A morning meeting at the Nevada County Fairgrounds today, then many of those firefighters sent back out on the lines, relieving many that have been there overnight, still trying to knock down various fires burning in Nevada County, and surrounding counties. At the morning briefing at the Pine Tree Stage, the rank and file firefighters were told by their commanders that there’s more help today…

Listen to firefighter briefing 1

The firefighters got updates on several different aspects of firefighting, from which radio frequencies to use, where the water drops will be, to the wind conditions…

Listen to firefighter briefing 2

There are now over a thousand personnel working the Wind Complex Fires–most of them are staged at the Nevada County Fairgrounds.

–gf