{
  "id": "2024-09-03-cal-poly-slo-hawk-fire-poly-canyon-trails",
  "slug": "cal-poly-slo-hawk-fire-poly-canyon-trails-2024-09-03",
  "institution": {
    "name": "California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo",
    "shortName": "Cal Poly SLO",
    "state": "CA",
    "type": "public-masters",
    "alertSystemName": "PolyAlert / @CalPoly",
    "enrollment": 22000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-09-03",
    "type": "wildfire",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "contained",
    "headline": "Hawk Fire closes Poly Canyon hiking trails",
    "headlinePublic": "Hawk Fire closes Poly Canyon hiking trails",
    "summary": "Cal Poly [closed Poly Canyon hiking trails and told anyone in the area to vacate while crews fought the Hawk Fire at Hwy 101 and Hawk Hill Lane](https://x.com/CalPoly/status/1831032368469278923), and [linked WatchDuty for more information](https://x.com/CalPoly/status/1831032416435343533).",
    "outcome": "Campus itself was stated NOT threatened. No all-clear on @CalPoly in the next 48 hours."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2024-09-03T11:11:50-07:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Poly Alert: Poly Canyon hiking trails closed out of an abundance of caution as fire crews combat the Hawk Fire located at Hwy 101 and Hawk Hill Lane. Anyone in the area should vacate.\n\nCampus is NOT threatened, and no other action is required by the campus community at this time.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/CalPoly/status/1831032368469278923",
      "sourceDescription": "@CalPoly Poly Alert Hawk Fire trail close",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent X fetch 2026-08-24 (keyword_search + thread_fetch). sha256 b7a41665a186fd64e911790252f231118d389c82c7fb1447c98b6e55f278464e. SPN 429.",
        "Trail-area protective instruction (vacate) plus campus-not-threatened. Distinct incident from 2024-04-08-cal-poly-slo-vegetation-fire (Lizzie Fire, different date and location).",
        "Thread checked 2026-08-24: one self-reply (WatchDuty link) captured as sequence 2. Timeline from:CalPoly 2024-09-02 through 2024-09-06 holds only this pair."
      ],
      "characterCount": 280
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2024-09-03T11:12:01-07:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "For more information please visit https://app.watchduty.org/i/33101",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/CalPoly/status/1831032416435343533",
      "sourceDescription": "@CalPoly Hawk Fire WatchDuty self-reply",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent X fetch 2026-08-24 (thread_fetch of the parent plus the self-reply). sha256 b3662972d5d768fe03cf31257cfa56f6c5a909d465d84a91737b7838cab1d203. SPN 429."
      ],
      "characterCount": 67
    }
  ],
  "context": "Cal Poly posted the Poly Alert on [@CalPoly](https://x.com/CalPoly). The PolyAlert history page is JS-only; the live status page currently holds a scheduled siren TEST (not this incident).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Poly Canyon hiking trails closed; anyone in the area told to vacate.",
    "Campus was stated NOT threatened and no other campus action was required."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@CalPoly Poly Alert Hawk Fire trail close",
      "url": "https://x.com/CalPoly/status/1831032368469278923",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-24",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 429"
    },
    {
      "title": "@CalPoly Hawk Fire WatchDuty self-reply",
      "url": "https://x.com/CalPoly/status/1831032416435343533",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-24",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 429"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-masters",
    "california",
    "cal-poly-slo",
    "wildfire",
    "2024"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-24",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-24",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}