THEY WERE GIVEN PERMISSION BY FIRE
8:45PM THE RIVER CANYON WILL BE OPEN TO US ESCORTING THRU--TRYING TO GET CT PILOT CARS NOW
8:22PM 1039 SGT DUNCAN ADVD AFFIRM
8:13PM 1039 SGT DUNCAN
8:12PM LONNIIE LAWHAN DARK COLORED SUBARU YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK DISPATCHER ETA TO THE OCTAGON 20-30MIN
8:11PM 1039 SGT DUNCAN SAID WILL HAVE A C SHIFT UNIT ESCORT THREW
7:24PM CT ADVISE THEIR AM RADIO IS NOT ADVISE REOPENING OF RDWY--MAY BE OES WITH PORT RADIO MSG--TMC
7:18PM 63-42 RELIEVED BY 63-53 FOR A BREAK
6:41PM 1039 CT D10 RUDY--TMC
6:39PM PER 63-55 ADV TMC AM 503 BST AND CT INFO LINE ARE ADVZG SR140 RD CLOSURE ENDS AT 1730--NEEDS TO BE FIXED--IT IS STILL CLOSED AND UNK ETA
4:13PM 63-S2 CODE 4 SUBJ HAS NOT SHOWED UP GAME PLAN IN PLACE IN CASE HE DOES
4:07PM PER 63-S2 THE MALE SUBJ THAT APPD UNIT AT FOURNIER AND SR49 IS BACK ENRT AND IS IRATE
4:01PM 1039 64-C WILL 1021 61-L
4:01PM ADVISED THEM NEG THAT IT IS A HARD CLOSURE
4:01PM SO INQ IF RESIDENCE BEING LET THRU AT 140 CLOSURE
3:16PM 1039 63-S2 HAVE GIVE 57-80 AND 57-86 A BREAK
3:10PM THERE IS A PARK RANGER THAT IS 1097 AND HAS AGREED TO HANDLE THE CLOSURE ASC FROM S UNIT IF HE NEEDS TO RESP SOMEWHERE ELSE
3:06PM PER 63-55 1097 AT CEDAR LODGE RD CLOSED WB SR140
2:48PM PER 63-43 EB SR140 NOW CLOSED AT THE OCTAGON FOR EB TRAFFIC
2:42PM 1039 CT
2:37PM PER 63-L PLEASE HAVE CT CHANGE THE CMS THAT IS EB SR140 JEO SR49N TO READ ROAD CLOSED 10 MILES AHEAD
2:28PM 63-43 ENRT TO THE OCTAGON TO SHUT DOWN SR140 FOR EB TRAFFIC
2:22PM 1039 YNP
2:20PM A GOOD PLACE ON THE MARIPOSA SIDE WOULD BE OLD HWAY OR TRIANGLE AND ON THE YNP SIDE WOULD BE EL PORTAL - VEHS CAN TURN AT GAS STATION
2:19PM PER 63-41 CDF WANTS CHP TO HANDLE BOTH CLOSURES ON THE PARK SIDE AND MARIPOSA SIDE
2:16PM CAN YOU ADV WHERE THE CLOSURE SPANS FOR THE CODE 20--WHERE TO WHERE
2:16PM PER 63-41 CDF NOW ADVS THEY WANT THE RD CLOSED NEAR THE PARK ENTRANCE AND CLOSER TO MARIPOSA THEY NEED TO GET ALL THESE CARS OUT
2:14PM PER 63-S3 CONFIRM THERE IS A UNIT ON EITHER SIDE OF THE CLOSURE
2:11PM PER 63-L HE WILL ALSO 1021 YNP HEAD RANGER TO ADVS ON RD CLOSURE
2:07PM PER 63-50 WILL MAINTAIN CLOSURE OAKS AT SR140 - CAN ALSO ADVS MOTORISTA OF THE CLOSURE ON SR140
2:06PM 1039 YNP WITH INFO
2:06PM PER 63-50 63-52 IS REQING THAT ANY CMS ON SR140 BE CHANGED TO REFLECT THE CLOSURE ON SR140
2:03PM ALSO PER 64-C ON THE NEXT RPT LIST ALL CURRENT CLOSURES
2:03PM 1039 D- 10 TAMMY
1:59PM PER 63-41 HE IS GETTING ALL HIS INFO F/63-52 CDF CHIEF NOW ADVS THAT SR140 WILL NEED TO BE CLOSED FOR APPROX 1 HR
1:58PM PER 63-41 CDF CHIEF NOW ADVS THAT SR140 WILL NEED TO BE CLOSED LONGER THAN 10 MINUTES - WILL NOW BE UNK DURATION
1:52PM INFO ONLY FOR CT - UNITS 1097 ARE HANDLING
1:52PM PER 63-41 THERE IS A MAJOR EVENT THAT HAS OCC D - FIRE HAS NOT JUMPED THE RD HOWEVER CDF CHIEF REQ SR140 CLOSED FOR APPROX 10 MINUTES
1:31PM 63-45 UTL ON SUBJ MOWING
1:30PM PER 63-41 HE AND 63-52 ARE STILL IN THE RIVER CANYON CDF BATT CHIEF ADVSD FIRE IS NEARING THE POINT WHERE IT WILL PROBABLY JUMP THE RD
