Bald Sisters Fire Update August 21
Acres:
1,138 Start
date: August 2, 2014
Cause: Lightning Location: 12 Miles
East of Prairie City,
OR Containment: 0% Fuels: Timber
Terrain: Steep, Rugged Resources:
3 Crews, 5 Engines, 2 Dozers, And 2 Tenders
Total personnel: 218 Helicopters: 1 Fixed Winged
Aircraft: 1
Starting
at
6:00 A.M. this morning, the Oregon Incident Management Team #2 is managing both the South Fork Complex and the Bald Sisters Fire.
Yesterday
Chipping of debris continued along the line
yesterday.
Weather and
Fire Behavior
Dry clear air
moved
in overnight bringing temperatures down
into the
30s. Today is forecast to
be dry and cool with
temperatures in
the
60s and relative
humidity around 20%. Winds should be out of the
N-NW, 5 to
10mph with gusts to
15 in the afternoon.
Later this afternoon
expect smoke from the fire
but
little significant
fire behavior.
Today’s Operations
Chipping work along
the
indirect fire line
will
be winding down in the next couple of days. Five
chippers,
supported by several hand
crews, will be working
to
complete the
indirect
fireline
on south and southwest flanks and the along Rd. 13.
Excavators under the direction of Forest Resource Advisors, continue to work to
complete the repair of suppression
activities. Firefighters with aerial support
will
be monitoring
fire behavior and be prepared to respond should fire spread
increase.
The Bald
Sisters fire
camp is
being combined with the South
Fork Fire camp
at Gander
Ranch.
Notice
Due to
little activity on
the Bald Sisters fire, future
updates will
only be issued in the morning.
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