From: Governor's Office of Emergency Services

SACRAMENTO - Hundreds of local fire crews that saved homes from being

destroyed by wildfire this week are returning home today, after being

released by the Governor's Office of Emergency Services. State OES
engines will remain behind to finish what is hoped to be the final
stages of this month's wildfire fight. 

Today, with the fires nearing full containment, OES began sending
home local government engines from the Creek and North Fork fires.
Crews from the Leonard Fire will begin heading home tomorrow. The 261

engines will continue to depart the scene in parades of five,
scattered throughout the next several days, passing back across the
freeways to the 51 counties from which they came (see attachment). 

Of the nine large wildfires that started this month, it was the Creek

Fire, currently 85 percent contained, that dominated local government

and State OES Mutual Aid resources. For six days, the Creek Fire
roared across Tuolumne and Mariposa counties blackening 11,500 acres
and threatening to engulf homes in numerous communities. At its peak
deployment yesterday, OES had 260 engines and eight National Guard
helicopters on the fires.

Among its duties, State OES dispatches local government and state
fire fighting resources through the California Fire & Rescue Mutual
Aid System. The neighbor-helping-neighbor system is designed to
assist the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection,
federal wildland fire agencies, and local departments. It is also
ensures that additional resources are provided to local jurisdictions

whenever their resources are committed or insufficient for a fire.

The OES Fire and Rescue Emergency Operations Center in Sacramento
will remain activated 24-hours a day to coordinate statewide fire and

rescue efforts. At the center are representatives from OES Executive
Office, Law Enforcement Branch, Inland Region, and the California
Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

	
- OES -

Departments that sent fire engines to 
Creek, Leonard, and North Fork fires.

Creek Fire

 North County FD
Camp Pendleton FD
El Dorado FPD
Escondido FD (2)
Deer Springs FD
Encinitas FD
San Marcos FPD
Rancho Santa Fe FPD
Vista FD/FPD

Ventura County FD (5)

Riverside FD (2)
Corona FD
Norco FD
Riversdie County FD

Compton FD
Downey FD
Montebello FD
Santa Fe Springs FD
Vernon FD

Felton FPD
Central FPD of Santa Cruz County (2)
Aptos-La Selva (Beach) FD
Santa Cruz FD
Boulder Creek FPD

Suisun City FD
Fairfield FD
Dixon FD
Vacaville FD
Vallejo FD

Elk Grove CSD FD
Folsom FD
Sacramento FD
Sacramento Metropolitan FD (2)

Los Angeles City Fire Department (10)

Oroville FD
El Medio FPD
Chico FD
Paradise FD
Butte CFD


Watsonville FD
Zayante FPD
Scotts Valley FPD
Branciforte FPD

Santa Clara CFD(2)
Moffett Field FD
Palo Alto
San Jose (3)
Mountain View FD

Milpitas FD
Saratoga FPD
Santa Clara FD

Pebble Beach CSD 
Carmel Valley FPD
Carmel by the Sea FD
Salinas Rural FPD (2) 
Pacific Grove FD

San Miguel FPD
Milford FD
Hillsborough FD
Foster City FD
Burlingame FD


Lawrence Livermore Nat'l Lab. FD
Livermore/Pleasanton FD
Fremont FD
Alameda CFD (2)

Sausalito FD
Southern Marin FPD
Tiburon FPD
Novato FPD
Ross Valley FD

Monterey FD
Cachagua FPD
North County FPD
San Benito CFD

El Centro FD
Calipatria FD
Imperial CFD
Calexico FD
Brawley FD

Orange County Fire Authority (5)

American Canyon FPD 
Calistoga FD
St. Helena FD
Napa CFD (2)

Redlands FD (2)
San Bernardino CFD (5)
San Bernardino FD (2)

San Diego Fire & Life Safety Svcs. (2)
Chula Vista FD 
Borana FD

Bakersfield FD (4)
California City FD

El Cajon FD
La Mesa FD
Alpine FPD
San Miguel Consolidated FPD (2)

Santa Clara FD (2)
Gilroy

Jones Valley VFC
Anderson FPD
Bella Vista VFC
Redding FD
Shasta FD


Leonard Fire

Colusa FD
Williams FPD
Sacramento River FPD
Marysville FD
Maxwell FPD

Sacramento Metro.  FD (2)
Folsom Prison FNR
Elk Grove CSD FD

Stanislaus Consolidated Fire
West Stanislaus CFPD
Oakdale Rural FPD
Oakdale FD
Salida FD

Orange County Fire Authority (5)

Benicia FD
Fairfield FD
Cordelia FPD
Vacaville FPD
Rio Vista FD

Sonoma FD
Kenwood FPD
Glen Ellen FPD
Rancho Adobe FPD
Bennett Valley FPD

Fremont FD (2)
Oakland FSA (3)
Lawrence Livermore Nat'l Lab. FD

Ripon FPD
Escalon Consolidated FPD
Liberty Rural FPD
Clements Rural FPD

Alameda FD
Piedmont FD
Lawrence/Berkeley Lab. FD

Contra Costa CFPD
Moroga FPD
Richmond FD
Oakley FPD
San Ramon Valley FPD


North Fork Fire

Atwater FD
Merced CFD (4)

Orange Cove FPD
Fresno	CFPD
Reedley FD
North Central FPD
Fresno County FPD


EDIS-08-23-01 1737 PDT


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