NEVADA COUNTY, Calif. February 22, 2026 – Nevada County Task Force 4101 had a total of six engines and one task force leader. The following agencies staffed up an engine: Nevada County Consolidated Fire, Peardale Chicago Park Fire, Grass Valley Fire, Ophir Hill Fire, North San Juan Fire and Higgins Fire.
We would like to thank Cal OES for funding the increased staffing with this prepositioned Task Force. Having the extra personnel and apparatus supporting our county was extremely helpful during this major weather event.
Units responded to incidents which required extended operations including access to patients in the snow, three working structure fires, a structure collapse with trapped horses, a full taskforce response to open roads in a community and basic public assistance like helping a bus driver with their broken tire chains.
In total, units from the task force responded to 89 incidents. The task force was able to support not only Nevada County, but was able to extend out to surrounding counties as needed.
We would like to say a big thank you to all the Local, State and Federal agencies and organizations for assisting in supporting our community:
- Penn Valley Fire
- Sierra Nevada Ambulance
- Nevada County OES
- Nevada County Sheriff’s Office
- Nevada County Search and Rescue
- Nevada County Animal Control
- CAL FIRE
- US Forest Service
- Grass Valley Police
- Nevada City Police
- CHP
- PG&E
- Caltrans
- NID
- County Roads
- AT&T
- Race Communications
- Local towing companies and snow removal contractors
Photo and video credits go to: Nevada County Consolidated Fire, Peardale Chicago Park Fire, Grass Valley Fire, Ophir Hill Fire, North San Juan Fire, Higgins Fire, CAL FIRE and Local Community Members.