Salt Point, 3 acres in timber, good north wind on it. Doubled aircraft order, 5 more engines, 2 more crews.
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5 LG water tenders just dispatched.
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Big Resource request going out due to the fuels the fire is burning in, thick 12”+ duff and lots of debris hanging in the trees. Since the initial response sounds like an additional cal fire type 3 strike team. A total of 11 Water Tenders, a local government strike team (type 3, or 6). 8 total hand crews, 2 additional type 1 copters, a 3rd cal fire BC, and more that I missed. Short range spotting under the column per AA, not great visibility, resources working on Hwy 1 and holding the fire west of there and north of the next camp ground to the south (possibly ocean cove?).
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The fire history when in a north wind pattern is significant. It burns well on the coast in a north wind situation.
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There was a fair sized (for the time) out at Salt Point about 35 years ago. Sorry, I don’t remember much details, but it closed that part of the part for a year or more.
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Local Govt T,ype 3 ST sent immediate need and to form at the scene
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40-50 acres, moderate rate of spread. Evacuating park. Closing Hwy 1.
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Mohrhardt Ridge
One additional Type 1 Air Tanker for a total of 2. Relief AA for 1740 hrs.
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Hwy 1 closed North from SP to Stewart Point Skaggs Springs Rd.
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There is a large amount of downed fuel load in this general area as well due to numerous typical high wind events along the coastline. Lots of available ground fuels.
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Interesting. Per IC, no CalFire Command will work out there. They will stay on Local, T12. There was a resource order as well…didn’t catch it.
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15 closest any type engines, and 3 Cal Fire T3 Strike Teams, cal Fire can respond code 2 to staging
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Must be a strong North wind as the smoke seems to be hugging the ground.
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Exactly what the AA said when he got on scene.
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Radio communications along this stretch of Hwy 1 have always been sporadic at best. Local Gov units often utilize their own frequency (Coast Blue) to communicate car-to-car. We rely on some text to 911 to receive emergency calls from parties reporting in this region as cell services are also sparse.
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