8/3/2014 NWCC Morning Brief

NWCC Morning Brief: Sunday, August 03, 2014

National Preparedness Level: 3
For the National Incident Management Situation Report (IMSR), see: http://www.nifc.gov/nicc/sitreprt.pdf

Summary: In the Northwest (Last 24 hrs), lightning occurred over much of Oregon and Washington resulting in moderate to heavy IA. Precipitation was variable with these storms. Three additional team deployments; WA Team 1 (Johnson, B.) to Snag Canyon, WA Team 5 (Leitch) to Little Bridge Creek and OR Team 2 (Fillis) to Castle.

National Fire Activity
Initial attack activity: Moderate (201 new fires)
New large fires: 3
Large fires contained: 1
Uncontained large fires: *31
Area Command Teams committed: 0
NIMOs committed: 0
Type 1 IMTs committed: 8
Type 2 IMTs committed: 9
*Uncontained large fires include only fires being managed under a full suppression strategy

Northwest Preparedness Levels: Today: 5
3-Day: 5, 10-Day: 4, 30-Day: 4

Northwest Fire Activity
New fires and acres (Last 24 hrs): 72 fires for 4,083 (30,484 acres growth on existing large fires*)
OR: 49 fires for 405 acres
WA: 23 fires for 3,678 acres
*[acreage reductions not included]

Northwest Large Fires
Uncontained Large Fires: 14 (OR:9,WA:5)

IMTs Committed in NW
NIMO Teams committed: 0
Type 1 IMTs committed: 3
Type 2 IMTs committed: 9

Incidents not Previously-Reported: 4

Nene Creek OR-WSA-000114. ICT3. 22 mi N of Warm Springs, OR. Start 8/02. Full Suppression. Grass. Cause lightning. 200 ac. 0% containment. Active fire behavior. Values at risk; Structures, Simnasho community.

Snag Canyon WA-SES-000559. ICT3. 10 mi N of Ellensburg, WA. Start 8/02. Full Suppression. Grass, brush, timber. Cause lightning. 3,600 ac. 5% containment. Active fire behavior. Structures lost. Initial information. IMT2. WA Team 1 (Johnson, B.) is mobilizing to incident.

Little Bridge Creek WA-OWF-000538. ICT3. 7 mi N of Winthrop, WA. Start 8/02. Full Suppression. Grass, brush, timber. Cause lightning. 100 ac. 0% containment. Active fire behavior. Initial information. IMT2. WA Team 5 (Leitch) is mobilizing to incident.

Castle OR-DEF-000667. ICT3. 20 mi W of Madras, OR. Start 8/01. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause lightning. 22 ac. 0% containment. Active fire behavior. IMT2. OR Team 2 (Fillis) is mobilizing to incident. Currently does not meet large fire criteria. Not counted in uncontained large fires summary.

Incidents Previously-Reported: 12

Beaver Complex OR-711S-016115. IMT2. ODF Team 2 (Cline). Unified command management structure with ODF, CalFire and Oregon State Fire Marshall's office. 20 mi NW of Medford, OR. Start 7/30. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause lightning. 32,064 acres (+20,441 ac). 10% containment. Extreme fire behavior. Level 1, 2 and 3 evacuations. Values at risk; 230Kv transmission lines, multiple state ownerships, community of Copco, wilderness areas, ranches, timberland, endangered species. Fallcreek Water Supply. Includes: Salt Creek fire. 15 mi E of Ashland, OR. 146 acres (+38 ac). Oregon Gulch has burned: Oregon: 22, 835 ac (+15,956 ac), California: 9,109 ac (+4,464 ac).

Carlton Complex WA-NES-000534. IMT1. NR Team (Blume). 7 mi S of Twisp, WA. Start 7/14. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause lightning. 253,377 acres (+616 ac). 82% containment. Active fire behavior. Values at risk; private and public lands, campgrounds, powerlines, habitat. Level 2 and 3 evacuations. Includes; Stokes Road, French Creek, Golden Hike and Cougar Flats. WA Fire Mobilization authorized. Rising Eagle Road. WA-NES-000819. 4 mi SE of Winthrop, WA. Start 8/1. Full Suppression. 4 mi SE of Winthrop, WA. 502 acres (+302 ac).

Chiwaukum Complex WA-OWF-000356. IMT1. SA Red Team (Duiett). 9 mi NW of Leavenworth, WA. Start 7/15. Multiple Suppression Strategies (Confine/Point Zone Protection/Full Suppression). Timber. Cause lightning. 16,491 acres (+744 ac). 33% containment. Active fire behavior. Steep and rugged terrain. Values at risk; railway and two major utility corridors. Level 1 and 2 evacuations. Includes; Chiwaukum Creek, Kelly Mountain and Duncan Ridge fires.

