Incident Update Park Fire
- Date:
- 08/27/2024
- Time:
- 7:02 PM
Callers outside Butte, Tehama, or Shasta Counties: (866) 916 - 3566
Media Information Line: (530) 282 - 5808
Incident Facts
- Name
- Park Fire
- Start Date/Time
- 2024-07-24
- Incident Status
- Active
- Location
- Off Upper Park Road in Upper Bidwell Park, East of Chico
- Type
- Wildfire
- Cause
- Arson
- Counties
- Butte, Plumas, Shasta, Tehama
- Administration Unit
- Unified Command: CAL FIRE Butte Unit, CAL FIRE Tehama-Glenn Unit and Lassen National Forest
- Unified Command Agency(s)
- Size
- 429,603
- Containment
- 89%
- Structures Threatened
- 0
- Structures Destroyed
- 709
- Structures Damaged
- 54
- Civilian Injuries
- 0
- Firefighter Injuries
- 0
- Civilian Fatalities
- 0
- Firefighter Fatalities
- 0
Current Situation
Situation Summary
The Park Fire is being managed under Unified Command with CAL FIRE and the Lassen National Forest.
Over the next several days CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 6 will begin transitioning management of the State Responsibility Area of the fire to the CAL FIRE Tehama-Glenn Unit local Type 3 team. The Federal Responsibility Area of the fire will be managed by the CIMT Southwest Team 2, with a planned in-brief on 8/28/24.
Today fire suppression repair teams have resumed implementing their planned areas for suppression repair. No fire activity was observed across the fire footprint. Afternoon humidity fell to around 20% and will continue to decline. A warmer and drier weather pattern has begun to dry vegetation making it susceptible to ignition. Crews continue to monitor the area for any heat sources that may reignite and continued to remove fire weakened or hazardous trees that may fall unexpectedly.
A safety risk still remains in the fire area associated with heavy equipment operating near personnel for fire suppression repair.
A traffic safety concern exists regarding a large quantity of fire resource traffic on SR-36 (Antelope Blvd.) in and around the Tehama Fairgrounds and Antelope Elementary School. Continued traffic measures were implemented during peak morning hours.
As you return home from evacuations, please remember to keep an evacuation plan with your family. For more information on emergency readiness, please visit www.ready.gov.
Incident Photos & Video
Press Conferences and Operational Briefings
Butte Zone:
Tehama Zone:
State of Emergency and Federal Assistance
- Governor Newsom secures additional federal assistance for Park Fire, surveys damage
https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/07/27/governor-newsom-secures-additional-federal-assistance-for-park-fire-surveys-damage/ - Governor Newsom proclaims state of emergency in Plumas, Butte and Tehama counties due to fires
https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/07/26/governor-newsom-proclaims-state-of-emergency-in-plumas-butte-and-tehama-counties-due-to-fires/ - California secures federal assistance to support response to Park Fire
https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/07/25/california-secures-federal-assistance-to-support-response-to-park-fire/
Assigned Resources
Numerous firefighting air tankers from throughout the State are flying fire suppression missions as conditions allow.
- Engines
- 46
- Water Tenders
- 98
- Helicopters
- 4
- Dozers
- 71
- Hand Crews
- 43
- Other
- 183
- Total Personnel
- 2062
Cooperating Agencies
| Name | Phone | Address | URL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tehama County Sheriff's Office, California Highway Patrol, California Conservation Corps, Bureau of Land Management, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Sierra Pacific Industries, Collins Pine Company, California Office of Emergency Services, California National Guard, California Department of Transportation, Pacific Gas and Electric |