RE: Vegetation Fire - Lyons Valley

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Steele
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RE: Vegetation Fire - Lyons Valley

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Sunday, July 23, 2006.6:02 AM Fire is reported 21000 LYONS VALLEY RD.CDF 1097@6:44 AM CDF is assisting the U.S. Forest Service with a vegetation fire on the east side of Lyons Valley Road near Japatual Valley Road in Horsethief Canyon (Thomas Brother Map Page 1275 D2). Lyons Valley Road is closed between Japatual Valley Road and Barrett Honor Camp. 9:00 AM. The Horse Fire is 50 acres. SDSO are now calling for the evacuation of homes in Lyons Valley area Some structures in the fire area on the west side of Lyons Valley Road are being evacuated. They are setting up an evacuation center at Joan McQueen Middle School Currently they have 30 Engines, 4 Fire Crews, 2 Helicopters, 1 Bulldozer, 1 Water Tender, on scene. Airtankers are on order. 10:00 AM. The fire is now 100 acres, and a wind shift from the west is now pushing the fire to the southeast. 11: 30 AM. There are now 4 helicopters and 2 airtankers. The Horse Fire is now 150 acres, and is well established on the east side of Horsethief Canyon Road with moderate rate spread. 1:00 PM The Horse Fire is now 300 acres and is well established in Horsethief Canyon. There are now 4 airtankers working on the fire.2:00 PM The Horse Fire is now 500 acres. No containment or control. Fire Conditions are: Temperature 100°, winds 18 -20 mph erratic from the switching west and east, humidity is at 24%. The Horse Fire is now 1,000 acres and moving to east, southeast. It has crossed over Corte Madera Road 3:30 PM. The Fire is now 2,000 acres, and still burning to the east south east. 4:30 PM. The Horse Fire is now 3,000. They have also evacuated the Corral Canyon ORV Area. 5:30 PM The Fire is now 3,500 acres. The fire is making a hard run to the east and has really blow up. The Horse Fire is now 6,000 acres. It is currently burning in the Pine Creek Wilderness and the Hauser Wilderness area. They are calling for a voluntary evacuation for the Lake Morena. This is precautionary. The Fire is still listed at 6,000, because of darkness. The fire is burning to the southeast, away from populated areas. At the moment it appears the Lake Morena area may or may not be directly threatened. 500 + Firefighters will remain on the fire to night and more resources are enroute. Two injuries, both to firefighters.
Steele
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Up Date on Horse fire frequencies

Post by Steele »

Fire Ground CDF CMD 3, 151.340

CDF-Tac’s ?

RCS Hartland CMD 5

Tac’s 10 & 11

Secondary talk around – Incident Commanders
RCS M/A East Tac 1

Air Ops-

VECTOR - Air to Air 136.425 & 136.200

Air to Ground 172.625 & 166.8675
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ChrisK
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Post by ChrisK »

I think the first Air to Groud freq is 172.6125.
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Post by ChrisK »

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.
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Post by ChrisK »

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.
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Post by Steele »

TKS_ Chris for the correction on Air to Ground and for adding
the RCS TGs, CNF Tac
31
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Fire out east

Post by 31 »

RCS 800 CDF all 5 talk groups
EMA cmd 1 cmd 2
EMA tac 1 Tac 2

VHF cmd 3 tac 5
usfs VHF 170.0 168.75 168.2
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Post by ChrisK »

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 frequencies from yesterday to today.
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Here's some pix I shot on Sunday

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Here's some of the pix from this fire (Sunday/night)

Click Link
http://www.scandiego.com/fire/fire.htm

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Steele
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Horse Fire

Post by Steele »

The Fire is now 15,400 acres and still 5 percent contained. 102 engines, 4 bulldozers, 17 fire crews, 7 helicopters, 6 airtankers, 8 water tenders, about 778 firefighters.
And as ckrisK said the new DC-10 has been ordered

Fuels Involved Heavy brush. Last burned in Laguna Fire in 1970

Road Closures- Japatul valley at lyons valley is closed for fire equipment

Mandatory Evacuation for Carveacre. Voluntary evacuation for Corte Madera, Sky Valley,and Lake Morena. Advisory evacuation warning for Pine Valley, Horizon View, Round Portrero, and Long Portrero.

New Boise Command Freqs
CMD - 9 - 165.250 FIRE CAMPS
CMD - 19 - 173.675 ALL DIVISION
Fire Ground CDF CMD - 3 151.340
CDF-Tac - 5 151.2500
RCS Hartland/Inland CMD 5
Tac’s 10 & 11
RCS MVU 800 all TGs
All RCS East fire M/A

Law Enforcement
SDSO RCS Rural Dispatch & Some more traffic Santee Tacs
RCS CHP East
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