Tuesday, November 4, 2014

10/29/14 NWCC Year to Date Fires


2014 Northwest Year-to-Date Large Fire Statistics

• To date, 1,265,812* acres in the Northwest were affected by wildfire, which include852,051* in Oregon and 413,761* in Washington.

• There have been a total of 3,660* reported fires in the Northwest region with 94meeting the criteria of a large fire which includes 58 in Oregon and 36 in Washington.

• The NW had a record setting 43 days at #1 on the National Incident Management Situation Report (IMSR).

• The NW stayed at PL5 for 31 days; the previous record was set in 2006 for 24 days.

• To date, there have been a total of 128,513 lightning strikes.  The single largest day in 2014 recorded 21,094 strikes.

• In Oregon, the largest fire/complex was the Buzzard Complex for a total of 395,747 acres.

• The largest fire/complex in Washington was the Carlton Complex at 256,108 acres.

• The total cost to date exceeds $459,935,506 which includes $279,690,645 in Oregon and $180,244,861 in Washington.

• During the peak fire activity there were over 12,000 firefighters and support personnel working over 900,000 active fire acres.
• Over 35 Interagency Hotshot Crews from all over the nation were assigned within the region.
• During the peak fire activity, the Northwest region saw 19 Incident Management Teams assigned at the same time.

• In 2013 the NW had 4,389 reported fires with a total of 503,993 acres

• To date there have been 2,145* lightning fires and 1,515* human-caused fires.  

*Not all dispatch offices have reported all their fires for the season.  This number will increase once final numbers are reported. Acreage changes from last report are due to reconciling information from the reporting process.

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

10/10/2014 NWCC Morning Brief

NWCC Morning Brief: Friday, October 10, 2014

Note: 
Last NWCC Morning Brief published Friday, Oct. 10 (resumes with significant activity and/or next fire season).
 
Summary: In the Northwest (last 24 hrs), minimal initial attack. Multiple prescribed burns completed and planned in OR & WA. Remnant staffing remain on large fires in OR and WA. All are in monitor, patrol, rehab status (with weekly 209 reporting). Current dry weather is expected to give way to significantly cooler, wetter weather by the end of the Holiday weekend and early next week.
 
Status of NW Predictive Services product posting schedule as follows;
Product
Status
Resumes
7 Day Significant Fire Potential
Last posting Friday, Oct 10 (pending further significant activity).
With significant activity and/or next fire season.
Daily Situation Report
Last daily posting Friday, Oct 10.
To weekly (Friday) til 12/31/14.
Shared Resources (Teams/IHCs)
Continues M-F until all IHCs are off for season (approx. 10/18).
Ongoing throughout off season: weekly (Tuesdays).
Shared Resources (Aviation)
Continues M-F until aviation resources are off for season.
With significant activity and/or next fire season.
NW Fires Utilizing Monitor, Confine, Point Zone Protection Suppression Strategies (YTD)
Last daily posting Friday, Oct 10.
To weekly (Friday) til 12/31/14.
NW Resources Currently Assigned Out-Of-Area
Last daily posting Friday, Oct 10.
With significant activity and/or next fire season.

National Fire ActivityFor the National Incident Management Situation Report (IMSR), go to: http://www.nifc.gov/nicc/sitreprt.pdf
Reporting schedule weekly, Fridays.
National Preparedness Level: 1


Northwest Preparedness Levels
: Today: 1
3-Day: 1, 10-Day: 1, 30-Day: 1

Northwest Fire Activity
New fires and acres (Last 24 hrs)
: 5 fires for 0 acres
OR: 0 fires for 0 acres
WA: 5 fires for 0 acres


Northwest Large Fires
Uncontained Large Fires: *0 (OR:0, WA:0)

IMTs Committed in NW
NIMO Teams committed: 0
Type 1 IMTs committed: 0
Type 2 IMTs committed: 0

Incidents not Previously-Reported: 0

Incidents Previously-Reported: 0

NW Fires Utilizing Monitor, Confine, Point Zone Protection Suppression Strategies (YTD) (link)Lists fires (of any size) that singly utilize Monitor, Confine, or Point Zone Protection suppression strategies, or use Multiple Suppression Strategies (which may also include a Full Suppression component).
*Northwest RX Burning
Completed (Last 24 hrs): 15 fires for 2,424acres            OR Federal Agencies: 11 fires for 1,493 acres
Unit
DEF
MAF
OCF
RSF
UPF
WIF
WWF
 
 
Acres
401
525
410
85
47
25
0
 
 

OR State Districts: 0 fires for 0 acres
Unit
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Acres
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

**WA Federal Agencies: 1 fire for 300 acres
Unit
MSF
OLF
UMF
 
 
 
 
 
 
Acres
6
5
915
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Planned (Next 24 hrs): 20 fires for 6,096 acres
OR: 12 fires for 4,648 acres
Unit
DEF
FWF
MAF
OCF
RSF
SUF
UPF
 
 
 
Acres
64
397
3,376
219
142
60
399
 
 
 

WA: 8 fires for 1,448 acres
Unit
COF
NW Reg DNR
OWF
Oly Reg DNR
UMF
 
 
 
 
Acres
228
3
273
144
800
 
 
 
 
*Sources: SIT-209, ODF Smoke Mgt, DNR Smoke Mgt. ** No data available for WA State regions completed RX.
Northwest Weather Highlights / Fire Potential:
See: 
NW 7-Day Significant Fire Potential Forecast
Nat’l 7-Day Significant Fire Potential Forecast