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

First unit at scene of the vegetation fire on HW 299 will be the “Blue IC”; CHP is reporting that the fire may have been started by a truck that lost a tire

Blue Lake Vegetation Fire: Multiple reports of a vegetation fire in the area of mile marker 8.9 on Highway 299; For Blue Lake Fire, Westhaven Fire, Arcata Fire, Kneeland Fire water tender, Cal Fire Battalion 1214, Engines 1274 and 1265, 2 Dozers, Alder crew 2 and 3, Tanker 96 and one Air Attack on order

Tanker 96 from Rohnerville and the two air attack planes responding from Redding have been canceled on the McCann Incident. A large ground response and Copter 909 are on scene

McCann Vegetation Fire: Single report of smoke showing from Dyerville Loop Rd; Cal Fire has sent a full wildland response including aircraft; First unit at scene will be “McCann IC”; Cal Fire has an engine on scene with power lines down and a roadside start that is 30’x30’ in size with a slow rate of spread, requesting to continue the full response

Most of the second alarm units are being canceled on the Woodland incident. Firefighters are getting the fire under control. Arcata and Blue Lake are covering the district

Battalion 8102 is on scene with a fully involved single story wood frame residential structure with fire through the roof, this will be a defensive fire, first in unit lay in a line and establish a defensive attack; 8102 is “Woodland IC”

Eureka Structure Fire: Report of a fully involved residential structure in the 5100 Block of Woodland cross of Pigeon Point Rd.; Humboldt Bay Fire responding; Responding units report that smoke visible from Myrtle Ave, requesting upgrade to a second alarm

Primary and secondary search of the first and second floor is all clear. Utilities are secure. Loleta Fire is unable to respond for the move up and cover of Eureka. Blue Lake Fire is now being requested for coverage. (*correction on the earlier post - Chief 8102 is the IC)

B Street IC is requesting EPD to the scene for crowd control. Per the incident safety “expedite EPD, they are hostile”. EPD is arriving on scene

Arcata Fire is sending an engine to the B Street incident. Samoa and Loleta Fire are being dispatched for move up and cover assignments in Eureka. All Humboldt Bay Fire resources are assigned to the B Street incident. Arcata Fire is now dispatching their McKinleyville engine to a separate medical aid in the Samoa Area

Battalion 8202 on scene assuming “B Street IC” with a two story wood frame residence with heavy fire from the alpha side 2nd floor. This will be an offensive fire with primary objective of holding fire to the second floor, requesting a second alarm

Eureka Structure Fire: Multiple reports of a fully involved structure in the 1300 block of B St and a bystander attempting to extinguish with a garden hose; Humboldt Bay Fire responding

Per Arcata Chief 8202, this is a burn pile only. One engine is continuing, the balance has been canceled

Arcata Structure Fire: Highway 101 at Giuntoli for a report of a barn on fire in the field; For Arcata Fire all call, Blue Lake Fire, Westhaven Fire with Humboldt Bay Fire on order; First unit at scene will be the “Barn IC”; Arcata Fire units responding are reporting a header of dark black smoke visible from their location

Arcata a small debris fire, 1100 block Samoa Blvd near the train tracks, APD is at scene; for Engine 8215

McKinleyville assist the ambulance crew, 2300 block Central Ave, a female in her 60s has fallen through her porch, respond Code 2 [no siren]; E8217 at scene

Update on conditions for Dinsmore traffic collision: One patient confirmed 11-44 (deceased), 2 with major injuries, Eastbound lanes of HW 36 are blocked; STAR ambulance is arriving at scene, City Ambulance was responding from Fortuna at the time of the original dispatch; REACH 5 has taken off from Redding with ETA of 4:51 PM to Dinsmore

Dinsmore Traffic Collision: Report of a vehicle vs. motorcycle on Highway 36 near the Humboldt Trinity county line, possibly with multiple patients injured. Per CHP dispatch, a caller reports that one patient may be deceased. Multiple agencies are responding and helicopters are on order. Helicopter REACH 5 out of Redding has accepted the mission with ETA of 16:51.

Here’s a fun little calculator released by the Economic Policy Institute. Plug in your area and your household size and it’ll give you its estimate of how much you need to be making to have “a modest yet adequate standard of living.”

For a four-person family in Humboldt County — two adults, two kids — the calculator comes up with the magic number of $86,520. Does that sound right to you? Sounds plausible to us, though the way it arrives at that number seems a little suspect. They’re budgeting $1,587 a month for health care? Is anyone without chronic health conditions spending that much?

Anyway, play around with it. You can compare-and-contrast Humboldt County with other areas of the country, if that’s your thing.

Family Budget Calculator

EPI’s Family Budget Calculator measures the income a family needs in order to attain a modest yet adequate standard of living. The budgets estimate community-specific costs for 10 family types (one or two adults with zero to four children) in all counties and metro areas in the United States. Compared with the federal poverty…

ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE

According to CHP, several citizens reporting that a single occupant, elderly male, not injured and is out of the car and at the roadway. CHP not at scene yet and the assigned fire and medical units have not been canceled

Orick area, Hwy 101 1/2 mile north of Bald Hills Rd, veh in ditch and poss CPR in progress, 3rd-hand call from CHP. For CalFire E1274, Orick Fire and Arcata Ambulance