Large wildfire reported near water treatment facility on CA-94, San Diego County CA


A large wildfire is active near a water treatment facility on Highway 94 in San Diego County, California. Multiple firefighting crews, engines, water tenders, dozers, and air tankers are responding to control the fire. Ground crews are working on the fire perimeter and dozers are operating on the right flank ridge. Air support with copters and tankers is engaged in fire retardant drops to contain the fire spread.
Audio|Source: San Diego County Wildland Fire Operations VHF
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Transcript:
00:00
And the Outstanding Type 1[1]s, we have Zanago Inch 51 and Intent 36, correct?
00:06
We can reconcile resources when you're ready.
00:08
Go ahead.
00:09
It's still in route.
00:10
I show engine 3349, CNF, engine 341, TNF, into 348, into 3394,
00:18
into 3399, engine 33-48, into 33-79,
00:22
Dei-Hawkswater, 10th, Indiana-Hawater 10, Indiana-Hawater 10thead-Hawater 205, Indiana Engine 51,
00:25
San Diego Fire Crew 1, Fox Crew 10,
00:28
on-scene brakes.
00:29
3392, engine 3353,
00:31
engine 10, engine 210, water tender 20, water tender 37,
00:35
engine 11, engine 23, engine 36,
00:38
CWN Dozer[4]s.
00:39
On, I see.
00:41
Then I see on IC on command.
00:42
Gen. Giacos, Cleveland, engine 341, John Tene.
00:44
Operation, I see.
00:49
Operation, I see.
00:51
Dozer[4] is offloading if they heal.
00:53
Lodge Air attack you up on air to ground.
00:54
I stand out ETA for Tanker[2] 7-3.
00:56
Southup's advice, Tanker[2] 120 will now be assigned for one of the Type 1[1].
01:00
Comptor 616 and Tanker[2] 169.
01:03
Would you still like to continue a V-LAT since they filled it with the Type 1[1]?
01:07
A negative on the V lattice of two type 1 still.
01:11
And copy Copter[3] 616.
01:13
Where are they coming from?
01:14
Operators is Watertonner 25.
01:15
San Diego Logger Attack, copies also additionally we check with San Diego City to see if their copters available.
01:20
Asraminovich, you have a new ETA for Tinker 7-3-1506.
01:26
Logger Attack. Watertoner 25, Command and stage, come up on command station.
01:31
Davey Water Center 25, that seems.
01:33
Division Yankee Air Attack[5] Air to ground.
01:35
Operations I see on command.
01:36
Go for operations.
01:37
So type threes need to be on perimeter control.
01:40
Those ones that were here, we're supposed to plug in behind the dose.
01:42
Okay, we have two right here.
01:44
I'm going to sign them right now.
01:45
Okay, what are they identifiers?
01:46
I see.
01:47
I see.
01:48
I'll be right back with you. Lodge operations, lodge air attack, air to ground.
01:51
Any of the air attack? Go ahead.
01:55
Metro does have one copter available, would you like them?
01:57
Affirmative.
01:58
No problem. Lodge operations, lodge air attack, air to air, air to ground.
02:00
To understand, I know we got Division Alpha Mike and Yankee, on the front of it, Division Mike.
02:04
About 15, 20 minutes, still it's a water treatment facility off of Highway 94.
02:10
Additionally, you got dozers inserted at the heel, right flanked.
02:12
We have identifiers for them, and I'd just like to have them come up on air to ground.
02:15
I copy. The right flank, Dozer[4] should be able to make good work on a ridge.
02:19
It has swapped over the ridge and the right flank.
02:21
Terrain-wise, I'm not sure if they'll be able to get there.
02:23
And while I got you at the left shoulder kind of alpha mic area got retarded in there, it has spotted across it, the copters are working it now.
02:29
And my plan is to bring retarded around the left flank left shoulder across the head.
02:33
I copy. And you copy the plan for retardant left like bringing around the head from that side.
02:38
We'll have to be hell, attack, air, attack air to ground.
02:39
Yeah,
02:40
confirm but you guys are working the right flank kind of where the dozers are at?
02:42
Yeah,
02:43
copy. Operation ID. Go ahead, I.
02:44
Who is Division Alpha?
02:45
Division alpha will be San Miguel in 22.
02:47
Tanger 76, altimeter 2908-4.
02:51
You're clear to number 1, 2000.
02:52
Air tax is 3,500.
02:54
Three rotor wing of 1,000 below hazard of power lines at the head of the fire.
02:58
2984 down to 2,000, takeer 76.
03:00
Six from air attack we've been using covers level four kind of work at the left shoulder area.
03:05
Six, copy.
03:06
On that 360, Billy?
03:07
The earloat overmodulated by copy.
03:09
On, Mr.
03:10
Tack, yeah, AirTax trying to get the dozers on air to ground.
03:13
Is it 33-42 and the other dozer I can't give them on TAC?
03:16
It's CWN Dozer[4]s.
03:17
They should be on Tech P-Fod.
03:18
I copy, Tech-Fund.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Type 1: Heavy fire engine/resource type
[2]
Tanker: Fixed-wing aircraft dropping retardant
[3]
Copter: Helicopter used in firefighting
[4]
Dozer: Bulldozer for fire line construction
[5]
Air Attack: Aerial command for fire operations
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Location mentioned:
CA-94, California
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