Personnel sent to respond to the initial incident attack on July 3rd included three engines, one twenty person Type 2 Initial Attack hand crew, two Helicopters, & sixteen smoke jumpers. More resources were brought on as fire activity picked up with increased sun exposure in the afternoons and debris roll outs on the steep slopes towards the North Fork of the Trinity River. Following initial attack, two Helicopters, two state resource hand crews from Cal Fire, a water tender, and a Bureau of Land Management engine were brought on to support full suppression efforts.

Initial fire growth was driven by roll outs resulting from debris becoming loose on the steep slopes, and difficult to access terrain for on the ground support.