Is this being ran on TUU or FKU?
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Believe it is it’s Tulare incident, but I’m catching a lot of the traffic on FKU
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Requesting 2 additional tankers for a total of 5.
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It’s on Watch Duty now:
Sparrow Fire: Contained at 0.25 acres
Crane Fire: 25-30 acres
Quail Fire: 30 acres
Raven Fire: Contained at 2 acres
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All cams are currently pointed at the Hawk fire. This is the larger of all the fires and has some potential.
ALERTCalifornia - Blue Ridge 2
ALERTCalifornia - Rocky Hill 1
ALERTCalifornia - Colvin Mtn 2
CMD: CDF CMD 1
Aircraft assigned: AA504, B77, T76, T78, T03, T15, T160
Rotor wing: HT-8PJ, HT-95B
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Requesting 2 additional type 1 helicopters and taking the offer from south ops for the VLAT
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These all appear to be along Dry Creek between Lemon Cove and Stagecoach Road in Badger.
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Did it get ordered by AA? If so, it’s amazing how long it takes from order to in the air
So many unknowns here. When does their duty day start? Were they they early uped? When exactly was the pic taken. Looks like they are dipping…first dip? Probably flew to this location to dip, not near their base? Many unknowns.
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The sky crane (helitanker)is based out of Millerton Lake.
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Helitanker 0HT is a exclusive use contract based at Millerton Lake. Normal “up” time is around 0900-0930.
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ECC advised dry AA south’s ops offered up the VLAT. They came back with advising they’d take it. Sounds like it’s just now Enroute
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WD report 7 fires now. Total acreage 117
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ETA of 1130
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Anyone know which VLAT is enroute?
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911 out of SBD
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New Incident: #DryCreekComplex Firefighters have been responding to seven different fires in the area of Dry Creek Road and Mile Marker 4 northeast of Woodlake. These began approximately at 6:43 this morning.
Four of the seven fires have been contained with three acres total between them. Currently, two of the fires have merged together creating the #QuailFire which is at 100 acres and 5% containment. The third fire, the #RobinFire, is at 60 acres with 10% containment.
CAL FIRE Tulare Unit is in command of this incident with assistance from CAL FIRE/Fresno County Fire, Tulare County Fire Department and Tulare County Sheriff’s Office.
Dry Creek Road is closed from Lomitas Drive to Stagecoach Drive in Badger.
The cause of these fires is under investigation.
Updates will be posted as more information becomes available.
CAL FIRE
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AA 410 is reporting that the retardant line are being chewed through by the fire. Load and return.
This is probably the Crane and Quail that burned together.
I heard an Air Space Manager ASM ordered up.
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A person on a weather blog I belong to says there have been no storms in the area with lightning. Can anyone confirm if there was lightning activity up that way ?
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