Any talk of IMT?
Haven’t seen anything but there is a South Bay IMT that would likely get used prior to a Cal Fire team activation. Good chance they are already in place. All depends on what they anticipate.
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The South Bay IMT has been activated and is on the way. I don’t have any other details right now.
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I am at work in XPL and have not heard any strike team activation and we are first up. Where did you get your info?
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Alameda County just punched out 2870 Charlie
XAL2870C in route immediate need
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I do as well, the wires might have been crossed as I’m not at work today. Saw a few posts about it but thought it was odd since we are supposed to be on the first out as well and I never got a phone call. Maybe someone heard NEU get punched out and thought it was XPL
After some digging that’s indeed what it was.
South Bay Type 3 team activation is now been stopped and a Type 1 Team has been requested for tomorrow.
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Cal fire Team
6 should is lauching.
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Question for the team. If Hollister is out of retardent, why not send S2’s to Santa Rosa??
Both bases closer air NM
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Thanks Flapjack. that is a surprise to me. Learn something new everyday.
I’m going to guess HAAB will be replenished with retardant by tomorrow morning.
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Also if the distance is a toss up, or close, Columbia or Paso would be easier for the pilot. There is some complex airspace between the fire and Santa Rosa that could create a higher work load for a single pilot aircraft.
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Are you sure XAL-2870 C isn’t OES-2870 C
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It is an OES st
It used to be 4 hrs from phone call to semi-truck pulling up to the silo at PRAAB when that happened. Montsano in Fresno always made a priority truck available.
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Yes indeed. The current company (the company name is changing almost yearly now), formally called Monsanto, knows there is money to be made.
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AA460 T79 T80 and 2 private copters (6LH, 1KA) are working the fire
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Looks like Tankers 86, 104 are on it as well with T137 out of Santa Maria inbound.
AA505 has been on station for awhile with AA460
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