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Line Fire Resources (self.bigbear)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by LucidLethargy to c/bigbear

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I wanted to put together a hub of resources for the Line Fire here on Lemmy. I hope this helps anyone who might find it!

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Line Fire Updates:

https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2024/9/5/line-fire/updates
The latest updates from the county and state are funneled through here multiple times a day.

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Line Fire Maps:

The latest maps are being curated in the comments below multiple times a day, but the most up-to-date maps should always be the direct sources listed right here:

NOAA fire Map:
https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/products/land/hms.html#maps
The most reliable and frequently updated map that shows satellite readings of fire spread. This includes hotspots outside the perimeter, and a comprehensive smoke plume map.

Official Cal Fire Map:
https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2024/9/5/line-fire
Shows live aircraft positions, and is updated a few times a day. Very reliable and helpful to review evacuation warnings/orders

3D Fire Map by Cal Fire
https://calfire-forestry.maps.arcgis.com/home/webscene/viewer.html?webscene=52683f25df174b0eb124dfb9a6831a98
Not updated more than once or twice a day, but a very cool map to inspect.

CleanAir Fire & Smoke Map
https://fire.airnow.gov/#10.64/34.2049/-116.9408
Updated more often than the Cal Fire map, and shows real-time air quality readings

Historical map of the Big Bear area
https://projects.capradio.org/california-fire-history/#10.76/34.1852/-116.9961/0/1
This is an extremely helpful tool for obtaining visual data of previous wildfire events. The linked map is centered on Big Bear and Arrowhead lake.

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Line Fire Webcams

https://ops.alertcalifornia.org/cameras
This network of cameras can be used to easily and intuitively view the fire from multiple angles.

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Line Fire Radio

https://scancalifornia.com/live/goldmine/
This covers radio chatter from firefighters tackling the Line Fire.

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Community Resources

https://socalmountains.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum.php
A forum for locals that's been around since 2003

Local Images

https://www.flickr.com/photos/calfire/albums/72177720320272950/with/53989492937

Big Bear City trash pickup was halted on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Water and Sewer services are all continuing without disruption. (and I haven't personally experienced any power disruptions yet.)

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[–] LucidLethargy 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Here is the video report from Cal Fire earlier today, with the link starting the video right when he goes into detail about the current situation on the Big Bear front: https://youtu.be/DEeE4YRbDWI?feature=shared&t=268

Here's an annotated transcription of the Big Bear Portion of the update, which is extremely positive for us:

And then we get into our Big Bear area, and that Big Bear area looks really good. We had the fire come up that slope yesterday. We had about 800 acres burned in that area, [and] it hit what we call the plateau, or the very rim where that vegetation Management program has been put in by the forest service

We had Crews up there waiting and as it hit that Rim, and they attacked it with aircraft, they attacked it with bulldozers, and they're carrying the dozers to the west and then to the north and trying to tie it into the Big Bear Dam Area at the 18 intersection right there. So they'll be doing that today - nursing it along that entire Plateau. As that fire crests that Plateau, [they are] very confident in that operation due to a lot of factors:

There's some Dozer lines up there

That vegetation management work that's been done up there and

The crew's plan worked yesterday, [so] it's going to work again today