Daily Schedule

FireSense Boise Campaign Plan of the Day: Wednesday, 12 August 2026

All times are local (Mountain Time)

Meetings:

1100 Preflight Brief 

1300 Flight Planning Meeting (Webex)

B-200 N529NA PIRS

Active fire (Sand Creek, MT)

0630 Begin PreFlight Instrument Prep 

1130 Doors Close

1200 Takeoff

1500 Land

G-III N520NA C-FIRST

Active fire (Little Giant, OR)

0900 Instrument Begin Preflight Prep

1150 Doors Close

1200 Takeoff 

1500 Land

ESPO on site: Jaden Ta and Mike Thomson

 

FireSense Aircraft

DA B200 N53W AVIRIS

Current Location: Boise, ID

Fly Wrights Spring and potentially the Big Grass fire in the evening

DA A-90 N94S G-LiHT

Current Location: Reno, NV

Transit Home

FireSense Boise Campaign Plan of the Day: Tuesday, 11 August 2026

Announcements:

  • PIRS planning Day and Night sample fo Local Flare near Boise
  • C-FIRST, coordinated with ER-2 plans to sample Little Giant, WA or Wrights Spring OR or Sand Creek MT
  • ER-2 call at 1000 to decide mutual Target

All times are local (Mountain Time)

Meetings:

1300 Flight Planning Meeting (Webex)

B-200 N529NA PIRS

2 Flights over Local Flare

1330 Begin PreFlight Instrument Prep 

1630 Preflight Brief

1730 Doors Close

1800 Takeoff

~1930 Land

2130 Takeoff

~2300 Land

G-III N520NA C-FIRST

ER-2 Coordination to sample Little Giant, WA or Wrights Spring OR or Sand Creek MT

1100 Instrument Begin Preflight Prep

1230 Preflight Brief

1350 Doors Close

1400 Takeoff

~1800 Land

ESPO on site: Jaden Ta and Mike Thomson

 

FireSense Aircraft

DA B200 N53W AVIRIS

Current Location: Boise, ID

Fly MCMWTC 

DA A-90 N94S G-LiHT

Current Location: Reno, NV

Weather down or Whittel

FireSense Boise Campaign Plan of the Day: Tuesday, 11 August 2026

Announcements:

  • PIRS planning Day and Night sample fo Local Flare near Boise
  • C-FIRST, coordinated with ER-2 plans to sample Little Giant, WA or Wrights Spring OR or Sand Creek MT Fires
  • ER-2 call at 1000 to decide mutual Target

All times are local (Mountain Time)

Meetings:

1300 Flight Planning Meeting (Webex)

B-200 N529NA PIRS

2 Flights over Local Flare

1330 Begin PreFlight Instrument Prep 

1630 Preflight Brief

1730 Doors Close

1800 Takeoff

~1930 Land

2130 Takeoff

~2300 Land

G-III N520NA C-FIRST

ER-2 Coordination to sample Little Giant, WA or Wrights Spring OR or Sand Creek MT

1100 Instrument Begin Preflight Prep

1230 Preflight Brief

1350 Doors Close

1400 Takeoff

~1800 Land

ESPO on site: Jaden Ta and Mike Thomson

 

FireSense Aircraft

DA B200 N53W AVIRIS

Current Location: Boise, ID

Fly MCMWTC 

DA A-90 N94S G-LiHT

Current Location: Reno, NV

Weather down or Whittell

FireSense Boise Campaign Plan of the Day: Sunday, 9 August 2026

Announcements:

-PIRS and C-FIRST plan to sample Grass Hopper and Row Complex fires in OR

All times are local (Mountain Time)

Meetings:

1145 Preflight Brief

1300 Flight Planning Meeting (Webex)

B-200 N529NA PIRS

0730 Instrument Begin Preflight Prep

1230 Doors Close

1300 Takeoff

1600 Land

G-III N520NA C-FIRST

1030 Instrument Begin Preflight Prep

1320 Doors Close

1330 Takeoff

1530 Land

ESPO on site: Jaden Ta and Mike Thomson

 

FireSense Aircraft

DA B200 N53W AVIRIS

Current Location: Boise, ID

Plan to sample Grasshopper, Rowe Creek Complex, Bench, Big Grass

DA A-90 N94S G-LiHT

Current Location: Reno, NV

Weather down or MCMWTC

FireSense Boise Campaign Plan of the Day: Saturday, 8 August 2026

All times are local (Mountain Time)

Meetings:

1300 Flight Planning Meeting (Webex)

B-200 N529NA PIRS

Hard Down Day- No Instrument Access

G-III N520NA C-FIRST

Hard Down Day- No Instrument Access

ESPO on site: Jaden Ta and Mike Thomson

 

