Reported new fire…Boysen Fire
Another fire off Spring Mountain Rd in Napa Co, just west of St Helena being called the #BoysenFire - 50+ acres & well established, IC wants evacuations for Spring Mountain Rd which will be impacted shortly. Separate to the #ShadyFire & #GlassFire.
From CA Fire Scanner on Twitter
Boysen IC is now branch 5 of the glass incident
And Shady is its own incident with evacs extending into Sonoma County
Comm plan for West Zone? Specifically near Bennett Valley Golf course? Don’t know what division this is? TIA.
I think they changed. They were still on LNU west tone 10 but its dead quiet now. There was an announcement from saint Helena but I missed what was said…
try CDF CMD 1 151.355
Also not sure where my air freqs landed with the thread cleanups but here goes again
Air Tactics 167.425
A/G 159.375/192.8 (CDF Tac 20)
Rotor Vic 123.825
TFR/Vic 132.675
Been monitoring CMD1 but silent for about an hour. No traffic on LNU west at all. Maybe they moved over to an NIFC?
Until all of the radio frequencies get squared away, I am using this online scanner: Northern California Major Incident. It has the Air Traffic as well as the Command frequency operational. What I don’t hear, is much for the West Branch. Keep in mind that since this is now being run as a single incident, the air traffic will all be through the same AA.
So far, command should definitely still be active on CMD 1 and LNU West. They are planning to move to CDF CMD 11 151.1675/103.5 eventually, so get that in the rotation. No timing, it could be mid-operational shift today since that’s in everyone’s radio load, or in the next op period or two…
Does anyone have a decent shot of an ops map, or heat signatures?
Have a lot of family out in front of this thing and evacuated, trying to put their minds at ease.
Latest as of 0405
So I guess I missed the call. Running the whole thing on CMD-1 now. LNU West clear for new business. West has been assigned the double letter divisions. Will scan CMD-11 and wait.
Units reporting winds starting to pick up in many areas. Sounds like units have been doing fire front following most of the day to protect structures.
Anyone know how City of St. Helena is looking? It seems it is about to be encircled, if I’m understanding the addresses called out on the radio correctly–correct me if I’m wrong.
I too am curious…
I left last night when Boysen evacs were called (initially dispatched as a structure fire). Went back around noon – power is out but no impacts to St. Helena proper. Could see column through heavy smoke in Fir Hill area. Activity picking up this afternoon on both sides of 29 just north of town.
Did anyone catch the traffic regarding Annadel Park? There were crews working in the area and gave a report but the traffic was broken