2021 Arizona wildfire season

GlobalNorth · Mar 9, 2021

The initial wildfire of note is the fire proximal to the Tonto Basin. The Red Cross has an evacuation center in Payson for the 50 homes that are evacuated so far. The fire is estimated at ~200 acres so far.

Any freqs?

JohnSpartan · Mar 9, 2021

What's the name of the fire? WildCAD is showing the Punkin fire as 300 acres.

Most TNF fire activity in that area will be on Fire Net 1: Signal, Ord or Diamond.

I don't think they've published the 2021 Comms guide yet.

milcom_chaser · Mar 13, 2021

JohnSpartan said:
What's the name of the fire? WildCAD is showing the Punkin fire as 300 acres.

Most TNF fire activity in that area will be on Fire Net 1: Signal, Ord or Diamond.

I don't think they've published the 2021 Comms guide yet.

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GlobalNorth · Apr 4, 2021

Gila Fire burning 2 hours southwest of Phoenix up to 2,100 acres, 25% containment

Fire managers say the fire is threatening power lines but no structures.

www.azfamily.com

CKennedy4812 · Apr 22, 2021

Fire north of Lake Pleasant {no name heard} air to ground is on 154.280.

BNSFscanner · Apr 25, 2021

About an hour ago a fast moving wildland fire was noticed on the mountain South of Kingman. A large amount of smoke can easily be seen from Kingman. The high winds are not helping the situation. Some frequencies associated with this incident, the Flag Fire are the following:
154.145 Pinion Pine Fire Dept.
170.5125 BLM District Fire
168.5375 BLM Tac 2 Staging
159.465 Mohave County Park (Being Evacuated along with the community of Pine Lake)
154.355 WAX Mutual Aid
151.415 AZ State Fire
154.385 Pine Lake Fire Dept.
167.175 BLM Air-to-Ground 34

Two heavy air tankers are on order and additional personnel are being assembled for the incident. The last major fire up there was during the Summer of 2012 which lasted for about two weeks.

BNSFscanner · Apr 25, 2021

An additional frequency, 134.175 is in use for air ops
Multiple structures are also threatened. Interesting listening. A total of six air tankers (heavy) are now on order. The evacuation of people on the mountain is their largest current concern.

BNSFscanner · Apr 25, 2021

Current photos just taken from Kingman

MtnBiker2005 · Apr 25, 2021

GlobalNorth · Apr 25, 2021

CKennedy4812 said:
Fire north of Lake Pleasant {no name heard} air to ground is on 154.280.

Fires just north of Lake Pleasant [and less than a certain area] are within the City of Peoria. A4 on RWC - usually Peoria, Phoenix, Daisy Mountain, and State Land can be among the initial responders.

GlobalNorth · Apr 25, 2021

OP - Do you have proximal GPS coordinates for the fire?

MtnBiker2005 · Apr 25, 2021

N635AC - TNKR167 - AVRO RJ100
Fire Squawk: 1255
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N635AC

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"Flag Fire"
https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7438/

https://twitter.com/search?q=FlagFire&f=live

https://www.google.com/maps/place/35°04'30.0"N+113°52'58.8"W/

Basic Information:
Current as of : 4/25/2021, 4:50:14 PM
Incident Type: Wildfire
Cause: Under Investigation
Date of Origin: Sunday April 25th, 2021 approx. 02:00 PM
Location: Hualapai Mountains, S of Kingman, AZ
Coordinates: 35.075 latitude, -113.883 longitude

'Flag Fire' remains 0% contained after prompting evacuations near Kingman

Mohave County officials have issued an emergency declaration after the "Flag Fire" near Kingman prompted the evacuation of over 200 homes in Pine Lake County.

www.abc15.com

Flag Fire near Kingman stays around 1,300 acres, 13% containment

The Mohave County Sheriff's Office has issued evacuations for the Pine Lake community, Hualapai Mountain Park, and the Hualapai Mountain Lodge.

www.azfamily.com

Flag Fire: What you need to know about the wildfire burning in Mohave County

A state of emergency was issued for Mohave County due to the Flag Fire burning near Kingman.

www.fox10phoenix.com

AZMONITOR · Apr 25, 2021

BNSFscanner said:
An additional frequency, 134.175 is in use for air ops
Multiple structures are also threatened. Interesting listening. A total of six air tankers (heavy) are now on order. The evacuation of people on the mountain is their largest current concern.

If you elected to monitor only two channels for this incident I would suggest 134.175 and 170.5125 and they currently furnish the most information as to what is happening.

BNSFscanner · Apr 25, 2021

BNSFscanner said:
An additional frequency, 134.175 is in use for air ops
Multiple structures are also threatened. Interesting listening. A total of six air tankers (heavy) are now on order. The evacuation of people on the mountain is their largest current concern.

You can now add another very common federal frequency to the Flag Fire, 168.3500, used by many federal agencies. Simplex mode. It was just active two minutes ago.

MtnBiker2005 · Apr 25, 2021

Flag Fire prompts evacuations southeast of Kingman, AZ - Wildfire Today

Hualapia Mountain Park and Pine Lake are threatened

wildfiretoday.com

BNSFscanner · Apr 26, 2021

As for the Flag fire near Kingman the following are additional channels that have come into use:
164.525 Simplex for crews arriving in Kingman
173.625 Simplex known as Crew 4

BNSFscanner · Apr 26, 2021

Currently, 167.175 is very busy with air-to-ground activity.

BNSFscanner · Apr 26, 2021

A Fish & Wildlife Service handcrew appears to be in the area on the fire and they have been found using 169.700 in the simplex mode.

AZMONITOR · Apr 26, 2021

Another aircraft frequency used in the vicinity of the Flag fire near Kingman is 124.425, AM mode of course.

CKennedy4812 · Apr 26, 2021

Tanker 910, a DC-10, is also on the Flag fire.
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