New mapping of the #GrahamFire, captured at 11pm, 6/10/2022. About 150 acres, and 1.3 miles from heel to head. The 2014 Campbell Fire is shown in blue. We’ll have a video up later this morning about this fire and the Lassen Foothills in general on The Lookout YouTube channel.
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They were hammering the east side hard with retardant yesterday, sometimes directly on the flames in attempt to stop its relentless spread east. With the terrain, the fire kept rolling out and spotting underneath itself.
The entire retardant show was in place to buy time to get the crews in. Three more hotshot crews will fly in today. They seemed confident those addl crews should wrap this up.
At one point when they lost their S2’s mid afternoon for IA, Susanville asked for Values At Risk to justify a 2nd Type 1 tanker. Air attack seemed a bit incredulous the question was asked, but answered high risk for escape to the east. I believe they got two more T1 and the S2’s came back. Some fixed wing released well before pumpkin sounds like they accomplished their goals last night.
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Confusing information…original posts say no ground access, yet the info sheet says 13 type 3 engines and one dozer assigned.
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And it mentions a dozer too which it was my understanding that dozers aren’t allowed on Forestry land and they couldn’t get in to this fire either. Although a friend of mine has been listening to the scanner traffic non stop and he did say that they have created a structure group… For what structures I have no idea.
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I think they are flying in the crews. Lack of hand crews that are around, you use the engines and tool them up. There are some old structures just outside if the wilderness that they protecting, I believe. I could also see the dozer doing contingency work on the wilderness border. This is all a guess though.
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Dozers were approved in the LNP last year on the Dixie Fire. They needed a high level of approval through the administering agency.
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Yes I understand however haven’t heard they’ve been approved for this one. Just the use of retardant.
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The Engines and dozers are being used for contingency work and structure prep if it gets up and moves to the south towards Cambellville
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Things have been looking real good all day. AA just did a transition, not a single bucket mission during previous Air Attack’s cycle out. Cargo missions are finished for the day. Helitack crews will be extracted later this evening.
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#GrahamFire in the Ishi Wilderness is 153 acres and 15% contained. Minimal fire behavior observed today with no growth since the previous IR mapping mission. Type 2 CAIIMT 14 has been assigned with a tentative transition to command tomorrow morning. https://bit.ly/3zvV9Pu
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June 12, 2022 — Activity on the Graham Fire has been moderate with a small amount of growth over the last 24 hours. The fire area experienced light precipitation overnight.
Yesterday: Crews continued to build containment lines around the perimeter of the fire. Engine crews also worked in the Campbellville community doing structure preparation. Acreage on the fire increased from 100 acres to 153 acres.
Today: Crews will continue to reinforce containment lines, increasing the distance between the containment lines and the interior of the fire, and eliminating any hot spots. Fire Behavior: Today’s fire behavior is expected to be low to moderate with smoldering and creeping fire. With the potential for thunderstorm activity later today, fire behavior can be affected. The fire is burning in Grass Shrub, Brush, and Timber. Weather: Showers are likely in the morning hours with a slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Temperatures will be down approximately 6 degrees with an increase in relative humidity. Winds are expected to increase throughout the day.Fire Statistics: 153 acres; 15 percent containment Resources assigned to the incident:300 Personnel
9 Hand Crews
7 Helicopters
13 Engines
1 Bulldozer
10 Smokejumpers
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Couple of things on the fire. The Type 2 IMT did not take command of the fire. The IA troops and air show did a great job and the fire is looking much better. The Type 2 Team also stayed in tact so if the predicted wind and/or lightning event caused any issues they were there to immediately take to fire. The Type 2 Team will stay in place is a support mode for a couple of days assisting with logistics, finance issues, etc. and are looking at demob on Tuesday. Kind of different but it makes sense.
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I think that was a smart play.
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Does anybody know if that Huey flying over the Graham is demob or if he is making drops?
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More then likely it is doing shuttle missions to remove some of the crews and/or flying supplies in or backhauling equipment and supplies.
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