SEVERE WX : Fire Weather Watch View Alerts Crews establish base camp in Chico for Dixie Fire Fire crews on the Dixie Fire officially established their base camp at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds on Friday night. Posted: Jul 17, 2021 8:34 PM Posted By: Carmela Karcher CHICO, Calif. - Fire crews on the Dixie Fire officially established their base camp at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds on Friday night. The camp has everything from the U.S. Forest Service and CAL FIRE to law enforcement in the case any evacuation warnings or orders go into place. All of this, as CAL FIRE Captain Chris Bruno said, is to help support the crews on the fire lines and the surrounding community.