Morning Brief

Date/Time Stamp: Friday, July 24, 2015 - 0700 hrs.Update: new large fire in northeast Oregon, Rye – 0715 hrs

Activity Summary
In the Northwest:

Some lightning and moderate precipitation in NE Oregon. Light initial attack throughout the geographic area. Moderate growth on the Blue Creek fire with no growth reported on other existing large fires.

Preparedness Levels

Current:

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

Northwest PL Forecast:

2	2	3
3-day	10-day	30-day

Northwest Fire Activity

Large Fire Summary

New large fires: 1

Large fires contained: 0

Uncontained large fires: 8 (OR: 3, WA: 5)

New Fires and Acres: 14 fires for 999 acres
(560 acres growth on existing large fires)
OR: 8 fires for 951 acres
WA: 6 fires for 48 acres

Northwest IMT Activity

Area Command Teams committed: 0
NIMOs committed: 0
Type 1 IMTs committed: 0
Type 2 IMTs committed: 3

National Fire Activity

Initial attack activity: Light (125 new fires)
New large incidents: 3
Large fires contained: 3
Uncontained large fires: 11

National IMT Activity

Area Command Teams committed: 0
NIMOs committed: 0
Type 1 IMTs committed: 2
Type 2 IMTs committed: 4

Current Incident Details

Incidents not Previously-Reported: 2

North Boulder 2 WA-COF-000867. IMT3. Start 7/20. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Lightning. 80 acres. 05 containment. Steep terrain and heavy fuels. Active fire behavior. IMT2 WA Team 2 (Rabe) to take command of North Boulder 2 on 7/24. North Boulder 2 and Kettle North Complex in the same vicinity. Kettle North Complex to remain under separate management by in-place IMT3.

Kettle North Complex (5 fires) WA-COF-000900. IMT3. 19 miles NW of Kettle Falls, WA. Start 7/21. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Unknown. Largest fire 15 acres. 0% containment. Low fire behavior. Expecting 1-3 days for containment of these incidents.

Rye OR-974S-000681. 38 miles N of Enterprise, OR. Start 7/23. Full Suppression. Grass, timber. Cause: Unknown. 800 acres. 0% containment. Active fire behavior. Limited information.

Incidents Previously-Reported: 6

Blue Creek WA-SES-000653. IMT2. WA Team 1 (Ciraulo/Jennings). 10 miles E of Walla Walla, WA. Start 7/20. Full Suppression. Timber/Grass. Cause: Unknown. 6,140 acres (+560). 10% containment. Active fire behavior with uphill runs, torching and spotting. Structures lost and more threatened. Evacuation and road closures in effect. City of Walla Walla Watershed and Blue Wood Ski area threatened.

PC Complex (5 fires) WA-PCS-100165. IMT2. WA Team 5 (Leitch). 8 miles NW of Amboy, WA. Start 7/19. Full Suppression (all incidents). Timber. Cause: Human. 129 acres (+0). 80% containment. Minimal fire behavior. In patrol status. Timber values at risk. Transfer of command to IMT3 0600 7/25.

Includes; Colvin Creek 110 acres, 80% containment, (the following are all 100% contained) Big Creek One 12 acres, Germany Creek 5 acres, Powerline 2 1 acre, Powerline1 acre.

Wildhorse WA-OWF-000498. IMT3. 4 miles SW of Oroville, WA. Start 7/20. Full Suppression. Tall grass/Brush. Cause: Lightning. 162 acres (+0). 25% containment. Moderate fire behavior. Area and trail closures in effect.

Marion OR-WIF-150208. IMT3. 19 miles SE of Detroit, OR. Start 7/18. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Lightning. 121 acres (+0). 95% containment. Minimal fire behavior.

Newby Lake Long Draw WA-NES-000801 (Previously reported as Newby Lake WA-OWF-000337). ICT3. 23 miles NW of Oroville, WA. Start 7/02. Confine/Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Lightning. 5,065 acres. (+0). 95% containment. Minimal fire behavior. No new information.

Corner Creek OR-OCF-000297. IMT4. 11 miles S of Dayville OR. Start 6/29. Full Suppression. Brush/Grass/Timber. Cause: Lightning. 29,660 acres (+0). 95% containment. Minimal fire behavior. Patrol and mop up operations ongoing.

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 Fire Potential Summary:

Westerly flow continues to bring cloudy and cooler conditions across the geographic area. Another upper trough moves through the region over the weekend, which will bring some lightning to parts of eastern Oregon and central/eastern Washington. Cooler and cloudy conditions will develop with the passage of the weekend trough including some shower activity. Large fire potential remains low through the weekend.

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