Running Springs Update, afternoon 6-30

Good afternoon, I have been out since breakfast talking and delivering goodies (6 pots of coffee and all our orange juice, which is suddenly the hottest thing). There is a lot of activity and much debate about what to do today.
Good news:
The Orr Series/Montgomery Woods fire did not grow materially yesterday. I have the map from this morning, and the edges are the same as they were. Two days of still air and cooler weather has really helped give us time to prepare.
There are numerous crews here today. It was inspiring to see them all lined up at the mailboxes this morning. They are "mopping up" the controlled burns from yesterday and creating more dozer firebreaks in several key locations. They are expanding some of the lines on our place. There are now good defenses in the form of burned area or dozer breaks along much of the area
where the fire appears to be coming.
Today Brian Kornegay (the IC for the Orr Series/Montgomery Woods fire) and I drove up on the ridge line between our place and Montgomery Woods and then over to the Durfees to scout out places where the ranch could be vulnerable and to look for ideal places to protect and/or back-burn. I admit that I have no idea what an IC is (except that it is some kind of big cheese, and his name is first in the briefings), but Brian is a great person and is totally dedicated to protecting our ranch. In the last 6 hours, I have spoken with people from several different agencies and many different fire crews, and all are hard at work!
Bad news:
The fire is still strong on the other side of the hill, in Montgomery Woods and West of Montgomery Woods. Although we have felt much calmer here because of the big effort, the fire crews I talk to don't really see it the same way. They are pleased to have created their defenses, but with 3,000 of acres burned and burning on the other side of the hill, and much of the area on this side heavily treed, they know there could still be trouble coming.
The winds have picked up, and they are blowing from the coast up our valleys, creating conditions that could move the fire East and South.
Not much else to report. I am sorry that I have been so busy outside and not been as consistent with these updates, but Thanks again to all the fire crews from around here and now from Wyoming and South Dakota, too.
Best to everyone, Rod