Please use this thread for all Q&D
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2 additional tankers, two copters any type and closest requested. A504 (trainee AA) has been assigned from Paso.
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What happened to split channel request. Sheriff keeps over riding fire
Early and a relatively small incident.
If structures burned, that’s very appropriate; not too mention the current fuel conditions and holiday weekend.
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Maybe there are different definitions of extended attack.
Here’s one:
Extended Attack Incident
- An incident that exceeds the capability of the initial attack resources and/or organization to successfully manage the incident to conclusion.
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This is a subject we should explore further in another thread. I have often cringed when I hear “this will go extended” there is a very distinct definition of extended attack.
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Yep because this one is not extended attack but it’s extended mop up. there’s a good chance of a number of blue oaks will flare up in the burn in the next couple of days like the last fire in the area.
I would say the definition is rather vague and up to interpretation. It all depends on what you would consider “augmentation of initial attack resources”. But yes, I think most of us generally have a similar picture in out heads when we hear extended. 
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Just glad they got a handle on it. Lost the aircraft out of Columbia for awhile. That IA aircraft makes a difference on a lot of our fire in TCU. That can help it from going Extended.
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I’m curious as to where the missing load from tanker 137 landed, probably going to hear about some cars and homes in Fresno turning pink😂
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Sounds like 137 had a computer malfunction on tank, retardant was never released from aircraft, light system showed tank was empty after take off. Disaster averted. No new paint jobs for vehicles like a couple years ago with a MD-87 tank release.
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