Multiple loads of retardant was put down near the infrastructure before dark.
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The big problem with most of these sites is that agencies just lease tower space and rack space in a vault so they donât have direct control of the site. I was working at one site where over 30 different radio systems were in play so itâs a nightmare of whoâs who. Yeah I have made the recommendation to have the site owners do some fuel reduction but sometimes it falls on deaf ears until its to late.
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I manage fuels at a site at the east string of towers. I have equipment co-housed in the building with the Sheriff, EMS and other county agencies. It has partial generator backup that has been running for 36 hours already. Far longer then the impact of the fire. Probably PGE damage from direct lighting damage upon the storms arrival.
CalFire crews have been clearing fuels through out the winter for the past two years from the bottom to the top. I spoke with them while working up there. I applaud their impressive effort that I saw after they completed the workâŚat least the eastern ridge was void of much fuels. I didnât inspect the western ridge radio sites.
The site bringing the video feed is housed with all cellular carriers at the Crown Castle company (a nation wide site leasing company, investors for profit). My equipment, Sheriff and SoCal Edison, and cell carriers are all close together.
The Sheriff is very much appreciative of my annual efforts . I believe they have been running fuel for the generator already. The road should be easy to clear of burned down oaks.
With so many fire names, is this the Bolt fire on Bear?
And
Any change in the air tactics frequencies from what they were using yesterday, CDF AT6 ?
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This is the bolt fire on bear mountain.
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Exactly Mark! Everyone suffers and the safety factor in losing critical comms plays a huge role. Many of these sites are simply not proactive, just reactive as weâve seen hundreds of times over the years.
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Is it Team 5 or 6? And does anyone know when they take the incident?
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Extended freqs assigned:
FKU-Flash
- CDF CMD2 - 151.265 t110.9
- Air Tactics FM - 169.400
- CDF Air/Ground 12 - 159.405 t192.8
- AM Victors - 133.675, 119.725
- TOLC - 123.025
- CDF Tacs 27, 28, 29, 30
FKU-Hog
- Air Tactics FM - 169.100
- CDF Air/Ground 15 - 159.2775 t192.8
- Rotor Vic - 127.575
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I remember in 2016 during the goose fire calfire put a crew and couple of engines at the black mountain com site to prep it then they stayed there as the fire came up the mountain hours later.
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Looking ahead to next weeks weather, they better get with the program it looks like all triple digits next week. July 4th Fresno 106, good times.
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Crown site appears to have made it through. Watching the replay looks like the roof on two of the shelters across from it torched off.
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OPs and AA updated that the 180 side of Bolt is currently getting in-direct dozer line (Div.D) and they will fire out the remaining fuels between the fire edge and dozer line. They will receive air support as needed.
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AA from the Flash sent to Helibase at Ketcher Field for a new start. FKU sending out a 1st alarm assignment.
This is on the backside of the R/S mountain.
1 Acre Slow ROS
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FROS stopped on the Helibase fire. 2 acres, ground resources just arriving now.
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Hog Fire requesting AA and 2 tankers back to the incident for a flare up on the Hog Fire
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IC reports open fire line, right flank, requesting additional resources. Fire running uphill up slope.
Command for Hog switched to FKU Local 2 151.160
@14:35 MOVED command back to CDF Command 2 per Complex IC
Tankers on 169.100 Air Tactics
additional: 2 Tankers, 1 copter, 1 Strike team of type 3 engines, 1 crew strike teamâŚso far
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Hog Fire has released the air tankers and is cancelling the relief AA for the Hog.
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The Bolt and the Flash have met each other on the Western Side. It appears that the Bolt has not made it all the way to Elwood.
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Most of these mountain top Comm sites have all invested thousands of dollars in the equipment there but never think about the associated risks. As CF ATGS from 1988 through 2003, I personally had AT retardant drops over a dozen times around many Comm sites. Some survived the wildfire but most had very significant losses of antennas, vaults and power infrastructure.
In SoOps after my retirement from CF, I worked with HPWREN in the early stages of the network on mountain top sites. The first thing we collaborated with agencyâs was adequate clearance of infrastructure for HPWREN. Most had no defensible space, but CF was willing to address that by having hand crews do the site work.
Many werenât very concerned, except for the government agencies. Sadly many Comm sites cannot survive from heavy flame fronts without assistance.
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Hog must be giving them fits again.
AA reordered relief and 2 tankers from Porterville.
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