HomeMy WebLinkAbout10.3.20 Email from Andy Pickett EOC Update
From:Pickett, Andy
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:EOC Update
Date:Saturday, October 3, 2020 11:30:36 AM
Board Members,
The reports we received this morning from the US Forest Service indicate favorable developments
last night. The Fire grew 700 acres, all of it away from Butte County. The areas of concern around
Grizzly Dome continue to hold at Highway 70, and confidence is increasing that they will be able to
prevent it from jumping the highway. Meanwhile, CAL FIRE continues to cut contingency lines on our
side of Highway 70 to stop the fire if it should jump. We also learned that the current USFS incident
management team is cycling out, and USFS Team 4 is cycling back in. This is the same team that was
managing the fire when it did the historic run in early September, so we are hoping they will have
learned from it.
We haven’t seen any significant changes to the numbers of individuals in care and shelter, and we
continue with efforts to bring closer to home those who were housed farther away.
The Local Assistance Center has now served 1721 customers, and processed 1126 applications. It
was been well received.
The EOC is back in Oroville. There are a number of us physically working at the EOC, and a few who
are working remote. Our goal is to get the day’s work organized enough that more people can work
remote. Since we are going on 4 weeks of EOC being worked around the clock, staff is getting
depleted.
Unless there are any significant changes later today, this will be the only report I will send the Board.
Please reach out to me directly if you have any questions or concerns. I will be on duty until 8:00 am
Sunday, at which point Paul Gosselin will come in as Director.
Andy