my notes on v1 tape starting at 1021 am - tape from broadcastify 2017 on tape - 1 squawk - this should be 1041 am (1021 + 20 minutes)
2049 on tape - copter 18 copies response 2103 on tape - quebec 1 and 2 copy response - (super scoopers from quebec on contract) 2103 on tape - HT55 cannot respond due to winds - remaining AIQ / available in quarters - (either coming from Pacoima or Van Nuys probably) 2132 - Copter 11 copies response 2227 - Copter 17 copies response 2242 - Patrol 65 vols and sent - from sta 65 area - will attach you to the ticket - (will add you to the response - by typing the info / punching buttons on dispatch console - into the CAD) (my commentary is in parenthesis) 2411 - copter 11 request helispot 2456 - Fire 4 is on V1 looking for any IC - (Fire 4 is a helo from LAFD and he is acting as HelCo) 2540 - 2nd try by Fire 4 to any ground unit 2700 - Fire 4 asks if any ground unit at scene yet - no one replies 2736 - fire 4 talks to batt 5 or Cmd 42 - 10 acres on top of ridge - will run to homes in 20 minutes - started just south of Palisades scar / burn / Fire (?earlier?) - Command 42 request street name - is LGA or moving toward County? - (trying to figure out who should be IC - LAFD or LA Co FD) 2853 - E70 requests repeat - LA Co seeking helispot designation - (spot where helos get water - typically is assigned very early in every fire) Fire 4 says LAFD is using San Dimas helispot - (unknown where that is located) Fire 4 also said they have been bombing the fire - (that would be the lafd helos - probably using the victor channel - AM aviation band) E70 says use Helispot 88A Truck 69 looking for IC - (this is the first LAFD ground unit heard on V1 - someone is on V1 direct also maybe) 3021 on tape - LAFD Truck 69 says that homes on Chastain look good - requests new assignment - (Chastain is north of the dispatched address on Piedra Morada) note - V1 should have been the primary initial attack channel on this fire - all responding units should have been tuned into V1 - and then some aircraft could have started to use a Victor channel for helo to helo comms - and then someone should have used 154.40 for air to ground comms from aerial IC to ground IC - and then units at scene should have used VFire 22 and VFire 23 for ground to ground comms - but it sounds like LAFD units initially used their 800 mhz channels during this critical phase of the fire - we will have to check further and try to confirm that note - hopefully just 1 victor channel was assigned to the fire - and hopefully just 1 a/g channel was assigned - lafd ag is 154.83 - lacofd ag is 154.40 - lafd victor is ?133.70 - lacofd victor is ??? - there should be a plan in use in that area that dictates which channels should be used - but possibly no backup channels are listed on the plan - so if the primary channels are in use -some senior dispatcher has to pull channels out of his hat note - maybe 6 or 7 helos responded on first alarm plus 2 large water scoopers - somehow they were not able to stop the fire - seems that lafd helos arrived first - probably because they were already in the air from the Hollywood brush fire response in 41s area note - if V1 was the primary command channel - then the first alarm would have had approx 20 engines and 7 helos and 2 scoopers and 2 dozers and 2 handcrews and multi chiefs all on 1 channel - only 1 person can talk on a channel at the same time -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/massfire/CAFXWwKY9fyqz5PmSF%3DfcqMqdOwUnSUBkWn3y-P5H-ngjfP%2BKcQ%40mail.gmail.com.
