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Yes, it made a drop this morning. It came back this afternoon, but there seemed to be some problem with it dropping on CNF land, and I'm not sure if it actually made a drop. I couldn't tell for sure by listening to the radio traffic.

The new command channels are not working very well. I'm hearing lots of traffic on 800 channels about not being able to use the new command channels.

Air tactics (Air attack to tankers) is 166.6875.

Just heard they're ordering the DC-10 tanker for the Horse fire. It can drop 18,000 gallons of retardent at a time. It's going to be used on the south rim of Hauser Canyon.

Do you know what frequency is being used by Air Attack to talk to the tankers? Yesterday they were using Forest Service Air Tactics 1 (166.675) and I was able to hear Air Attack some of the time. I haven't heard anything on there today though. They seem to have changed all of the air operations freq...

Additional activity on South MA Tac 11 and Fire Air. Also, I believe they're using Forest Service Tac 2 as primary tactical, although I can't hear that.

There's also a lot of activity on CDF MVU Tac 2 on the RCS.

From what I've been hearing, this fire is pretty much out of control. Due to other fires in the state, they're not getting much air support.

I think the first Air to Groud freq is 172.6125.

I don't think the hotshot crew is dispatched by CDF. I've never heard them dispatched to a CDF run fire. They do have an agreement with the City of San Diego though, and sometimes respond to fires there, including one recently in Rancho Penasquitos. They also provide a helitack crew (Fly Crew 1) tha...

I heard a dispatch for medic 89 today.