[UPDATE 5:54 p.m.] Fire Near Redcrest Threatening Structures
Just after 5 p.m., a fire started in the Redcrest area off the Avenue of the Giants. Multiple people had called stated that flames were burning behind the Burl Shop at Redcrest.
A dispatcher sent out a full wildland response including aircraft, John’s Dozers and an all call for the Rio Dell fire crews as well as Redcrest Fire.
About 5:20 p.m., the Incident Commander reported finding a 30′ x 30′ spot burning in heavy fuel with structures threatened when he arrived on scene. He told dispatch to cancel the air attack and the tanker but keep the copter coming.
Copter 102 is on scene as of 5:23 p.m. One state engine is on scene but the resources still responding can cancel.
Please remember that this story is unfolding. Information is being reported as we gather it. However, some of the information coming from witnesses and initial official reports could be wrong. We will do our best to get the facts but, in the case that something is inaccurate, we will update with correct information as soon as we can.
UPDATE 5:27 p.m.: John’s Dozers is being told to cancel.
UPDATE 5:54 p.m.: More resources are being released which is a good indication that the fire is coming under control.
Join the discussion! For rules visit: https://kymkemp.com/commenting-rules
Comments system how-to: https://wpdiscuz.com/community/postid/10599/
Please consider donating to your local fire department. Below are SoHum plus some western Trinity County and some northern Mendocino. (I swear I had some northern Humboldt, too but I’m not seeing them. But Rio Dell and Redcrest Fire are here.)
And again thank you to the woman who did the vast amount of work compiling this.
ALDERPOINT FIRE
POB 164
ALDERPOINT, 95511
BLUE LAKE FIRE
PO Box 245
Blue Lake, CA 95525
BRICELAND FIRE
POB 1249
REDWAY, 95560.
BRIDGEVILLE FIRE
P.O. Box 4
Bridgeville, CA 95526
CARLOTTA FIRE
PO Box 33
Carlotta, CA 95528
COFFEE CREEK FIRE
HC 2 Box 3951
Trinity Center, CA, 96091
DOWN RIVER VFD
140 Fire House Rd
Big Bar, CA 96010
FERNDALE FIRE
PO Box 485
Ferndale Ca. 95536
FIELDBROOK FIRE
4584 Fieldbrook Rd.
Fieldbrook, CA. 95519
FORTUNA FIRE
320 S. Fortuna Blvd.
Fortuna, CA 95540
FRUITLAND RIDGE FIRE
POB 87
Myers Flat 95554
Douglas City Volunteer Fire Department
PO Box 10
Douglas City, CA 96024
Phone: (530) 623-5110
GARBERVILLE FIRE
PO Box 288
Garberville, CA 95542
GASQUET FIRE Department
PO Box 85
Gasquet, CA 95543
HAWKINS BAR VFD
PO Box 485
Salyer, CA 95563
HAYFORK VFD
195 Hyampom Rd
Hayfork, CA 96041
HONEYDEW FIRE
P.O. Box 74
Honeydew, CA, 95545
HOOPA FIRE and Office of Emergency Services
P.O. Box 369
11121 HWY 96
Hoopa, CA, 95546
HYAMPOM FIRE
22509 Hyampom Rd.
Hyampom, CA 96046
HYDESVILLE FIRE
3494 CA 36
Hydesville, CA 95547
JUNCTION CITY FIRE
PO Box 418
Junction City, CA 96048
KETTENPOM ZENIA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT
Po Box 100
Zenia, CA 95595
LAYTONVILLE FIRE
44950 Willis Ave
Laytonville Ca 95454
LEGGETT FIRE
P.O. Box 191
Leggett ca 95585
Lewiston Fire Department
PO Box 113
Lewiston, CA 96052
Phone: (530) 778-3711
LOLETA FIRE
567 Park St.
Loleta, Ca. 95551
(707) 733-5407
MAPLE CREEK FIRE
15933 Maple Creek Rd.
Korbel, CA 95550
MIRANDA FIRE
POB 160
Miranda, Ca 95553
MYERS FLAT FIRE
PO Box 131
Myers Flat, CA 95554
ORLEANS FIRE
38162 Highway 96
(PO Box 312)
Orleans, CA 95556
Or you can donate via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/orleansvolunteers
PALO VERDE FIRE
P O Box 1381,
Redway, Ca 95560
PETROLIA FIRE
(Donate online)
