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Home My WebLink AboutAGENDA REPORT 2020 0219 REG CCSA ITEM 09A POWERPOINTEasy Fire October 30, 2019 VCFD Incident # 19-0089159 Ventura County Fire Department VCFD: Easy Fire •Reported: October 30, 2019 @ 06:09 –Easy St. @ Madera Rd. •Winds: 30 sustained with gusts to 60 mph •Relative Humidity: 5-15%... “Critical Fire Weather.” •VCFD Augmented Staffing Included: –Engine Strike Teams –Hand Crews –Dozers –Incident Management Overhead Ventura County Fire Department VCFD: Easy Fire Cooperating Agencies: •VCFD •Cal Fire •VCSO •SVPD •CHP •VC OES •VC Animal Services •Red Cross •Cal Trans Ventura County Fire Department Ventura County Fire Department VCFD: Easy Fire •Acres Burned: 1,806 •Fire Personnel Assigned: 1,000 •Homes Evacuated: 7,000 •Structures Damaged: 0 •Structures Destroyed: 2 Ventura County Fire Department Ventura County Fire Department Ventura County Fire Department The Easy Fire Moorpark Police Department’s Response Tactical Response Team (TRT) Activation •First TRT Supervisor was at the Command Post at 0630 hours on 10/30/19. •Full Team activation at about 0645 hours. •Approximately 28 TRT members responded to the Easy Fire. •Approximately 9,500 residents were under evacuation orders. •TRT along with patrol resources coordinated evacuations in the Tierra Rejada Corridor north of the Reagan Library, Read Road, Villa Del Arroyo Mobile Home Park, and the Serenata housing tracts off Miller Parkway. •TRT was released from the Easy Fire on 10/31 at about 1800 hours and immediately redeployed to the Maria Fire. Mandatory Evacuation Area •Oct 30, 2019 @ 6:37 a.m. •Included: –Villa Del Arroyo Mobile Home Park –Virginia Colony Voluntary Evacuation Area •Oct 30, 2019 @ 7:54 a.m. •Included: –County area south of Moorpark and portions of Thousand Oaks Mandatory Evacuation Area •Oct 30, 2019 @ 8:21 a.m. •Included: –County area south of Moorpark and portions of Thousand Oaks Mandatory Evacuation Area •Oct 30, 2019 @ 8:35 a.m. •Included: –East end of Santa Rosa Valley Voluntary Evacuation Area •Oct 30, 2019 @ 8:43 a.m. •Included –Neighborhoods to the south of Tierra Rejada Road to east end of Santa Rosa Valley Voluntary Evacuation Area •Oct 30, 2019 @ 8:46 a.m. •Included –Portions of Thousand Oaks east of the 23 Fwy and north of Sunset Hills Blvd. Voluntary Evacuation Area •Oct 30, 2019 @ 11:33 a.m. •Included: –Serenata Tract Mandatory Evacuation Area •Oct 30, 2019 @ 2:59 p.m. •Included: –Serenata Tract –Area between Spring and Miller Parkway Mandatory Evacuation Area •Oct 30, 2019 @ 3:03 p.m. •Included: –Neighborhoods to the south of Tierra Rejada Road to east end of Santa Rosa Valley Repopulation •Oct 30, 2019 @ 6:42 p.m. •Included –All areas west of the 23 Fwy Repopulation •Oct 30, 2019 @ 7:25 p.m. •Included: –Portions of Thousand Oaks east of the 23 Fwy and north of Sunset Hills Blvd. Repopulation •Oct 31, 2019 @ 10:14 a.m. •Included: –Villa Del Arroyo Mobile Home Park –Virginia Colony •All evacuations and road closures lifted as of 10:14 a.m. on Oct 31, 2019. Easy Fire October 30, 2019 City of Moorpark Easy Fire – City of Moorpark •Fire Alerts Received Early 10/30/19 •Department Heads Notified of Soft EOC Activation •PSPS throughout Moorpark –EOC had Limited Power due to Generator Issue – Problem Identified and Corrected by the Afternoon –IS and Facilities set up Portable Generator (Interim) –Limited Access to Live Broadcasts Easy Fire – City of Moorpark •EOC Staff –Executives, EOC Coordinator, IS, Sheriff (Captain Fazio and team) •EOC Duties –Assist Sheriff with Evacuation – Designate Shelter Location –Assist with Road Conditions (debris/closures- both PW and PRCS Crews) –Provide ADA Transportation from Evacuation Zones to Shelter Location Easy Fire – City of Moorpark •EOC Activities (continued) –Maintain Contact with Sheriff OES –Provide Information to the Public (coordinate with Moorpark Police and Sheriff OES) •Animal Shelter Locations •Shelter Locations •Fire Activity (spreading towards golf course, 23, acres burned, containment percentage, etcetera) •Evacuation Zones •Road Closures •Power Outages Easy Fire – City of Moorpark •EOC Activities (continued) –Attend Press Conference –Incident Briefings –Maintain Contact with City Hall with Partial Services –Report Inoperative Signals to Caltrans –Report Water Line Break to County Waterworks 1 –Change traffic signal batteries Easy Fire – City of Moorpark •EOC Activities (continued) –Cancel 10/31/19 Haunted High Street –Dispatch City Liaison to Incident Command Center •EOC Staffing –Assign Evening Shifts and 10/31/19 Shifts •EOC closed at 1830 on 10/30/19 Easy Fire – City of Moorpark •After the EOC –Staff Coordinated Clean up Efforts with Waste Hauler (vis a vis Street Sweeper) –Installed new radio in EOC to Improve Communication –Discussed assigning OES and IC liaisons early on for future events –Staffing levels on City Hall during events –Correct potential generator issues –PSPS impacted EOC activities Easy Fire – City of Moorpark •After the EOC (continued): –FEMA Reimbursement via Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) •Staff Attended FMAG Seminar with Sheriff OES •City Submitted Request to FMAG on 12/17/19 •City Council Adopted Authorized Agent Resolution 12/18/19 •Additional Documentation Due in March •City Costs are Estimated to be $11,000 Easy Fire Evacuation Orders Total Alerts •7 Total Evacuation Alerts •4 voluntary evacuation orders issued •3 of the 4 orders were later upgraded to mandatory evacuation orders •3 mandatory evacuation orders issued •2 wireless emergency alerts Time of Dispatch to First Evacuation Order •6:10AM – Time of dispatch •6:21AM – First engine on scene •6:37AM – First mandatory evacuation order issued •16 minutes elapsed before the first evacuation Population Impact •3,697 residential structures > 1,000 square feet •Estimated 11,276 residents Fire Integrated Realtime Intelligence System •Aerial infra-red (IR) platform that integrates aerial infra- red computerized mapping platform and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) WIFIRE wildland fire spread modeling technology. •Provides initial fire perimeter information within minutes of the fixed-wing aircraft arriving on scene. •Fire perimeter data is fed to computer models to determine spread potential. Screenshot from Aircraft Computer System Easy Fire – City of Moorpark QUESTIONS?