Washington, DC -- Two more uncontrolled multiple wildfires have been
added to the list of recent Washington State blazes designated for
federal fire suppression funding by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA).
The assistance requested by the state last weekend was approved
immediately after it was reported that populated areas were being
threatened by the 22,000-acre Rex Creek Complex Fire in Chelan County
and the 20,000-acre Mt. Leona Complex Fire in Ferry County.
Roy) – Detectives from the Washington State Patrol’s Missing and Exploited Task Force (MECTF) arrested a 29-year-old Roy resident Tuesday morning, July 15, 2014, on allegations of Dealing and Possession of Child Pornography.
MECTF detectives discovered 125 files of investigative interest being traded across the internet. A search warrant was issued for subscriber information on the originating IP address, and that warrant led detectives to obtain a search warrant for a residence in Roy.
During the morning of July 15th, detectives executed a search warrant on a residence on Fielder St S., in Roy and ultimately arrested one of the residents. During the search warrant, detectives seized multiple digital media devices from the residence, including one belonging to the suspect that was found to contain a sexually explicit video involving a minor. The collected media devices will be forensically examined by detectives from the WSP High Tech Crimes Unit (HTCU).
Owen D. Gerdes, 29, was booked into the Pierce County Jail on charges of Dealing and Possession of Depictions of Minors Engaged in Sexually Explicit Conduct.
The investigation is ongoing and additional charges are possible. There was no indication Gerdes had access to any children at this time.
MECTF is a multi-agency task force within the WSP comprised of detectives from the WSP and the Lakewood and Shelton Police Department’s. MECTF provides support to local agencies across the state in cases involving missing and abducted children and child exploitation.
MECTF detectives discovered 125 files of investigative interest being traded across the internet. A search warrant was issued for subscriber information on the originating IP address, and that warrant led detectives to obtain a search warrant for a residence in Roy.
During the morning of July 15th, detectives executed a search warrant on a residence on Fielder St S., in Roy and ultimately arrested one of the residents. During the search warrant, detectives seized multiple digital media devices from the residence, including one belonging to the suspect that was found to contain a sexually explicit video involving a minor. The collected media devices will be forensically examined by detectives from the WSP High Tech Crimes Unit (HTCU).
Owen D. Gerdes, 29, was booked into the Pierce County Jail on charges of Dealing and Possession of Depictions of Minors Engaged in Sexually Explicit Conduct.
The investigation is ongoing and additional charges are possible. There was no indication Gerdes had access to any children at this time.
MECTF is a multi-agency task force within the WSP comprised of detectives from the WSP and the Lakewood and Shelton Police Department’s. MECTF provides support to local agencies across the state in cases involving missing and abducted children and child exploitation.
Bob Shannon Prosser Buttte
Region: OFF THE COAST OF OREGON
Geographic coordinates: 43.397N, 126.820W
Magnitude: 4.5
Depth: 10 km
Universal Time (UTC): 16 Jul 2014 15:30:12
Time near the Epicenter: 16 Jul 2014 07:30:12
Local standard time in your area: 16 Jul 2014 15:30:12
Location with respect to nearby cities:
198 km (122 mi) W of Bandon, Oregon
210 km (130 mi) W of Coos Bay, Oregon
282 km (174 mi) W of Roseburg, Oregon
304 km (188 mi) WNW of Grants Pass, Oregon
348 km (215 mi) WSW of Salem, Oregon
Geographic coordinates: 43.397N, 126.820W
Magnitude: 4.5
Depth: 10 km
Universal Time (UTC): 16 Jul 2014 15:30:12
Time near the Epicenter: 16 Jul 2014 07:30:12
Local standard time in your area: 16 Jul 2014 15:30:12
Location with respect to nearby cities:
198 km (122 mi) W of Bandon, Oregon
210 km (130 mi) W of Coos Bay, Oregon
282 km (174 mi) W of Roseburg, Oregon
304 km (188 mi) WNW of Grants Pass, Oregon
348 km (215 mi) WSW of Salem, Oregon
"You must speak to Jesus, not only with your lips, but also with your heart; actually, on certain occasions, you should speak with only your heart."
-- Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina
-- Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina
Fire Mobilization Authorized for the
Stokes Road Fire
State fire assistance has been mobilized under the Washington State Fire Services Resource Mobilization Plan in support of local firefighters working to contain the Stokes Road Fire, in Okanogan County, near Twisp, WA. Washington State Patrol Deputy Chief Curt Hattell authorized the mobilization of state firefighting resources on July 15, 2014, at 6:30 pm at the request of Okanogan County Fire District 6.
25 residences and an unknown number of outbuildings threatened by the fire. Level 3 evacuation orders in in place for some areas near the fire.
Mobilization specialists from the Fire Protection Bureau have ordered six strike teams (30 engines and 6 water tenders) to assist resources already on scene. A Department of Natural Type 3 Incident Management Team is currently managing the incident. A type 2 incident management team has been ordered for the fire.
