9/1/2015 National Creek Complex Update

Transition to Type 3 Team: The Type 2 Oregon Interagency Incident Management Team 4 (ORIIMT4) will transfer management of the fire to the South Central Oregon Fire Management Partnership (SCOFMP) Type 3 team with an inbriefing today.  The incident command post will move to the Broken Arrow Campground on State Highway 230, near Diamond Lake Road.

Transfer to a Type 3 team is occurring because the fire is entering a less complicated phase, due to excellent work on the part of firefighters and fire managers to improve containment lines, mopup and rehab.

SCOFMP will continue working on containment lines, mopping up and rehabbing. There is likely to continue to be smoke coming from the interior of the fire.

Current fire containment is 65 percent.

Yesterday’s Activities: Firefighters were able to complete the rehab along the western flanks. A specialized fire crew was able to begin work on the southern flank of the fire using minimal impact suppression tactics (MIST) to tie in the southwest corner of

the fire along national Creek to the Oasis Creek Trail.

Today’s Activities: Plans are to complete the mopup and rehab work along the western flank of the fire. The crew that is deployed on the southern flank will continue their work moving east.

Weather:    Sunny with a high temperature of 76 and a minimum relative humidity of  27%. Winds will be SW at 10-15 mph.

Open and Closed:

·    Crater Lake National Park is open. The north and the south entrances are both open.

·    Rim Drive is open and accessible from both entrances.

·    State Highway 230 and Highway138 are open to the public and will stay open when conditions are safe.

·    The Pacific Crest Trail through Crater Lake National Park is now open.

·    Area closure orders are in effect in the Rogue River-Siskiyou and Umpqua National Forests near Diamond Lake.

·    There are trail closures in the National Park and on the Rogue River-Siskiyou and Umpqua National Forest.

·    Diamond Lake, Thielson View and Broken Arrow campgrounds are open.