Copter 903 has been training out of Vina for the last few weeks building up their blackhawk program. Copter 205 has been with them co-developing hawk procedures as well as their normal pre-season Huey training. At dispatch, 903 landed Vina and ECC asked them to place a phone call.
Sure enough, 5 minutes later C903 was enroute to the Red Bank area for training, and just happens to see a smoke in the vicinity and asked if Red Bluff would like them to investigate it. Well, of course.
Copter 205 is NOT on the fire, only 903. However I did not catch how many souls aboard 903.
Fire is here per lat/lon, just east of last November’s 2500 acre TGU-Ranch incident.
I would totally be out there to grab pics of what appears to be the Calfire Blackhawk’s first official wildfire, but it is beyond ugly terrain and access out there, as we all remember from 2019’s TGU-Red Bank and TGU-Ranch.
Scancal.org live scanner has the fire on priority, but it’s minimal traffic.
Update on conditions 7 acres, MROS, extended commitment time for resources.