Morning Brief

Date/Time Stamp: Monday, August 03, 2015 –0645 hrs.

Activity Summary
In the Northwest:
Moderate lightning and scattered light precipitation occurred across Southern Oregon. Moderate initial attack in Southwest Oregon with light initial attack in the rest of the geographic area. IMT2. OR Team 2 (Fillis) is mobilizing to Phillips Creek.

Preparedness Levels

Current:

Northwest	3 (no change)
National	3 (no change)

Northwest PL Forecast:

4	4	3
3-day	10-day	30-day

Northwest Fire Activity

Large Fire Summary

New large fires: 1

Large fires contained: 0

Uncontained large fires: 11 (OR: 3, WA: 8)

New Fires and Acres: 37 fires for 1,122 acres
(10,868 acres growth on existing large fires)
OR: 26 fires for 1,113 acres
WA: 11 fires for 309 acres

Northwest IMT Activity

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

Wildland Fire Management Team: 1

National Fire Activity

Initial attack activity: Moderate (224 new fires)
New large incidents: 6
Large fires contained: 0
Uncontained large fires: 26

National IMT Activity

Area Command Teams committed: 1
NIMOs committed: 1
Type 1 IMTs committed: 11
Type 2 IMTs committed: 8

Current Incident Details

Incidents not Previously-Reported: 1

Phillips Creek OR-UMF-000749. IMT3. 7 miles NW of Elgin, OR. Start 8/01. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause; Unknown. 1,100 acres. 0% containment. Active fire behavior with long range spotting and wind driven runs. Private land, livestock, fish habitat, and structures threatened. Hwy 204 closure. IMT2. OR Team 2 (Fillis) is mobilizing to the incident. In-brief scheduled for 8/3 at 1400 hrs.

Incidents Previously-Reported: 10

Stouts Creek OR-732S-000090. IMT1. Unified Command: ODF Team 1 (Buckman)/OSFM Green Team (Kunze). 16 miles E of Canyonville, OR. Start 7/30. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Unknown. 15,082 acres. (+4,393). 5% containment. Moderate backing fire with isolated torching . Numerous residences, structures, commercial timber, T&E species and cultural resources threatened. Evacuations and road closures in effect. Conflagration Act invoked (7/31). FMAG approved (7/31).

Cable Crossing OR-933S-000081. IMT1. ODF Team 3 (Smith). 6 miles E of Glide, OR. Start 7/28. Full Suppression. Timber, slash and brush. Cause: Unknown. 1,613 acres (+465). 20% containment. Moderate fire behavior with single tree torching and short range spotting. Numerous residences threatened. Road and area closures in effect.

Baldy WA-COF-001003. IMT2. WA Team 4 (Gales). 26 miles NE of Colville, WA. Start 8/1. Cause: Unknown. Timber. 300 acres (+150). 0% containment. Active fire behavior with group torching and short crown runs. Powerlines, water sources, and private inholdings threatened.

Wolverine WA-OWF-000287. WFMT. Wildland Fire Management Team (Hutton). 3 miles NW of Lucerne, WA. Start 6/29. Monitor/Point Zone Protection. Timber. Cause: Lightning. 16,000acres. (+4,700). 0% containment. Extreme fire behavior with short crown runs and long range spotting. Structures destroyed. Communities and additional structures threatened. Evacuations in effect. IMT1. PNW Team 2 (Schulte) scheduled to assume command 8/4 at 0600.

I-90 Sprague WA-NES-001007. ICT4 1 mile NE of Sprague, WA. Start 8/1. Full Suppression. Grass. Cause: Unknown. 1,500 acres (+900). 80% containment. Moderate fire behavior. The fire is lined. Structures, grazing allotments, and railroad infrastructure threatened.

North Boulder 2 WA-COF-000867. IMT3. 3 miles SW of Orient, WA. Start 7/20. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Lightning. 233 acres (+0). 75% containment. Steep terrain and heavy fuels. Moderate backing fire behavior.

Deckerville WA-SPS-000163. IMT3. 15 miles W of Shelton, WA. Start 7/31. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Under investigation. 150 acres (+0). 50% containment. Minimal fire behavior. Mop-up ongoing. Fire Mobilization ended.

Blue Creek WA-SES-000653. IMT3. 10 miles E of Walla Walla, WA. Start 7/20. Full Suppression. Timber, grass. Cause: Unknown. 6,004 acres (+0). 95% containment. Minimal fire behavior with smoldering, creeping and isolated torching. Structures destroyed. Evacuations and road closures in effect.

Long Lake WA-NES-000994. IMT3. 16 miles NW of Spokane, WA. Start 7/31. Full Suppression. Timber/grass. Cause: Unknown. 432 acres. (+0). 80% containment. Minimal fire behavior. Mop-up ongoing.

Goode WA-NCP-000031. IMT4. 24 miles E of Marblemount, WA. Start 7/29. Confine. Timber. Cause: Unknown. 400 acres. (+260). 0% containment. Moderate fire behavior with some torching. Confined within the Park Creek drainage. Limited access.

Other fires of interest: 1

Emerald Ridge WA-WFS-000610. ICT3. 3 miles S of Puyallup, WA. Start 8/01. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Unknown. 76 acres (+26). 81% containment. Moderate fire behavior. Numerous residences threatened. Road closures in effect. Some interior burning. Fire Mobilization authorized. Fire not tallied in Large Fire Summary count. Previously repored as Sunrise fire. Final report unless conditions change.

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:

Lightning could stretch from Southern Oregon into Southern and Eastern Washington and possibly into Northern Washington beginning today with strong outflow winds possible. Isolated thunderstorms are possible today in Western Oregon. Hot, dry, and unstable conditions remain east of the Cascades. Onshore flow will elevate RH across Western Oregon and Washington and deeper monsoonal moisture could produce some wetting rain associated with thunderstorms.

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