Morning Brief

Date/Time Stamp: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 - 0700 hrs

Activity Summary
In the Northwest:

Significant lightning in SW Oregon with spotty heavy precipitation and heavy initial attack. Continued heavy initial attack in NE Washington where a type 3 organization is being considered to manage unstaffed fires. Moderate growth on the Blue Creek fire with little growth 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: 0

Large fires contained: 0

Uncontained large fires: 7 (OR: 2, WA: 5)

New Fires and Acres: 18 fires for 119 acres
(1,363 acres growth on existing large fires)
OR: 14 fires for 107 acres
WA: 4 fires for 12 acres

Northwest IMT Activity

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

National Fire Activity

Initial attack activity: Light (163 new fires)
New large incidents: 6
Large fires contained: 5
Uncontained large fires: 9

National IMT Activity

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

Current Incident Details

Incidents not Previously-Reported: 0

Incidents Previously-Reported: 7

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. 3,800 acres (+1,300). 0% containment. Active fire behavior with uphill runs, torching and flanking. Structures lost and more threatened. City of Walla Walla Watershed and Blue Wood Ski area threatened. Previously reported as WA-WFS-000514.

PC Complex (5 fires) WA-PCS-100165. IMT2. WA Team 5 (Leitch). Previously listed as WA-PCS-000165. 8 miles NW of Amboy, WA. Start 7/19. Full Suppression (all incidents).Timber. Cause: Human. 129 acres (+0). 40% containment. Moderate fire behavior. Timber values at risk.

Includes; Colvin Creek 110 acres, 30% containment, (the following are all 100% contained) Big Creek One 12 acres, Germany Creek 5 acres, Powerline 2 1 acre, Powerline1 acre.

I-90 WA-WFS-000607. IMT3. 7 miles SW of George, WA. Start 7/19. Full Suppression. Grass/Brush. Cause: Unknown. 700 acres (-200). 80% containment. Heavy demob expected. Limited information.

Wildhorse WA-OWF-000498. IMT3. 4 miles SW of Oroville, WA. Start 7/20. Full Suppression. Tall grass/Brush. Cause: Lightning. 185 acres (+63). 0% containment. Active fire behavior. 9 Mile Ranch subdivision, residences and outbuildings threatened.

Marion OR-WIF-150208. IMT3. 19 miles SE of Detroit, OR. Start 7/18. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Lightning. 121 acres (+0). 90% containment. Minimal fire behavior. Private land, fish hatchery, boy scout camp threatened.

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. 50% containment.

Corner Creek OR-OCF-000297. IMT3. 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.

Other fires of interest: 1

Neah Bay 200 Line WA-OLS-000011. ICT3. 2 miles SE of Neah Bay, WA. Start 7/18. Confine. Heavy logging slash. Cause:Unknown. 41 acres. 90% containment. Minimal fire behavior.

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:

An upper trough sits over western OR/WA today and will move to the eastside on Thursday. The main effects of this will be more cloudiness, cooler temperatures and higher humidity with most pronounced effects farther north. Also some scattered lightning east of the Cascades will generate low levels of IA. The probability of new large fires will remain low.

Another broad trough will move in over the weekend maintaining the cooler, cloudy weather with low to moderate large fire potential.

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