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If you live in a wildland area always have an evacuation plan in place. The only California wildfire known to be larger than the Dixie Fire is last years August. The Dixie Fire has already consumed 489,287 acres. Please refer to the fire information phone numbers provided on this site, and website links for additional information, and monitor your local radio stations for emergency broadcasts. Dixie may not be completely contained until Aug. The sites are not meant to provide up-to-the-minute evacuation or fire behavior information. Please use the information on these pages only as a reference. As battling a fire, or handling any other disaster is the priority, updates to these sites cannot be guaranteed on a set time schedule. All of our information comes from the firelines and must be approved by the Incident Commander in charge of managing the incident prior to release. This site provides general information concerning an incident. We make every effort to provide accurate and complete information, however the data is subject to review and change. Park firefighters assigned to the incident included handcrews, a Branch Section Chief, Resource Advisors, and numerous other roles within the incident.Information presented on the departments website is a representation of the existing wildfire situation, based on the information readily available to CAL FIRE. Mastication along the portion of the park highway Ĭhainsaw use in the Lassen Volcanic Wilderness īurnout operations to slow the spread of the fire andįighting the fire with direct control lines on the fire's edge. Pollak said that the team overseeing the ATA. Heavy equipment is being used to improve existing roads and trails for firefighting The Dixie Fire has been burning since mid-July and has covered nearly 1 million acres during the two months it has blazed, according to CAL FIRE. Handline: firefighters have built handline connecting to the Park and Forest dozer lines, creating a buffer This led to the use of numerous tools from the firefighting toolbox, including:Īir operations: to date, only helicopter bucket work has been possible due to smoke and wind, but fixed-wing aircraft, including “Super Scoopers” are also approved and assigned to fire to be used as conditions allow īulldozers: dozer lines in the Lost Creek Campground area connect to dozer lines on USDA Forest Service lands, as well as at Butte Lake and at Juniper Lake The park superintendent authorized all firefighting tactical requests that were been made by the Incident Management Team.
#DIXIE FIRE INCIWEB FULL#
Lassen Volcanic National Park, in unified command with USFS and CAL FIRE, implemented a full suppression strategy. Lassen Volcanic National Park is included in the West Zone. The Dixie Fire was managed in two cooperative zones: West and East. This includes two portions of the highway: 8 miles from the Southwest Entrance to Lassen Peak parking area and 1 mile from the Northwest Entrance to Loomis Plaza and 8 trails.ĭixie Fire reaches 100% containment at 963,309 acres including 73,240 acres within Lassen Volcanic National Park. Portions of the park unaffected by the Dixie Fire re-open. Park staff begin restoration of some park operations in Mineral.įinal Dixie Fire footprint within the park measures 73,240 acres or approximately 8% of the entire Dixie Fire footprint. Loss of 7 of 8 Juniper Lake cabins confirmed, including 1 NPS-owned cabin.īurn out operation in the Butte Lake and Badger Flat/Lost Creek areas to reduce north and eastward movement.Įvacuation warning for Mineral reduced to warning. Some structure loss confirmed at Drakesbad Guest Ranch including 2 of 4 duplexes and outbuilding near the dining hall. The town of Mineral, including park headquarters, under evacuation order park headquarters temporary relocated to Redding. LVNP joins USFS and CAL FIRE in Unified Command.ĭF becomes the largest single (non-complex) wildfire in California history.īurn out operation in the Southwest Area to reduce south and eastward movement of the lightning-ignited fire on Morgan Summit.
Warner Valley and Juniper Lake areas closed and entire park closed to backcountry camping due to DF.ĭF enters the southeast corner of LVNP near the Juniper Lake Area.
Lassen National Forest joins Cal Fire in Unified CommandĭF becomes largest California wildfire in 2021.
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