Recorded 911 calls from October 8, 2017, Sonoma County fires

[@samithomas321]

It would be interesting to hear this recording with an overlay of a map showing where these calls were coming from.

[@cman9605]

Sami Thomas yah that would be nice

[@nicholefrank6770]

Me too

[@Kornknealious]

That is a bit freaky to hear my sisters voice talking about being trapped with our father and her kids. She told me the story...but I have to say, she sounds calm (or trying to) while on the phone. she was a trooper.

[@emgregory528]

❤

[@CrispyOkra]

Nobody could comprehend the scale of the fires and why they weren't getting help.

[@nicoleredins3954]

Makes me cry to relive that terrible time in a very different way I wouldn’t have thought I’d be able to hear! We are Sonoma county strong that’s for sure

[@catherinepoloynis]

Listening to this is so frustrating.

[@andrewgeier83]

I hope these dispatchers were given medals and massive bonuses, they were able to keep their calm so well under so much pressure

[@lisas4777]

Andrew Geier .. Really!? The one dispatcher lied & said that there were no reports of fire, only smoke, to explain why firefighters weren't on the scene.. When HELLO!? the whole place was in flames! A couple were being rude when this is the last contact this person had with someone before THEY DIED! They hung up on the one lady! I'm not buying it.. I think they're all in on it, even a few firefighters know the TRUTH!

[@Stopstaring101]

Andrew Geier They were doing a job they were well trained to do ... just like every first responder, some cops, every fireman, every army person, every ER doctor and the like. Do they get metals for keeping calm while doing their jobs? Hardly ever. You see, it comes WITH the job. We highly appreciate their efforts and have deep gratitude for their courage, but if we gave everyone a metal just for doing their job correctly, a job they were well trained to do ... well... then the specialness of getting a metal for exemplary work or achievement, meaning above and beyond, would not mean nearly as much to ones who are truly highly deserving and therefore sought out for the giving of a metal🏵

[@babybrat2958]

Lisa, what truth?

[@klaasbatema8963]

Yeah they kept abnormaly calm after all the freaked panick people. To calm.

[@klaasbatema8963]

@@babybrat2958 you are a sick troll.

[@owensweetland342]

Well, if there are sparks then there is a fire. COMMON SENSE. Really?!

[@briankistner4331]

I don't know it was even possible, but they needed more 911 operators called in. They are getting overwhelmed and some are a bit short with people calling. On the flip side. Calling 911 in these conditions. Give address, direction of fire and size, distance, and if help is needed. 911 doesn't have the time for a long winded story. Don't wait around for help. If you can flee, DO IT!! These fires are now so big and move so fast. 10 miles away or less, starting thinking about a evac.

[@cman9605]

This was insane

[@makaylas4535]

Omg i had to just stop the video i cant listen to it anymore… this was my big brothers birthday we were out celebrating and had soooo much fun. Then when i got home everything was fun but at 2:00 in the morning my mom woke us up and we where told to leave we had absolutely no time we couldn't even get our cats. No clothes. Nothing. We left and drove as fr away as possible. When we got to Sebastopol where my gma and gpa live i could the burning flames from the hill. Inwas crying just thinking it was my house… my cats… everything i loved and reminded me of my past… i was crying for my neighbors…my friends… my family. I thought i would have nothing and have to start over. About two weeks later i was able to go see if my house was there. I cried feeling how lucky i was and how i was blessed. I felt sorry for the people a block down from house. There houses were gone. Nothing but ash. I still cry sometimes thinking of how lucky i am. #SanomaStrong!

[@royalenfieldgirlnicole5935]

Makayla Sousa what about your cat's?

[@el5495]

+Nicole Sundher what do you think happened

[@trinitybrannon7527]

Same we lived in coffee park and we literally had 14 minutes to get out but the crazy thing is, is that my whole family including me would have died if my dad wouldn't have woken up coughing. By the time we left our neighbors house was on fire and everyone was going crazy outside. My cat was not found after the fires but I had got my snake it was so terrifying but I will always have a vivid memory of the bright orange glow from my backyard

[@greatestever8976]

how horrific.😨 I'm crying for all the people and animals that died.😭 Glad you made it.💪 Thanx 4 sharing your story. 💞

[@tootsiedawn2016]

Thank God you got out and your cats were ok.

[@oldschool8432]

Listening to this is heartbreaking. Rip

[@LiLLaLa707]

Having experienced this first hand this was unexpectedly triggering

[@jennifershannon5592]

And they didn’t send a message. I woke up right behind Coffey Park at 3am and I’ve never felt terror like I did that night. I would like to hear the messages from the next couple of hours.

