Incident Media Photographs

The Clearwater Fire Incident Command Post, or ICP, is located in the day use area of the Buffalo Bill State Park North Fork Campground. The campground itself is open to the public, while the day use area is restricted to fire personnel only. At ICP, fire managers and crews set up work trailers, meeting spaces, temporary food preparation and shower facilities, and sleeping areas.

Members of the Horseshoe Meadow fire crew hike in to improve fireline from the UXU Ranch to the June Fire (2017) fire scar.

Fire Information Signs

Printed information, posted in key locations, is an important tool to inform residents and travelers about a nearby wildfire. Public information officers post new information at locations each day, in a process they call “running the trapline.” A business or organization gives its permission for fire information staff to place a display board at its location.

The Elk Fork Campground and Elk Fork Trail (NFS Trail #760) remain closed to the public. These areas are being used for crews to access the fire area to put in handlines and conduct other fire operations. For safety reasons, the public is asked to respect all closed campgrounds and trails.