Fire crews completed 1,209 acres of ignitions on the Dipping Vat prescribed fire on Nov. 8, 2023. Burn operations were successful in cleaning up the light to moderate understory, dead and down fuels, and debris from prior logging operations. Dipping Vat, part of the Lakeside East prescribed fire project area, was essential in reducing the risk of high-severity wildfires near adjacent communities in the Wildland Urban Interface.