Idyllwild Fire Protection District Fire Season 2017
Holcomb Fire 1503 Acres San Bernardino NF. (Big Bear) Date of Origin June 19 th 2017 IFPD Battalion Chief Mark LaMont was requested to work on this incident as a Division Supervisor with Dave Kelly s IMT. (6/19-27. 200 hrs. ) IFPD Brush 621 Crew : A. Rodriguez, Russel Bray, Wayne Clark and Nelson Escovar (6/19-24. 432 man hrs.)
Manzanita Fire 6300 Acres Riverside Ca. (Lambs Canyon) Date of Origin June 26 th 2017 IFPD Brush 621 Crew : Robert Clark, David Reeves, John Kinney and Corey Varey (6/26-28. 288 man hrs.)
Alamo Fire 28,687 Acres San Luis Obispo CA Date of Origin July 9 th 2017 IFPD Brush 621 Crew: Robert Clark, Jon Gaffney, Wayne Clark, Nelson Escovar (7/9-13. 432 man hrs.)
Long Valley Fire 83,740 Acres Date of Origin July 11 2017 California (Doyle) / Nevada (Reno) After more than a dozen days of intensive firefighting with afternoon winds and several days of red flag warnings in very dry fuels, the Long Valley fire was contained. SoCal Team 1 was the incident management team managing the fire. IFPD Battalion Chief Mark LaMont was assigned to this incident as a member of So. Cal USFS Team 1 as a Division Supervisor from July 11 July 25 th 2017 (384 hrs.)
Bridge II Fire 500 Acres San Bernardino CA Date of Origin July 14 th 2017 IFPD Brush 621 Crew : Jim LaMont, Russel Bray, John Kinney, Corey Varey (7/14-17. 384 man hrs.)
Detwiller Fire 81,826 Acres Mariposa County CA Date of Origin July 16 th 2017 IFPD Brush 621 Crew : Robert Clark, Russel Bray, Nelson Escovar, John Kinney (7/18-8/1. 1344 man hrs.)
Bryant Fire 380 Acres San Bernardino (Yucaipa CA ) Date of Origin August 3rd 2017 IFPD Brush 621 Crew : Jim LaMont, Wayne Clark, Jon Gaffney, Corey Varey (8/4-6. 288 man hrs.)
Blaine Fire 1044 Acres Riverside CA Date of Origin August 13 th 2017 IFPD Brush 621 Crew: Jim LaMont, Russel Bray, John Kinney, Eric Soles (8/13-14. 192 man hrs.) IFPD Engine Crew: Robert Clark, Nelson Escovar, Corey Varey, Wayne Clark. (8/13-14. 192 man hrs.)
Salmon August Complex (Wallow) 65,888 Acres Date of Origin August 16th 2017 Klamath NF California Several lightning fires quickly burned the rugged terrain of the Klamath National Forest. The local forest called for a type 2 IMT and SoCal Team 1 managed the fire. IFPD Battalion Chief Mark LaMont was assigned to this incident as a Division Supervisor on Team 1 from August 17 th September 2nd 2017 (432 hrs.)
Salmon August (Wallow)
Eclipse Complex (Klamath / Rouge NF s) 80,000 Acres Date of Origin September 8th 2017 Klamath NF California/Oregon Several lightning fires quickly burned the rugged terrain of the Klamath National Forest. The local forest called for a type 2 IMT and SoCal Team 1 managed the fire. IFPD Battalion Chief Mark LaMont was assigned to this incident as a Division Supervisor with Team 1 from September 8 th through 26 th 2017 (432 hrs.) IFPD Engineer Jim LaMont was assigned as a Supply and Receiving/ Distribution Manager trainee from September 10 th through September 26 th 2017 (384 hrs.)
Eclipse Complex
Canyon Fire 4300 Acres Anaheim CA Date of Origin September 25 th 2017 IFPD Engine 621 Crew: Adam Rodriguez, Russel Bray, Jon Gaffney, Nelson Escovar (9/25-29. 432 man hrs.)
Canyon Fire II 9217 Acres Anaheim CA Date of Origin September 9 th 2017 IFPD Engine 621 Crew: Jim LaMont, Russel Bray, Nelson Escovar, Wayne Clark. (9/25-29. 240 man hrs.)
Central LNU Fire (Complex) 110,000 Acres Santa Rosa CA Date of Origin September 9 th 2017 IFPD Engine 621 Crew: Jim LaMont, Russel Bray, Nelson Escovar, Wayne Clark. (9/11-20. 1152 man hrs.)
Skirball Fire 422 Acres Los Angeles, CA Date of Origin Dec 6 th 2017 IFPD Engine Crew was deployed with XRI 6050 A : Robert Clark, Jamie Ruiz, Greg Minor and Wayne Clark. (12/6- /9. 384 man hrs.) Crew was then dispatched directly to the Thomas Fire.
Thomas Fire 281,893 Acres Ventura/Santa Barbara, CA Date of Origin Dec 4 th 2017 IFPD Engine Crew was deployed with XRI 6050 A : Robert Clark, Jamie Ruiz, Greg Minor and Wayne Clark. (12/9-12/18. 960 man hrs.) Crew was swapped out on 12/18 with a new IFPD crew consisting of James LaMont, Russel Bray and Nelson Escovar, Jamie Ruiz remained from the original crew. Crew remained until 12/21 (384 man hours.
Idyllwild Fire Protection District Fire Season 2017 TOTAL MUTUAL AID FIRE RESPONCES (through Dec. 21 2017) 15 TOTAL ACREAGE : 755,702 TOTAL HOURS WORKED: 8,906 TOTAL FIRE DAYS: 106 IFPD Cost : $ 0.00 (all costs 100% reimbursed through agreements.) Training opportunities: Priceless.
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