Morning Brief

Date/Time Stamp: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 0700 hrs.

Activity Summary
In the Northwest:

Lightning occurred in north central Oregon and southeast Washington with minimal precipitation. No new large fires. Continued growth on existing large fires.

Preparedness Levels

Current:

Northwest	5 (no change)
National	5 (no change)

Northwest PL Forecast:

5	5	3
3-day	10-day	30-day

Northwest Fire Activity

Large Fire Summary

New large fires: 0

Large fires contained: 0

Uncontained large fires: 24 (OR: 12, WA: 12)

New Fires and Acres: 16 fires for 271 acres
(33,894 acres growth on existing large fires)
OR: 5 fires for 231 acres
WA: 11 fires for 40 acres

Northwest IMT Activity

Area Command Teams committed: 1
NIMOs committed: 2
Type 1 IMTs committed: 6 (1 Type 1 IMT enroute)
Type 2 IMTs committed: 12

OSFM: 1

Wildland Fire Management Team: 0

National Fire Activity

Initial attack activity: Light (87 new fires)
New large incidents: 4
Large fires contained: 1
Uncontained large fires: 76

National IMT Activity

Area Command Teams committed: 3
NIMOs committed: 0
Type 1 IMTs committed: 15
Type 2 IMTs committed: 31

Current Incident Details

*Area Command is managing the following fires in northeast Washington: North Star, Kettle Complex (Stickpin, Renner and Roy), Carpenter Road, Kaniksu Complex (Tower, Baldy, Onata Creek and 4 additional fires totaling less than 200 acres), and Colville Complex (Marble Valley, Gold Hill and Graves Mountain).

NW NIMO (Hahnenberg) and SA NIMO (Quesinberry) assigned to support Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest.

Incidents not Previously-Reported: 0

Incidents Previously-Reported: 24

Okanogan Complex (5 fires) WA-NES-001203. IMT1. RM Team (Pachota). 13 miles NW of Omak, WA. Start 8/14. Full Suppression (all fires in complex). Timber. Cause: Lightning. 258,339 acres. (+13,769). 15% containment. Active fire behavior with group torching and short-range spotting. Residences and structures destroyed. Residences threatened. Evacuations in effect. Road, area and trail closures in effect. Fire mobilization authorized (8/17). FMAG approved (8/15).

Includes: 9 Mile (WA-NES-001147). 4,720 acres. (+0). 95% containment; Beaver Lake (WA-OWF-000671). 25,956 acres. (+0). 0% containment; Twisp River (WA-NES-001351). 10,503 acres. (+450). 0% containment. Fire mobilization authorized (8/19); Lime Belt (WA-OWF-000657) 75,787 acres. (+7,963). 20% containment; Tunk Block (WA-NES-001219) 133,410 acres. (+5,356). 15% containment.

*North Star WA-COA-000157. IMT2. SW Team 5 (Nieto). IMT1. PNW Team 3 (Lewis) ordered. 25 miles E of Omak, WA. Start 8/13. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Human. 150,000 acres. (+3,000). 5% containment. Active fire behavior with torching, backing and flanking. Residences, commercial property and structures threatened. Road and area closures in effect. Evacuations in effect. Fire mobilization authorized (8/19).

Chelan Complex (5 fires) WA-SES-000701. IMT1. SW Team 1 (Templin). 1 mile S of Chelan, WA. Start 8/14. Full Suppression (all fires in complex). Timber and grass. Cause: Unknown. 88,104 acres. (+506). 40% containment. Active fire behavior with uphill runs and group and single tree torching. Residences and structures destroyed. Residences, commercial property and structures threatened. Road and area closures in effect. Evacuations in effect. Fire mobilization authorized (8/17). FMAG approved (8/15). Type 1 IMT (Templin) managing Chelan Complex, First Creek, Wolverine, Blankenship.

Includes 5 merged fires; Reach (WA-SPD-000651). Fire mobilization authorized (8/14); McFarland Creek (WA-OWF-000669); Cagle (WA-SES-000655);Antoine Creek (WA-OWF-000654); Black Canyon (WA-OWF-000663).

First Creek WA-OWF-000650. IMT1. SW Team 1 (Templin). 8 miles NW of Chelan, WA. Start 8/14. Full Suppression. Grass and timber. Cause: Lightning. 4,520 acres. (+979). 2% containment. Extreme fire behavior with short-range spotting and uphill runs. Residences and structures destroyed. Residences and structures threatened. Road closures in effect. Evacuations in effect. Type 1 IMT (Templin) managing Chelan Complex, First Creek, Wolverine, Blankenship.

Wolverine WA-OWF-000287. IMT1. SW Team 1 (Templin). 3 miles NW of Lucerne, WA. Start 6/29. Point Zone Protection/Full Suppression. Grass, brush and timber. Cause: Lightning. 53,571 acres (+1,570). 30% containment. Extreme fire behavior with uphill runs, long-range spotting and group torching. Residences and structures destroyed. Communities, residences and structures threatened. Road, trail and area closures in effect. Evacuations in effect. Evacuations resulted in suspension of the $300M Holden Mine reclamation project. Type 1 IMT (Templin) managing Chelan Complex, First Creek, Wolverine, Blankenship.

