Radio traffic - The first 2 hours of the Camp Fire in Paradise 

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153k acres

@@shaunconner295 thank you. That's quite large.

@@meyou9655 yea, but in the year 2020 we had many more major fires twice the size of this going all the way up to 1 million acres

@@shaunconner295 I'm in Canada. A few years ago, Fort McMurray had a major fire, huge property losses and mass evacuation. It affected the oil industry. I don't know the final size but it wasn't extinguished until the following year. The province I'm located in, we experience between 300 to 400 wildfires a year. Due to our small size and climate, the fires sometimes reach thousands of acres. Last year, 18 kilometres from here there was a 2000 acre fire. 2 CL 415 from Quebec were called in to help. The Miramichi Fire was a cluster of large fires in 1825, that's where I live. 3 million acres, towns wiped out, many people perished. 1986 saw an outbreak early in the season, May. By the end of that summer, some 100,000 plus acres burned in many large fires. Again, we are only a small province here. Cheers from Miramichi. Stay safe.

I have no idea, probably everything within a 2 hour radius.

Literally almost every fire department In the state responded to the camp incident in some way shape or form. It would be almost impossible to get a list of all responding resources. At the peak I believe there were almost 9000 fire personnel on scene.

Thanks for the info

@@johancoetzee1225 www.abc10.com/article/news/local/paradise/camp-fire-the-local-police-and-firefighters-who-responded-to-the-deadliest-wildfire/103-614571187

Are you asking who initiated the response?

We'll never know. My issue is that evac warnings were heard over the radio, but not getting out to anyone in a timely matter, except via those of us on Twitter getting them out in real time. The system was just so overloaded.

@Klaa2 I was getting photos and videos throughout the fire, so we know some were working.

@Roger Clemons I never said "They dropped the ball" BTW I worked for Cal Fire for 32 years.

@Roger Clemons No worries. The fire was a shit storm from the git go. Nothing was going to stop it. A lot of people died, but it could have been so much worse IMO. It was by far the worst fire I've covered since retiring, it's something I'll never forget and hope not to see again.

@Roger Clemons Congrats to your son, he did good. Is he i Batt 15, Temecula? If so I did 10 years down there before going to Jurupa Valley for 12 years. During my off seasons in 1985-86 I would jump on engines in San Diego, MVU, and go to fires. Earned me some bonus points and the captains were glad to have a 3rd body, firefighter, on the engine.