Situation Assessment

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DATE/TIME OF REPORT: 10/24/07 0900 Hours

Situation Assessment: Firefighters are still actively battling both the Grass Valley and Slide fires.

The Slide Fire is burning 5,119 acres. Grass Valley fire is still estimated at 1,000 acres and Incident Command reported no significant movement overnight. The Type 1 team was activated this morning at 0600 Hours.

Incident Command reports a shortage of resources at each fire combined with extremely dry conditions and continued adverse weather. There is no new information from the Incident Command Post on structure loss at this time. Teams are currently in the field and conducting damage assessment as the fire activity allows.

Roads: All upbound mountain roads that lead to those affected communities remain closed to non-emergency traffic. Evacuees are strongly urged not to use State Route 330 to leave the mountain.

Schools: All San Bernardino City Schools are closed. All Rim of the World schools are closed. Four schools in Redlands – Arroyo Elementary School, Beattie Middle School, Highland Grove Elementary, Cram Elementary – are closed.

For More Information: Please call the U.S. Forest Service at (909) 383-5688, the San Bernardino County Fire Information line at (909) 355-8800 or visit the county website at www.sbcounty.gov and click on Disaster Information at the top of the page.