98 Sherman Street.
P.O. Box 169
Petrolia, CA
95558-0169
PHILLIPSVILLE FIRE
PO Box 39
Phillipsville, CA 95559
PIERCY FIRE
80401 Highway 271/ PO Box 206
Piercy, CA, 95587
POST MOUNTAIN FIRE
PO Box 1026
Hayfork, CA 96041
REDCREST FIRE
PO Box 27
Redcrest, CA 95569
REDWAY FIRE
PO Box 695
REDWAY, CA 95560
RIO DELL FIRE
50 West Center St.
Rio Dell, CA 95562
SALMON CREEK FIRE
PO Box 662
Miranda, CA 95553
Salyer Volunteer Fire Department
PO Box 235
Salyer, CA 95563
Phone: (530) 629-2778
Hydesville
3494 CA 36
Hydesville, CA 95547
SCOTIA FIRE
PO Box 185
Scotia, CA 95565
SHELTER COVE FIRE
9126 Shelter Cove Road
Whitethorn, CA 95589
SPROWEL CREEK FIRE
PO Box 2122
Redway, CA 95560
SOUTHERN TRINITY VFD, (a bi-county organization serving both eastern Humboldt and Southern Trinity)
P.O. Box 16
Mad River, Ca 95552
SOUTHERN TRINITY AREA RESCUE (STAR), a bi-county EMS/volunteer ambulance service
321 Van Duzen Rd
Bridgeville Ca 95526
TELEGRAPH RIDGE FIRE
PO Box 1152
Redway, CA 95560
Trinity Center Volunteer Fire Department
PO Box 191
Trinity Center, CA 96091
Phone: (530) 266-3420
Weaverville Fire Department
PO Box 447
Weaverville, CA 96093
Phone: (530) 623-6156
WESTHAVEN FIRE Department
PO Box 2143,
Trinidad, CA, CA 95570
WHALE GULCH FIRE
76850B Usal Road
Whitethorn, CA 95589
WHITETHORN FIRE
PO Box 485
Whitethorn, CA 95589
WILLOW CREEK FIRE
P.O. Box 51
Willow Creek, CA 95573
Westhaven volunteer fire department
I swear I had their donation info on there but I can’t find it now. Do you know it?
The big fundraiser for the Westhaven VFD is their annual Wild Blackberry (not Himalayas) Festival the last Saturday every July. Unfortunately, the last two years have been cancelled due to the pandemic.
Don’t forget willow creek volunteer fire department, they are always there, assist river rescue, homes, businesses, go to other small communities to help. They have not been able to do some of their normal fundraising due to covid
Do you know the address for people to donate?
Also:
Loleta Volunteer Fire Dept.
567 Park St.
Loleta, Ca. 95551
(707) 733-5407
Here’s 2 more for Trinity County:
Down River VFD
140 Fire House Rd
Big Bar, CA 96010
Hayfork VFD
195 Hyampom Rd
Hayfork, CA 96041
I’ve only come up with 5 VFDs for Trinity County, since they are getting hammered this summer, wondering if anyone knows of more VFDs for Trinity. Thnx!
Awesome! Thank you. Added.
If I had all the time in the world…
On the other hand, if you know the info and want to share it, I can consolidate it as it comes through.
Hoopa Orleans willow creek also have 🔥 Departments..
Please share the contact info for donations if you know it.
While it is in Del Norte County, the Gasquet Volunteer Fire Department is one of the beneficiaries of the annual Gasquet Raft Races. Contact through the Community Services District at 707-457-3107.
And Blue Lake and Fieldbrook
Ridge top, on Wilder Ridge?
Clair Trower
When you see the long list of volunteer fire departments in our area, you realize how many people have committed to lots (lots!) of training and then showing up at all hours to protect all of us…and then there’s all of the gear and vehicles needed to do this job well and safely. Please donate to your local VFDs. Please.
So true!
75% of ALL firefighters in the US are volunteers. We would be burned to a crisp without them.
