AA52 (08SA) over the Garnet.
Wirewatch51 recon the forest and previous days lighting fires. He’s spent an hour+
on the Garnet already.
Someone have the intel from Firewatch 51, when he’s done?
0900 AA Requests 2 LATs (T121, T40) and Two S2 (76,78) tankers, Four Type 1 copters to the incident
Air Show begins on 169.15
Update @ 10:00; AA requesting 4 additional LAT’s
Creating the big box starting West flank
AA15 conferring with Lead 64 about an hour before the thunder storms might cut
off the Air drops on the east flank.
ADD: T167, T102, T103 to the round robin into FAT
Diverted to Aberdeen Fire: T40, T121, T76, T78- BLM fire N. of Independence
Tankers released back to the fire @1440. Making good progress per AA.
Update 1520: AA Reports all copters and fixed wing off the fire due to 47kt
downdrafts from storms. Reports all lines lost in Div.W, east flank
Load and hold respective bases. This applies to all nearby fires on the forest.
CA CIIMT 10 inbrief today for Garnet
IC calling it 5700 acres and the fire has crossed Rodgers ridge on division alpha just waiting on IR.
IC Reports spotting across the North Fork Of Kings River at Black Rock Station.
Section 4 and 5 break. Below Black Rock Reservoir.
Given what Fence Meadow is showing…
Fires crossed 11S12 give or take a mile from Balch Camp
3 acre spot on Patterson Bluff
Night helicopters were requested but the assignment was declined do to time.
Fire camp is being set at avocado lake
9,159 acres as of 15 ago.
AA15 is up and requesting Lead Plane.
Update 10:10; AA requesting 4 additional LATS(water scooping ok). T40 already working the incident. On 167.0625.
Update Edit 11:00 Tanker objectives:
Dropping in Div. T and W trying to hold it from jumping the river bottom
onto SQF and spreading south eastward.
Dozer is reopening roads into Div. T previously used for the Rough Fire. Support
the dozer work.
AA is having retardant crewed through in Div.T (east flank) and is utilizing Copters
to reinforce the gaps. VLAT 911 in bound to support this mission.
AA high confidence to keep the fire held up with drops.
Update 15:40, spot fire south side Div.W , 2 tankers engaging with copter.
Fire activity picking up and will request VLAT to continue load and return MCC
Update 16:40, Last drops being completed across Div.M, not tied in
completely but done for the day. All aircraft released.
Retardant holding forward spread for the moment…
The team has also taken command of the garlic fire to the E of the garnet incident.
As Tueday was:
AA requesting 4 additional LATS to Div. T East flank. T40 already working that division trying to fill the gaps left from Tuesday’s work.
Copters, 3 of them, are working in Div. M and Div. W assisting ground crews.
Acreage hasn’t been updated, however IC getting an IR mission this morning.
1 VLAT ordered. Retardant going in starting at Black Rock Reservoir area working south.
Today’s IAP shows a couple dozers on Div T, and that’s about it. Most of the fire there is midslope, with poor access…
Protect Critical Infrastructure and start making big box.
AA placed load and hold on fixed wing. Ran out of targets in the priority areas. Trading out with several copters in bound.
AA updated acreage at 12,211 and IR ship has a spot fire 10 miles NE of Div.T.
It’s chunking through all of the last retardant drops in Div.T.
Copter show in Div.M-Q around black rock reservoir. No fixed wing.
Delilah looking at a spot in Div.W across the south side of river ?? Smoke first shows at 15:30 and would be on the SQF.
AA requests two S2 tankers..boxing in a radio tower site on North side.
Prep is going on in a couple divisions for a strategic burn.
