Fire crews work to control wildfire near Rodgers Ridge, Fresno County CA
WildfireFirefighting aircraft and ground crews are actively working to control a wildfire near Rodgers Ridge, California. They discuss possible drop zones and safety concerns, ensuring personnel and vehicles are positioned safely along the roads and fire lines. The efforts include assessments of terrain for jumper drops and coordination of communication to support firefighting operations.
Audio|Source: Air Base (FAT): CHP/Sheriff/Cal-Fire/Air Attack
04:46
Transcript:
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And Church Flat, MRB, air attack[1], or ground command[2].
00:03
Cardiff Communications.
00:04
That. I was originally recommended jumpers and repellors.
00:07
I'm curious if you can fly it and see if you can do it at all and if you have any additional assessment on it.
00:11
RUF8, flat long as 37-37-27-11905-431 is this use of the echo fire.
00:25
They flew it and recommended jump into repellers, but the repellers were thinking it was going to be too rough the country, so if you have an assessment, maybe it's a better location, maybe for jumpers, or if it's checked up and not living, we'll see what it does.
00:38
As far division, Mike, safety,
00:40
Division Oscar needs a safety officer to drop plane 5.050.
00:46
I'll copy. The 4, I'm looking for you.
00:49
I'm looking for you. I can not get that before.
00:50
Nice, sir. All right, I'm on the door there is.
00:55
You can copy this one right off the road, turn off the dozer trail.
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Branch 7 Safety[3], turn of communications.
01:01
I don't know if you copy squad 64 was also around.
01:04
All right yet, thank you.
01:05
With shown sign of your parking area, I just don't want to hit any vehicles there.
01:08
Nine on one.
01:09
Two King fifty one, ten twenty three, one ahead.
01:11
...that are parked or fine.
01:13
I just want to make sure that everyone's either on the road or a fire side of the road.
01:17
All right, give me one second.
01:19
Branch seven, save the on-scene and drawpoint value 050.50.
01:22
Trying communications clear, 1020 hours.
01:24
Same location that's the Black Hawk[4] just drops.
01:30
That would be on everyone that is available.
01:33
Really good.
01:34
Just for example we can only have like zero, okay, one with a song.
01:40
Okay, thank you.
01:41
We've seen almost over our last drop.
01:43
Sir? Let me know when you have the two load.
01:45
We're going to tie in there.
01:49
Okay,
01:50
so that was the big parking area? Uh,
01:52
no. There's a smaller parking.
01:54
Your drop in the big parking area.
01:56
Kind of where the smoke is popping up there.
01:59
I'll be right back with you.
02:00
Let me get over to take a look.
02:01
Fire side. Clear to drop.
02:03
Okay, thanks for that.
02:04
This one last should bring us to the road and then we'll work back away from you.
02:09
Towards the existing on Rogers Ridge.
02:10
Good copy.
02:11
You guys, thank.
02:12
Gordon failed.
02:13
And 107, let me know when you have that new line insight that we started.
02:19
You want that.
02:20
Five romay-eye phone.
02:21
It'll be for VC-23538, B-Boy and VC-233593.
02:30
Tag and extend eight all looking to roll into the road off the left door of the copter now.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
air attack: Aerial firefighting operations
[2]
ground command: On-scene incident command
[3]
Branch 7 Safety: Safety division on fireground
[4]
Black Hawk: Firefighting helicopter drop
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Location mentioned:
Rodgers Ridge, California 93634
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