Cohasset rd is severely compromised and will need several crews and dozens to clear it after the fire front passes. 100 vehicles sheltering in place at the radio towers, asking if nat guard helicopters can be used to start shuttling people out
Edit: structure group requesting 45 engines 18 dozers and 10 water tenders
30 additional strike teams any type
ANG CH-47’s available for evacs
Staging is now Marauder St. and Ryan Ave. @ Chico Airport
6,465 acres updated
The fire has been mapped at 45,549 acres by FIRIS Intel 24.
Here’s extended freqs for Park.
CDF CMD2 is ordered, still running on BTU CMD
Air Tactics FM: 169.2875
Air/Ground: 159.345 t192.8 (CDF A/G 8)
Rotor Vic: 125.525
Tacs assigned: CDF Tac 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, VTAC13, VTAC14,
Partial Type 1 STEN from Region 1, Area C en route at 0730: PAS E31, GLN E27, WCV E124
Long Beach and La Verne are the remaining rigs
From Dr. Daniel Swain @weatherwest about 4 minutes ago…The Park Fire is continuing to grow rapidly and exhibit extreme behavior/exotic phenomena in its plume, including strong rotation/vortices and supercell-like structure.
Hang on for a wild day with this one. It is still early. Heads up this afternoon.
The fire is now 71,489 acres per CAL FIRE
71,000 acres in under 24hrs
Spot across Chico Creek and making a hard run
Now at 120k acres as mapped by Intel ship
