State ID: CA
3 letter designator: KRN
Fire name: East
Location: Round Mountain Road and Eastmont Road
Reported acres:50-75 acres
Rate of spread: UNK
Report on Conditions:
Structure threat:
Resources: additional response from Kern and a crew strike team order placed.
Hazards:
Weather:
Radio channels:
Scanner link:
Webcam link: ALERTCalifornia - Pine Mtn Kern 1
Agency Website:
AA12 trainiee is taking the fire, requesting training Lead 55 from Santa Maria.
Requesting an additional type 1 air tanker.
This order was changed, a training tanker from Hemet had been started. Putting a hold on the type 1 from fresno
Intel 24 on scene
550 acres per IC
Additional type 3 air tanker.
Kern is shuffling some resources around to assign them to this fire. Kern has had multiple fires the last few days that are still in mop up status and have resources assigned.
A Santa Barbara Strike team is in Kern responding to this incident.
2 Engine ST ordered.
5 additional type 1 tankers in addition to the one on hold
IC requesting an addition Lima strike team and arson investigat units.
South ops UTF on 2 of the type 1 tanker orders, asking to replace them with type 3s. Traffic was walked over, so don’t know what he decided.
4:35PM 8/1/2023 FIRIS has mapped the fire at 543 acres.
Per radio traffic, there is an approximately two-acre spot fire on the south side of Round Mountain Road.
916 acres now per FIRIS.
New Start too. 100 acres MROS light flashies 2 feet tall grass. LRA
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Vegetation Fire @ West Side Hwy × Hwy 46 - Kern County - #VegetationFire https://share.watchduty.org/i/9127
1291 acres now
BEU just sent two Charlie’s Immediate need to KRN. That’s their 3 Charlie out.
FKU taking three tankers for a new start
I believe T73 T74 and T78 are being diverted per traffic from ECC to Air Attack
Wildcad has paramount fire listed for the name of the fire off 46 highway in kern
SO OPS cancelling one of the three diverted tankers. East IC is getting T73 back.