CA-VNC-Sharp

California & Hawaii Hotlist Initial Attacks
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State ID: CA
3 letter designator: VNC
Fire name: Sharp
Location: 2800 Sharp Road; Simi Valley, CA
Reported acres: 5
Rate of spread: rapid
Report on Conditions: moving to the east with an immediate structure threat
Structure threat: yes
Resources: VNC 2nd alarm, AA12, T72, T73, T101, T163,
Hazards:
Weather: WD6CGF Simi Valley
Radio channels:
Scanner link: Ventura County Fire - Ch 1,2,5,8 Live Audio Feed
Webcam link: Sage Peak 1
Sage Peak 2
Agency Website:

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#2

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Sharp IC is B21.

Copter 4 and HT40 enroute from Camarillo.

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#3

10 additional Engines any type.

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#4

Ordering 3 Type 1 or 2 Helicopters and 10 Engines, 5 closest available, any type.

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#5

Aircraft assigned: A12, T72, T73, T101, T163, VNC Copter 4

Two additional tankers on order: Will be filled with T70, T71

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#7

Requested Helco LA 76.

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#8

AA12 is 5 minutes out with T73, T101 and T163.

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#9

AA12 and tankers are on scene

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#10

Homes along Ditch Road immediate evacuation as per Watch Duty

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#11

Live video: Two brush fires burning in Simi Valley – NBC Los Angeles

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#12

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#13

66 acres per N40Y

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#14

IC ordering 3 VNC type 3’s and a strike team of type 3’s that is prepositioned in LA County.
AA is requesting 2 air tankers, requesting Type 1’s, but will take what they can get.

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#15

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Fire got into alignment on the other side of the canyon

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#17

IC just requested an additional 3 T3 ST’s immediate need

Expanding Evac warnings to the Lost Hills area. Might be Lost Canyons area. Too much traffic to get it all.

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#19

IC Requesting a total of 5 T3 ST’s now and a total of 4 Golf ST’s for state mission

Also got denied for additional AT’s but took a VLAT instead

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#20

T911 did lift off Mc Clellan enroute…?? (broken audio) .could be going here.

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#21

Holding at 133 acres.

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#22

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Coulson’s futuristic S-76B FireWatch intel and tankers appear to be fair stomping it pretty good.

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#23

Well, that was pretty wild. The fire was about 2 blocks north of my house. Yes, Tanker 911 DID respond, made one BIG drop rather late in the fire and headed back to McClellan. We had a pair of MD82s(?) at least one S-2, a C130 (with a big 8 on the tail) a BAe146 (sorry, things were too crazy to get the tanker IDs). Lead aircraft was a KingAir. Copters included a VCFD Huey, VCFD FireHawk, one Ch-47 helitanker and the fancy S-76 (was he Helco?).
As of 1900, they released all air assets (copters were doing some mop-up work). ’
I noted that the MD-82s do not drop with their landing gear down (I think that was resolved last year?) and that the Lead plane was really zooming in thru and out of the drainages here to the north. That KingAir and it’s pilot were darn impressive!
Also, when the CH-47 roars over your house at a couple hundred feet AGL, it’s like a small earthquake! Right now, they are still bringing in crews to mop up thru the night

What a day!

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