drive.google.com/file/d/1a4rmO2VrBJgIEsCleCgjdc7HMF40bsoe/view?usp=drive_link - radio tape from broadcastify - (there is a little police radio traffic on this tape also) - 209 pm tape
- 0653 into the tape - sta 65 - vegetation fire - boyles ave
- 0732 - tones start
- 0818 - voice starts - Clearlake Duty Officer + BC1407 + Eng 1478 + Eng 1495 + Eng 1468 + Eng 1477 + Eng 7022 + Eng 7021 + Eng 7531 + Transport / Dozer 1448 + Transport 1447 + Still River Crew 3 + Still River Crew 4 + Water Tender 7511 - Cache Creek Apartments - 16080 Dam Rd - cross at Old Hwy 83 - "Lake Red" (radio channel) - brush near bld - "1417"
- 0853 - initial dispatch announcement ends
- 0946 - Eng 7021 reports column visible from Sta 70
- 1010 - dispatch repeated with aircraft - (maybe 2 copters and 2 tankers ish) - ( LNU East Cmd - ??? - ) - (WT6011 responding in addition) - (starting evac at apt)
- 1313 on tape - first unit on scene has 1 acre - heavy vegetation - moderate to rapid rate of spread - best access at top of apt complex - start callback - apt affected in 10 minutes
- 1408 on tape - maybe best access via Boyle / south end (?police?) - (ICP 8th at Boyles)
- 1647 on tape - orders evacs - spot fires 9th at Boyles - (can you get into house?)
- 1810 on tape - 1 bld involved - need county strike team immediate need to Boyles (Rd) - (PD doing evacs) - (helo descending into City of Clear Lake) - (smoke in roadway - PD) - (request Sheriff to help with evacs) - (helo with eta of 1434 at "1428") - VFIRE 22 is tactical
- 2253 on tape - helo at scene with 3 acres
- 2348 on tape - air attack requests additional 1 TY1 helo closest + 1 air tanker closest
- 2430 - cop in middle of it
-2430 on tape - helo reports 4 spots
- 2558 - helo crew hiking in
- 2633 - air tankers 85 and 86 at scene
- 2658 on tape - cop says the structure is NOW on fire
- 2730 - access via 9th / community college - division charlie
- 2750 - S2 tanker gets orders
- 2900 on tape - reports of people trapped from dispatcher ("Saint Helena" with "priority traffic")
- 3000 on tape - Tanker 86 gets order to extend T85 drop - aim for spots
www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1lqS7VLgosIH8fNmA1baE08lVV7pEREM&usp=sharing - zerg90 map of the fire - black flame is the apt complex - black circles are the fire stations that were dispatched on the first alarm - not positive on the cal fire stations yet - green tree seems to be where most of the homes burnt
We are going to listen to the radio tape again and see if anyone was told to go to the north side of the fire - 9/13/2024 - (no one got explicit orders to go to the north side of the fire on 8th or 9th streets - unless it was done on a unheard tac channel) - but it might have been obvious where the fire was heading if the engine captains knew the neighborhoods
www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0vZ2wAtjUhyk5PS6Fap7Phzqd78yz3uJuazLjiYnBogyGXWZb5vjzDdqcmRsn5qrwl&id=100064361723105 - fire map here - (note - Lake County FPD just covers Clear Lake - there are about 10 other FDs that cover other areas in Lake County)
web.archive.org/web/20240913214341/https://www.lakecountyca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/8975/Fire-Protection-Resources?bidId= - great overview of fire agencies in Lake County
info needed - what radio channel is used to page the FDs in Lake County? - is it County Red? or is it LNU East? is County Red a Command Channel or a Dispatch Channel?