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Extended Frequencies
Air Tactics FM 169.200
A/G 159.345 (tac 18, tone 192.8)
Rotor Vic 119.075 (and TFR)
Addl ground tacs ordered CDF Tacs 26, 27, 28, VFires 24, 25, 26
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AA up over the fire, ordering tankers for retardant work in div. R. Expect crews to get drops right in on and around structures.
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They updated the Evacuation Warning and Fire Advisement boundaries. Now the Fire Advisement is extending to the Mariposa/Madera County Line in places. This means that Madera County needs to get their site going or there will be no information on evacuations south of the Mariposa county line.
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Type 1 local govt ST from SLO headed that way.
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Note: Winds on 0500 spot have changed to South Southwest. Diurnal influences well noted.
https://www.weather.gov/spot/php/forecast.php?snumunum=2215581.0&lat=37.68725102021804&lon=-119.70933709643491&z=9
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1471A (Morro Bay, SLO City, Five Cities, Camp Roberts, and CF/SLO Co.)
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9100 acres per AA
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Helco is having difficulty with spotting over the line he is supporting. (maybe working the west finger). Dozers and crews keep having to pull back and start building line again. By the time he seeing them he says they are 5 acre spots.
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For reference, HELCO is N555AS
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Highly probable. Another copter type1 lifting from Mariposa heliport will be joining them.
EDIT UPDATE: AA said his drop lines are a patch work. To existing drops or defensive structure protection??
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AA did mention he’s also getting 2 additional type 1 choppers from the Washburn. that was about 10 ago.
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They are going to need a Weather change of some type of Fuel change or Fuel modification to slow this down.
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Helo N231AA lifted from Truckee Airport ~~ 5 minutes ago. Dispatch was scratchy but appears headed to the Oak (per Flightradar24)
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