CA-SNF-Swamp

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State ID: CA
3 letter designator: SNF
Fire name: Swamp
Location: Above Dinkey Creek near Mushroom Rock
Latitude (Decimal Degrees): 37.133 , Section 22
Longitude (Decimal Degrees): -119.114
Reported acres: 4 in Timber, potential for 50 acres
Rate of spread: slow
Report on Conditions: Timber and ground fire
Structure threat: none
Resources: Responding 3 Type 1 tankers, 2 type 2 copters, 1 type 1 copter, 2 engines, 1 crew.
Hazards:
Weather:
Radio channels: SNF ch.4= 172.225 and A/G 41 =165.225
A/G was switched later in fire to A/G 24= 168.6375
Scanner link:
Webcam link: Pointing at it, don’t see it: ALERTCalifornia - Huntington Lake 2
Agency Website:

AA430 over the fire with copter 520 in bound. 1 engine on scene hiking in.
Dinkey Lakes trail to hike in.
Use 9S10 and 9S62 roads to get close.

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Hearing AA and SNF command

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1/4 acre slow to no rate of spread

Additionally Fresno 4 and E314 have hiked into the incident. 3ish hours for mop up. AA directing crews to hike in

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AA reports released 3 LATs and the retardant has slowed the spread.

EDIT Update @ 12:40
Forward progress stopped… continuing line construction.
Hand crew made it to fires edge. Copter 520 released.

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Copter 520 returned to assist mop-up. Crews are making good progress on containing the fire.
New is A/G 24= 168.6375

EDIT Update @ 17:30 Contained. Crews are walking out and helco crew is being extracted. Return in morning to patrol. Just not big fire burning conditions now. I’ll wait until IA is reporting rapid growth before posting.

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