Northwest Interagency Coordination Center: 06/26/2015 NWCC Large Fire Brief

Friday, June 26, 2015

06/26/2015 NWCC Large Fire Brief

Morning Brief
Date/Time Stamp: Friday, June 26, 2015: 0630

Activity Summary

In the Northwest:
No Lightning in the Region. Light initial attack. Forecasted lightning over much of Oregon and Southwest Washington.

Preparedness Levels

Current:

Northwest	2 (no change)
National	3 (no change)

Northwest PL Forecast:

3	3	3
3-day	10-day	30-day

Northwest Fire Activity

Large Fire Summary

New Large Fires: 0

Large Fires Contained: 0

Uncontained Large Fires: 2 (OR: 1, WA: 1)

New Fires and Acres: 13 fires for 4 acre
(25 acres growth on existing large fires)
OR: 8 fires for 1 acres
WA: 5 fires for 3 acre

Northwest IMT Activity

Area Command Teams committed: 0
NIMOs committed: 1
Type 1 IMTs committed: 0
Type 2 IMTs committed: 1

National Fire Activity

Initial attack activity: Medium (201 new fires)
New large incidents: 22
Large fires contained: 0
Uncontained large fires: 23

National IMT Activity

Area Command Teams committed: 0
NIMOs committed: 1
Type 1 IMTs committed: 1
Type 2 IMTs committed: 11

Current Incident Details

Incidents not Previously-Reported: 0

Incidents Previously-Reported: 2

Buckskin OR-RSF-000382. IMT2. 10 miles SW of Cave Junction OR. Start 6/11. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause lightning. IMT2 OR Team 3 (Johnson). 5,345 acres (+0). 60% containment. Moderate fire behavior with interior pockets experiencing wind/slope aided runs. Area closures in effect. Transition back to local unit scheduled for 6/27 at 0600 hrs.

Paradise WA-OLP-000005. NW NIMO (Hahnenberg). 33 mi SE of Forks, WA. Start 6/15. Confine. Timber. 975 acres (+25). 5% containment. Cause lightning. Moderate fire activity with backing and creeping fire behavior observed.

Northwest Fire Potential Summary:

Lightning and atmospheric instability are expected to begin over sections of southern Oregon today and spread northward over the weekend. Fire danger indices have climbed high enough to warrant elevated risk of large fires due to the number of lightning strikes expected over the weekend. A number of sections of Oregon and Washington will be affected so pay attention to local weather forecasts. Thunderstorms will become wet but the atmospheric instability plus the sheer number of new starts from lightning will challenge initial attack over the weekend. A number of new large fires are likely to result.

More info, see NW 7-Day Significant Fire Potential Forecast, and National 7-Day Significant Fire Potential Forecast