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Chance of rain is welcome news for crews battling Wine Country Firefighter killed in water truck rollover crash in Napa County. For Santa Rosa firefighter, Wine Country fire hits home. California wildfires: Lynne Powell, retired symphony flutist, The Thomas Fire was ignited on December 4. It burned , acres and destroyed 1, structures. The Thomas Fire was the sixth-costliest on record in the United States.
The three primary factors considered in analyzing wildfire risk are distribution of vegetative fuel, steepness of slope and degree of access for firefighting equipment.
FireLine assigns a wildfire hazard score for each factor plus a cumulative score, on a scale from negligible to extreme risk. The following chart ranks the most wildfire-prone western U. According to Verisk estimates, more than 4.
Includes events that occurred through All fires on this list occurred in California. Includes Puerto Rico and the U. Virgin Islands. Ranked on losses in dollars. Subject to change as loss estimates are further developed. As of February 23, Consumer Price Index. Source: Calfire. View Archived Tables Back to top. Wildland fires As many as 90 percent of wildland fires in the United States are caused by people, according to the U.
High-pressure-driven Santa Ana and Diablo winds can continue through the early spring, leaving an already dry state vulnerable to fast-spreading wildfires. Prescribed burns may not be effective in mitigating damage in areas with lots of low-lying grass and brush, where fire and smoke can spread quickly.
Many of these recommendations must be acted on before a home is built, making it crucial for communities to work together to prepare for large wildfires, said Stephens. He recommends that homeowners in WUI or high-risk areas meet within their communities and with their local fire officials to make contingency plans before a wildfire.
Homeowners in high-risk areas can also remove flammable shrubbery from their yards and consider replacements such as aloe or ice plant — and look into purchasing fire insurance. Powerful winds, greater devastation California is susceptible to fires year-round, but fires that occur in fall can be especially dangerous. Most destructive wildfires in California Source: Cal Fire. Damage totals recorded as of Nov. Deadliest wildfires in California Source: Cal Fire.
A wet winter leading into a long, dry summer Historic amounts of rain and snow in the winter kept large fires from burning in California until April. Inadequate notification of residents also occurred in November of last year as the Chimney Tops 2 Fire burned into Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Fourteen people died as a result of the wildfires and nearly 2, structures were damaged or destroyed by flames that charred more than 17, acres in and around Great Smoky Mountain National Park.
Above: Fine-scale weather model simulation horizontal grid spacing of meters analyzing the surface wind when the Northern California fires started, 8 p.
Simulation by Dr. More research into the weather conditions when the devastating October 8 wildfires started in Northern California indicates that hurricane force wind was one of the factors responsible for the extremely rapid spread of the fires that killed at least 43 people and destroyed more than 8, structures. Janice Coen, a Project Scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado ran fine-scale weather model simulations horizontal grid spacing of meters analyzing the wind during the time the fires started.
Her research see chart above showed significantly higher surface wind speeds than previously thought — 75 to 90 mph just upwind of the major fires. CAL FIRE has not released the causes of the October 8 conflagrations, but at about the same time firefighters were first responding to numerous fires, they also received multiple calls about fallen power lines and electrical transformers exploding.
In an email Dr. Coen told us more about the October 8 wind simulation and her research related to fire weather:. And, that the location of the peaks and their peak speeds evolved throughout the event as the wind direction changed, in part due to the high pressure over the Great Basin moving along.
And, although there is a lot of theoretical and laboratory work on stably stratified flow over objects, this three-dimensional terrain is too complicated to apply much of that.
And, though our forecast models may indicate strong gusty winds are possible, explicitly predicting how extreme the winds might be and where the most dangerous spots are with the detail shown here is beyond their capabilities.
Fine-scale weather model simulation horizontal grid spacing of meters analyzing the weather during the time the Northern California fires started, 8 p. Share this:. Many tires on Deputy Sheriff vehicles had flats caused by driving over debris and then in some cases were destroyed when the officer had to continue driving to get to a safe place to stop.
Several vehicles suffered significant damage from radiant heat — melted plastic trim, headlights, and damage to the vinyl layer in the window glass. With a high demand for fuel, they stopped trying to schedule fuel deliveries, and had the vendors bring a truck every day to top off the storage tanks. Replacing the plugged cabin air filters was as important as replacing the engine air filters.
Above: photo from the report. Originally published at a. Below is an excerpt from the report about the incident on the Nuns Fire: On the Nuns Fire on the morning of October 18 at approximately , during mop up operations, a large inch DBH fire-weakened, green Douglas fir tree fell from upslope, at a 90 degree angle, and landed across the hood of an engine that was parked on the road below with two people inside.
The crew had scouted the road to the end and were working their way back, suppressing hotspots. The Engine Boss would later explain: Intel for the Division Supervisor had not been passed forward and he the Division Supervisor had not sent anyone into the area for three days. At least 23 people in Sonoma County died in the fires.
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