Cachagua Community Fire Meeting notes, July 21st...

July 21, 2008 about 6:30 pm...

Rod McMahon, Public Information Officer for Cachagua Fire addresses the crowd at tonight's Fire Information Meeting. 

Jamesburg Cachaguans got to meet Incident Commander Jeanne Pincha-Tulley, recently appointed to take Command of the Basin Complex fire.

The news was very good, and the plan very definite... we're at 72% containment and the next few days will be an attempt to fully "blackline" - contain - the fire. 

Today, burnout operations proceeded as the IC had planned along Chew’s ridge north toward the end of Laurel Springs road and east along Blue Rock Ridge to Los Padres Reservoir and north along Hennickson’s Ridge to Los Padres Reservoir. Tonight, crews will continue burnout operations to improve and hold existing lines.

Tomorrow, more of the same activity seen today by residents near Chews Ridge will be seen near Hennicksons Ridge... plenty of air traffic and a good deal of smoke from backburning.

Chief Pincha-Tulley made it clear that it would be foolish to leave unburned fuels behind in Div MM that might come back at some later time - perhaps years from now - and rage with fire once again, this time with a real possibility to advance swiftly against residential areas.

Thus , the IC is - in effect - attempting to provide insurance for Jamesburg Cachagua for some time to come.

You'll find the audio for this evening's meeting HERE and at KUSP.

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Interview with Sgt. Garrett Sanders, Monterey County Sheriff's Office

I interviewed Monterey County Sheriff Sgt, Garrett Sanders, regarding the Sheriff's responsibilities during a Mandatory Evacuation. In April 2007, Garrett Sanders was promoted from Sheriff’s Investigator to Sheriff’s Sergeant, Enforcement Operations Bureau. Sgt. Sanders is an 11-year Sheriff’s Office veteran. He worked as a Deputy Sheriff in the jail facility for 2 years prior to transferring to Enforcement Operations Bureau.  

Sgt. Sanders is the Monterey County Sheriff's Department liaison to the Unified Command. The audio of the interview can be found HERE and at KUSP.

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