Sniption OR-PRD-000539. IMT2. OR Team 3 (Johnson D.). 15 mi N of Fossil, OR. Start 7/29. Full Suppression. Grass. Cause unknown. 25,937 acres. (+937 ac). 90% containment. Creeping and smoldering.

Logging Unit Fires OR-WSA-000070. IMT2. OR Team 1 (Williams). 25 mi NW of Warm Springs, OR. Start 7/16. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause lightning. 6,644 acres (+0 ac). 80% containment. Creeping and smoldering, mop up. Includes; Skyline 116 acres (+0 ac), Haily Butte 107 acres (+0 ac), Camas Prairie 6,104 acres (+0 ac), Logging Unit 316 acres (+0 ac).

Bear Butte II OR-DEF-000318. 23 mi SW of Warm Springs, OR. Start 7/13. Timber. Lightning. 3,803ac (+0 ac). 60% cont. Creeping and smoldering. Long-term planning on Mt. Jefferson Wilderness portion. No anticipated containment date or final size reported.

Haystack Complex (5 fires) OR-952S-0214621. IMT2. ODF Team 1 (Buckman). 9 mi NW of Kimberly, OR. Start 7/29. Full Suppression. Grass. Cause lightning. 1,740 acres (+80 ac). 95% containment. Creeping and smoldering. Haystack OR-952S-0214621. 4 mi NE of Spray, OR. Start 7/29. Grass. Cause lightning. 1,120 acres. (+0 ac). 95% cont. Steet Mountain OR-952S-014266. 2 mi NE of Dayville, OR. Start 29. Grass. 50 acres. (+0 ac). 95% cont. Throop OR-952S-014258. 27 mi W of John Day, OR. Start 29. Grass. 490 acres (+0 ac). 100% cont. Schoolhouse 73 acres. 90% cont. Hog Ridge 55 acres. 90% cont.

Lone Mountain 1 WA-NCP-000018. IMT2. MT Team (Thompson). 3 mi N of Stehekin, WA. Start 7/14. Multiple Suppression Strategies (Confine/Point Zone Protection). Timber. Cause lightning. 2,116 acres (+66 ac). 30% containment. Stephen Mather Wilderness. Moderate fire behavior.

South Fork Complex OR-PRD-000649. IMT2. OR Team 4 (Watts). 20 mi S of John Day, OR. Start 7/31. Full Suppression. Cause lightning. 10,400 acres (+7,400 ac). 0% cont. Moderate fire behavior. Previously reported as Murderers Creek OR-PRD-000649. Includes; Buck Fork and Murderers Creek South.

Camp Creek Complex OR-RSF-000678. IMT1. PNW Team 3 (Lewis). 30 mi NE of Medford, OR. Start July 28/29/30. Full Suppression. Cause lightning. 200+ acres. Approximately 30 incidents. 0% containment. Moderate fire behavior. Values at risk; historic lookout and a repeater site.

Bingham Complex OR-WIF-140090. ICT4. 5 mi E of Marion Forks, OR. Start 7/13. Multiple Suppression Strategies (Confine/Full Suppression). Timber. Cause lightning. 452 acres (+0 ac). 50% containment. Creeping and smoldering. Includes; Bingham Ridge 275 ac. (+0 ac), Lizard 175 ac. (+0 ac), Inc 152 (2 ac), Inc 162 (0.10 ac).

Reeves Creek OR-712-014915. IMT3. 19 mi SW of Grants Pass, OR. Start 7/28. Full Suppression. Timber, grass understory. Cause unknown. 204 acres. (+0 ac). 85% containment. Interior islands burning, smoldering.

Toroda Mountain WA-NES-000789. IMT3. 27 mi NE of Omak, WA. Start 7/29. Full Suppression. Timber, grass. Cause unknown. 150 acres (+0 ac). 100% containment. Last report unless conditions change.

NW Fires with Strategies other than Full Suppression:

http://www.nwccweb.us/content/products/Intelligence/Rpt_NonSuppressInctoDate.pdf

Northwest Weather Highlights / Fire Potential:

A ridge of high pressure continues over the Pacific NW with near to above normal temperatures and dry conditions persisting across much of the area. There is continued chance of thunderstorms in Eastern Washington and possibly part of Oregon, bringing scattered lighting and isolated showers. Hot and dry conditions will prevail into the next week with a possible cooling trend by mid-week as the ridge aloft starts to weaken.

NW 7-Day Significant Fire Potential Forecast
Nat'l 7-Day Significant Fire Potential Forecast