Featured Map for 16 November 2018:
Fire Fighter Friday: Global SuperTanker and 10 Tanker Versus the Camp Fire

The Camp Fire, centered near Paradise, California, approximately 79 mi (127 km) north of Sacramento, is the deadlist wildfire in California history. As of Thursday evening, there were 63 civilian fatalities with another 631 people missing. 141,000 acres have burned, destroying nearly 10,000 structures; the fire is 40% containted.

Various firefighting resources have been deployed against this fire including the largest aerial firefighting tanker, the Global SuperTanker (a modified Boeing 747-400), and a 10 Tanker, one of four tankers based on the McDonnell-Douglas DC-10. These aircraft each flew 4-5 sorties per day through Tuesday from a base at McClellan Airfield in Sacramento.

Today's Featured Map shows the last sortie of each of these aircraft last Sunday. The Global SuperTanker's flight (blue) was typical of the missions flown by the two aircraft on Sunday but the 10 Tanker's last flight (orange) deviated from the pattern, focusing on an area farther south of the earlier missions.

References and additional information:

• Camp Fire – Cal Fire
• Misery grows in Camp Fire: 63 dead, 631 missing as fearful relatives submit DNA samples – SF Gate (15 November 2018)
• Global SuperTanker
  • Global SuperTanker activated for use by CAL FIRE (7 July 2018)
• 10 Tanker
• FlightAware
  • N744ST 03:35pm PST - 04:23pm PST (11 November 2018)
  • N522AX 03:56pm PST - 04:51pm PST (11 November 2018)
• Planespotters
  • N744ST Global SuperTanker Services Boeing 747-446(BCF)
  • N522AX 10 Tanker Air Carrier McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30