Contact:
Ashley Lertora
503-338-8442,
Ashley.M.Lertora@oregon.gov
As hand
crews and fire engine crews work hard to extinguish the few remaining smokes and hot
spots in the outer 400-foot ring around the High Pass 12.5 Fire, other
resources are being released. Night shift crews are no longer
needed and only day shift is planned for today. Resources on the fire today include: 13 (20-person) hand crews, 14 fire engines and 11
water tenders. There are a total of 417 personnel assigned to the incident
today.
These
numbers will be diminishing throughout the day as personnel
leave the fire and return to their home bases.
Final mapped
fire size is 191 acres. The High Pass 12.5 Fire is 80 percent contained. Estimated costs to date total $2.54 million.
The ODF incident management team
will spend today working with local district staff on a transition
plan. A few resources - one hand crew, two
fire engines, one water tender and one excavator - will be under the supervision of
district personnel to keep working and patrolling this fire. This allows for local district personnel to
be available for initial attack on any new starts.
The team will transfer command of the suppression operation to the local district
Wednesday. This is the final update for this incident. Further questions can be directed to ODF's West
Oregon District office, 541-935-2283.
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