8/12/2015 Paradise Fire Update

The sprinkler system was utilized yesterday while crew members installed additional sprinkler heads. So far, there is approximately three-quarters of a mile of hose laid to create the system. Fire personnel were able to get to the edge of the spot fires and reported that no fire activity was visible. The helicopter performed bucket drops throughout the day on the western flank of the Bob Creek drainage.

Scouting the area to the northwest of the fire perimeter will continue with the assistance of the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The helicopter will continue bucket drops on the west side of the fire to reduce spread. Crew members will work to improve and extend the sprinkler system as the supplies arrive.

The smoke that is impacting the peninsula is coming from more than the Paradise Fire. There are numerous fires actively burning around the northwest and Canada that are impacting the area with smoke. To see the most up to date weather patterns that are moving the smoke, check out http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/land/fire.html or http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/sat_west.html

There were 192 new fires around the nation yesterday, 32 of them were in the northwest.The national situation report is updated daily with the priority fires and their statistics, https://www.nifc.gov/nicc/sitreprt.pdf.  Canada national wildland fire situation report is available at http://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/report.

Fires are not permitted in the backcountry area of Olympic National Park, including coastal areas.  Campfires are only allowed in established front-country campgrounds in metal campfire rings.

For real time and detailed information, visit our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Paradise-Fire/831205013596015.

Fire information is also available on Inciweb at http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4305/.  

Fire restrictions Olympic National Forest at http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/olympic/home/?cid=stelprdb5192793

For current information about visiting Olympic National Park, as well as information about the history and role of fire in the Olympic ecosystem, please visit the park's website at http://www.nps.gov/olym.

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Paradise Fire Information Staff

360-797-5366