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• Join us for a virtual Ask the Incident Commander today at 2:00 p.m. to ask questions about the fire. We will be live on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/live/CvMVI-e3Jn4?feature=shared.
• We will be conducting a helibase tour on Tuesday, August 20 at 10 a.m. at the Helibase in Willow Creek. Sign up required, please visit: https://forms.office.com/g/8n6gJDywJN to sign up.
• The Salmon River Road will have traffic control most likely starting Monday or Tuesday morning, with one-way piloted traffic 24 hours per day. 
• Fire information phone: 707 572-4860 or email at 2024.Boise@firenet.gov
• Get all your Boise Fire information in one mobile-friendly place! https://linktr.ee/2024boisefiresrf .
• Evacuations are in place for the Boise Fire for residents near the fire area in Humboldt County. For the most current evacuation information please visit the Boise Fire linktree  or visit--
• Humboldt County: https://humboldtgov.org/356/Office-of-Emergency-Services
• Siskiyou County: https://www.co.siskiyou.ca.us/emergencyservices 
   

Leader’s Intent: The Boise Fire is being managed with a full suppression strategy. 

Operational Update: Fire activity remained minimal overnight with relative humidity remaining near 100%. The fire continues to hold well on its west and north sides, and crews will continue to mop up and patrol those lines. A slopover was observed day before yesterday on the south side of the fire in the Trinity Alps Wilderness over the Lubbs Creek Trail north of the North Fork of Red Cap Creek. That slop was determined to be about 20 acres. Crews got in there and started to put in containment line yesterday, and they will continue to improve that and get hose lays onto it today. 

A large contingent of crews and equipment moved into the spike camp at Nordheimer Flat to continue working from there west to tie into the Orleans Mountain Road across the top of the fire. Firefighters also worked north from High Point Ridge to improve and plumb handline up the proposed eastern containment line. They are also looking for opportunities to tie the southeastern edge of the fire into that eastern containment line. Multiple engines have arrived in the last two days, and they will continue assessing structures along the Salmon River corridor today.

Weather and Fire Behavior: Yesterday’s storm is predicted to pass through the area by mid-day today, and fuels are expected to dry quickly. However, temperatures are expected to remain moderate into the work week, and crews will take advantage of these conditions in the next few days to hold existing containment lines and build and prepare indirect lines.