Noble Creek, definitely better than Prado or Madera staging!
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With all the resources being demoed, and a planned PSPS, any word on holding OES resources for the next few days in South ops?
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Yes OES and Cal Fire strike teams getting demobed are being held in Staging, not sure about LG.
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Many OES/LG ST’s were demobbed this am. After a couple hours on the road, they turned them around to stage in Riverside for the upcoming wind event.
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On the aviation side, the assets propositioned for this next wind event is nothing less than extraordinary on an interagency basis in southern California,
12 LATs
2 VLATS
8 MAFFS
8 S2s
8 CL -415s
30+ Helicopters
5 Leadplanes/ASMs
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I know LACO has the 2 Scoopers, where did the others come from, and any idea where they’re staging?
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LACO has two more
241 & 247 from Canada
Four more based at Santa Maria
284 - 285 came from Montana.
262 - 263 came from Spokane, WA
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Has to be the largest collection of air assets assigned in January I’ve ever heard of.
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Consider it an omen of things to come.
Having a dispersed year-round fleet ready will probably be standard in the next year or two. … ok, maybe in the next four or five years, given the lag time between real-world events and actual operational response to said events.
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SoCal (CSR) keeps Hemet & Ramona Staffed year round with
1AA
2AT
Plus the Helicopters at Prado, Hemet, and San Diego.
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This is all well and good……but not one of those resources are going to be able to fly in the winds we are expecting.
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But they will already be there the moment that they are able to.
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