NW 9 Incident Management Team, Brian Goff, Incident
Commander
Current Size: 1,966 acres
Percent Containment:
45%
Location: 15 miles south of Inchelium, WA on the Colville
Indian Reservation
Saturday’s actions
· Crews continued mop up to the interior on the east and north
sides of the fire.
· Helicopters delivered blivets to the remote west side of
the fire. A blivet is a pyramid shaped bag for transporting water to
firefighters.
Today’s plan
· On the west side of the fire hand crews are using extended
hose lays to continue mop up from the line toward the interior. Engine crews
continue to do the same along the east side of the fire.
· Mop up operations have been completed on the south end of
the fire, which is now in a patrol status. Firefighters are using an infared
camera to locate isolated pockets of heat. Unlike common cameras that use
visible light to capture images, infared cameras detect radiant heat.
· Resources on the fire today include 20 engines; 10 water
tenders; 14 crews; four FireBosses; two Type1, one Type2 and one Type3
helicopters, an air attack, two skidgens, and three dozers.
A burnout is possible if conditions are favorable
· A dozer line was constructed to prevent fire from
spreading out of a bowl on the fire’s west side.
· Fire is active at lower levels of the bowl with torching,
crowning and up-slope runs.
· Fire managers may use a burnout to decrease fuels between
the active fire and the dozer line. If conditions are favorable later today,
firefighters will start the burnout near ridgetops to take advantage of early
evening down-slope winds.
· If weather changes and fire behavior moderates, fire
managers will evaluate other tactics.
Evacuations and Closures
· Due to reduced risks from the fire, Level 3 evacuations have
been reduced to Level 2.
· Kewa-Meteor Road is closed between Twin Lakes-Nez Perce
Road to Silver Creek Road
· Kewa Road is closed between Kewa-Meteor Road to Silver
Creek Road
Incident objectives: Provide for safety of firefighters and
the public, minimize acres burned, protect natural resources, keep communities
and interested parties informed of fire and fire management actions, coordinate
with emergency managers and cooperators, and track suppression actions.
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