HomeMy WebLinkAbout09.21.20 Email from Shari McCracken Evening Notes - EOC - North Complex Fire
From:McCracken, Shari
To:Alpert, Bruce;Bennett, Robin;Clerk of the Board;Connelly, Bill;Cook, Holly;Lambert, Steve;Lucero, Debra;
McCracken, Shari;Paulsen, Shaina;Pickett, Andy;Ring, Brian;Ritter, Tami;Rodas, Amalia;Sweeney, Kathleen;
Teeter, Doug
Subject:Evening Notes - EOC - North Complex Fire
Date:Monday, September 21, 2020 5:58:55 PM
Attachments:9.21.2020 EOC Evening Notes - North Complex Fire.docx
Board Members,
Attached are my notes from EOC activities this afternoon/evening. The EOC will be going virtual
shortly, though staff are on-call should circumstances change. I will turn EOC Director responsibilities
over to Brian at 8:00 tomorrow morning.
Take care,
Shari
EOC –North Complex Fire
9.21.2020 1600 update
Fire/Law Enforcement Update
Nothing new to report from Fire. Wind shifts tonight will determine fire behavior.
The Evacuation Orders in Zones 1D and the north portion of 1F were reduced to Warnings at 5:00
tonight. Only residents will be allowed into the area for the next 24 hours, then the areas will be
opened to the public.
The County has asked Recology to provide dumpsters for spoiled food in the repopulated areas. The
bins are not for fire debris.
Animal Shelter
The County is establishing a Large Animal Carcass Task Force for removal of large wildlife and livestock.
Once a vendor is in place, residents will be able to call the NVADG hotline number to request removal or
via a new e-mail address that will be set up. Details will be provided during Wednesday evening’s press
conference.
The County has submitted more EMMA(in-State mutual aid) requests for animal shelter staffing;
response is very limited due to the number of disasters occurring in the State. CalOES will be elevating
the County’s request to EMAC (out-of-state mutual aid), as EMMA is not meeting our needs.
Public Works
Continues working on damaged infrastructure, including removal of hazard trees that pose an imminent
threat to public roads, to assist in the repopulation efforts.
Damage Assessment
County teams are assessing standing structures to determine if they are safe to re-enter. We will have
updated statistics available each day. The information, below, was called in quickly from the field and
may not be completely accurate. We believe these are numbers from the areas just opened for
repopulation.
OK to enter (Green Placard)
3 commercial
95 single family dwellings
18 manufactured homes
1 motor home
unquantified utility structures
OK to enter and collect belongings (Yellow Placard)
1 mobile home
1 utility structure
Do not enter (Red Placard)
1 single family dwellings
1 mobile home
Teams will be out again in other areas tomorrow.
EOC and Disaster Recovery Operations
The EOC is moving to a 1-week operations period. There will be morning briefings each day, after which
you will receive notes, and Sit Stat Reports will come out in the afternoon. There will be no evening
reports, unless something drastically changes.
We will be relocating EOC functions from Chico to Oroville Friday evening, primarily operating virtually
over the weekend, and reporting in-person in Oroville Monday morning (9/28).
The Disaster Recovery Operations Center (DROC) will also be in Oroville. We are putting together
staffing and a structure that will be separate from the Camp Fire Recovery efforts, as the two disasters
are on different timetables. Sang Kim and Maria Hurtado will be leading the North Complex Fire
Recovery operations with subject matter experts and teams for each function. Casey Hatcher will
continue leading the Camp Fire Recovery operations with her teams. More information will be provided
as details are worked out.