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:
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.
60+ acres and making a good run on the camera
164ac mapped by intel ship at 1700
Cal Fire reporting 284 acres at 5:25 p.m. on their Facebook page.
At 1735 reported as 488 acres and now moving out too. Night flying copters on order,
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.
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.
XKE ST9470C KB5, KB2, 311, 322, 345, 356, 357
Night Flyers done at 0300, Now 554 acres with almost no containment yet.
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
624 acres now. Vlats on order.
Additional copters now on order. No perimeter increase as of 1515 hrs today.
That ended quicker than it took to get to what it is !