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Tuesday, June 28, 2016

6/28/2016 NWCC Morning Brief

Morning Brief
Date/Time Stamp: Tuesday, Jun 28, 2016, 07:12
Posting frequency is daily by 0800.

Northwest Activity Summary
In the past 24 hours,sunny with warm temperatures. Some lightning in NE Oregon and along the Canadian Border in the NE Cascades with no recorded precipitation. Light initial attack. No uncontained large fires in the Geographic Area.

Preparedness Levels
Current:
Northwest1 (6/15)
National2 (6/6)
Northwest PL Forecast
222
3-day10-day30-day

Northwest Fire Activity
Large Fire Summary
New large fires: 0
Large fires contained: 0
Uncontained large fires: 0 (OR: 0, WA: 0)
New Fires and Acres17 fires for 9 acres
0 acres growth on existing large fires
OR: 10 fires for 7 acres
WA: 7 fires for 2 acres
Northwest IMT Activity
NIMOs committed: 0
Type 1 IMTs committed: 0
Type 2 IMTs committed: 0

National Fire Activity 
Initial attack activity: 208 new fires
New large incidents: 9
Large fires contained: 2
Uncontained large fires: 22
National IMT Activity
Area Command Teams committed: 0
NIMOs committed: 1
Type 1 IMTs committed: 2
Type 2 IMTs committed: 5


Northwest Current Incident Details
Incidents not Previously Reported: 0

Incidents Previously Reported: 0


Northwest Fires Utilizing Monitor, Confine, Point Zone Protection Suppression Strategies (YTD) (link)
None currently reported.
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
Warm, sunny conditions will continue through Friday with a slight chance of thunderstorms Wednesday evening in the Washington and northern Oregon mountains. Breezy conditions develop in the Cascade gaps Thursday and Friday. Cooling to slightly above normal temperatures over the weekend with breezy conditions on the east side. Significant fire potential slowly increases through the period.  Increasing chances of wind driven fires in cured rangeland grasses are possible. Moderate fire behavior can be expected in bitter brush and moisture stressed timber areas.

National Incident Management Situation Report (IMSR): http://www.nifc.gov/nicc/sitreprt.pdf

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