1:24PM 63-45 1097 IN THE AREA
1:05PM PTY IS NOT A STATE EMPLOYEE AND ANOTHER FIRE COULD START
1:04PM PER 63-S3 CITZ RPT OF SUBJ MOWING THE GRASS W/TRACTOR AND MOWER SR140 AT AGUA FRIA
12:54PM 1039 63-L
12:53PM THE 1020 WHERE IT MAY JUMP THE RD IS POSS 4 MILES JEO BRICEBURG
12:53PM PER 63-41 STILL LOOKS OK RDWAY STILL OPEN
12:43PM 1039 63-L
12:40PM 63-41 W/63-52 THEY ARE IN THE RIVER CANYON SR140 NEAT 37 1/2 AND 38 1/2 FIRE APPS THAT IS IT GOING TO JUMP THE RD - THE 2 UNITS CAN HANDLE
12:33PM PER 63-S3 WILLIAMS AT SR140 PARTIAL CLOSURE - WILL BE MANNED BY 3 DMV INVESTIGATORS
12:11PM 1039 CT--THANKS
12:10PM REG LINE 101 63-S3 IS STILL TRYING TO FIND THE CDF CONTACT WILL ADVS
12:07PM PER 57-80 HE IS SET UP SO VEHS DO NOT GO ONTO COLORADO OR WHITLOCK
12:07PM PER 63-S3 ADVD 57-80 TO SET UP EAST OF COLORADO SO VEHS DO NOT GO ON COLORADO OR WEST ON WHITLOCK
11:44AM 1039 MARISPOSA SO THEY ARE PROVDING 1148 FOR HIM NOW
11:41AM PER 57-80 CDF CAME BY THE SUBJ IS AT 6088 W WHITLOCK NOT EAST WHITLOCK - SUBJ IS STULL THERE SO NEEDS TO RESP OVER
11:37AM PER 63-41 AT W WHITLOCK AT SR49 THERE IS RD CLOSED SIGN IS A UNIT SUPPED TO BE THERE
11:31AM CDF IS HAVING DIFFICULTY GETTING FIRE EQUPT DOWN SOME RDS IN THE AREA DUE TO SPECTATORS
11:30AM PER 63-S3 COM 43 IS THE COMMUNICATIONS AT THE FAIRGROUNDS - NEED A UNIT TO GO TO THE EAST EDGE OF THE FIRE
11:22AM 1039 MARIPOSA SO THEY DONT HAVE ANY INFO - WILL RESP AT DEP TO 98 W/57-80
11:17AM 1039 61-S1 WITH INFO
11:16AM 1039 MARIPOSA SO
10:49AM 30-R1 1097 FRENCH CAMP AT SR49
10:47AM 1039 63-S3 WILL CHK AND ADVS
10:44AM PER CDF COM 43 REQD THRU THEM A UNIT FOR 1184 ON SR140 AT THE EDGE OF THE FIRE - UNK IF EAST OR WEST SIDE
10:33AM 63-45 CHKED THE AREA OF THE FAIRGRUNDS AND TRAFFIC IS CLR
10:24AM 1039 63-S3 THE FAIRGROUNDS WILL ADVS
10:24AM PER MARIPOSA SO MAJOR PROBLEM AT THE FAIRGROUNDS W/TRAFFIC DOWN TO ONE LANE AND FIRE TRKS CANT GET THRU
10:18AM 1039 63-S3 THATS FINE
10:18AM PER 63-49 SO IS 1097 ADVISING THAT COLORADO AT SR140 SHOULD BE A HARD CLOSURE
10:01AM PER 63-52 THE SO DEP IS 1097 WITH HER FOR HER ESCORT WILL ASC IF THAT DEP CAN RESP TO 57-80 S 1020
9:41AM 1039 MARIPOSA SO
9:17AM 57-86 AT FULL CLOSURE GROSSJEAN AT SR140
9:13AM PER MARIPOSA SO THEY ARE 1097 W/63-57
9:08AM 1039 63-S3 WITH INFO F/LINE 46
9:05AM 57-80 E WHITLOCK AT COLORADO WITH FULL CLOSURE
8:56AM 1039 MARIPOSA SO
8:52AM 57--HAVE A PERSON WALKED OUT OF THE FIRE ZONE--NEED SO DEPUTY OUT HERE TO DIRECT THEM INTO WHERE THE HOUSE IS
8:03AM PER 63-S3 FULL CLOSURE COLORADO AT WHITLOCK
6:22AM 1039 63-S3
1:32AM 1039 63-53 AND 63-56
12:34AM 1039 66-R2
12:31AM PER MRI CDF, OUR OFCR SITTING AT BOTTOM OF MT BULLION RD, PLS ADV THIS OFCR MAN FM CHASE PETROLEUM THAT NEEDS TO PASS TO PICK UP FUEL TRUCK
11:17PM CORR LINE 11, NO LONGER NEEDED AT DOGTOWN AND TEXAS HILL
11:02PM NO LONGER NEEDED AT DOGTOWN AND TEXAS SCHILLING
11:02PM PER 63-S1 ADVISED NEEDS 1 SONORA UNIT AT 49 AND SCHILLING AND 1 AT DOGTOWN AND SCHILLING
10:58PM 1039 63-S2

