Friday, August 5, 2022

California wildfire aircraft 2022

from 2022 California Fire Mobilization Guide at
https://gacc.nifc.gov/oscc/mobguide/2022/2022 CA MOBGUIDE
Chapter50.pdf

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AIRTANKER BASES

AIRTANKER NUMBER - BASES - AGENCY - A/C APPROVED*

.... Chester (O05) USFS S2, L, S

T-93 Chico (CIC) CAL FIRE S2, L, M, S

T-82, T-83 Columbia (O22) CAL FIRE S2, S

... Fresno(FAT) USFS S2, L, S, M

T-88, T-89 Grass Valley (GOO) CAL FIRE S2, S

T-72, T-73 Hemet/Ryan (HMT) CAL FIRE S2, S

T-78, T-80 Hollister (CVH) CAL FIRE S2, S

... Klamath Falls, OR (LMT) USFS S2, L, S, M

... Lancaster (WJF) USFS S2, L, S

T-74, T-75 Paso Robles (PRB) CAL FIRE S2, L, S, M

T-76, T-78 Porterville (PTV) USFS/CAL FIRE S2, L, S

T-70, T-71 Ramona (RNM) CAL FIRE S2, S

T-94, T95 Redding (RDD) CAL FIRE/ USFS S2, L, S

T-96 Rohnerville (FOT) CAL FIRE S2, L, S

... San Bernardino (SBD) USFS/BLM S2, L, S, M, V

... Santa Maria (SMX) USFS S2, L, S, M, V

T-85, T-86 Sonoma (STS) CAL FIRE S2, L, S

... Stead, NV (RTS) BLM S2, L, S, M

T-90, T-91 Ukiah (UKI) CAL FIRE S2, S

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RELOAD BASES

Alturas (AAT) BLM

Bishop (BIH) USFS/BLM

Brown Field (SDM) CAL FIRE S

Channel Islands(NTD) CAL FIRE S2, L, S

T-100 McClellan (MCC) CAL FIRE S2, L, S

Siskiyou (SIY) USFS S2, L, M, S

*Aircraft Approved Legend: S2=CAL FIRE Air Tanker, L=Large Air Tanker
(LAT), S=Single Engine Air Tanker (SEAT), M=MAFFS, V=Very Large Air
Tanker (VLAT)

Additional reload bases may be approved

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MAFFS OPERATING BASES

GACC - AIRPORT NAME - LOCATION - REMARKS

Southern California

Fox Lancaster R

Fresno Air Terminal Fresno R limit 4 Aircraft

NTD Channel Islands ANGS Ventura H/F Portable Retardant Plant

Paso Robles Base Paso Robles R

San Bernardino International San Bernardino R/H/F/ Portable Retardant Plant

Santa Maria Santa Maria R

Northern California

Chico Chico R McClellan ATB

Sacramento H/F Portable Retardant Plant

Southern Oregon

Kingsley Field Klamath Falls, OR R/H/F

Great Basin

Reno/Stead Reno, NV R

R= Reload, H= Hubb, F=Full Activation

Additional reload bases may be approved

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HELICOPTERS

Aircraft are assigned numbers and are prefixed in California with the
word "Copter". Helicopters from other regions, may use the word
"Helicopter".

