Morning Brief

Date/Time Stamp: Thursday, September 03, 2015 - 0700 hrs.

Activity Summary
In the Northwest:

Scattered lightning occurred in NW and far NE Washington. Light to moderate precipitation occurred west of the Cascades. East of the Cascades, precipitation was light and limited to the mountain areas of NE Oregon and NE Washington. Minimal initial attack. No new large fires. Low growth on existing large fires.

Preparedness Levels

Current:

Northwest	5 (no change)
National	5 (no change)

Northwest PL Forecast:

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

Northwest Fire Activity

Large Fire Summary

New large fires: 0

Large fires contained: 0

Uncontained large fires: 25 (OR: 10, WA: 15)

New Fires and Acres: 7 fires for 0 acres
(1,578 acres growth on existing large fires)
OR: 4 fire for 0 acres
WA: 3 fires for 0 acres

Northwest IMT Activity

Area Command Teams committed: 1
NIMOs committed: 0
Type 1 IMTs committed: 5
Type 2 IMTs committed: 5 (County Line 2 IMT2 transitions to IMT3 today)

OSFM: 0

Wildland Fire Management Team: 0

National Fire Activity

Initial attack activity: Light (62 new fires)
New large incidents: 1
Large fires contained: 0
Uncontained large fires: 55

National IMT Activity

Area Command Teams committed: 2
NIMOs committed: 1
Type 1 IMTs committed: 13
Type 2 IMTs committed: 21

Current Incident Details

*Area Command is managing the following fires in northeast Washington: Carpenter Road, Kettle Complex (Graves Mountain, Stickpin, Renner and Roy), and Kaniksu Complex (Tower, Baldy, Onata Creek, and 4 additional fires). Area Command will be released Friday 9/4 and incidents will transition back to local agency administrators.

Incidents not Previously-Reported: 0

Incidents Previously-Reported: 25

Canyon Creek Complex (3 fires) OR-MAF-015192. IMT1. GB Team 1 (Lund). 7 miles N of Seneca, OR. Start 8/12. Full Suppression (all fires in complex). Timber and grass. Cause: Lightning. 105,684 acres. (+0). 52% containment. Active fire behavior with group torching, single tree torching and spotting. Residences and structures destroyed. Residences, critical habitat, watershed and wilderness threatened. Road, trail and area closures in effect. Evacuations in effect. Conflagration Act invoked (8/15). FMAG approved (8/15). OSFM demobed 9/2. No official acreage growth due to lack of IR. Estimated growth 1,000 to 2,000 acres.

Includes 3 fires. Berry Creek merged with Mason Spring: Berry Creek (OR-MAF-015271). 100 acres; Mason Spring (OR-MAF-0152270). 105,423 acres;Jerrys Draw (OR-952S-015306). 161 acres. 100% containment.

*Carpenter Rd. WA-SPA-000046. IMT2. OR Team 3 (Johnson). 35 miles NW of Spokane, WA. Start 8/14. Full Suppression. Timber, grass and brush. Cause: Unknown. 64,349 acres. (-446). 45% containment. Minimal fire behavior with creeping and smoldering. Residences, commercial property and structures destroyed and threatened. Road and area closures in effect. Evacuations in effect. Fire mobilization authorized (8/14). All evacuations reduced to level 1. Reduction in acreage due to better mapping.

North Star WA-COA-000157. IMT1. PNW Team 3 (Lewis). 25 miles E of Omak, WA. Start 8/13. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Human. 205,605 acres. (+274). 25% containment. Minimal fire behavior with creeping, backing and wind driven runs. Residences, commercial timber, rangelands, critical communication sites, commercial property and structures threatened. Road and area closures in effect. Evacuations in effect. Fire mobilization authorized (8/19). PNW Team 3 (Lewis) managing Tunk Block and North Star.