*Kettle Complex (3 fires) WA-COF-001264. IMT2. WA Team 1 (Ciraulo). 26 miles NW of Colville, WA. Start 8/11. Full Suppression (all fires in complex). Timber and brush. Cause: Lightning. 57,019 acres. (+811). 16% containment. Active fire behavior with group torching, spotting and creeping. Residences destroyed. Residences, commercial property and structures threatened. Trail and area closures in effect. Evacuations in effect.

Includes: Roy (WA-NES-001222). 120 acres. (+0). 70% containment; Stickpin (WA-COF-001111). 47,544 acres. (+0). 17% containment. Fire mobilization authorized (8/14); Renner (WA-COF-001202). 9,355 acres. (+811). 8% containment. Fire mobilization authorized (8/19).

Canyon Creek Complex (3 fires) OR-MAF-015192. IMT1. GB Team 1 (Lund). 7 miles N of Seneca, OR. Start 8/12. Full Suppression (all fires in complex). Timber and grass. Cause: Lightning. 73,060 acres. (+3,289). 37% containment. Active fire behavior with group torching, flanking and backing. Residences destroyed. Residences threatened. Road, trail and area closures in effect. Evacuations in effect. FMAG approved (8/15).

Includes 3 fires. Berry Creek merged with Mason Spring: Berry Creek (OR-MAF-015271). 100 acres; Mason Spring (OR-MAF-0152270) 69,506 acres;Jerrys Draw (OR-952S-015306). 165 acres.

*Carpenter Road WA-NES-001235. IMT2. RM Team Blue (Esperance). 35 miles NW of Spokane, WA. Start 8/14. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Unknown. 37,132 acres. (+1,934). 20% containment. Active fire behavior. Residences, commercial property and structures destroyed. Residences, commercial property and structures threatened. Road and area closures in effect. Evacuations in effect. Fire mobilization authorized (8/14).

Grizzly Bear Complex OR-UMF-000947. IMT2. WA Team 4 (Gales)/OSFM Green Team (Kunze). 20 miles SE of Dayton, WA. Start 8/13. Monitor/Confine/Point Zone Protection. Timber. Cause: Lightning. 61,150 acres. (-1,950). 5% containment. Active fire behavior with uphill runs, group torching and short-range spotting. Residences and structures destroyed. Residences, commercial property, structures, campgrounds and natural resources threatened. Road, trail and area closures in effect. This complex contains 17 fires (varying sizes, some have merged). FMAG approved (8/21).

*Kaniksu Complex (7 fires) WA-COF-001302. IMT2. AK Black Team (Kurth). 35 miles E of Colville, WA. Monitor/Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Lightning. 11,159 acres. (+0). 2% containment. Active fire behavior with uphill runs and single tree and group torching. Residences, commercial property and structures threatened. Road, trail, and area closures in effect.

Includes: Baldy (WA-COF-001003). 515 acres. (+0). 80% containment; Grease Creek (WA-COF-001212). 75 acres. (+0). 0% containment; Tower (WA-COF-001120). 10,238 acres. (+0). 5% containment; Onata Creek (WA-NES-001310) 300 (+0) acres. 0 % containment; Hall Mountain (WA-COF-001164). 20 acres. (+0). 0% containment; Slate Creek (WA-COF-001221). 1 acres. (+0). 0% containment; South Fork Slate Trail – D5 (WA-COF-001218). 10 acres. (+0). 0% Containment.

Upper Skagit Complex (8 fires) WA-NCP-000052. IMT2. GB Team 4 (Wilcox). 1 mile NW of Newhalem, WA. Start 8/10. Monitor/Confine/Full Suppression.Timber. Cause: Lightning. 5,605 acres. (+1,930). 0% Containment. Active fire behavior with flanking, spotting and isolated torching. Commercial property and transmission lines for the city of Seattle, WA are threatened.

Includes: Thursday Creek (WA-NCP-000040). 481 acres. (+0). 0% containment; Rocky Beaver (WA-NCP-000046). 141 acres. (+0). 0% containment;Goodell (WA-NCP-000039). 4,523 acres. (+855). 0% containment; No Name 15 (WA-NCP-000045). 413 acres. 0% containment; Also includes additional fires totaling less than 100 acres.

Eagle OR-WWF-000872. IMT2. RM Team Black (Greer). 25 miles S of Union, OR. Start 8/11. Confine/Point Zone Protection/Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Lightning. 8,129 acres. (+929). 7% containment. Active fire behavior with group torching, running, and long-range spotting. Residences destroyed. Residences and structures threatened. Road, trail and area closures in effect. Evacuations in effect.

*Colville Complex WA-NES-001196. IMT2. OR Team 2 (Fillis). 10 miles W of Colville, WA. Start 8/14. Full Suppression (all fires in complex). Timber and brush. Cause: Human. 8,647 acres. (+102). 46% containment. Active fire behavior with creeping and torching. Residences and structures destroyed. Residences and structures threatened. Road, trail and area closures in effect.

