Hoopa brush fire near rodeo grounds quickly contained at four acres
A four-acre brush fire below Hoopa’s rodeo grounds started running uphill toward homes before crews stopped it late Thursday night. The same corridor is now under tighter fire restrictions.
Hoopa Wildland Fire stopped a four-acre brush fire below the rodeo grounds near the Nixon Fishing Hole river bar late Thursday night before it could turn into a bigger run toward nearby homes. The fire began making an uphill push toward a residential area, but crews held it to river bar brush and kept it from damaging any structures.
The Rodeo 1 incident was dispatched at about 11 p.m., and the rough terrain shaped the response as much as the flames did. Water tenders could not safely reach the fire area because of steep slopes and limited access, so smaller 4x4 wildland engines carried water directly to the scene. The incident commander also requested structure-protection help from the Hoopa Valley Volunteer Fire Department as the blaze moved uphill.
U.S. Forest Service Lower Trinity District resources were initially dispatched around midnight, then redirected about 12:45 a.m. to the Bluff Fire near Norton Field. No structures were lost and no injuries occurred.
The Hoopa Fire Department and Office of Emergency Services has had Direct Protection Area responsibility for the Hoopa Indian Reservation since 1987 and is the first compacted tribal fire department in the nation. The Hoopa Fire Safe Council was formed in 2013, and the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation Community Wildfire Protection Plan was approved in 2016.
The Six Rivers National Forest began fire restrictions on July 3 because of dry conditions and increasing fire danger, and the Bureau of Land Management Arcata Field Office fire prevention order has been in effect on North Coast public lands since June 28. Residents and river users moving through the same corridor should treat sparks, cigarettes, campfires, off-road driving and target shooting with extra caution.
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