CA-AEU-Coyote

State ID: CA
3 letter designator: AEU
Fire name: Coyote
Location: SE of Coyoteville Lane x Cedar Creek Road; Somerset, CA
Reported acres: 20
Rate of spread: moderate
Report on Conditions: active on all sides with short range spotting and active runs in heavy fuels.
Structure threat: not currently
Resources: AA440, T80, T82, T83, T85, T86, T88, T89, T100
HC601, HC9WL, HT7MB, HT401AJ
Hazards: difficult access for ground resources
Weather: PGE- Fair Play Road wx
Radio channels:
Scanner link: El Dorado and Amador Counties Public Safety Live Audio Feed
Webcam link: Omo Ranch 2
Mt. Aukum 2
Fiddletown 1
Leek Springs
Agency Website:

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Coyote AA reports the fire is well established with no good ridges/terrain to hold the fire currently.

38 acres on both sides of Farnham creek. Spotting and active torching.

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60+ acres and making a good run on the camera

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164ac mapped by intel ship at 1700

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Cal Fire reporting 284 acres at 5:25 p.m. on their Facebook page.

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At 1735 reported as 488 acres and now moving out too. Night flying copters on order,

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XSA punching out immediate need OES T3 strike team.

SAC STEN
SAC STEN-T
SAC 8432
CSM 8433
SCR 8434
EYO 8435
XSJ 4306

Overhead going out a well.

XSA T3 IMT has been activated. In brief 0700.

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400 acres at 7:47 (19:47) per Watch Duty. They were nailing it with mud up until just before dark. Three helos on it now.

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XKE ST9470C KB5, KB2, 311, 322, 345, 356, 357

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Night Flyers done at 0300, Now 554 acres with almost no containment yet.

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Extended Attack freqs assigned to AEU-Coyote

CDF CMD2 ordered, not sure if in use or using local net or a county command.
Air Tactics FM: 167.550
Air/Ground: CDF A/G 4 159.225 t192.8
AM Victors: 123.650, 118.425
CDF Tacs 13, 14, 15, 16

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624 acres now. Vlats on order.

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Additional copters now on order. No perimeter increase as of 1515 hrs today.

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That ended quicker than it took to get to what it is !

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