CA-SQF-Coffee
Wildland Vegetation Fire: 6-22-09 AM - 100 acres - 100% controlled, Highway 190 still closed due to mud and rocks.
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Road closure: - Broken PGE water flume flooding Hwy 190 at the Stairs, Highway impassable.
Update: 1930 hrs - 80 acres - gonna be a long night.
Update: 1900 hrs - AA states Left Flank is basically contained to the Head, all efforts are switching to the Right Flank, IC update 75 Acs., expects several more hrs before Containment (no % of containment given for this time)
Update: 1845hrs - IC req. an Add. WT (Private WT) in add. to the previous req.
Note : AT-11 on scene (Type-2, 2700 gal.)
Update: 1835hrs - BLM WT-3191 responding, Fulton Hot Shots, Kern Valley Hot Shots Ordered, PGE water Flume just broke!
Note : IC req. an Add. WT (county WT-15), AT-23 (P-3 Type -1, 3000 gal.) on scene
Update: 1800 hrs - IC reports head is very active heading North East, especially active around the PGE Flume, very Rocky Terrain up there, also. POWER LINES near the road, but not down.
Update: 1730 hrs - IC now reports 7+ acres, requesting ATs , fire is threatening PGE water flume, Mod ROS, Heavy fuels -
Note : BC 23 req. 2 add. crews, upgrade to a full response, 4 add. engines
Location: 1700hrs -One half mile above upper Coffee Camp on Hwy 190, East of Springville Area
Fire in Heavy Fuels , 1 acre, uphill side, Slow ROS, hold off on Aircraft at this time except Helo.
Google Map: Link
IC: Coffee IC Batt. 23 / 4114 - 1915 hrs - SQF Chief-2 is on scene
Communications:
Local - 168.775
Tac - 2 - 168.200
Air - 169.150
Air / Grnd - 170.000
Air / Air - 135.975
Air Base - 123.975
Resources:
Helicopter - 522
Engines - 23, 25, Pat 23 ; TUU Engines - 4173, 4183
Crew - SQF Crew-9
WT - SQF WT -2
SQF PT 22, 23, on scene
SQF E-24, also responding/or on scene
SQF H-523
ST 9472 G enroute (Mt. Home Crews 1, 2),
AA-13, ATs - 76, 78 (both are S-2Ts, 1200 Gal) Lead plane, T-11 and T-23 en-route or already one scene from Fox airbase.
Weather: as of 1915 Hrs, Springville, 79 deg.; 27% Hum.; Winds out of the NNW @ 9 MPH
Initial information:wildlandfire.com - Link
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