A CAL FIRE term of endearment for the Shasta County Fairgrounds as an incident base camp/ staging area.
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As of 1000 hrs. today, all ICP activities in Anderson were terminated. All management team members are now back at base camp, which is 6700 W Hwy 36, Platina, Ca at the R Wild Horse Ranch.
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Additionally, whenever I travel to an incident, I call expanded when I am about an hour away to confirm and update the reporting location. Very important on dynamic incidents.
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Incident Base is set up at Anderson, but for Monument.
6700 hwy 36, just left there
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Just to piggyback off of this, but it’s not a bad idea to call even if you know “where” you are going (especially once you get north of, say, Redding) as there can be issues with the online map routing that will do you wrong. More than once I have heard “Maps tells you to take the X, but that is wrong. Take Y to Z instead.” And, as Murphy is always lurking, you’ll drop cell coverage 15 minutes before you realize you’re going the wrong way.
When I first started I was super hesitant to “bother” anyone at the fire. Having been on the other side for a bit now, it’s much better to have someone call in and ask than to deal with late/lost resources. And, in these times of remote check-in, you might end up giving the fire a head start on your T-Card/Trello.
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