Small vegetation fire near Catfish Lake in timber

Heard on: Tahoe National Forest West

01:27

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

I'll be responding to the smoke check at Jackson Meadows.

00:09

Grass Valley, Air Attack 17.

00:14

Air tech 17, Grass Valley.

00:17

Scene of the Jackson fire.

00:20

Call it a quarter acre, slow to moderate rate of spread.

00:25

Timber, west-facing slope, lower 3rd .

00:29

It's gonna be on the north side of Catfish Lake.

00:37

Lot long street.

00:39

There is road access.

00:42

Please order up one type three multi-engine air tanker and one type two standard helicopter with crew.

01:00

Jackson Air Attack, you were broken on your aircraft order.

01:04

I copy one Type 3 Multi-Engine Air Tanker and one Type 2 Standard Copter.

01:11

That's affirmative.

01:13

And lat/long when you're ready to copy.

01:18

Go ahead.

01:20

39 degrees,

01:21

28 decimal 24,

01:24

120 degrees, 33 decimal 50.

9/1/2026 06:22 PM

Wildfire

Lake St, Sierra City, CA 96125

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, radio traffic reports a small vegetation fire near Jackson Meadows on the north side of Catfish Lake. The fire is described as about a quarter acre in timber on a west-facing slope with road access, and aircraft and air tankers have been requested to assist.