Multiple Lightning Strikes- SLO County

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Multiple lightning strikes in San Luis Obispo County since 6:00 AM. Noted hits in Pozo, Pismo Beach, and Creston areas. Units from Parkhill (Station 40) and La Panza (Station 41) stations making continous circuit of Pozo- Black Mountain area. 2 fires currently active in Pozo- Black Mountain area. At least one confirmed on Los Padres National Forest. First fire south of 2400 block of Highway 58, two diger pines ablaze, small grass patch, 1/4 acre. Second location near Navajo Flat inaccessible from the ground, about 10 acres so far. Air Attack 340 overhead doing recon. Navajo IC requesting Helitack, 3 additional engines (2 Type B's, 1 4WD) to scene, 1 Cuesta crew to stage at Parkhill station. OES 273 staffed and staged at station 40. Incident ordering transferred to Los Padres NF dispatch. Interesting sidenote: It took 1 1/2 hours for SLU ECC to reach Los Padres Dispatch. Apparently they weren't answering the phone.
Units committed so far:
Battalion 3417
Battalion 3414
Engine 3468
Engine 3465
Engine 3477
Engine 40
Air Attack 340
Pending:
OES E- 273 (Stage at station 40)
Cuesta Crew # ? (Stage at station 40)
USFS Helitack (doing flight prep, no eta currently)

Operational frequencies:
"Navajo IC"
Command- 151.325 SLU Local
Tactical- 151.175 CDF Tac 3
Los Padres Forest Net- 170.550

 

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status update

Fire in 2400 block of Highway 58 is now exclusively Navajo IC (CalFire). IC requesting handcrew skip staging and move up to scene. Fire near Navajo flat now being called Chester Fire. Chester IC will be transferred to Los Padres upon arrival. LPF Battalion 31 enroute from Pozo station, LPF Copter 527 enroute from Lopez Lake. Air Attack 340 returning to base for time being. Battalion 3417 and Engine 3468 to station 40 for R&R.

new Chester fire operational frequencies:
"Chester IC"
Command- 171.550 Los Padres NF Service Net
Tactical- 168.200 USFS Crew Net