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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Any update on size?
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There was talk of a Type I IMT being assigned to Crews Fire. Seen nothing more on that, neither cancellation, nor that they were still being assigned. Any update on that?
Cal Fire IMT 6 inbriefed at OES this morning
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Per Cal Fire @ 1728
5400 Acres 20%Contained
Appropriate acreage count, as 5400 used to be SCU’s numbering system, prior to the current 1600 system. …sorry the way back machine is on today. I think Region 5 went away in the early '80’s.
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I remember the old numbering system well. Started as a FF1 in Sunol in ‘83 in the 5400 era. Define irony!
Thanks for the update. They’re requesting a REMS team for today with a report time of 1800.
Wow! I did most of my time in the Alma Battalion, starting in 1979. I did a year as an LT FC at Sunol in ‘91. Thanks for the bio…
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