LIVE FIRE TRAINING BURN
SAN ANDREAS
- The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)
will be conducting live
fire training. This training is designed to instruct fireline
supervisors from around the State in proper techniques to plan and
conduct complex firing operations during wildland fire suppression
operations.
Students
will be taught how to apply fire to fight fire. They will learn the
proper techniques to ignite and control fire that is lit outside the
perimeter of an approaching
wildland fire. This technique is utilized to starve the wildfire of
available vegetation, thus aiding in suppression efforts.
The
training will occur at two sites Kistler Ranch west of Jamestown and
Crook Ranch in Groveland. The Crook Ranch is located on a portion of the
Rim Truck fuel break
and the communities of Groveland, Big Oak Flat, and Pine Mountain Lake
Subdivision will benefit from the training burn by the maintenance of
the fuel break. The Kistler Ranch is located on the north side of
Highway 108/120. Smoke will be visible and we urge
drivers to be mindful of the conditions. Both areas were also chosen
to be burned to treat Medaushead, a noxious weed identified by Tuolumne
County Agriculture Department.