Tunk Block WA-NES-001219. IMT1. PNW Team 3 (Lewis). 3 miles E of Omak, WA. Start 8/14. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Unknown. 161,660 acres. (+220). 45% containment. Minimal fire behavior with creeping, backing and wind driven runs. Residences, structures and natural resources threatened. Road and trail closures in effect. Evacuations in effect. PNW Team 3 (Lewis) managing Tunk Block and North Star.

*Kettle Complex (4 fires) WA-COF-001264. IMT1. PNW Team 2 (Schulte). 26 miles NW of Colville, WA. Start 8/11. Full Suppression (all fires in complex). Timber. Cause: Lightning. 76,216 acres. (+0). 17% containment. Minimal fire behavior with backing, creeping and smoldering. Residences and commercial property destroyed. Residences, commercial property and structures threatened. Road, trail and area closures in effect. Evacuations in effect

Includes four fires: Graves Mountain (WA-COF-001196). 8,617 acres. (+0). 59% containment; Roy (WA-NES-001222). 120 acres. (+0). 100% containment;Stickpin (WA-COF-001111). 54,370 acres. (+0). 23% containment. Fire mobilization authorized (8/14); Renner (WA-COF-001202). 13,109 acres. (+0). 57% containment. Fire mobilization authorized (8/19).

Wolverine WA-OWF-000287. IMT1. SW Team 1 (Templin). 3 miles NW of Lucerne, WA. Start 6/29. Point Zone Protection/Full Suppression. Grass and timber. Cause: Lightning. 65,275 acres. (+335). 31% containment. Minimal fire behavior with smoldering. Residences and structures destroyed. Communities, residences, structures, critical habitat for T&E species, campgrounds and historic structures threatened. Road, trail and area closures in effect. Evacuations in effect. SW Team 1 (Templin) currently managing Wolverine and First Creek.

Chelan Complex (5 fires) WA-SES-000701. IMT1. CA Team 5 (Minton). 1 mile S of Chelan, WA. Start 8/14. Full Suppression (all fires in complex). Timber and brush. Cause: Unknown. 93,819 acres. (+125). 65% containment. Active fire behavior with uphill runs, short-range spotting and flanking. Residences and structures destroyed. Residences, commercial property, communication sites and structures threatened. Road and area closures in effect. Evacuations in effect. Fire mobilization authorized (8/17). FMAG approved (8/15). CA Team 5 (Minton) managing Okanogan Complex and Chelan Complex.

Includes five merged fires; Reach (WA-SPD-000651). Fire mobilization authorized (8/14); McFarland Creek (WA-OWF-000669); Cagle (WA-SES-000655);Antoine Creek (WA-OWF-000654); Black Canyon (WA-OWF-000663).

Okanogan Complex (4 fires) WA-NES-001203. IMT1. CA Team 5 (Minton). 13 miles NW of Omak, WA. Start 8/14. Full Suppression (all fires in complex). Timber and brush. Cause: Lightning. 148,251 acres. (+272). 50% containment. Moderate fire behavior with flanking, backing and creeping. Residences and structures destroyed. Residences, communications sites, power lines, irrigation infrastructure, T&E species, watersheds, rangeland and commercial timber threatened. Evacuations in effect. Road and trail closures in effect. Fire mobilization authorized (8/17). FMAG approved (8/15). CA Team 5 (Minton) managing Okanogan Complex and Chelan Complex.

Includes four fires. Beaver Lake merged with Lime Belt: Beaver Lake (WA-OWF-000671). 25,956 acres. 0% containment; Lime Belt (WA-OWF-000657). 106,353 acres. 55% containment; Twisp River (WA-NES-001351). 11,222 acres. 98% containment. Fire mobilization authorized (8/19); 9 Mile (WA-NES-001147). 4,720 acres. 98% containment.

*Kaniksu Complex (7 fires) WA-COF-001302. IMT2. AK Black Team (Kurth). 35 miles E of Colville, WA. Start 8/18. Monitor/Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Lightning. 26,327 acres. (+100). 22% containment. Minimal fire behavior with creeping and smoldering. Residences, commercial property, historic sites, commercial timber, recreation infrastructure, campgrounds, critical habitat for T&E species and structures threatened. Road, trail and area closures in effect. All level 1 evacuations are lifted.