Helicopter Number Forest/Agency Base

502R Klamath – KNF Scott Valley – A30

503 Klamath - KNF Happy Camp – 36S

506 Shasta - Trinity - SHF Trinity – TRI

510 Lassen - LNF Chester – 5Q2

512 Plumas - PNF Quincy – 72CA

514 Tahoe - TNF Grass Valley – GOO

516 Eldorado - ENF Pacific – PAC

517 Stanislaus - STF Bald Mt – 76CA

520R Sierra - SNF Trimmer – TRM

522 Sequoia - SQF Peppermint – PMT

523 Sequoia - SQF Kernville – L05

525 Inyo - INF Independence – 207

527 Los Padres - LPF Arroyo Grande – ARG

528 Los Padres - LPF Santa Ynez – IZA

530 Los Padres - LPF Chuchupate – CHU

531N Angeles - ANF Fox Field - WJF

532 Angeles - ANF Fox Field - WJF

534 San Bernardino - BDF Heaps Peak – HPS

535 San Bernardino - BDF Keenwild – KEN

538 Cleveland - CNF Ramona – RMN

551 Yosemite - YNP Crane Flat – CFL

552 Sequoia NP - KNP Ash Mountain – 2CA0

553 BLM Susanville - NOD Ravendale – RAV

554 BLM CA Desert - CDD Apple Valley – 10CA

R = Rappel N = Night Ops

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Heavy Bases

Forest / Agency + Base

Type 1L San Bernardino – BDF + San Bernardino – SBD

Type 1L Cleveland – CNF + Kitchen Creek – 00CN

Type 1L Sierra – SNF + Fresno - FAT

Type 1L Los Padres – LPF + Casitas - CAS

Type 1L Placerville - PVF + Pacific - PAC

Type 1L Lassen -LNF + Chester 5Q2

Type 1L Klamath - KNF + Siskiyou - SIY

Type 1L Tahoe - TNF + Truckee - TRK

Type 1L Sequoia – SQF + Porterville - PTV

Type 1L Inyo – INF + Bishop - BIH

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CAL FIRE Helicopter Number Unit Base

101 MEU Howard Forest - HFS

102 HUU Kneeland - O19

104 LNU Boggs Mountain - BGS

106 SCU Alma - ALM

202 LMU Beiber - BBR

205 TGU Vina - VNA

301 RRU Hemet/Ryan - HMT

305 BDU Prado - PDO

404 TCU Columbia - O22

406 BEU Bear Valley BVH

901 AMU McClellan - MCC

902 AMU McClellan - MCC

903 AMU McClellan - MCC

906 AMU McClellan - MCC

907 AMU McClellan - MCC

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CAL FIRE CONTRACT COUNTIES

Helicopter Number Agency/Unit Base

ORC 1 T2S Orange County Fire – ORC Fullerton - FUL

ORC 2 T2S ORC FUL

Los Angeles County Fire LAC

HT 739 T1L - ? at Pacoima ?

LAC helicopters rotate between three helibases - Brackett Field - POC
+ Barton Heliport - PAI + Camp 8 Heliport - CL72 (located in Malibu)

Copter 15 T1S LAC

Copter 16 T1S LAC

Copter 19 T1S LAC

Copter 10 T2S LAC

Copter 11 T2S LAC

Copter 12 T2S LAC

Copter 14 T2S \LAC

Copter 17 T2S LAC

Copter 18 T2S LAC

Ventura County Fire - VNC Camarillo - CMA

VNC 6 T2S

VNC 2 T1S

VNC 4 T1S

VNC 5 T2S

VNC 8 T2S

VNC 9 T2S

Santa Barbara County Fire

SBC Santa Ynez - IZA

SBC 308 T2S

SBC 309 T2S

Kern County Fire

KRN 407 T2S Keene Summit

KRN 408 T2S Mettler Fire Station

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not listed - LA City FD + San Diego City FD + San Diego County FD +
Sacramento County FD + Sonoma County Sheriff + San Bernardino County
Sheriff + East Bay Parks FD + ?

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bottom line - 2 usfs jump ships + approx 7 usfs air tankers (highly
variable) + 22 Cal Fire S2 + 1 Cal Fire C130 + 28 air attack aircraft
+ 6 lead pilots + 9 vacant lead pilots + 20 USFS TY2 and TY3 helos (2
are rapell ships) + 2 NPS helos + 2 BLM helos + 10 USFS heavy TY1
helos + 15 Cal Fire helos + 2 Orange Co helos + 9 LA Co helos + 1 LA
Co TY1 helo + 6 Ventura Co helos (2 TY1 + 4 TY2) + 2 Santa Barbara Co
helos + 2 Kern Co helos

plus multiple CWN helos (call when needed)

TYPE 1 helo = heavy
TYPE 2 helo = medium
TYPE 3 helo = small

out ot state scoopers might also be used by usfs - SEATS also

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