Morning Brief

Date/Time Stamp: Thursday, August 06, 2015 –0700

Activity Summary
In the Northwest:
Minimal lightning occurred in Southeast Oregon. Northwest Washington received precipitation. IMT2. WA Team 3 (Allbee) has mobilized to the Highway 8 fire. IMT2. OR Team 3 (Johnson ) has mobilized to the Collier Butte fire.

Preparedness Levels

Current:

Northwest	4 (no change)
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: 0

Uncontained large fires: 14 (OR: 8, WA: 6)

New Fires and Acres: 46 fires for 4,574 acres
(8,893 acres growth on existing large fires)
OR: 36 fires for 4,566 acres
WA: 10 fires for 8 acres

Northwest IMT Activity

Area Command Teams committed: 0
NIMOs committed: 0
Type 1 IMTs committed: 3
Type 2 IMTs committed: 4

Wildland Fire Management Team: 1

National Fire Activity

Initial attack activity: Light (146 new fires)
New large incidents: 11
Large fires contained: 1
Uncontained large fires: 57

National IMT Activity

Area Command Teams committed: 1
NIMOs committed: 1
Type 1 IMTs committed: 8
Type 2 IMTs committed: 9

Current Incident Details

Incidents not Previously-Reported: 1

Lime Hill OR-VAD-000137. IMT3. 5 miles NE of Huntington, OR. Start 8/5. Full Suppression. Brush and tall grass. Cause: Human. 4,500 acres. 5% containment. Extreme fire behavior. Structures, sage-grouse habitat, interstate, powerlines and gas lines threatened. Road closures in effect.

Incidents Previously-Reported: 13

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. 18,383 acres. (+1,215). 20% containment. Active fire behavior with creeping. single tree torching and short crown runs. Heavy smoke impacts. Numerous residences, structures, commercial timber, T&E species and cultural resources threatened. Evacuations, road and area 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. Point Zone Protection. Timber. Cause: Lightning. 25,640 acres. (+0). 0% containment. Active fire behavior with torching, spotting and wind-driven runs. Structures destroyed. Communities, residences and structures threatened. Evacuations in effect. Road, trail and area closures in effect. Smoke and ash impacts. PNW Team 2 (Schulte) also managing Goode and Blankenship.

Phillips Creek OR-UMF-000749. IMT2. OR Team 2 (Fillis). 7 miles NW of Elgin, OR. Start 8/1. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Unknown. 1,657 acres (+119). 10% containment. Active fire behavior with some group torching. Residences, private land, livestock, fish habitat, and structures threatened. Hwy 204 closure.

Baldy WA-COF-001003. IMT2. WA Team 4 (Gales). 26 miles NE of Colville, WA. Start 8/1. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Unknown. 507 acres (+207). 2% containment. Active backing fire with group torching and short crown runs. Residences, structures, powerlines, and water sources threatened.

National Creek Complex OR-RSF-000836. ICT3/ICT4. 10 miles SW of Diamond Lake, OR. Start 8/3. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Unknown. 120 acres. (+55). 0% containment. Active fire behavior with uphill runs, group torching and short range spotting. Campgrounds, T&E species, hiking and OHV trails threatened. Transfer of command to WFMT Wildland Fire Management Team (Hutton) on 8/7 at 0600 hrs.

Includes: Crescent (OR-CLP). Full Suppression. 70 acres. 0% contained; National (OR-RSF). Full Suppression. 50 acres. 0% contained.

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. 1,848 acres (+48). 50% containment. Minimal fire behavior with creeping and smoldering.

Hwy 8 WA-WFS-050595. IMT2. WA Team 3 (Allbee). 1 mile N of Roosevelt, WA. Start 8/4. Full Suppression. Grass. Cause: Unknown. 17,043 acres. (+7,043). 25% containment. Extreme fire behavior with wind driven runs. Residences, power lines, windmill infrastructure, and grazing land threatened. Evacuations and road closures in effect. Fire mobilization authorized. FMAG approved (8/5).

Collier Butte OR-RSF-000808. IMT2. OR Team 3 (Johnson ). 17 miles E of Gold Beach, OR. Start 8/2. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Lightning. 157 acres. (+117). 0% containment. Remote steep rugged ground.

DL Potter Mountain Complex OR-UPF-000235. IMT3. 28 miles S of Oakridge, OR. Start 8/2. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Lightning. 136 acres (+0). 0% containment. Moderate fire behavior with backing and occasional group torching. Road closures in effect.

Goode WA-NCP-000031. IMT1. PNW Team 2 (Schulte). 24 miles E of Marblemount, WA. Start 7/29. Confine. Timber. Cause: Unknown. 687 acres. (+67). 0% containment. Moderate fire behavior with backing, single tree torching and short crown runs. Trails and campgrounds threatened. Confined within the Park Creek drainage. Limited access. PNW Team 2 (Schulte) also managing Wolverine and Blankenship.

West Fork OR-MAF-015153. IMT3. 10 miles SE of Dayville, OR. Start 6/29. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Unknown. 916 acres (+22). 80% containment. Moderate fire behavior. Steep terrain and snags. Burnout operations ongoing. Low level threat to private property, Aldridge Lookout, and old growth forest.

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. Minimal fire behavior. Steep terrain and heavy fuels.

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. 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:

A mostly dry southwesterly flow will be over the area today. Thunderstorms will likely return, mainly to Eastern Oregon, on Friday. Then as we progress toward next week lightning chances will begin to increase over the entire region as a trough sets up offshore returning the entire region to a more moist and unstable southerly flow.

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