Dixon Fire Morning Update - August 14: Air Support Vital to Dixon Fire Suppression Efforts

DAYS CREEK, Ore. – The Dixon Fire has remained active along the southern edge, with crews working through the night to hold control lines and protect area homes. ➡️Today, crews will continue to rely heavily on air assets to support suppression efforts. Air support has been integral to holding the fire, providing necessary water drops to ground crews working on the active edge. On FSRD 1610 and the 100-spur road, crews will be extending mop up and extinguishing available fuels within the fire perimeter. Crews are using hand lines, dozer lines, pumps and portable water sources to assist with this task. Falling modules will continue to remove hazard trees along Tiller Trail Highway. In Drew, crews are completing surface preparation work around structures, clearing away receptive fuels and moving combustibles away from buildings. Estimated Size: 2,018 (IR) Containment: 0% Cause: Undetermined Estimated Cost: $2,947,673 Evacuations of Primary Residences: Level 3: 18 Level 2: 13 Level 1: 18 ➡️The Rogue Valley immediate response Task Force has been demobilized. This response tool mobilizes mutual aid resources for 72-hours, to provide short-term surge capacity to an incident ahead of conflagration declaration. This task force was replaced by a Multnomah County Task Force. ➡️Community Meeting: There is a community meeting tonight, Wednesday, August 14th at 7pm at the South Umpqua Community Church. Address: 27292 Tiller Trail Hwy, Days Creek, OR 97429 ➡️Evacuations: Evacuation levels are managed by the Douglas County Sheriff and were updated this morning. Please stay up to date here: https://www.dcso.com/270/Evacuations The official Red Cross call-in shelter is now at: Days Creek Charter School 11381 Tiller Trail Hwy, Days Creek, OR 97429 This new location was established to better meet the needs of community members. Please call (541) 580-1867 or (541) 801-4971 if you need access. ➡️Forest Closures: There is a forest closure in place. Order: https://www.fs.usda.gov/.../FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd1200029.pdf ➡️Map: https://www.fs.usda.gov/.../FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd1200030.pdf ➡️Fire Information Board Locations: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit... ➡️Smoke Outlook: A smoke condition warning has been issued for the immediate area. For updates check: https://fire.airnow.gov/# ➡️Infrastructure Update: Pacific Power crews are in the community doing fire hardening measures, inspections and repair work. They will continue to provide updates to impacted customers via phone/email/text. For information on current outages, visit: https://www.pacificpower.net/outages-safety.html En español: https://www.pacificpower.net/es/apagones.html For information on wildfire mitigation and safety efforts, visit: https://www.pacificpower.net/outages.../wildfire-safety.html For questions, please reach out to the Pacific Power Customer Service team at 1-888-221-7070 For a downloadable, printable version of this update, click here - https://tinyurl.com/DixonFireAMUpdate8-14-24 For a downloadable, printable version of the map, click here - https://tinyurl.com/DixonFireInfoMap8-14-24 Via Incident Command