An eyedropper of water will quell most fires when they start, so it’s a race with time to get sufficient extinguishing agents to the fire before it becomes unmanageable. CalFire used to have a policy of trying to have aircraft on the fire within 20 minutes of ignition. I’m not certain how that policy is holding up with all the additional air support that has been added over the years. Fire stations are placed around the state so that a response with ground crews can be timely. Over the years I’ve heard a lot of stations get shut down or lose an engine. I no longer know if the ground strength of our initial attack force is commiserate with what is needed. CalFire has many models to take from to decide what is the proper response levels to apply to changing times. Whether they get the support for making needed changes is always up to politicians that have to be educated. Lately, I hear a lot of the downstaffing of inmate camps because Newsome has decimated the recruitment pools of candidates and is releasing a lot of prosecuted people that would have been used as a labor pool for handcrews. All various factors that affect the State’s response. Money doesn’t seem to be an issue and it once was, but preallocating it rather that after-the-fact allocating seems to be a barrier not yet resolved correctly. Just some thoughts.
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Back to the Dixie fire everyone. Sounds like some people would like to have a private conversation, or a separate thread to discuss this.
Has anyone run an WFA through technisylva? I would be curious to what the outcome shows if nothing was done since the start Of the fire.
Don’t blow me up, it’s just a model and I’m not suggesting we leave fires unattended, just curious. I’d do it myself but I’m not that smart. 
Looking at the flir images it looks like it is inside LAW on the western side. Can anyone confirm that?
If it helps, this morning at the briefing, they said that as of last night, they had stopped it at the dozer line right at the edge of LAW and that no homes had been damaged
Hi do you have any info about Maidu st or osprey st? A friends parents are very close to loosing their house . Thanks
I grew up in paradise and spent 10 years in susanville. I feel the same way you do watching this.
Fantastic shot. Those lenticular clouds forming at the top …
Looks like the predicted weather has arrived - ugh…
Some long-range spotting happening
Can someone post scanner link? Thanks
Excellent post.
Only one for up there…focused on the eastside
Per CHP, fire has jumped 89 North of LAW. They are also hard closing 36 at St Bernard lodge.
Caltrans cam at 36 and 89 should not stand for much longer.
Fire Pickup’s are gathering…
https://cwwp2.dot.ca.gov/vm/loc/d2/sr36sr89.htm
A live webcam at Realty office is offline in Chester.
Twitter video of fire crossing Hwy 36 - courtesy of Tyler Day:
The entire back country Lassen National Park is closed.
Warner Valley and Juniper Lake areas are closed to all use. The entire park is closed to backcountry camping. These closures are in response to the Dixie Fire, located southeast of park.
