Carr Fire After Action Review 2018

The Carr Fire was reported on the afternoon of Monday, July 23, 2018, near the intersection of Highway 299 and Carr Powerhouse Road, in the Whiskeytown Unit of the Whiskeytown– Shasta–Trinity National Recreation Area (WHIS) on NPS-administered lands and in a Federal Responsibility Area (FRA) wildfire response zone. The fire was started by the mechanical failure of a travel trailer. The fire quickly spread to a State Responsibility Area (SRA) protected by CAL FIRE. At the inception of the incident, the NPS and the CAL FIRE Shasta Trinity Unit (CA-SHU) coordinated a Type 3 incident management team (IMT) under unified command. Three days later, on July 26, 2018 at 0700, the fire was transitioned to CAL FIRE IMT-1 (IMT-1). On July 27, IMT-1 entered unified command with the City of Redding Fire Department. On July 31 at 0700, IMT-1 entered unified command with the USFS as the fire spread onto U.S. Forest Service administered lands.

Large Fire