Includes seven fires: Tower (WA-COF-001120). 24,450 acres. (+105). 12% containment; Onata Creek (WA-NES-001310) 546 acres. (+0). 39% containment;Baldy (WA-COF-001003). 515 acres. (+0). 100% containment; Grease Creek (WA-COF-001212). 609 acres. (-5). 0% containment; Hall Mountain (WA-COF-001164). 39 acres. (-7). 0% containment; Slate Creek (WA-COF-001221). 1 acre. (+0). 0% containment; South Fork Slate Trail – D5 (WA-COF-001218). 167 acres. (+0). 0% containment.

Grizzly Bear Complex OR-UMF-000947. IMT2. WA Team 4 (Gales). 20 miles SE of Dayton, WA. Start 8/13. Monitor/Confine/Point Zone Protection/Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Lightning. 74,634 acres. (+138). 27% containment. Moderate fire behavior with smoldering, backing and uphill runs. Residences and structures destroyed. Residences, commercial property, structures, campgrounds, commercial hunting, T&E habitat, recreational facilities, historic buildings, watersheds and natural resources threatened. Road, trail and area closures in effect. Evacuations in effect. This complex contains 17 fires (varying sizes, some have merged). Conflagration Act invoked (8/20) and ended (8/25). FMAG approved (8/21).

Cougar Creek WA-YAA-000157. IMT2. CA Team 3 (Wakoski). 6 miles NW of Glenwood, WA. Start 8/10. Full Suppression. Timber and grass. Cause: Lightning. 53,162 acres. (+0). 60% containment. Minimal fire behavior with smoldering and creeping. Structures, natural resources, habitat for T&E species and campgrounds threatened. Road, trail and area closures in effect.

First Creek WA-OWF-000650. IMT1. SW Team 1 (Templin). 8 miles NW of Chelan, WA. Start 8/14. Full Suppression. Grass and timber. Cause: Lightning. 7,702 acres. (+257). 79% containment. Minimal fire behavior. Residences and structures destroyed. Residences and structures threatened. Road closures in effect. Evacuations in effect. SW Team 1 (Templin) currently managing Wolverine and First Creek.

County Line 2 OR-WSA-000060. IMT3. 15 miles NW of Madras, OR. Start 8/12. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Unknown. 67,207 acres. (+0). 97% containment. Minimal fire behavior with creeping and smoldering. Residences and structures destroyed. Residences, timber resources and commercial property threatened. Trail and area closures in effect. Evacuations in effect. OSFM Team assigned from (8/12) and ended (8/19). OR Team 1 (Sheldon) transitioning to IMT3 today at 0700.

Alder Lake WA-GPF-000627. IMT3. 7 miles S of Eatonville, WA. Start 8/11. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Lightning. 280 acres. (+5). 17% containment. Minimal fire behavior. Residences, structures and T&E species threatened. Evacuations in effect.

Eagle OR-WWF-000872. IMT3. 25 miles S of Union, OR. Start 8/11. Confine/Point Zone Protection/Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Lightning. 12,702 acres.(+198). 62% containment. Moderate fire behavior with backing, single tree torching and creeping. Residence destroyed. Residences, structures, timber resources, habitat for T&E species and wild and scenic river threatened. Road, trail and area closures in effect. Level 2 and 3 evacuations have been lifted.

Upper Skagit Complex (8 fires) WA-NCP-000052. IMT3. 1 mile NW of Newhalem, WA. Start 8/10. Monitor/Confine/Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Lightning. 8,505 acres. (+0). 66% containment. Minimal fire behavior with smoldering. Structures destroyed. No new information.

