Morning Brief

Date/Time Stamp: Wednesday, August 05, 2015 –0645 hrs.

Activity Summary
In the Northwest:
Moderate lightning in South Central and Northeast Oregon. IMT2. Oregon Team 3 (Johnson) is mobilizing to the Collier Butte fire. The Northwest Geographic area is at a Preparedness Level 4, effective 8/5 at 0001 hrs.

Preparedness Levels

Current:

Northwest	4 (8/5)
National	4 (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: 2

Uncontained large fires: 10 (OR: 4, WA: 6)

New Fires and Acres: 36 fires for 10,037 acres
(1,878 acres growth on existing large fires)
OR: 32 fires for 23 acres
WA: 4 fires for 10,014 acres

Northwest IMT Activity

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

Wildland Fire Management Team: 1

National Fire Activity

Initial attack activity: Light (149 new fires)
New large incidents: 15
Large fires contained: 3
Uncontained large fires: 29

National IMT Activity

Area Command Teams committed: 1
NIMOs committed: 1
Type 1 IMTs committed: 8
Type 2 IMTs committed: 10

Current Incident Details

Incidents not Previously-Reported: 1

Hwy 8 WA-WFS-050595. IMT3. 1 mile N of Roosevelt, WA. Start 8/4. Full Suppression. Grass. Cause: Unknown. 10,000 acres. 0% containment. Active fire behavior. Wind driven runs. Residences, power lines, windmill infrastructure, and grazing land threatened. Roosevelt, WA evacuated. Hwy SR 14 closure. Fire mobilization authorized.

Incidents Previously-Reported: 11

Stouts Creek OR-732S-000090. IMT1. Unified Command (ODF Team 1 [Buckman]/OSFM Green Team [Kunze]/USFS [Hahnenberg]). 16 miles E of Canyonville, OR. Start 7/30. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Unknown. 17,168 acres. (+668). 15% containment. Active fire behavior. Heavy smoke impacts. Creeping with some single tree 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).

Wolverine WA-OWF-000287. IMT1. PNW Team 2 (Schulte). 3 miles NW of Lucerne, WA. Start 6/29. Monitor/Point Zone Protection. Timber. Cause: Lightning. 25,640 acres. (+640). 0% containment. Active fire behavior with wind-driven runs with torching and spotting. Structures destroyed. Communities and additional structures threatened. Evacuations in effect.

Phillips Creek OR-UMF-000749. IMT2. OR Team 2 (Fillis). 7 miles NW of Elgin, OR. Start 8/1. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause; Unknown. 1,538 acres (+396). 5% containment. Active fire behavior with some group torching. Private land, livestock, fish habitat, and structures threatened. Hwy 204 closure. Strong winds forecasted.

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

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. 1,800 acres (+50). 40% containment. Minimal fire behavior. Creeping with some isolated torching.

West Fork OR-MAF-015153. IMT3. 10 miles SE of Dayville, OR. Start 6/29. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Unknown. 894 acres (+124). 80% containment. Moderate fire behavior. Steep terrain and snags. Burnout operations ongoing. Low level threat to private property, Aldridge Lookout, and old growth forest. Previously listed on the morning brief.

North Boulder 2 WA-COF-000867. IMT3. 3 miles SW of Orient, WA. Start 7/20. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Lightning. 233 acres (+0). 80% containment. Steep terrain and heavy fuels. Minimal fire behavior.

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). 98% containment. Minimal fire behavior with smoldering, creeping and isolated torching. Structures destroyed. Road closures in effect.

Goode WA-NCP-000031. IMT4. 24 miles E of Marblemount, WA. Start 7/29. Confine. Timber. Cause: Unknown. 620 acres. (+0). 0% containment. Moderate fire behavior with some torching. Confined within the Park Creek drainage. Limited access. No update received.

Long Lake WA-NES-000994. IMT3. 16 miles NW of Spokane, WA. Start 7/31. Full Suppression. Timber, grass. Cause: Unknown. 432 acres. (+0). 100% containment. Minimal fire behavior. Mop-up ongoing. Last report on morning briefing unless significant activity occurs.

Deckerville WA-SPS-000163. IMT3. 15 miles W of Shelton, WA. Start 7/31. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Under investigation. 107 acres (-43). 100% containment. Minimal fire behavior. Mop-up ongoing. Last report on morning briefing unless significant activity occurs.

Other fires of interest:

National Creek Complex OR-RSF-000836. ICT3. 10 miles SW of Diamond Lake, OR. Start 8/3. Full Suppression. Timber. 65 acres. 0% containment. Active fire behavior with group torching and short range spotting. Campgrounds, T&E species, hiking and OHV trails threatened. WFMT. Wildland Fire Management Team (Hutton) is mobilizing to the complex.

Collier Butte OR-RSF-000808. ICT3. 17 miles E of Gold Beach, OR. Start 8/2. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Lightning. 40 acres. Remote steep rugged ground. IMT2. OR Team 3 (Johnson ) is mobilizing to the incident.

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 level low pressure trough has settled in over the Pacific Northwest and will be with us for the next several days. This will result in windy conditions across eastern Washington and north central Oregon today. Some lingering lightning is possible in SE Oregon and also in Northeast Washington. Another bout of lightning is possible this weekend.

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