Trailer 1 and Redrock Fire

On July 17th, 2009, Salt Lake 1 and 2 got their first dispatch a full month and a half into the fire season! The Trailer 1 and Red Rock fires were believed to be started at 2:13 p.m. July 15 by a trailer being towed with a flat tire on U.S. 395 along the border of CA and NV. Both crews got 5 days out of the fires, with the fires totaling over 12,000 acres. The big news of the fire was an infection of Norovirus spreading across camp. Believed to be carried in the water, the virus infected 10 members from Crew 2 but Crew 1 managed to get out with no infections. After the crews got home, all personnel on the fires were quarantined for four days.