(Not to mention that they are the first responders at car wrecks, dog bites, ladder mishaps and other small disasters)
One more, although I don’t have contact info…
Van Duzen VFD
Van Duzen VFD none listed on their fb page
Westhaven volunteer fire department
mailing address: POB 2143,
Trinidad, CA, CA 95570
Hoopa Fire Department and Office of Emergency Services
P.O. Box 369
11121 HWY 96
Hoopa, CA, 95546
willow creek
Mailing Address
Willow Creek Volunteer Fire Department
P.O. Box 51
Willow Creek, CA 95573
orleans
38162 Highway 96
(PO Box 312)
Orleans, California
95556
Blue Lake
Mailing Address
Blue Lake Volunteer Fire Department
PO Box 245
Blue Lake, CA 95525
Fieldbrook Vol. Fire Dept.
4584 Fieldbrook Rd.
Fieldbrook, CA. 95519
& Redcrest
Mailing Address
Redcrest Volunteer Fire Department
PO Box 27
Redcrest, CA 95569
Looks like Redcrest got their chainsaw back. The theif’s grandma brought it back to them.
Lynn, I was only able to find their actual physical addresses for Trinity County VFDs, where I’ve sent some checks. Where did you find their P O Boxes, pls?
Google search. Most had theirs on their FB page. Several didn’t have it on their FB but I found it on a complied VFD list. I cross referenced half of those and they all seemed up to date.
Oh, & I did not write the original list posted here. I just took the ones people suggested in the comments and looked for those.
@Kym
Feildbrook is the only one that has a street but not post office box listed. So ??? not sure if it is the mailing address or not.
Gasquet
Mailing Address
Gasquet Fire Department
PO Box 85
Gasquet, CA 95543
Updated! Thank you !!!
@Kym, Oops, you missed Redcrest
Redcrest
Mailing Address
Redcrest Volunteer Fire Department
PO Box 27
Redcrest, CA 95569
Dang it. Fixed now.
There’s a ton of fire starts near Redding (10, clustered) and between Yuba and Red Bluff (7, mostly in a line) in the past 24 hours. Interesting.
https://maps.nwcg.gov/sa/#/%3F/%3F/38.0793/-123.2472/7
click on the icon that looks like a screen or display board on the left. Green and gray dots are new fire starts. Time and date are off. Ones that started today say 8/27.
Lets not forget to scroll just a wee bit and give some donations to Kym!!!
Many thanks for always having that list available Kym, and to the woman who compiled it ❤
To growers out there who may not know,back in the days of 10 plant grows we would all pick a plant in the garden to be the donation plant, meaning the money made off that plant went to our local folks…VFDs, schools, the mateel, KMUD, the library, Hospice, etc etc etc.
Please keep this spirit going? It returns to you, for real.
Lovely!
Don’t let folks from your community run down the hard working firefighters from all of the agencies out there putting the work in. Kym defends a lot of folks that have negative comments about those that are out there busting there butts working long hours.
These folks aren’t the ones making the big decisions and moving fire resources around. Don’t let folks with poor info put the fire fighters down.
Kym supports firefighters and free speech. Too bad more people don’t understand that it is possible to defend someone’s right to say something you absolutely don’t agree with.
Free speech? That’s rich. I guess maybe if your part of Kyms clique.
Re-read your last comment. Hypocrisy. Fascism.
Thank you!
Also Ferndale volunteer fire department:
PO Box 485 Ferndale Ca. 95536.
Thank you.
Added!
Leggett Fire
P.O. Box 191
Leggett ca 95585
Added and Thank you!
What a fantastic list of our local volunteer fire departments. I had no idea there were so many, just never put it all together. People please donate what you can to help these fire departments survive and grow. Thank you Kim for bringing all those departments to our attention. It is greatly appreciated.
Hyampom
22509 Hyampom Rd.
Hyampom, CA 96046
Maple Creek
15933 Maple Creek Rd.
Korbel, CA 95550
Added to my master list! Thank you
Hydesville
3494 CA 36
Hydesville, CA 95547
Scotia
PO Box 185
Scotia, CA 95565
Added them to the master list thank you. As soon as I get caught up with all the ones sent to me, I’ll put it out.
Laytonville Volunteer fire Dept
44950 Willis Ave
Laytonville Ca 95454
Thanks, added my master list!
Junction City Fire Department, PO Box 418, Junction City, Ca. 96048
Thank you! I updated my master list.