Vegetation Fire Escondido Road

1.  TYPE OF INCIDENT:  Vegetation Fire
2. LOCATION:  10905 Escondido Rd.
3. DATE:05/06/2025                                                            TIME: 2:14 PM
4. REPORTED BY: Property Owner
5. EQUIPMENT DISPATCHED:   Two engines and a Battalion Chief from Atascadero, one engine and a Battalion Chief from the Cal Fire, one engine from Paso Robles, one engine from the State Hospital, and one engine from Templeton.
6. NUMBER OF PERSONNEL USED: 12
7. DESCRIPTION OF CONDITIONS UPON ARRIVAL: Arrived at a 50’ x 200’ vegetation fire in a mix of abated and uncut grass moving at a slow rate of spread uphill being driven by the wind. Fire burned into branches from a downed oak tree which required the use of chainsaws to gain access. 
8. ANY UNUSUAL PROBLEMS DURING FIRE DEPARTMENT OPERATION: .None
9. MINUTES UNTIL EMERGENCY WAS CONTROLLED: 10
10. INJURIES TO EMERGENCY PERSONNEL OR CIVILIANS: None
11. AREA OF FIRE ORIGIN: Open field.
12. FIRE CAUSE: Resident was using a Weedwhacker to clear weeds.

RELEASED BY (NAME, RANK, AND INITIAL): Tom Birkenfeld, Fire Captain.

For further information, please call Chief Casey Bryson 805-461-5070.