Marble Valley (WA-NES-001224). 3,087 acres. (+0). 95% containment. Fire mobilization authorized (8/14); Gold Hill (WA-NES-001234). 557 acres. (+0). 87% containment.; Graves Mountain (WA-COF-001196). 5,003 acres. (+352). 12% containment.

County Line 2 OR-WSA-000060. IMT2. OR Team 1 (Sheldon). 15 miles NW of Madras, OR. Start 8/12. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Unknown. 65,200 acres.(+45). 69% containment. Active fire behavior with short crown runs, running and short-range spotting. Residences and structures destroyed. Residences and commercial property threatened. Evacuations in effect. Trail and area closures in effect.

National Creek Complex (2 fires) OR-RSF-000836. IMT2. OR Team 4 (Goff). 10 miles SW of Diamond Lake, OR. Start 8/1. Full Suppression (all fires in complex).Timber. Cause: Lightning. 10,833 acres. (+0). 10% containment. Active fire behavior with short crown runs, group torching and backing. Structures, residences, campgrounds, T&E species, hiking and OHV trails threatened. Smoke impacts to Crater Lake National Park. Road, area and trail closures in effect.

Includes: National (OR-RSF-000787). 120 acres (+0). 60% containment; Crescent (OR-CLP-000405). 10,713 acres (+0). 0% containment.

Cougar Creek WA-YAA-000157. IMT2. WA Team 5 (Leitch). 6 miles NW of Glenwood, WA. Start 8/10. Full Suppression. Timber and grass. Cause: Lightning. 35,000 acres. (+4,600). 15% containment. Active fire behavior with crowning, short-range spotting and flanking. Residences, structures, natural resources and campgrounds threatened. Road, trail and area closures in effect.

Stouts Creek OR-732S-000090. IMT1. ODF Team 2 (Cline). 16 miles E of Canyonville, OR. Start 7/30. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Human. 26,367 acres. (+0). 86% containment. Moderate fire behavior with backing and creeping. Residences and commercial property threatened. Evacuations in effect. Road and area closures in effect. Conflagration Act invoked (7/31). FMAG approved (7/31). Transfer of command back to the local unit today.

Collier Butte OR-RSF-000808. IMT2. OR Team 3 (Johnson). 17 miles E of Gold Beach, OR. Start 8/2. Full Suppression. Timber and brush. Cause: Lightning. 10,000 acres. (+400). 40% containment. Moderate fire behavior with flanking, short-range spotting and backing. Commercial property and Snow Camp Lookout threatened. Limited access and steep slopes. Road, trail and area closures in effect. Transfer of command to IMT3 on 8/26.

Eldorado OR-972S-000942. IMT1. ODF Team 3 (Smith). 40 miles E of John Day, OR. Start 8/14. Full Suppression. Timber, brush and grass. Cause: Unknown. 20,611 acres. (+0). 75% containment. Minimal fire behavior with smoldering. Residences and structures destroyed. Transfer of command back to the local unit on 8/26.

Cornet-Windy Ridge OR-VAD-000163. IMT1. ODF Team 3 (Smith). 17 miles SE of Baker City, OR. Start 8/11. Full Suppression. Timber and grass. Cause: Unknown. 103,887 acres. (+0). 80% containment. Minimal fire behavior with smoldering. Residences and structures destroyed. Conflagration Act invoked (8/14).Transfer of command back to the local unit on 8/26.

Alder Lake WA-GPF-000627. ICT3. 7 miles S of Eatonville, WA. Start 7/26. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Lightning. 150 acres. (+30). 2% containment. Moderate fire behavior with short-range spotting and flanking. Residences and structures threatened.

Willamina Creek OR-SAD-000207. ICT3. 45 miles SW of Portland, OR. Start 8/19. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Unknown. 230 acres. (+0). 75% containment. Minimal fire behavior with creeping and smoldering. Road and area closures in effect.

Falls Creek OR-WWF-001012. ICT3. 5 miles SW Joseph, OR. Start 8/22. Full Suppression/Confine. Timber and brush. Cause: Unknown. 270 acres. (+0). 0% containment. Active fire behavior with torching, backing and creeping. Residences threatened. Road and trail closures in effect. No information received.

Bendire Complex (3 fires) OR-VAD-000162. IMT3. 40 miles W of Vale, OR. Start 8/11. Full Suppression (all fires in complex). Brush. Cause: Lightning. 44,397 acres. (+0). 95% containment. Minimal fire behavior. Sage-Grouse habitat threatened. Includes 2 merged fires: Pole Gulch and Bully Creek. No information received.

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:

A dry southwest flow aloft will remain over the geographic area this week. There will be a slight chance for lightning east of the Cascades through Wednesday, with chances increasing Thursday and Friday. IA is expected to be light, increasing to moderate as lightning potential increases. There is a low to moderate threat of new large fires.

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