“In a crisis, we are here to provide whatever is needed by the community and its Grounds will be used by emergency personnel only, it is not an evacuation site. The CAL FIRE Base Camp “just reinforces how important Grounds and the Roebbelen Center are to the community,” Summers said. The Attaway Pavilion will serve as a debriefing area for firefighters. Johnson Hall has become a Command Center and a mess hall has been set up in Jones Hall. The 160,000-square-foot building can accommodate several thousand people.

It’s the latest emergency effort for Grounds, which served as a COVID testing site during the early days of the pandemic and later as the largest COVID vaccination center in Placer County.ĬAL Fire will use the entire Grounds campus, with the Roebbelen Center serving as a rest area for firefighters. The Base Camp will likely operate Grounds for a couple of weeks, said Kim Summers, interim Chief Executive Officer of Grounds and Placer Valley Grounds officials are notifying and rescheduling several upcoming events planned at the campus, including a race at the All American Speedway. Wednesday, prompting evacuation orders and warnings to residents in Placer and El Dorado counties, according to CAL FIRE.ĬAL FIRE established the Base Camp on Wednesday morning. The Mosquito Fire started Tuesday afternoon and has burned more than 1,200 acres as of 1 p.m.

– Grounds is serving as a CAL FIRE Base Camp for fire crews battling a fast-moving wildfire near the Auburn State Recreation Area about 30 miles away.

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