[@babybrat2958]

Cell towers were knocked out. I got a text around 11:30pm for the Sky Farm area…..but after that I couldn’t even send a text message out for at least a few hours…..the remaining cell towers were overloaded.

[@luffiethecat6795]

same happened in Maui Hawaii @@babybrat2958

[@P4hs]

13:21 - "Nobody has been warned about this." 9:34 - "No one is going to evacuate, or tell us?" "No, ma'am, that would make your gov't leaders look weak."

[@mamayorkie1142]

OMG so sad poor people.This is heartbreaking ☹️💔

[@DeborahNitasaka1]

I suggest obtaining the recordings of the radio exchanges between firefighters & dispatchers. I live in Glen Ellen, read about smoke in the air on Nextdoor, turned on the scanner & was horrified by all I heard. I alerted that list. We fled. My question: when will we hear what’s changed? Will PG&E turn off elect. next time? Will fire stations find the button to turn on their station alert horns? Will the region purchase night flying aircraft equipped for firefighting so we don’t have to wait days for others to provide what we should have? Will agencies coordinate, adopt national alert system instead of relying on contractor services that weren’t used when they should have been. Nor were they used responsibly. Sending out messages that people can return home when they can’t was cruel.

[@ukiahcat]

Lack of common sense seems to be the new norm. If you see fire get the hell out.

[@abducco3110]

This was a awful Fire, luckily my “old” house didn’t burn down, but a lot of my friends’ houses were burnt down, fortunately none of my friends were injured, it reached 244,891 acres, 44 died, 71 were missing, and 14 Billion in damages

[@mikestok9781]

A very sad and tragic event, but fuck, is initiative and common sense not a thing anymore?

[@michaelhilber8284]

Sure is good to know that no cell phone alert was issued.

[@michaelhilber8284]

When people called 911 they were told, "You need to evacuate yourself. Evacuate now." Is that how an evacuation order should be received? Only those who call in to 911 get the evacuation order. What about those who managed to remain asleep?

[@justjay7283]

I live in Santa Rosa and the city confessed that they were not prepared for any of this. The wind was 75 to 90 mph so the fire spread very fast. Even if they got an alert they would still have little time to escape because of the quickness of the fire. Im not trying to defend them because they cost some people there lives... but there are always two side to every story.

[@rgthenascarfan9716]

Michael Hilber Cell phone alerts should have been sent out and the Emergency Alert System should have been used because it would have saved a lot more lives.

[@jacquelinegutierrez5466]

Nix

[@babybrat2958]

The fire knocked out many cell towers. For at least a couple hours I couldn’t even send a text message out.

[@gabrielazamira]

OMG! I was in Santa Rosa California and holy sh!t! 2017, October 9, Santa Rosa California, A lot Of fu!king wind almost blow out my house! The wind sound like a hurricane in Florida!!! Really! I was only 7 or 8! And I was crying when I witness 3 buildings on fire! And I woke up at 4:00 AM! California is going to turn into a nice cooked brbq! Damn well you see at the end of this day. 🔥🔥🔥

[@bicyclecafe2573]

P G & E Needs to put power lines underground! this may not have happened! god bless.

[@Kornknealious]

the fire did not start from power lines.

[@kimmer6]

Thomas Korn, The Tubbs fire started from downed private power lines at a winery on Bennett Lane and Highway 128. It was investigated by the Fire District, PG&E, insurance companies and private investigators.

[@babybrat2958]

@kimmer, there were also a lot of other little fires in the area that were also caused by power lines and wind.

[@joop69fainth44]

This makes me wanna help people this is why i wanna do volunteer firefightering the more of as the better reinforcement to contain and aid people and evacuate them plus having warning systems although fire is unpredictable specially in movement and how fast they spread but at least its a better chance of survival

[@brushrescue1701]

None of these civilians know how to give accurate answers.

[@babybrat2958]

We’re you expecting that they could? These are people with no training and that were extremely freaked out...you freak out and then you can’t think clearly.

[@mountainman4756]

Really man? If you are in the career field that your username eludes to, why do u expect anything different? Stop tarnishing the badge...

[@hailmaryrecordings8255]

Shut up, shit-cop.

[@brushrescue1701]

🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

[@hailmaryrecordings8255]

brushrescue1701 clever ...

[@ThePriceisRight4094D]

power lines arching due to smart meters. this never happened before the meters were installed DEW fires are hotter than normal wildfires, remove the smart meters this is no way to test them.

