Eich IC has a primary all clear per report from an occupant who was inside the building when the fire started. Arcata Fire has one engine responding to the scene as part of the commercial second alarm. Loleta and Blue Lake Fire have been dispatched for move up and cover assignments in the city

Humboldt Bay Fire is on scene with a single story wood frame commercial structure with fire through the roof, passing command and setting up for a transitional attack. There is one exposure threatened. Battalion 8104 will be “Eich IC” and making this a defensive fire. Law enforcement has Eich blocked at S. Broadway and Humboldt Hill.

King Salmon Structure Fire: 2400 block of Eich in King Salmon for a report of fire in a commercial cabinet shop. HCSO is at scene.; Humboldt Bay Fire has a full structure response started. Station 2 reports a smoke column visible from station 2 requesting upgrade to a commercial second alarm

CHP at scene in Carlotta, the fire units are clear and back at their station

Carlotta E7231 at scene, reports vehicle is off the roadway and not occupied, so cancel ambulance; CHP will continue

Carlotta Engine 7231 and 7274 responding with two personnel on board each

Carlotta, t/c veh vs tree reported on Hwy 36 in area of the Carlotta Fire Station, for Carlotta Fire, City ambulance being requested, CHP enroute on their incident #00002

Per alarm company, Chester Av alarm is false; E8215 is canceled

Arcata residential smoke alarm activated, 1600 block Chester Ave, Engine 8215 responding

Ferndale Fire folks finished from fixing fir for the Fuzz. And returning to quarters

Ferndale agency assist, PD requesting assistance at the end of Herbert Street with a chainsaw to help remove a large tree down near Firemen’s‘ Park

I missed how it started, but about 12:20 an EPD ofcr or ofcrs got into a foot pursuit then a fight near 2nd & C Streets, and requested help from more EPD plus HCSO. Was soon holding one at gunpoint and two at taser-point. Don’t know the cause or result but it sounded like quite a snot-flinger for a few minutes.

HCSO requesting Fire & medical return to Samoa boat ramp and stage again; they’re attempting to locate the known party from the Fentanyl call; he’s reported poss in the area and is known to be combative; ambulance and Samoa Fire returning

Arcata medical aid, male w/head injury, 700 block 9th St in front of the bar; APD at scene, ambulance and Arcata Engine 8215 responding

Deputy at the boat ramp advises that ambulance and Samoa Fire can cancel from the call

Samoa medical at the boat ramp, 44 year old male poss OD’d on Fentanyl; staging required medial and HCSO enroute; for Samoa Fire Dept. Chief 8601 and Engine 8641 responding and acknowledged staging

Engine 8211 at scene on Giuntoli

Arcata medical aid, female bleeding from face w/unknown cause, service station at Giuntoli & Valley West; Engine 8211 responding from Mad River Station

Arcata debris fire at rear of Tractor Supply off Giuntoli Lane near Mad River Parkway, Engine 8215 responding

E8217 clear from Halfway Ave & available

Engine 8211 clear from Thunderbird Drive & returning to quarters

McKinleyville two calls, older male fallen and head injury, 3000 block Halfway Ave, ambulance enroute; Engine 8217 responding. 2nd call elderly woman down, not injured, 1700 block Thunderbird, for Engine 8211 [Mad River Station]

One firefighter is aboard the ambulance assisting w/life support enroute to (Mad River?) Hospital, E8215 is following to pick him up from there

Arcata Engine 8215 responding to F Street call

Arcata medical aid, person cut w/knife no further info yet, APD is at scene; for Arcata Station [they’re finally staffing all 3 stations again]

Gah! If you have the misfortune of being in hot-as-balls Redway today — where we are told it is approaching 110°! — at least swing by the corner of Rusk and Redway Drive where some of the saintly folks from the Mateel Community Center are handing out free snow cones.

Get em’ while they’re not hot! -AG 

Sigh. The outside world has again been reminded that, come summertime, Humboldt is a comparatively frigid paradise compared to the rest of our melting state.

This time the Los Angeles Times is the narc. In a piece published over the holiday weekend headlined “This is a Cold Oasis in California on the Hottest Weekend of the Year,” the Times warns potential Humboldt-trekking readers to “beware of ‘fogburn” before delving a bit into local culture and the science that allows our coast to remain so pleasantly chilly.

Read the latest article crushing your dream of owning a home by clicking here. -AG

This is a cold oasis in California on the hottest weekend of the year. Beware of ‘fogburn’

As a brutal heat wave makes California sweat, residents in one part of the state are pulling out their jackets.

LOS ANGELES TIMES

Woodland Incident update on conditions: Humboldt County Coroner was requested to the scene of the earlier structure fire on Woodland in Eureka. HCSO and Coroner are at scene. Fire units are slowly being released. Samoa Fire has remained in Eureka for coverage and has responded to multiple calls in the city.

Blue IC is requesting Alder Crew continue, they will keep all of the units that are at scene and the remainder can cancel

Resources are arriving at the Blue Fire on HW 299. Tanker 96 from Rohnerville arrived and made initial attack retardant drops without the aid of an air attack. Air Attacks 2CG and 120 were responding from Redding but have been canceled. Tanker 96 is returning to Rohnerville on a load and hold. Cal Fire is asking for the mutual aid engines that had responded for coverage during the Woodland Incident in Eureka to be released by Humboldt Bay Fire so they can cover for units responding to the Blue Incident