You may find the comms in the Ventura County section. They normally have a LPF component in there.
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A/G 41 167.4750
LP FN T14 170.4625
LP TAC 3 168.2625
LP TAC 4 168.1250
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(Slight tangent: I cannot possibly be the only one that is utterly annoyed they’re going with such a generic name as the “Lake” Fire yet again, right? We’ve had literally two other infamous fires in California in the last 10 years named the Lake Fire. May have well called this the Zaca 2 Fire. Anyway…)
I’m old enough to remember the stubborn nature of Zaca’s burn pattern as it punked through that landscape for literal months (coincidentally igniting almost to the day of this fire’s ignition, July 4) but that was at least partially bolstered by overgrowth that hadn’t burned in much of that area since the Wellman Fire of '66. Maybe after almost two decades the overgrowth is pretty similar but it remains to be seen.
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THAT BECAME THE SAME FIRE
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SBC name the fire sycamore but it is not in their jurisdiction. LPF named it the lake fire.
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Life safety alert, powerlines down at the heel
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I came and spend 14 days on the Zaca 1 fire on Heaps Peak Helitack to only return a week later and did another 21 days on the Zac’s 2! I agree with the name! Should be the Zaca 3!!!
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Lets save the name discussion for another day guys. The fire name is the Lake.
lets get back to discussion about the current incident.
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“Punked through that landscape?” Lol
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Speaking from experience, when your center is getting blown up, and you trying to shag 911s and get the dispatch out, you often don’t have time to be creative with the incident name. That is why there are a lot of: Ridge, creek, oak, pine ect names. Try your hardest not to name it after a fatality fire, but beyond that it’s hard.
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I’m in a good position to see it. The fire just crested a ridge on the western side. It is really boiling up too.
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Per IC fire is 40+ acres
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Everyone: Please post facts. We are NOT in the business of suggesting where resources should or should not be coming from or what an Incident name should or should not be. The objective of this site is to provide verifiable intel not armchair quarterback on what people who are working hard to make the appropriate decisions on staffing and where those resources are coming from.
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AA requesting a total of 10 air tankers, preferably LAT’s, but will take any type.
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I spent two months on the Zaca. Copter over turned at helibase and the fire broke through the gap. Then it ran the ridge for another month and I threw in the towel… get me back to the Station.
SBC had a great radio system for command.
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Fire is spotting well out now
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Anyone have a scanner link?
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The fact we’re seeing these flames in broad daylight from cameras that are quite far from the fireline is a testament to this fires attitude. Got to be at least 100 foot flamelengths. Can only imagine the spotting potential.
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the Figueroa 2 cam … is that in front of the head of this fire…at someones house?
Could make for an interesting view.
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