Wildfire burning near Chocolitos Creek Road with lightning risk, Fresno County CA
WildfireA wildfire is actively burning near Chocolitos Creek Road in Fresno County, California. Fire crews are conducting controlled firing operations to manage the fire. There is a weather advisory warning of thunderstorms and frequent lightning, which could bring erratic winds and worsen fire conditions.
Audio|Source: Air Attack (A/G) Fresno CalFire - Sierra Forest Net
07:38
Transcript:
00:00
Tactics when able? Just to keep doing the big loop, over in Branch 7 Division, Oscar, we're going to be doing a big firing operation, starting at DP 50, working east and west with multiple crews. If something does go weird, I can't see down in there, I might have to work you up there. Food? They're going to try and fire off...
00:27
starting around DP 50 section 9 working east with VG down towards was shown and then with the Kings River from 50 they're going to start going west and then and then on to Laguna and a correction sorry they're going to start over in section 8 stand by
00:48
Number (number withheld). So what I'm seeing is downshift 11, range 29, 15 or 14. My address is 11 and approximately 12 miles. So I'm going to check with the Sierra and if they've got something, you know, that coordinate and if not we'll call it in.
01:14
We'll round them all the way up to get them into Black Rock and then hand them off to you. Then return to Portaville. Eat is going to be 1305. Sorry, 1310. Friends now copy, follow, call air attack. Air attack 651 and the Porterville was going to be at 13.055.
01:40
Yeah, correct me if I'm wrong on that. I'll take a look, but it's pretty dark back there. It's used to the . . King River to the east, handing off around DT50 to VG, taking it down until it was shown through a road system over there. Branch 7 was the ground contact for that if you want to talk to them.
02:06
where the closest storms 15 to 20 miles east of the eastern edge of the fire moving north at 20 to 25 mile per hour break. These storms will bring the potential of frequent lightning and aeratic outflow winds up to 35 mile per hour to the eastern portions of the fire break.
02:30
Additional thunderstorm continue to form to the south in southeast with an increasing trend of southern storm development. New storms will move towards the fire later this afternoon and bring similar hazards. Ender report.
02:59
of weather report. Division Alpha. Confirm copy. Alpha, Alpha, Alpha trainee, copy weather advisory. Alpha copies.
03:23
Copy, weather report.
03:29
Garnet Community, Golf Julia, trainee, copies weather report.
03:33
Golf Juliet, trainee, copies weather report.
03:36
Division Mike, acknowledge, copies the weather report.
03:39
Vision, Mike, Garnett, communication.
03:41
One.
03:42
Just hit my orientation here.
03:44
I understand you guys are doing some firing this afternoon.
03:46
I just wanted to kind of have it to see it for the first time here to make sure I'm understand where you guys got going.
03:50
So when I come back at this afternoon, I'm oriented for it.
03:52
Test fire, successful, we'll be getting offensive firing operations.
04:01
Copy that.
04:03
The Vision officer copies the weather update.
04:06
Thank you, Division, Clowback, Garnett communication.
04:10
POMAYOR. BOR.
04:12
BOR.
04:13
Wildland Fire 430330s[1] Chocolitos Creek Road response area Bravo 20[2] response level high
04:25
Okay there was a landline request for the weather to be repeated
04:30
Garnet Communications going out with the weather update as of 1,300 hours.
04:37
Scattered thunderstorms continue to develop this afternoon with the closest storm 15 to 20 miles east of the eastern edge of the fire, moving north at 20 to 25 miles per hour.
04:51
These storms will bring the potential of frequent lightning and erratic outflow winds up to 35 miles per hour to eastern portions of the fire.
05:02
Additional thunderstorms continue.
05:04
to form to the south and southeast with an increasing trend of storm development.
05:09
These storms will move toward the fire later this afternoon, bringing similar hazards.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
430330s: Wildland Fire
[2]
Bravo 20: Response Level High
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Fresno County, CA
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