 

11:25PM CORRECTION LINE 301 HARD CLOSURES ARE AT SCHILLING/ SR49 AND DOGTOWN/ SCHILLING---NOT ALLOWED THROUGH
10:29PM NO ONE IS ALOUD THROUGH CLOSURE
10:29PM CLOSURES AT SCHILLING AT 49 AND DOGTOWN AT TEXAS HILL ARE HARD CLOSURES
10:28PM 1039 SONORA OFC, R3 ADV WILL HANDLE WHEN 108
10:28PM 1039 61-R1 REGARDING LINE 295, 61-R1 INQ IF NEEDS TO LEAVE THE 1184 DETAIL TO HANDLE
10:20PM THEY ARE GOING TO BE TAKEN UP THRU THE PARK AND BACK DOWN ON SR140 TO GET TO THE AREA OF THE FIRE
10:18PM PER 42 CO RDS DID PUT UP A SIGN THAT STATES RD CLOSED
10:02PM PER 63-S1, THE HELICOPTERS ARE NOT FLYING AT NIGHT, IN THE MORNING AT 0830 THEY WERE BE FLYING OVER AGAIN
10:01PM ZERO CONTAINMENT ON FIRE
9:58PM PER 63-S1, ALL CLOSURES ARE STILL IN EFFECT, 1 OTHER CLOSURE, SR49 FOURNIER, IT IS A FULL CLOSURE--NO ONE ALLOWED THROUGH
9:45PM 1039 CT D10 GEORGE--TMC
9:43PM INFO FOR CAL TRANS,THE 1144 DOG WILL BE ON THE NORTH SHOULDER UP THE INTERECTION, ON SR140 AT MOUNT BULLION CUT OFF
9:34PM 1039 63-S1
9:34PM THE SO HAS A UNIT ENRT FROM TOWN FOR THE 415
9:32PM 1039 MRI SO
9:27PM PER 66-R3, ADVSD BY PASSERBY THERE MAY BE A MALE AND AN XRAY INV IN A 415 ON RHS JSO YAQUI GULCH ON SR140
9:19PM PER 66-R3, DOG ON RHS NEG 1125, BUT BADLY INJURED
9:18PM PER 66-R3, 66-R4 WILL BE OUT WITH 1125 DOG ON SR140 AT MOUNT BUILL CUT OFF, REQ SGT IN MRI TO AUTHORIZE DISPATCH OF THE DOG
6:51PM 1039 63-S1 WILL HAVE A UNIT RESP
 

7/28/08 Map


 
 

Big for 1024 monitors
Fire burn area as of this morning.

The Below is Courtesy of FirefighterBlog
An Excellent BLOG Site on fires
Sunday 7/27/08 Google maps for both images.
 
 
 


This Shows How Far The Fire Is From Yosemite National Park



 

  


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