#CalFire Riverside morning update: #BonnyFire 08/01/23 #wildfire #CaliforniaWildfire

Via FirePhotoGirl ….Brandy Carlos, aka Fire Photo Girl, got this great vid of a #Calfire Grumman S-2T Type-3 Air Tanker with a payload of 1200 gallons. CF operates 23 of these aircraft from Air Attack Bases throughout our state. #BonnyFire #Wildfire #CaliforniaWildfire #avgeek #AvgeeksofMastodon

#CoulsonAviation who is a contractor for #CalFire brought in NSWRFS 737 LAT 210 from Australia for the California Fire season…she is based at AAB McClellan, Sacramento (MCC)…here she is making a drop on the #bonnyfire near Anza, Ca #wildfire #Californiawildfire #avgeek #avgeeksofMastodon

#Calfire Air Attack aircraft showing how it is done…leading the Large Air Tanker to the Retardant drop…I respect these aircraft fire crews so much!…CalFire OV-10 AA501 leading in Neptune Aviation's Tanker 03 while battling the #bonnyfire #wildfire #californiawildfire #Avgeek

New Fire…started a few seconds ago Rucker Fire @ Omar Ave & Center Ave, San Martin - #RuckerFire The fire is 5 acres in light flashy fuels w/ potential for 10 acres, 1 structure is threatened. Location being updated to Omar Ave. #wildfire #californiawildfire

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As the #CaliforniaWildfire season heats up this issue becomes heated too. California’s insurance challenges go back decades. They’ve come to the fore in the past five years, during which the five largest #wildfires in the state’s history have occurred, according to #CalFire…The solution? Here is one proposal… https://resilience.iii.org/resilience-blog/wildfires/california-needs-to-make-changes-to-address-its-climate-risk-crisis/

Via Michael Steinberg: NSW RFS T210 departing Chico AAB back to McClellan AAB last evening after working the #WonderFire, with the moon in the background as well. This converted 737 beauty is contracted by CalFire from Australia for the #CaliforniaFireSeason. The fire season has kicked into gear. #wildfires #cawx #californiawildfire #aviation #AvgeeksofMastodon #avgeek

Firefighters battling #RabbitFire in California's Riverside country, over 7000 acres burnt so far #RabbitFIRE **07/16/23 UPDATE 12:00 PM** Evacuation ORDER area is downgraded to an evacuation WARNING in the following areas:
South of East 1st Street
East of Highway 79/Lamb Canyon
North of Seneca Springs
West of Manzanita Park Road
Please see map here:

VC: Battalion 6 via Instagram

#Wildfire #CaliforniaWildfire #Riverside #Heatwave #RabbitFire #Beaumont

New start with a large column showing, HWY 49 & Whittle Road, Angel's Camp, Calaveras County. Reported around 5 acres currently, units and air resources en route. #WhittleFire #FireWX #cawx #Californiawildfire

As #fireseason2023 takes off in #California this is a great announcement about FIRIS …here’s the story…Under the leadership of OCFireAuthority, the #FIRIS program has provided real-time intel to ground crews responding to the 2022 #wildfires. #Californiawildfire
In 2023 and going forward, FIRIS will be jointly operated by #CalOES & #CALFIRE through the state's Fire & Rescue Mutual Aid System on all-hazards incidents. #wildfire #avgeek

#Californiawildfire has quieted down for the day and temps have cooled down the Hotshot Wakeup crew just shared this awesome video…in Utah: “Great footage of the Cedar Knoll fire in Utah today from @KSLChopper5 The fire is near Birdseye.

A Smokejumper Plane kicked jumpers out the door to help suppress the fire.
#utfire #utwx #wildfire #avgeek

#RoundFire - Kern County #Californiawildfire

Fire picked up with a new 5 acre grass fire w/ moderate rate of spread at the south end where the Round fire was stopped this morning.
Full response assigned back to the area (Famoso Rd west of Granite Rd.)

#WhiskeyFire North Fork #CaliforniaWildfire FIRE 10% contained as of 2:55pm

EVACUATION (corrected and downgraded as of 2:55pm) WARNING
•Cascadel Woods

Evacuation Warning > Zones
• MAD-E 0919
• MAD-E 0771
• MAD-E 0773
• MAD-E 0775

Evacuation map

#WhiskeyFire AA504, T76 and T78 out of Porterville on the way to the fire #Californiawildfire

#WhiskeyFire AA504, T76 and T78 out of Porterville on the way to the fire #Californiawildfire

#WhiskeyFire AA504, T76 and T78 out of Porterville on the way to the fire #Californiawildfire

#WhiskeyFire AA 430 surveillance tracked and lead aircraft for Tanker 03 out of FAT (Fresno) #CaliforniaWildfire

Via WatchDuty: #WhiskeyFire in Madera Co: AA430 reported 20 acres in grass & oak woodland w/ moderate ROS, topography driven, potential for 500 acres. 6 tankers requested. Evacuation orders for Cascadel Woods. 59000 block of Rd 225. #Californiawildfire #wildfire

Whiskey Fire @ 59000 block of Rd 225, North Fork - #WhiskeyFire #Californiawildfire

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In SoCal via NWS Los Angeles: Elevated fire weather conditions with potential for large vertical plume growth across interior this weekend due to hot/dry conditions. Increasing onshore winds Mon-Thu with continued hot/dry conditions will continue elevated fire threat. Photo-Stephen Coleman. #LAWeather #cawx #Californiawildfire