JuneJuly Fire Siege

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June/July Fire Siege
John Craney Division Chief Sacramento Command
Center
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CAL FIREs 5 Year Average 4,972 fires 260,806
acres burned
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From June 20 to June 30 2,800 fires totaling
416,272 acres (About 40 CAL FIRE jurisdiction)
From July 1 to July 31 Approx. 3,300 fires
totaling 1,118,977 acres (many of the fires were
carryovers from June)
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There were 21 COMPLEXES (A grouping of many
fires)
Some complexes contained as many as 130 fires
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• In June
• 29 Houses destroyed
• Houses damaged
• 8,638 Houses threatened

In July 59 Houses destroyed 8
Houses damaged 6,283 Houses threatened
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5 Firefighters, and, 1 Civilian lost their
lives in June and July
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The largest deployment of National Guard troops
in Californias fire history.
Up to 1500 fires burning in the north at one
time.
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Firefighters from Greece, Australia, New Zealand,
Mexico, Canada, and many states across
America came to California.
NASA was also deployed