Update: Prescribed fire Shamrock Vmp in Mendocino County – May 12 status

Published May 12, 2026 #Shamrock vmp rx fire

Updated: 1:05 p.m. May 12

Started: 4 months ago, 9:09 a.m. Jan. 6

Initial location: Mendocino County, Calif.

Fire type: Prescribed

Fire name: Shamrock Vmp

The pile burning project, called Shamrock Vmp, was initiated 9:09 a.m. Jan. 6 in in Mendocino County, California.

The prescribed fire has been burning on private land for four months.

Prescribed fire (prescribed burn) is a wildfire prevention method that involves burning an area of land in a controlled manner to minimize the risk of catastrophic wildfires.

Source: National Interagency Fire Center