Includes: Goodell (WA-NCP-000039). 7,111 acres. (+0). 0% containment; Thursday Creek (WA-NCP-000040). 566 acres. (+0). 0% containment; Rocky Beaver (WA-NCP-000046). 141 acres. (+0). 0% containment; No Name 15 (WA-NCP-000045). 344 acres. (+0). 0% containment. Snowfield (WA-NCP-000051). 184 acres. (+0). 0% containment. This complex includes additional fires totaling less than 200 acres.

National Creek Complex (2 fires) OR-RSF-000836. IMT3. 10 miles SW of Diamond Lake, OR. Start 8/1. Full Suppression (all fires in complex). Timber and grass. Cause: Lightning. 15,458 acres. (+0). 70% containment. Minimal fire behavior with group torching and backing. T&E species and natural and cultural resources threatened. Road, area and trail closures in effect.

Includes two merged fires: Crescent (OR-CLP-000405). 15,338 acres. (+0); National (OR-RSF-000787). 120 acres. (+0).

Tucannon WA-SES-001060. IMT3. 15 miles E of Dayton, WA. Start 8/29. Full Suppression. Timber, brush and grass. Cause: Human. 2,630 acres. (+0). 70% containment. Minimal fire behavior with smoldering. Residences, power infrastructure, fish hatchery and critical habitat threatened. Road closures in effect. Evacuations in effect. No new information.

Stouts Creek OR-732S-000090. IMT3. 16 miles E of Canyonville, OR. Start 7/30. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Human. 26,452 acres. (+0). 96% containment. Minimal fire behavior with backing and smoldering. Road and area closures in effect. Conflagration Act invoked (7/31) and ended (8/8). FMAG approved (7/31).

Falls Creek OR-WWF-001012. ICT4. 5 miles SW of Joseph, OR. Start 8/22. Confine /Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Unknown. 396 acres. (+0). 90% containment. Minimal fire behavior with smoldering. Trail closures in effect. Last report on morning briefing unless significant activity occurs. See NW Fires Utilizing Monitor, Confine, Point Zone Protection Suppression Strategies (YTD) (link) for future updates.

Collier Butte OR-RSF-000808. ICT4. 17 miles E of Gold Beach, OR. Start 8/2. Full Suppression. Timber and brush. Cause: Lightning. 11,800 acres. (+0). 55% containment. Minimal fire behavior with smoldering. Commercial property and Snow Camp Lookout, T&E species, critical watersheds and wilderness threatened. Road, trail and area closures in effect. Limited access and steep slopes.

Cornet-Windy Ridge OR-VAD-000163. ICT4. 17 miles SE of Baker City, OR. Start 8/11. Full Suppression. Timber and grass. Cause: Unknown. 102,089 acres.(+0). 85% containment. Minimal fire behavior with smoldering. Residences and structures destroyed. Conflagration Act invoked (8/13) and ended (8/18).

Marble Valley WA-NES-001224. ICT4. 8 miles S of Colville, WA. Start 8/14. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Unknown. 3,087 acres. (+0). 98% containment. Minimal fire behavior with smoldering. Residences and structures destroyed. Critical infrastructure, power lines and agricultural resources threatened. Fire mobilization authorized (8/14). No new information.

Gold Hill WA-NES-001234. ICT4. 7 miles NW of Colville, WA. Start 8/14. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Unknown. 557 acres. (+0). 98% containment. Minimal fire behavior with smoldering. Structure destroyed. Residences and structures. No new information.

Willamina Creek OR-SAD-000207. ICT4. 45 miles SW of Portland, OR. Start 8/19. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Unknown. 230 acres. (+0). 97% containment. Minimal fire behavior. Last report on morning briefing unless significant activity occurs.

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:

There will be areas of light precipitation west of the cascades and breezy conditions across eastern Oregon. The low pressure center will move to southern OregonFriday and Saturday bringing more significant showers and wetting rains over a large portion of eastern Oregon. A warmer and drier pattern is developing early next week, but confidence in the specifics associated with this is low at this time.

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