Slow-spreading wildfire found near Sawmill Road in Mammoth Lakes, Mammoth Lakes CA
WildfireFire units report a slow-spreading wildfire at the base of a tree near near Sawmill Road in Mammoth Lakes. Moderate to heavy rain is ongoing. Firefighters are preparing to contain the fire and are searching the area including Valentine Reserve and nearby roads. Smoke was confirmed despite the weather conditions.
Audio|Source: Mammoth Lakes Police / Fire, Mono County Sheriff, Fire and EMS Dispatch
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00:00
32.02 31 command. 12 on Stone 2.
00:08
395 and close the Meridian. We're heading down to near Sawmill Road to try to get back in the back where that smoke report is. Okay. Are you at Meridian in 203? Because the Meridian doesn't go to 395. 2.03, sorry. Okay, so you're at Meridian in 203 looking north.
00:37
And do you see any smoke? I didn't see any right off the highway. We're going to try to go down to near Sawmill Road and get back in there a little bit, take a peek. How about I have you head towards Valentine Reserve? You go up Old Mammoth Road. And it sounds like there's a...
01:04
A couple smoke reports between Lake Mary Road and Old Mammoth Road. Copy Valentine Reserve, Old Mammoth Road. Do you have a lat long for that area? It'll take me a sec to get one. Yeah, give me a sec. I'll get you a lat long.
01:31
Hey, Battalion 12, Patrol 31. I'm almost to Valentine Preserve. Okay, thanks. And then you got Patrol 32 above you. I don't know if the rain washed everything out, but we'll get it all sorted out.
01:57
Lost visual in here, too dense on the forest, so I can't tell if I'm past it or not yet. Yeah, we passed it. I think it's in the middle of near Sawmill Road on this road that we're on, we're going to have to go hike to it. He's reported smokes. Over to the other road, and then Steve comes down that side, see if there's any better access. Yeah, copy. I'm going to go where we can see it off to our side of the rear gear and take the firefighters and go walk to it.
02:24
Just to paint a picture, we're getting a moderate to heavy precip in the Mammoth area. We're continuing to search for the reported smokes. We've got a unit, two patrol units in the Valentine area and an engine on Meridian in 203.
02:51
The town is 12 crew to North Beach Zone 3. Go ahead. We're coming up on 203 right now. Is there a place you like us? Yeah, until we find an incident, why don't you stage at 203 in Meridian and look to the north, if that thing pops up at all? And then if we can get a bearing on it, that'd be helpful. Copy. 203 Meridian, looking north.
03:20
912 in the blind.
03:22
Yeah, I just came the scenic loop. Why don't you stage at 395 and 203? And I'll assign you something if we get anything. Yeah, I copy. We'll stage at 395 and 203. How about you make that the Sherwin Creek Road so you can look back? You got a better view from there.
03:51
By 20, slow rate of spread at the base of a tree. Crew 2, can you get ready to receive those coordinates and I'll have you hit there?
04:12
Patrol 32, have you tied in with the RP? The battalion 12, Patrol 32 on tone 2. Tide in with the RP, we're looking down into the basin here. Looks like a bunch of water dogs forming break. Looking across the valley to the north, north side of 395, I do believe I see smoke, so I think you should focus on that one. I'll sign up and drop us in where I think it is.
04:40
Yeah, if you can give me a bearing and a latin long where you're at, that would help me. Inyo, since we have a confirmed smoke, you got a name I could use, or you want me to name it? Yeah, Dave, I'm pretty far away. At least seven miles away. Okay, general location.
05:04
Is the type 3 but we have a water tender here as well in tools. For now it's gonna
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Sawmill Rd, Mammoth Lakes, CA
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