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18% OF CAMP PENDLETON BURNED IN SAN DIEGO WILDFIRES

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18% OF CAMP PENDLETON BURNED IN SAN DIEGO WILDFIRES

ALMOST 1/4 OF CAMP PENDLETON IS BURNED AND WE HEAR NOTHING IN THE NEWS.I NEVER HEARD 1 THING SAID ABOUT IT ON CNN.OR THE EVACUATION OF THE SAN ONOFRE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT EITHER.

Fire forces evacuation of San Onofre nuclear plant-Steve Deck photographs a huge plume from the 8,000-acre Las Pulgas fire at Camp Pendleton.-Cocos fire-Shelby Grad-MAY 14,14

An out-of-control brush fire at Camp Pendleton was creeping closer to the San Onofre nuclear power plant, prompting evacuations.Southern California Edison said in a tweet that "about a dozen non-essential employees evacuated" from the plant because of the fire.The plant is located off Interstate 5 at the Orange-San Diego county line north of Camp Pendleton. Edison announced last year it was closing the plant due to structural problems with facility.

The Camp Pendleton fire was spotted shortly before 10 a.m. Wednesday and forced evacuations of the De Luz housing area, Mary Fay Pendleton Elementary School and the Naval Weapons Station Fallbrook, which is on the northeast edge of the sprawling base.A second school and housing area have been evacuated as the brush fire at Camp Pendleton continues to spread. The fire, dubbed the Tomahawk fire, on the northeast section of the base, had burned more than 150 acres as of 1 p.m., according to Cal Fire.An evacuation center was established at the Paige Fieldhouse on the base.
The Pendleton fire was one of several blazes burning in San Diego County. One in Carlsbad has burned homes.More than 11,500 evacuation notices have been issued for the fire as it moves through neighborhoods amid steep brushy canyons.

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Camp Pendleton Fire Prompts Precautionary Evacuation of 13 San Onofre Employees
Posted May 14, 2014-Media Contact: Maureen Brown, (626) 302-2255

ROSEMEAD, Calif., May 14, 2014 — As a precaution in response to brush fires at nearby Camp Pendleton on Wednesday, Southern California Edison (SCE) posted personnel at the south boundary of the San Onofre nuclear plant and evacuated 13 non-essential employees from that area.Tom Palmisano, SCE vice president and chief nuclear officer, said SCE notified the Nuclear Regulatory Commission resident inspector just before noon of the precautionary evacuation of the plant area known as the South Yard.He said site personnel were dousing vegetation at the south boundary with water as a preventive measure. In addition, he said San Onofre has dispatched some of its personnel to Camp Pendleton to assist base personnel with firefighting efforts."We will continue to monitor the fires near Camp Pendleton and support firefighting efforts," Palmisano said. "The fires do not pose a safety issue at San Onofre at this time, but we continue to coordinate with regional agencies to ensure we remain apprised of evolving conditions."San Onofre is currently shut down and preparing to decommission. SCE announced June 7 that it would retire San Onofre Units 2 and 3, and begin preparations to decommission the facility. For more information about decommissioning San Onofre and to opt-in for automatic e-mail updates, visit www.songscommunity.com.

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1st Marine Logistics Group-Victory through Logistics-7th ESB, FMD work to “pump breaks” on future Pendleton fires-By Sgt. Sarah Fiocco | 1st Marine Logistics Group | May 16, 2014

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – A heat wave, drought and strong winds created the perfect recipe to feed the recent wildfire that spread across Northern Camp Pendleton, Calif., destroying more than 6,000 acres, May 14, 2014. This early beginning to wildfire season makes the mission of creating firebreaks throughout approximately 120 miles around base more important than ever. Facilities Maintenance Division and seven Marines with 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, began working toward this goal May 6, 2014 and will continue to cover the vast Camp Pendleton areas through Aug. 10, 2014.“We do this once a year and it starts at the beginning of May every year,” said Randy Branim, heavy equipment operator who is leading the firebreaks operation with FMD. “The concept is to knock all the brush off and clean it up so it doesn’t allow any fire to jump over it.”The largest and perhaps the most important firebreaks, which FMD employees and 7th ESB Marines will maintain, encircle the outskirts of Camp Pendleton.“There’s a perimeter break around almost all of Camp Pendleton,” said Branim. “This ensures the fire won’t go off base.”Containing these fires to the site in which they originally ignited does more than help ensure the safety of the locals living in the communities that surround the base.“Once a fire goes off base, we no longer have full control of it and it can do some damage,” said Ruben Salas, transportation mobile equipment operator supervisor, FMD. “Once it’s off base, we also have to pay for the damages, so it saves us millions of dollars a year.”In addition to the firebreaks that line the base, FMD and 7th ESB will cut out brush surrounding impact areas of the various training ranges.“It’s important to go around the impact areas of course, because that’s where a lot of the fires on base start,” said Branim. “All it takes is a spark from small arms fire.”Most of Camp Pendleton’s firebreaks sit on top steep inclines, so creating these large brushless paths that can reach up to 20-feet wide is a hazardous task in itself.“They sit right on ridgelines on the very top of mountains,” said Branim. “Because of the terrain, the areas can be really rocky. If you’re not paying attention, it could get scary.”For many of these Marines who will gain the bulk of their experience on this equipment while creating these firebreaks, driving the dozers up some of the steepest peaks on base is a daunting task.“Trying to make level cuts is probably the hardest part. When you’re coming down hill, you’re coming straight down,” said Lance Cpl. Matthew Brown, engineer equipment operator, Support Company, 7th ESB, 1st MLG. “Climbing up some pretty steep hills in a dozer is scary. You’re going straight up, so all you see is the sky when you’re driving up hill, but level cuts make it so that the fire trucks can have easier access up to a fire in the mountains.”Danger aside, the 22-year-old Wylie, Texas, native and his peers received a firsthand look at how important their role in maintaining the firebreaks are when the Camp Pendleton blaze caused hundreds of service members and their families to evacuate their on-base homes. According to Salas, some of the firebreaks created earlier this year near the Fallbrook gate played a vital role in containing the fire in that area.“Ever since [the fire], it makes us feel like our job is just that much more important,” said Lance Cpl. Jordan English, a 20-year-old engineer equipment operator, Support Company, 7th ESB, 1st MLG, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. “We can slow down a fire to the point of containment. It has a big impact on the entire base’s safety.”As firefighters and other first responders work to extinguish the flames, FMD halted the creation of firebreaks in certain locations near the affected areas. However, Salas said they are still expected to meet their completion deadline of Aug. 10.“Marines and civilians are working together to get these firebreaks established,” he added.

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