State ID: CA
3 letter designator: TUU
Fire name: Park
Location: Bear Creek at Balch Park Road
Reported acres: 20 in heavy timber
Rate of spread: MROS
Report on Conditions:
Structure threat: None
Resources:
Hazards:
Weather:
Radio channels: TUU Local
Scanner link: CalFire Tulare Unit (TUU) Live Audio Feed
Webcam link: ALERTWildfire | Sierra-Foothills
Agency Website:
Park AA requesting 6 tankers any type
Tanker line up:
T74 (PRB), T75(PRB), T76(PTV), T78(PTV), T02 (PRB), T132 (FAT)
AA States spots a long distance in front
Alert Blue Ridge cam 1. Lat-Long puts it toward Balch Park / Mt. Home DSF from Mt. Home Camp driveway.
TCSO and TC County Parks beginning evacuations from Balch Park via Balch Park Road away from the fire.
no update of conditions from ground units…?
Units are responding to Balch County Park and Calfire thinks it maybe on FRA.
Further origin a combination of private, federal and state…to be determined later.
Evacuation of Balch Camp sites and closure of Bear Creek Rd and County Hwy J37.
Air Tactics is 23 151.3025 and should be Victor 135.975
75-100 acres MROS with significant spotting
ICP at the corrals along Bear Creek Road apx. 3.5 miles above Mt Home Camp. Unified command with SQF. Fire is FRA
Mountian Home RAWS:
Winds 3-8mph @240 degrees, Temp 71, Fuel stick 5.5, overcast with sprinkles of rain.
RH 30%
https://raws.dri.edu/cgi-bin/rawMAIN.pl?caCMTH
Daily Summary and submit for current posted day
Unified Command, TUU and SQF, Request -10 type 3 closest, 2 Dozers, 4 crews and TCFD Oak Valley crew requested
Elevation at the fire - 4,570 feet
9410 charlie and dozer 4141 enroute
AA 504 replacing 410
AA switch from flanking to building line across the ridge road.
9421C heading SOuth from MMU - could be for The PARK
9421C COVER TUU
if anything that front will bump into last year fire edge. the flanks is what I worry about if you have a cell collapse above it.