Whoever is starting these fires needs to be neutralized.
Highway 395 x Brown Road.
Didn’t catch who advised it but said engines cannot make access due to aqueduct road so this will be an air and crew show
Dubbed the “Noname” incident per SOPS and will be on the CDD.
In the area of Ridgecrest.
CMD: BLM CDD Admin
Aircraft assigned: AA410, B71, T76, T78, FW51, T102, T106, T12, T210, T911
Rotor: HLCO (5AS), HT95B, HT8PJ, H522, 73U
Copter 522 lifting off Porterville enroute.
3 LAT’s requested but one may be filled with a VLAT
Air estimates fire is 50-70 acres
Asking for three strike teams of crews
T911 (SBD) and 5AS (HLCO-trainee) from Hemet-Ryan assigned.
Owens Valley Crews are down the street.
Fenner Crews would be closer. IDK if we still have crews at Fenner Canyon with all the cuts that have gone on.
KRN has 3 crews enroute.
I will split the difference with you, it’s about the halfway point. I believe Fenner still has 2 crews.
Listening to air attack they kept mentioning there was a near miss with a glider early on in the fire. They are keeping fire traffic well west of the highway and IYK airport traffic. Not ideal when there’s only a few areas where it’s not restricted airspace for those of you who are familiar with the R-2508 airspace.
? Where do you look to see what crews are on the fire? New here and son is on NONAME but engine isn’t showing
California Desert District, BLM