SIT REP 4: July 17, 2023, 2030 PT

INCIDENT SUMMARY: The RABBIT FIRE started on July 14, 2023, at 1530 hours PT as a brush fire, and is now considered a full-blown wildfire burning 8,283 acres of grass and brush with resources reaching a 45% containment status.

CAUSE: The cause of the fire is still unknown and under investigation.

(L) Photo Credit: UC San Diego Fire Cam

LOCATION: The fire is burning northeast of Gilman Springs Road and Jack Rabbit Trail and one mile from Eden in Lakeview (Riverside County), California.

PERSONNEL: There is a total of 1,578 total personnel along with seven copters, 172 engines, 15 dozers, 20 water tenders, 30 crews, and four others which are assigned to this incident.

INCIDENT COOPERATORS: Incident Cooperators include those from the CHP, Caltrans, CA DOC, Beaumont PD, USFS, and BIA. CAL FIRE/Riverside County FD (Lead Agency), LAFD, ALERT California, Uc San Diego, Jacobs School of Engineering, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Qual Comm Institute, AccuWeather, and the American Red Cross.

(R) Photo Credit: Clovis FD

AVIATION ASSETS:

  • Air Attack: 12, 51, 500.
  • Air Tankers: 40, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 78, 80, 101, 102, 103, 106, 210 and 914.
  • OES Intel 24
  • Copters: 301 and 531.

STRIKE TEAM: Chino Valley Fire District (brush engine and strike team leader, Medic), North County Fire Protection District.

TYPE 1 STRIKE TEAM: Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue, Orange County Fire Authority, Foutain Valley Fire, Huntington Beach Fire, Orange City Fire, Santa Fe Springs Fire, Anaheim Fire, Clovis FD (OES 5306, part of the OES Strike Team).

DID YOU KNOW?

C indicates on a Strike Team as a Type 3, or wildland style fire engine. Type 5 indicates a fire engine and a Team Leader. – Source: VCFD PIO

STRIKE TEAM 1566C: VCFD.

STRIKE TEAM 4100C: Ophir Hill FD, Higgins Fire Protection District, Peardale Chicago Park, and Grass Valley FD.

STRIKE TEAM 6800A: City of Riverside FD (OES369, E11, plus two Chief Officers as Line Safety Officers)

STRIKE TEAM XSN-2375C: Sonoma County Fire District (Photo Credit)

CURRENT STATUS: Fire Officials report there has been minimal fire behavior with smoldering in heavy fuels being observed during the day. Containment lines have been constructed. The fire will be in patrol operations, in search of any hot spots.

REOPENED: SB Hwy 79 from Gilman Springs to Beaumont Avenue.

CLOSED: County Landfill Road, Jack Rabbit Trail, Bridge Street, California Avenue, Between East 1st Street and Hwy 79.

EVACUATIONS are still in effect: East of Jack Rabbit Trail. North of Gilman Springs and Potrero Reserve. West of Hwy 79.

EVACUATION SHELTER: (Map: https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2023/7/14/rabbit-fire). All Shelter(s) have been closed.

REMEMBER WHEN? This photo depicts the original date of July 14, 2023, when the fire was starting to go listed at 600 acres with a dangerous rate of spread. Photo Credit: CAL FIRE (Below)

ANIMAL EVACUATION CENTER:

  • Contact Riverside County Department of Animal Services – 951-358-7387.

EVACUATION WARNINGS:

NORTH of:

  • Seneca Springs
  • Forest Boundary Road

SOUTH of:

  • 4th Street
  • East 1st Street – A portion of the area
  • Seneca Springs Road

EAST of:

  • Jack Rabbit Trail – A portion of
  • Manzanita Park
  • Hwy 79

WEST of:

  • California Avenue
  • Highland Springs Avenue
  • Manzanita Park Road

COST-TO-DATE for fire suppression and containment efforts has reached $3.5 Millon Dollars.

(c) NW Fire Blog