Riverside Fire Department

Scout Incident



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Incident Name: Scout Incident

Date Reported: 8/26/2021

Time Reported: 1654 Hours

Incident Location: 4785 Scout Lane, Riverside, CA 92501

Ward #: Ward 1 Edwards

Type of Incident: Vegetation Fire

Incident Number: RIV #21-027064

Control Time: 08/28/2021 at 1600 Hours

Fatalities: 0

Critical: 0

Moderate: 0

Minor: 0

Non Injury:

Displaced Persons: 0

Loss: 0

/* Undetermined at this time */

Cause:

  • Cause under investigation
  • Evacuations: None

    Evacuation Comments:



    Resources Assigned


    Chief Officer(s): 3

    Engine Companies: 18

    Truck Companies: 0

    Squad(s): 0

    Ambulance(s): 0

    Firefighter(s): 70

    Safety Officer(s): 0

    Public Information Officer(s): 0

    Fire Investigator(s): 0

    Overhead Personnel: 6

    Mutual Aid:

  • Mutual Aid Received
  • Specialized Equipment:

    EOC: 3

    Utilities: 0

    Red Cross: 0

    Percent (%) Contained or Completed: 100

    Total (%) of Perimeter that will be Contained: 100

    Incident Size Acreage: 14 Acres


    Current Situation


    (Recent updates are posted at the top of the Current Situation)

    FINAL UPDATE August 29, 2021

    The Scout Incident is now complete with 100% contained and overhauled as of 0730 hours on August 29, 2021.  Final acreage is 14 acres.  

    SCOUT Incident Update August 26, 2021

    The City of Riverside Fire Department was dispatched to a vegetation fire in the area of the Boy Scout Camp between Mission Inn Avenue and Fairmount Park.  The first arriving unit found a well established fire burning in heavy vegetation with a moderate rate of spread being fed by gusty winds.  Battalion 1 arrived on scene and requested a second and a third alarm as well as a mutual aid response from Cal Fire.  Due to another large fire burning in the South end of the City, the request for additional resources came from Cal Fire and the neighboring Cities of Ontario, Rialto, Redlands, and Murrieta.  In addition a water dropping helicopter from Cal Fire responded.  

    Firefighters made an aggressive attack on the fire while establishing structure protection on La Paz, Bubbling Well, and Dexter Drive.  The fire's forward rate of spread was stopped at 2100 Hours.  The fire is currently 60% contained within the burn area, and 90% of the perimeter is secured.  Fire crews will be working throughout the night and over the course of the next several days to fully extinguish the fire due to difficult access and dense overgrown vegetation.  The cause of the fire is currently under investigation.  There was no dollar loss in the burn area and there were no structures damaged or lost as a result of the fire.  In addition there were no firefighter or civilian injuries.


    Assisting Aid Agencies


  • CAL-Fire
  • RPD

  • Incident Commander: Battalion Chief Garrett Coryell

    Prepared By: Battalion Chief Bruce Vanderhorst

    Date / Time Posted: 8/28/2021 1625 Hours

    Information Center: 951.237.6310