17V and the OCFA ships(Coulson contract aircraft) have been flying the fire. The type 1 was unable to drop. The intelligence gathering ship is being kept on scene while 261CG returns to base.
AA 51 and helicopter 531 are being requested to the fire
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Day shift request: 5 type 3 strike teams, 8 golf crews, 2 dozers, 2 copters, 4 S2s, several overhead
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1,281 acres per Coulson copter.
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All schools in the Murrieta Valley School District will be closed tomorrow 9/5/2019.
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AA51 Assuming air attack… Helo 531 on scene… Working Div Juliet
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Why can H-531 drop, but not the S-76? Was it mechanical?
Is there a website that tells resources that are needed? ROSS
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They can not load from a water source they have not seen in the daylight per department policy.
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The night flying aircraft was unable to work because the contract says they must be able to approve the dipsite in daylight…so because it hadn’t seen the dip site in the day it was turned around.
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#TenajaFire near Murrieta, 1500 acres, 7% contained per press briefing
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Copter 531 from Angeles NF worked all night with AA51 as the lead plane
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The VMP’s for the last 5 years have been done deeper inside the reserve. That section hasn’t seen fire in a while. Any of the old-timers know the history of fires behind station 75?
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There was a fire within the last 10 years believe it was the Cresta fire started near the visitor center burned along the Ridgeline behind 75 but didn’t go down the hill, it was a 100 acres plus. There was a fires in 1975,1981
That’s good to know. Looks like the weather today is about the same as yesterday, so the winds will be difficult to forecast. Hopefully that area will get some rain.
Quite a few type 1 and type 3 STs hit the road over night for day shift
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Also the S-76 (ORCO76) is the helco ship that leads the S-61(ORCO61) for the water drops and provides intel to the ground.