Crews work to contain wildfire near Ben Hur Rd and Blue Bonnet Ln, Mariposa County CA
WildfireFire crews and aircraft are actively working to contain a wildfire near Ben Hur Rd and Blue Bonnet Ln. Crews are establishing hose lines and dozers are clearing access paths, while helicopters and tankers conduct water drops. The fire is currently holding within its footprint with efforts focused on the right and left flanks to control and suppress the blaze.
Audio|Source: Mariposa County CalFire, Sheriff and Public Works
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Transcript:
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23.
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Copy on 3.
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Got me on 31, 10, boy.
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Go ahead.
00:10
If you're still needed at near Ben Hur Rd, yep I got to in sight.
00:15
You could take that there's an old dozer road.
00:19
Eventually the engine crews are either going to have to punch in a hose lead to that.
00:22
3-0-1-11. It was 10.
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Station area.
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It looks like that's a granite road.
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1423.
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421-11 21, C.
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T-1-4-9-0. 42-11 air test.
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And for me.
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Yeah,
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that road is only going to take you up a little bit more, and they're going to have to do a hose lake.
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To your 1 o'clock high, you have a large granite boulder next to three structures.
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Engines can access that way and come downhill with the hose lake.
01:04
That flank is not that active on the right flank.
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So we're back on fire detail.
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Okay.
01:12
Zero Papa Juliet.
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Air test inside, confirm you have water? Akram.
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Okay, you're flying up.
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12 o'clock is the heel.
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I'd like to work on that flight.
01:27
You do have low-level tire lines along that dirty road.
01:31
You do have low-level tire lines along the dirty road. 12 o'clock in 2 o'clock.
01:38
All right, so you're flying over the head.
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No ground contact.
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You'll be working for me on Air to Zone 1.
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Call off the drop out of the dip.
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Come y'all.
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And do you have the tail number of the other aircraft, other helicopter?
01:54
It's going to come to 527 with crew.
01:59
I'll have you switch over to Rotovic and you can communicate.
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Copy all.
02:06
Looks like you got a good dip to your 1 o'clock over the paved road, the highway.
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Correction 3 o'clock.
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The calendar 5'3.
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Slide 2, 7, go ahead.
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Yeah, we got proper for Juliet off the drop heading to the dip.
02:25
We have the fire, we're orbiting at left hand, and we have a crew of six on board.
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Okay,
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there is... I was just going to get where I could grab it before anything have it.
02:38
Looks like your best LZ[1] is going to be high on this boulder.
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Did you see Zero Papa Julie's drop?
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I did see him drop.
02:47
We haven't been sighted these at our uh...
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3 o'clock.
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Affirmative.
02:53
Zero Papa Julia, 3 o'clock is you dip over the small ridge.
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Okay.
02:59
Okay, 527, I'd like to enter your crew on the right flank.
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We're calling your 9 o'clock to heel.
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Right where Zero Papa Julia was working, that's the right flank.
03:11
Okay, I have all that sign and we're looking for an LZ[1]4 crew.
03:15
You do have low-level power lines along the structures and paint dirt roads.
03:19
Copy that. Hazards power lines along the structures and dirt roads inside.
03:23
We'll let you know.
03:25
11th ma'am.
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Go for 4242.
03:31
Yeah, go ahead and make your way down near Ben Hur Rd, take left on Blue Bonnet Ln, go all the way to the end of the cul-de-sac,
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and then offload,
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just make sure that you back up to the grass and offload into the grass, not on the asphalt, and then just make your way up this two track.
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I'll tie in with you.
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42, 42, copy.
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My engines can make access there and make access there and take a hose lay down towards the fire And 311 on track
04:22
Yeah, for a minute that old does or not, and take them straight to the fire.
04:26
I'm going to put the HAL-2 on this right.
04:31
Yeah.
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Okay.
04:40
You're supposed to go ahead for CrestairTAC.
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AirTAC 658, 1500 ETA.
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Press Air Attack Copy.
04:54
The road looks like possible access on my back there.
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Position 42-67 in court.
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All right. All right here is.
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Forty-two out of heaven.
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and they're on weapons and we're going to have a way of that's right away to the end on it with a doeser and then you can push in
05:30
Go ahead, John
05:38
Just an update on condition, fire still holding within the footprint and retarded about 4 rakers.
05:45
About to insert the halitacker on the right flank, we should be able to make good progress with the copters.
05:51
And I've got two tankers on the load of return.
05:59
That copy, the only open flank without re-parted is that left shoulder, so that's right with it, you're planning on sending that dozer.
06:08
One down two.
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Go ahead.
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You're going forward to 98.
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No one's real.
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No one's left.
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1098.
06:23
Affirmative.
06:24
If you got the copter, we're calling that the left flank.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
LZ: Landing Zone (for helicopter)
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Location mentioned:
Ben Hur Rd & Blue Bonnet Ln, California 95338
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