Blacksmith flat is off of Mosquito ridge. It goes down to Oxbow and Ralston PH, just above Big Circle bridge. Slide in 2017 closed it just above Ralston PH
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Per AA 8-10 acres Slow ROS order heavy on the handcrews but we can definitely pick it up
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Found it. It’s showing as Forest Rd 23 on the map I’ve been looking at.
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Just an FYI, “helco” is a helicopter Air supervisor… I think you mean there are two copters working. Early in an incident, with few copters on scene, the Air Attack runs the copters.
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Thx for the correction
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AA hoping to get one more drop from T88 saying only have 3 more bucket drops before the 2 rotors need to RTB. Holding off on dozer due to the steep country
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Mods- incidents name is Volcano fire per wildcad
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Released T88 loaded, too dark to drop
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That clearing is the 230Kv ROW.
AA says white cloud copter can’t PU his crew due to turbulence.They’ll need a ride out.
Concerned about right flank and said he’ll see 'em in the morning.
Note: renamed fire to Mosquito incident on the TNF side. Per watch duty
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Bald Mtn. camera went down about 19:28. It’s showing on Bunker Hill, but not well.
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Hotchkiss Hill cameras have a bead on it:
https://www.alertwildfire.org/region/tahoe/?camera=Axis-HotchkissHill
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Hopefully the down canyon winds behave themselves tonight…
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Pertinent to SA on this fire, what is the status of the Volcanoville camera, which has a last image date of 2022-06-29: ALERT Wildfire
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Life safety alert just went out for nearby Hill incident for thunderstorms with downstrikes and 20+MPH outflow winds, which may have impacts on this fire due to proximity.
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Short video clip from AA on Cal Fire NEU Twitter
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