FireSense Aircraft

DA B200 N53W AVIRIS

Current Location: Boise, ID

Plan to Fly: Sinlahekin, Kaiser Canyon, Modrite

DA A-90 N94S G-LiHT

Current Location: Reno, NV

Weather down or MCMWTC

FireSense Boise Campaign Plan of the Day: Friday, 7 August 2026

Announcements:

-PIRS and C-FIRST plan to sample Widemouth 2 fire in UT

All times are local (Mountain Time)

Meetings:

1300 Flight Planning Meeting (Webex)

1400 Preflight Brief

B-200 N529NA PIRS

0930 Instrument Begin Preflight Prep

1400 Doors Close

1420 Takeoff KBOI (Time on Target: 1630)

~1900 Land KBOI

G-III N520NA C-FIRST

1230 Instrument Begin Preflight Prep

1500 Doors Close

1510 Takeoff KBOI (Time on Target: 1630)

1840 Land KPVU

2130 Takeoff KPVU (Time on Target: 2200)

0100 Land KBOI

Bode E-90 N975SP Logos FireKite

With PC-12 N874EB 

ESPO on site: Jaden Ta and Mike Thomson
 

FireSense Aircraft

DA B200 N53W AVIRIS

Current Location: Boise, ID

Plan and coordinate first fire flights

DA A-90 N94S G-LiHT

Current Location: Reno, NV

In position to sample Whittell Forest and MCMWTC

FireSense Boise Campaign Plan of the Day: Thursday, 6 August 2026

All times are local (Mountain Time)

Meetings:

1130 Preflight Brief 

1300 Flight Planning Meeting (Webex)

1800 Postflight Brief

B-200 N529NA PIRS

Target: Local landfill flare 

0730 Instrument Begin Preflight Prep

1230 Doors Close

1300 Takeoff

1400 Landing

G-III N520NA C-FIRST

No fly day

Bode E-90 N975SP Logos FireKite

Tail 874EB aircraft 

ESPO on site: Jaden Ta and Mike Thomson

 

FireSense Aircraft

DA B200 N53W AVIRIS

Transit to Boise

DA A-90 N94S G-LiHT

Railroad Valley or Whittell

FireSense Boise Campaign Plan of the Day: Wednesday, 5 August 2026

Announcements:

-Partner Day Flights

-PIRS instrument team meet at the FBO lobby at 1000 to chat with Partners at 1030

All times are local (Mountain Time)

Meetings:

0830 Preflight brief in the FBO Lobby

1300 Flight Planning Meeting Large Conference Room and Webex

1800 Postflight brief 

B-200 N529NA PIRS

Down for Aircraft Issue

G-III N520NA C-FIRST

0730 Begin Preflight Instrument Prep

0900 Egress training at Aircraft (FOR ALL FLYERS)

1030 Group 1 takeoff 

1200 Group 1 landing

1300 Group 2 takeoff

1430 Group 2 landing

ESPO on site: Jaden Ta and Mike Thomson

FireSense Aircraft

DA B200 N53W AVIRIS

Down Day, Install ND filter 

DA A-90 N94S G-LiHT

Railroad Valley or Whittell

Bode E-90 N975SP Logos FireKite

1200 Expected Arrival

FireSense Boise Campaign Plan of the Day: Tuesday, 4 August 2026

Announcements:

-C-FIRST, PIRS, and Urban Sky Hot Spot plan to be over the Widemouth 2 Fire at 1400

-C-FIRST and PIRS local calibration hot target at Ada County Landfill prior to landing

All times are local (Mountain Time)

Meetings:

1100 Preflight 

1300 Flight Planning Meeting (Webex)

~1715 Postflight Brief (15 minutes after B200 landing) (Webex)

B-200 N529NA PIRS

0700 Begin Preflight Instrument Prep 

1200 Doors Close

1230 Takeoff 

1700 Landing 

G-III N520NA C-FIRST

1000 Begin Preflight Instrument Prep

1250 Doors Close

1300 Takeoff

1630 Landing

ESPO on site: Jaden Ta and Mike Thomson

 

FireSense Aircraft

DA B200 N53W AVIRIS

Flying non FireSense in Burbank 

DA A-90 N94S G-LiHT

Begin transit to Reno, NV

FireSense Boise Campaign Plan of the Day: Monday, 3 August 2026

All times are local (Mountain Time)

Meetings:

0900 Preflight meeting (MANDATORY FOR ALL FLIERS) in FBO lobby Conference Room

1300 Flight Planning Meeting (Webex)

B-200 N529NA PIRS

Coordinate with 1100 NWS Sounding Balloon

0500 Begin PreFlight Instrument Prep 

1000 Doors Close

1030 Takeoff

~1130 Land

G-III N520NA C-FIRST

Hard Down

ESPO on site: Jaden Ta, Mike Thomson and Roy Johnson

 

FireSense Aircraft

DA B200 N53W AVIRIS

Flying Non FireSense in Burbank 

DA A-90 N94S G-LiHT

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