State ID: CA
3 letter designator: SCU/CCE CALFIRE Santa Clara Unit/East Contra Costa County Fire District
Fire name: Bradford?
Location: Bradford Island
Reported acres:200
Rate of spread: Moderate
Report on Conditions: Wind driven fire, island inaccessible by road, ferry transportation only
Structure threat: Report of structure loss/threat
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Hazards:
Weather:
Radio channels:
Webcam link: ALERTWildfire | South-East Bay
Agency Website:
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Primarily wetland habitat with heavy tules. ABC7 News had a copter above it earlier shooting video.
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Every time this island burns it brings up the discussion around who is responsible for extinguishment.
Well… pretty certain that this one’s not an NV-HTF incident 
(Just being snarky - not trying to derail the thread with politics and/or opinions)
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You would think either US or California Fish and Feathers would have some ownership…
Would be a great location for a 234 class…just saying.
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Definitely not in SRA. Also, not in a local fire district. Unprotected.
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Years past unprotected defaults to state fire marshal
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Unprotected land falls back on the county government and not the state.
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Hey 4 between Discovery Bay and Stockton is unprotected and fires fall on CalTrans
It falls under SRA. Don’t know about currently, but years ago Oakley/Knightsen used to respond to the Island. You had to attention to the tides. The old ferry ramp got steep at a low tide.
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If there is a Life safety threat then Stockton responds to that entire stretch. For a fire with no threat we usually dumped a tank of water then got told to go home. Every once in a while we got Calfire to respond and they would handle, but that was rare. Never saw caltrans lol
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It’s definitely not SRA. There’s no SRA for miles in any direction and an island in the delta that’s primarily a mud bog of peat and tule reeds would have a hard time meeting the definition of grazing land.
It also wouldn’t serve as a good location for a 234 class as it takes a ferry to get there, it’s not conducive to that type of teaching environment and it’s just plain muddy.
Short new article on the Bradford fire
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Surrounded by Delta Smelt habitat that no longer has any there. All the smelt now are being kept and raised at UC Davis by USFW.
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DPA maps show direct protection provider is local. LRA.
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