Fire crews contain wildfire near Hilltop Ranch in El Dorado, El Dorado County CA
WildfireFirefighters are working to contain an active wildfire near Hilltop Ranch in El Dorado County. Crews are using dozers and air support to build containment lines and protect structures. Reconnaissance is ongoing on both sides of the county line to assess the fire and resource needs.
Audio|Source: El Dorado and Amador Counties Public Safety
08:16
Transcript:
00:00
VALPETO in the area of health needs.
00:01
Here, just looking at your need for air assets, we can air check and hang out as long as you need.
00:06
All right, this is aircraft.
00:12
I was covered up in the radio there just confirming you're going to release the next wing and you're going to stay overhead for a minute.
00:19
Yeah, absolutely I can't.
00:20
Your dozer just started in on Division Tango[2].
00:23
You should make pretty quick work at that and you'll have line around the entire fire.
00:26
Okay, copy that and then we'll keep the Type 2[3] standard.
00:30
I have the Black Hawk, take the Black Hawk if you want him to hang out for a bit.
00:34
I can leave him here unsupervised.
00:37
Okay, we'll keep 7 mic, Bravo.
00:38
With that, I'll do a couple more turns and then I'll also depart and leave you to 7 mic, Bravo.
00:42
60. We're leading to Grass Valley.
00:43
Can you show us CTA of 1320, press on.
00:49
Currently it's Air Tactics 22 and CDF Air Ground 1.
00:53
Kathy, it's getting a lot of lead over from all the other fires.
00:56
All right, so I got a lot of engines still coming in.
00:58
I'm going to keep one of the dozers coming and then everything else as far as engines, are you good?
01:04
Okay, but engines on the fox trot side, you're good.
01:07
Okay, coming. Issue 29 are clear showing a trespatch from PAMRPraiser.
01:11
Showing 10-8[1], manager advised no damage done in the mail left property.
01:17
412, command 12, tone 5.
01:18
So it's like rabbit ears, it'll be the left of the left fire.
01:21
12 affirmative. Responding is in 4482.4482's been responding for the last two hours.
01:28
Copy information best access will be 4903 and I'm going to hike my way into the fire and get you a better idea of what resources we need.
01:36
If we do have any higher dozers come up available, definitely a dozer.
01:41
Ingers 4482 copies.
01:43
108.
01:44
Send an address 4-5, ICA additionally.
01:47
What ground tactical are we going to be using for this fire?
01:49
7 IC, IJ 46 on Media, Command 12.
01:59
Go ahead for the IT.
02:01
Measure 46. 86 in the area.
02:03
Where would be the best place to access and where are you on us?
02:05
Come up highway 4, pass Calcedon Church.
02:08
Take the driveway to Hilltop Ranch and go into structure protection.
02:11
Capture any of the SAC resources coming in and let me another identifier and we'll keep him staging for a minute.
02:15
Copy Calabary's Command, I guess we'll go ahead and just get CalTAC for now.
02:19
The location of dozer 2744 before we cancel him.
02:23
We need to see if he's closer than dozer 1.
02:25
All five forward, Camito.
02:26
Camino, crew on to three, far as that channel 3.
02:29
7 mic bravo is yours we're going to do a recon of your unit where the cells came through we'll be up on this frequency if you need us.
02:36
Detroit, General Fire.
02:37
Okay. 26, 1311, thank you.
02:45
Okay, see if you.
02:46
Okay, see if I'm not, you guys,
02:48
yeah, yep, bravo looking for you on there.
02:50
Also, I talked up for you to zero there's taking off.
02:53
Yeah, I copy.
02:54
Right flank.
02:55
There's a little bit of heat, obviously some of that's interior, but it's right up against the kind of just inside that dirt road while we're here.
03:02
You want us just to put that to bed or?
03:03
Yeah, affirmative, if you, the line's cleared and confirming that's the right flank is the original, right? Right flank is the original and it looks pretty clear.
03:12
That's my problem. Those are one, I see.
03:14
This is from Alta Mesa Road.
03:15
I'm not familiar.
03:16
Are you going to be closer from the incident? We'll be conducting a recon of the El Dorado County side.
03:28
And we'll be monitoring Amador A.U local for you guys have a need for us.
03:34
I'm 13, 13.
03:35
Of engines that are coming in with engine 3, or excuse me, engine 535, he'll be reconciling with staging and then come face and space with me for resource releases and reconciliations.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-8: In service (unit available/active)
[2]
Division Tango: Incident division for fire operations
[3]
Type 2: Firefighting resource type
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El Dorado County, CA
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