State fire assistance has been mobilized under the Washington State Fire Services Resource Mobilization Plan in support of local firefighters working to contain the Trinidad Fire in Grant County.  Washington State Patrol Chief John Batiste authorized the mobilization of state firefighting resources September 13, 2014, at 5:15 p.m. at the request of Grant County Fire District #3.

The cause is unknown at this time.  The fire is approximately 1500 acres and is threatening approximately 12 homes, dry land wheat, and Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) land.  No evacuations are in place at this time.

Mobilization specialists from the Fire Protection Bureau are ordering a type 3 incident management team and four wildland task forces to supplement the resources already fighting the fire.

The State Emergency Operations Center (EOC) at Camp Murray has been activated to Phase II, to coordinate state assistance for the Trinidad Fire.  Personnel from the Office of the State Fire Marshal will be on scene to coordinate dispatch of resources, and other personnel will staff the State EOC.

Under the State Fire Services Resource Mobilization Plan, the Fire Protection Bureau coordinates the initial dispatch and continued administrative oversight of resources and personnel for the duration of the incident.  The Mobilization Plan is implemented to provide a process to quickly notify, assemble and deploy fire service personnel, equipment and other resources from around the state when fires, disasters or other events exceed the capacity of local jurisdictions.  More information about the Washington State Fire Services Resource Mobilization Plan is available at:  http://www.wsp.wa.gov/fire/mobilization.htm.