The State Emergency Operations Center (EOC) at Camp Murray has been activated to Phase II, to coordinate state assistance for the Stokes Road Fire. Personnel from the Office of the State Fire Marshal will be on scene to coordinate dispatch of resources, and other personnel will staff the State EOC.
Under the State Fire Services Resource Mobilization Plan, the Fire Protection Bureau coordinates the initial dispatch and continued administrative oversight of resources and personnel for the duration of the incident. The Mobilization Plan is implemented to provide a process to quickly notify, assemble and deploy fire service personnel, equipment and other resources from around the state when fires, disasters or other events exceed the capacity of local jurisdictions.
Stokes Road Fire
State fire assistance has been mobilized under the Washington State Fire Services Resource Mobilization Plan in support of local firefighters working to contain the Stokes Road Fire, in Okanogan County, near Twisp, WA. Washington State Patrol Deputy Chief Curt Hattell authorized the mobilization of state firefighting resources on July 15, 2014, at 6:30 pm at the request of Okanogan County Fire District 6.
25 residences and an unknown number of outbuildings threatened by the fire. Level 3 evacuation orders in in place for some areas near the fire.
Mobilization specialists from the Fire Protection Bureau have ordered six strike teams (30 engines and 6 water tenders) to assist resources already on scene. A Department of Natural Type 3 Incident Management Team is currently managing the incident. A type 2 incident management team has been ordered for the fire.
The State Emergency Operations Center (EOC) at Camp Murray has been activated to Phase II, to coordinate state assistance for the Stokes Road Fire. Personnel from the Office of the State Fire Marshal will be on scene to coordinate dispatch of resources, and other personnel will staff the State EOC.
Under the State Fire Services Resource Mobilization Plan, the Fire Protection Bureau coordinates the initial dispatch and continued administrative oversight of resources and personnel for the duration of the incident. The Mobilization Plan is implemented to provide a process to quickly notify, assemble and deploy fire service personnel, equipment and other resources from around the state when fires, disasters or other events exceed the capacity of local jurisdictions.
In recent months, as California officials started to calculate the fire danger posed by the state’s prolonged and historic drought, they tucked an extra $23 million into the Cal Fire emergency wildfire budget for the fiscal year that began July 1, bringing its total to $209 million.
By July 6 – just days into the fiscal year – the agency already had spent $13.9 million battling two major blazes, and is now bracing for one of the longest and most difficult fire seasons in memory.
“That’s just the first week, and we still have 51 more weeks to go,” said Daniel Berlant, spokesman for Cal Fire, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. “We’re not even to the peak of the fire season yet.”
Berlant and top fire officials have been warning for months that the state faces serious peril from wildland fires this year, as the drought – stretching into a third year – has sucked dry much of the state’s brush lands and forests more quickly than in years with more normal precipitation levels.
“We’re not just saying it’s dry, it’s not just a mantra,” he said. “We are seeing the effects now. We are absolutely seeing increased fire activity and numbers.”
In just the first week of the fiscal year, Cal Fire has marshaled roughly 2,500 firefighters from across the state to battle the Monticello fire in Yolo County and the Butts fire in Napa County, which collectively burned 10,800 acres.
State, local and federal firefighters have seen blazes break out exceedingly early in the calendar year, when forests typically would be awash in moisture: an 865-acre blaze in the Lassen National Forest started on Jan. 2; the 333-acre Red Fire began two days later in Humboldt County; and a 1,952-acre wildfire erupted Jan. 16 in the Angeles National Forest in Los Angeles County.
Since Jan. 1, Cal Fire has battled nearly 3,000 fires – about 900 above average for the period – and seen nearly as many acres burn as were recorded in all of 2010, when fires torched 25,438 acres.
By July 6 – just days into the fiscal year – the agency already had spent $13.9 million battling two major blazes, and is now bracing for one of the longest and most difficult fire seasons in memory.
“That’s just the first week, and we still have 51 more weeks to go,” said Daniel Berlant, spokesman for Cal Fire, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. “We’re not even to the peak of the fire season yet.”
Berlant and top fire officials have been warning for months that the state faces serious peril from wildland fires this year, as the drought – stretching into a third year – has sucked dry much of the state’s brush lands and forests more quickly than in years with more normal precipitation levels.
“We’re not just saying it’s dry, it’s not just a mantra,” he said. “We are seeing the effects now. We are absolutely seeing increased fire activity and numbers.”
In just the first week of the fiscal year, Cal Fire has marshaled roughly 2,500 firefighters from across the state to battle the Monticello fire in Yolo County and the Butts fire in Napa County, which collectively burned 10,800 acres.
State, local and federal firefighters have seen blazes break out exceedingly early in the calendar year, when forests typically would be awash in moisture: an 865-acre blaze in the Lassen National Forest started on Jan. 2; the 333-acre Red Fire began two days later in Humboldt County; and a 1,952-acre wildfire erupted Jan. 16 in the Angeles National Forest in Los Angeles County.
Since Jan. 1, Cal Fire has battled nearly 3,000 fires – about 900 above average for the period – and seen nearly as many acres burn as were recorded in all of 2010, when fires torched 25,438 acres.
Yosemite 1983
No comments:
Post a Comment