State ID: AZ
3 letter designator: TNF
Fire name: Wildcat
Location: Bartlett Dam
Reported acres: 500
Rate of spread: Moderate
Report on Conditions: Primary Aerial Attack
Structure threat: n/a
Resources:
Hazards: No ground access
Weather:
Radio channels:
Scanner link:
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T102, T163, T132, T911 all assigned with T103 & T107 inbound from ALM
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Aircraft diverted to the gopher fire (2 Lats)
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NFIC saying 5000
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4 Large Air Tankers (LATs) and 2 Very Large Air Tankers (VLATs) ordered for today - along with 3 Type-1 Helicopters. Per Watch Duty. No update on acreage or containment.
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12,195 acres a couple hours ago. The fire grew about 7000 acres since 6PM local time last night. Mostly on the east and southeast, Div H.
Undated Google Earth pic of the veg and topology of the southeast run. In the long run, maybe, some more black in those washes wouldn’t be such a terrible thing…
Photo from last night near the Div A/H break. Winds appear to have been driving to the SE but the run held to Div H, with what looks like a few firing ops for structure protection.
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Now 12000 acres per wildcad
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Mods
Please Move these from IA to Continuing Incident
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Central West Zone Incident Management Team’s Field Operations Bryant McGee provides an operations update for the #WildcatFire on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.
Location: East of the Desert Mountain Community and Tonto Hills Development; West of Bartlett Lake Reservoir in the Cave Creek Ranger District.
Start Date: May 18, 2024
Size: Approximately 14,283 acres
Percent Contained: 23%
Cause: Under investigation.
Vegetation: The fire is burning grass and brush.
Resources: 9 crews, 21 fire engines, 4 helicopters, and 4 water tenders.
Number of Personnel Assigned: 318
Information Links and Contacts:
Tonto National Forest https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/tonto/fire
InciWeb https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident…/aztnf-wildcat-fire
Fire email 2024.wildcat@firenet.gov
Information Phone (480) 608-2181
Video Briefing (1:11m): https://fb.watch/scGMcVwlMw/
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Wildcat now at 36% contained.
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