[@babybrat2958]

You don’t have any idea what you are talking about. Even if we exclude the last 10yrs of Fire history, 25% of California’s worst most destructive fires occurred due to power lines. Try researching extreme wind driven fires from California fire history. These fires are burning so hot because of extremely low relative humidity, high winds and an extreme over abundant amount of fuel. Wind feeeds a fire massive amounts of oxygen. More oxygen means a fire would burn hotter and with greater intensity. When a fire burns hotter, more complete combustion occurs. Research extreme fire behavior.

[@WeKnowWhatYouDEW]

​@babybrat2958 your comment hasn't aged well. Do some research on direct energy weapons and the pentagon than get back to me

[@nala3038]

@@WeKnowWhatYouDEWyou’re an idiot, but I think you know that already

[@kingcharles7920]

After this day the numbers came alive.

[@klaasbatema8963]

I understand I have to hang up. Just stay calm and die in peace. We have to prioritise the calls. Prioritise what, they are all being incinerated and surrounded by this fire. 'We'll let the fire department know' very sad indeed. They are giving the people a false sense of security.

I wonder how many ppl on this tape died in this horrible "new normal" fire! The "governors" should be thrown in prison for this and the paradise fires etc.

[@caleblambo162]

The government: we can't help you, figure it out yourself, i gotta go.. *click* Same thing happened to us in Paradise.. well, at first they told us our eyes were lying and the fire was WAY up the canyon..then they were like 'oh yeah you're right, figure shit out yourself'

[@emperorjebus8678]

Im one of the survivors

[@notthatdonald1385]

Homes in the wild land with plenty of fuel around them. Cheaply built houses too close together to maximize tax money. And a warming, drying climate.

[@thedirtycorner8816]

I got video of The Sixth Street fire and the Wind

[@babybrat2958]

I would love to see that footage.

[@tomsurfing007]

PG&E did it here and in Paradise, CA.

[@babybrat2958]

Power lines are responsible for 5 of the 20 most destructive wild fires in California history.

[@WeKnowWhatYouDEW]

​@@babybrat2958wrong

[@cheriemorgan4815]

Cfreaky call

[@KingCharles-df6cp]

That was the day the weird clouds came down. I saw everything. All i can say is we were lucky. that big blue meteor almost killed us. after it past the midst came down. and the rock people were just looking at me.? i felt judge

[@nala3038]

King33 Charles44 get back on your meds

[@louann4992]

@@nala3038 AMEN or call the men in white coats, Tell them to bring a special one for him and take him to a special place.

[@kingcharles7920]

The numbers are alive repeatedly now

[@kingcharles7920]

@@nala3038 lol. Okay good one.

[@jennifergray8306]

This is passed disturbing to me. I know these dispatchers were overwhelmed but they seemed rude and it seems they made a lot of empty promises. They cut terrified people off and lied to them

[@mountainman4756]

I suggest you do an observation in dispatch during a critical event and then reevaluate your comment.

[@LiLLaLa707]

@@mountainman4756 with all due respect having experienced these fires first hand we did not even receive emergency text messages and dispatchers directly lied

[@luffiethecat6795]

exactly the same has happened in Maui Hawaii@@mountainman4756

[@klaasbatema8963]

Pretty clear that when the shit hits the fan 911 dispatch is useless.

[@ellp152]

It would be good if 911 dispatchers were trained in how to talk/handle mass emergencies like this! I’m mean we are all taught that 911 will help us and they should at least no how to handle talking to us even if they can’t help us!!

[@babybrat2958]

They are trained to talk to people....but this wild fire absolutely and completely overwhelmed the entire 911 system. They aren’t going to be able to baby people because they have 100 more calls to answer. The dispatchers did remarkably well given the scale of this wild fire.

[@slackjawedyokel1]

Fire wise your neighborhood ---

[@cleovidrine8673]

Also this can be a theory one guy said a chemical smell i was a security guard and the last post there was a lot of men/women with light bending suits running around shooting each other. And i seen one crawl over a fence with this suits i could barely see him but he was wearing a screen type monitors. Thats the only way i could see him. You dont think these people are running around with these suits with an accelerants setting these

[@yourmomshairyhotdog4123]

Cleo Vidrine please tell us more. Where abouts were you? Shooting eachother with what?

[@LoveLove-oj8qv]

Clifford Bevans you need a hug

[@babybrat2958]

Cleo, do you honestly expect people to take you seriously when you present a theory like this?

[@nala3038]

@@babybrat2958don’t mind him, he took a fall and seriously injured his head.