fema daily headsUp for Monday Aug 24 2026

 National Current Operations / Monitoring – August 23-24, 2026

New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Operations:
• No new significant incidents / operations

Hazard Monitoring:
• Severe Thunderstorms – Northern-Central Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley
• Tropical Activity:
   ○ Atlantic:
      • Disturbance 1 (AL95): Medium (50%)
      • Disturbance 2: Medium (50%)
   ○ Eastern and Central Pacific:
      • Tropical Storm Lala
      • Tropical Depression Moke
      • Tropical Storm Iselle
      • Disturbance 1 (EP91): Medium (40%)
      • Disturbance 2: High (80%)
      • Disturbance 3: Low (30%)
      • Disturbance 4: Low (20%)

Disaster Declaration Activity:
• No new declaration activity

Event Monitoring:
• No new significant events

(no listing of wildfires but the wildfire map shows Hawk Fire near Reno with 13 homes destroyed and Pine Tree Road Fire in Arkansas with 1 building destroyed - all other fires seem to be mostly unchanged)

Barnstead NH had a building fire call - 19 Aug 2026 2114 pm

 Barnstead NH had a building fire call - 19 Aug 2026 2114 pm

2114 PM - report of smoke from neighbors house with explosions heard

six 2 tone sets sent - 159.90

Barnstead Fire additional call + 9 Eng 3 + 25 Eng 4 + Alton 1 Eng 2 +
Pittsfield Eng 1 + Pittsfield Amb

apparently the (inhouse) firefighters at the Barnstead fire station
were busy responding to a earlier EMS call - might have been a
stabbing call iirc - so the offduty and / or call members of Barnstead
had to go to their station to get their rigs on the road

units signing on were told "Channel 5" by the dispatcher - but most of
the response comms seemed to be on Channel 1 (159.90) - just the
dispatcher was heard on 159.90 at my location over the air

2121 - 6 Eng 1 responding with driver only

2121 - 6 Portable 9 at scene checking - check the call

2123 - caller will come out

2125 - 6 C11 at scene with electrical odor

2127 - 6E1 at scene

2133 - 6 Tower 1 responding

2135 - 9E3 + 25E4 at scene - 6 Tanker 1 responding

2136 - 1 Eng 2 at scene

2140 - 6 tanker 1 at scene

2142 - 25 C1 at scene

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lets review - 9 minutes until first unit reached scene - that was a
portable radio unit only

7 minutes for Barnstead Eng 1 to roll with just 1 person

13 minutes for 5 Eng 1 to arrive

19 minutes to get Tower 1 on the road

21 minutes for 9 E3 and 25 E4 to arrive - they might have had 2 people
each or 3 or 4

the fire location was apparently 6 minutes from the Barnstead fire station

9E3 might have been staffed at the station - not sure about 25E4

bottom line - when the barnstead ambulance goes out on a call - it
will take 7 to 21 minutes to get the fire trucks rolling

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this is the reality of fire services in New Hampshire in 2026

there might be a 50/50 chance that ALL of these fire units responded
with just 1 person on board - thats what happened at the Searsmont
Maine fire more or less

not sure how these agencies are maintaining their ISO ratings below a Class 10

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delete - delete - delete - stand by and stand by

proposed new FCC rule

lets get the FCC to write a new rule any agency that has Vtac or Utac or Itac radio channels in their radios must assure that their county seat has at least 1 base station on a nationwide interop channel - preferably EMP protected with backup power supply and high elevation - one HT duck taped to the top of a 75 foot aerial ladder does qualify

fema daily headsUp for Sunday Aug 23 2026

 National Current Operations / Monitoring – August 22-23, 2026

New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Operations:
• No new significant incidents / operations

Hazard Monitoring:
• Severe Thunderstorms – Central Great Basin to Northern Plains
• Tropical Activity
  ○ Atlantic:
      • Disturbance 1: Low (10%)
      • Disturbance 2: Low (30%)
      • Disturbance 3: Med (50%)
  ○ Central and Eastern Pacific:
      • Tropical Storm Lala
      • Tropical Storm Moke
      • Disturbance 1 (EP92): High (near 100%)
      • Disturbance 2 (EP91): Med (40%)
      • Disturbance 3: Med (60%)

Disaster Declaration Activity:
• FMAG Approval: Hawk Fire – NV
• Request: Emergency Declaration – HI

Event Monitoring:
• Freedom 250 Grand Prix – Washington, D.C.

(western wildfires - nothing new muchly)

special safety sign in falmouth maine

https://maps.app.goo.gl/mQMPK4Q4vD44Ssdv9 for school - on highway - on a curve - has solar cells - has flashing yellow lights - has 15 mph limit when lights flashing they probably need this on every interstate - when a crash is seen or reported - turn on the flashing yellow lights - make it 25 mph maybe on the freeways

fema daily headsUp for Sat Aug 22 2026

 National Current Operations / Monitoring – August 21-22, 2026

New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Operations:
• No new significant incidents / operations

Hazard Monitoring:
• Severe Thunderstorms – Ohio Valley and Great Lakes to Appalachians
• Heavy Rain / Flash Flooding – Mid-Atlantic
• Critical Fire Weather – California to Northern Intermountain
• Tropical Activity
  ○ Atlantic:
      • Disturbance 1: Low (20%)
      • Disturbance 2: Low (20%)
      • Disturbance 3: Low (30%)
  ○ Central and Eastern Pacific:
      • Hurricane Lala (CAT-1)
      • Tropical Storm Moke
      • Disturbance 1 (EP92): High (80%)
      • Disturbance 2 (EP91): Med (50%)
      • Disturbance 3: Med (40%)
  ○ Western Pacific:
      • Typhoon Saudel

Disaster Declaration Activity:
• FMAG Approval: Pine Tree Road Fire – AR

Event Monitoring:
• Freedom 250 Grand Prix – Washington, D.C.

(nothing much new on western wildfires - 1 wildfire in Georgia highlighted - ????)

Hacker targets ‘Grand Theft Auto VI' in apparent leak

 per NBC Boston