Veterans Emergency Technical Services offers accurate, timely and functional emergency incident information to assist in the successful prosecution of wildfires. Our clients are the state and federal government agencies that are responsible for managing and containing some of the largest wildfires fires each year. VETS is on call 24/7 to respond to requests for precise infrared locations and mapping of the fire perimeter anywhere in the western United States.
Emergency operations VETS has participated over the years. Some for just a few days others for many weeks. Large or small VETS has provided intelligence to assist in the planning process during these incidents.
2008
Santa Ana Fire, CA (584 Ac.) – 1 Day – 5/3/2008
Apache Fire, CA (784 Ac.) – 1 Day – 5/5/2008
Bighorn Fire, CA (490 Ac.) – 1 Day- 5/14/2008
Indians Fire, CA (81,378 Ac.) – 26 Days – 6/11/2008
Basin Complex, CA (162,818 Ac.) – 12 Days – 7/17/2008
Lime Complex, CA (55,773 Ac.) – 7 Days – 8/14/2008
Yolla Bolly Complex, CA (89,994 Ac.) – 3 Days – 8/15/2008
Chalk Fire, CA (16,269 Ac.) – 11 Days – 10/1/2008
Total 62 Days
2009
Jesusita Fire, CA (8,733 Ac.) – 6 Days – 5/10/2009
Ponderosa Fire, CA (27,676 Ac.) – 4 Days – 8/5/2009
LaBrea Fire, CA (89,489 Ac.) – 6 Days – 8/22/2009
Morris Fire, Ca (2,168 Ac.) – 3 Days – 8/28/2009
Station Fire, Ca (160,577 Ac.) – 7 Days – 9/1/2009
Highway Fire, CA (600 Ac.) – 2 Days – 10/2/2009
Sheep Fire, CA (9,020 Ac.) – 4 Days – 10/6/2009
Total 32 Days
2010
West Fire, CA (1,650 Ac.) – 1 Day – 7/28/2010
Bull Fire, CA (16,442 Ac.) – 6 Days – 7/28/2010
Post Fire, CA (1,312 Ac.) – 3 Days – 8/26/2010
Total 10 Days
2011
No Assignments (Post El Nino)
2012
Hill Fire, CA (1,135 Ac.) – 4 Days – 6/25/2012
Lost Fire, CA (61,262 Ac.) – 3 Days – 8/9/2012 (Shared Resource)
Reading Fire, CA (28,079 Ac.) – 3 Days – 8/9/2012 (Shared Resource)
Fort Complex, CA (23,653 Ac.) – 8 Days – 8/12/2012
North Pass Fire, CA (41,983 Ac.) – 14 Days – 8/24/2012
Williams Fire, CA (4,192 Ac.) – 4 Days – 9/8/2012
Likely Fire, CA (9,838 Ac.) – 2 Days – 9/13/2012
Total 38 Days
2013
Springs Fire, CA (24,251 Ac.) – 4 Days – 5/3/2013
White Incident, CA (1,984 Ac.) – 3 Days – 5/29/1013
Powerhouse Fire, CA (30,274 Ac.) – 5 Days – 6/5/2013
Hathaway, CA (3,870 Ac.) – 5 Days – 6/15/2013
Power Fire, CA (1,070 Ac.) – 4 Days – 8/9/2013
Corral Complex, CA (12,503 Ac.) – 22 Days – 8/15/2013
Pfeiffer Fire, CA (917 Ac.) – 4 Days – 12/18/2013
Total 47 Days
2014
Etiwanda, CA (2,143 Ac.) – 2 Days – 6/2/2014
San Diego Complex, CA (15,000 Ac.) – 2 Days – 6/16/2014
Carlton Complex, WA (256,108 Ac.) – 19 Days – 7/23/2014
Little Bridge Fire, WA (4,958 Ac.) – 4 Days – 8/11/2014
July Complex, CA (34,591 Ac.) – 5 Days – 8/23/2014
Happy Camp Complex, CA (134,056 Ac.) – 18 Days – 8/28/2014
King Incident, CA (97,717 Ac.) – 10 Days – 9/18/2014
Total 60 Days
2015
Highway Fire, CA (1,049 Ac.) – 1 Day – 4/21/2015
Lake Fire, CA (31,359 Ac.) – 16 Days – 6/22/2015
Rocky Fire, CA (69,438 Ac.) – 5 Days – 8/5/2015
Jerusalem Fire, CA (25,118 Ac.) – 8 Days – 8/10/2015
Rough Fire, CA (37,610 Ac.) – 5 Days – 8/19/2015
River Complex, CA (77,081 Ac.) – 20 Days – 8/26/2015
Rough Fire, CA (151,623 Ac.) – 17 Days – 9/15/2015
Total 72 Days
2016
Coleman Fire, CA (2,025 Ac.) – 4 Days – 6/6/2016
Sherpa Fire (7,500 Ac.) – 10 Days – 6/16/2016
Erskine (48,018 Ac.) – 7 Days – 6/26/2016
Sand Fire, CA (38,876 Ac.) – 10 Days – 7/23/2016
Goose Fire, CA (2,241 Ac.) – 2 Days – 8/3/2016
Soberanes Fire, CA (81,810 Ac.) – 10 Days – 8/10/2016
Cedar Fire, CA (29,101 Ac.) – 13 Days – 8/24/2016
Havilah Fire, CA (299 Ac.) – 2 Days – 8/26/2016 – Shared Resource
Rey Fire, CA (299 Ac.) – 3 Days – 8/28/2016 – Shared Resource
Soberanes Fire, CA (165,346 Ac.) – 26 Days – 9/13/2016
Nantahala Branch Support, NC 50+ Fires – 7 Days
Total 89 Days
2017
Schaeffer Fire, CA (16,031 Ac. ) – 11 Days – 7/9/2017
Whitter Fire, CA (18,430 Ac. ) – 9 Days – 7/20/2016
Modoc – July Complex, CA (83,120 Ac. ) – 8 Days – 8/6/2017
Orleans Complex, CA (27,276 Ac. ) – 32 Days – 8/24/2017
La Tuna Fire, CA (7,194 Ac. ) – 3 Days – 9/7/2017
Redding Staging, CA (0 Ac. ) – 5 Days – 9/15/2017 – No Missions
Red Bluff Staging, CA ( 0 Ac.) – 2 Days – 9/20/2017 – No Missions
Pier Fire, CA (33,556 Ac.) – 2 Days – 9/22/2017
Thomas Fire, CA (281,893 Ac. ) – 26 Days – 12/6/2017
Total 98 Days
2018
Thomas Fire, CA – Cont. (281,893 Ac. ) – 3 Days – 1/1/2018
Ferguson Fire, CA (96,901 Ac. ) – 16 Days – 7/19/2018
Carr Fire, CA (229,651 Ac. ) – 7 Days – 8/14/2018
Klondike Fire, OR (175,258 Ac. ) – 12 Days – 8/21/2018
Mendocino Complex, CA (459,123 Ac. ) – 5 Days – 8/21/2018
Delta Fire, CA (63,311 Ac. ) – 26 Days – 9/7/2018
Total 69 Days