Northwest Interagency Coordination Center: 7/23/2015 NWCC Large Fire Morning Report

Thursday, July 23, 2015

7/23/2015 NWCC Large Fire Morning Report

Morning Brief
Date/Time Stamp: Thursday, July 23, 2015 - 0700 hrs

Activity Summary
In the Northwest:

Significant lightning and moderate precipitation in SE Oregon. Light initial attack throughout the region. Moderate growth on the Blue Creek and I-90 fires with no growth on other existing large fires. WA IMT2 (Rabe) ordered to Kettle North Complex.

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: 2, WA: 6)

New Fires and Acres: 23 fires for 121 acres
(2,530 acres growth on existing large fires)
OR: 18 fires for 120 acres
WA: 5 fires for 1 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 (160 new fires)
New large incidents: 3
Large fires contained: 2
Uncontained large fires: 10

National IMT Activity

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

Current Incident Details

Incidents not Previously-Reported: 1

Kettle North Complex (6 fires) WA-COF-000900. 19 miles NW of Kettle Falls, WA. Start 7/21. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Unknown. 100 acres. 0% containment. Limited information. WA IMT2 (Rabe) in brief 0800 7/24.

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. 5,580 acres (+1,780). 0% containment. Active fire behavior with uphill runs, torching and flanking. Structures lost and more threatened. Evacuation and road closures in effect. City of Walla Walla Watershed and Blue Wood Ski area threatened. Previously reported as WA-WFS-000514. No new information.

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). 60% containment. Moderate fire behavior. Timber values at risk.

Includes; Colvin Creek 110 acres, 60% 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. 1,450 acres (+750). 100% containment. Minimal fire behavior.

Wildhorse WA-OWF-000498. IMT3. 4 miles SW of Oroville, WA. Start 7/20. Full Suppression. Tall grass/Brush. Cause: Lightning. 162 acres (-23). 25% containment. Moderate fire behavior. Area and trail closures in effect. Acreage decreased due to more accurate mapping.

Marion OR-WIF-150208. IMT3. 19 miles SE of Detroit, OR. Start 7/18. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Lightning. 121 acres (+0). 93% 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. (+0). 95% containment. Minimal fire behavior.

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. No new information.

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 moves out of the area today. Westerly flow brings cloudy and cooler conditions although thunderstorms are still possible over far eastern Oregon. Holdovers are possible, but IA will be lower than the past few days. 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