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Thursday, September 8, 2016

9/08/2016 NWCC Morning Report

Date/Time Stamp: Thursday, Sep 08, 2016, 06:44
Posting frequency is daily by 0700.


Northwest Activity Summary
Fall like conditions over the last 24 hours. Widely scattered light precipitation in Northwest Oregon, Western Washington and in far Northeast Washington. No lightning recorded. Light initial attack.


Preparedness Levels
Current:
Northwest2 (9/2)
National2 (9/6)
Northwest PL Forecast
111
3-day10-day30-day


Northwest Fire Activity
Large Fire Summary
New large fires: 0
Large fires contained: 0
Uncontained large fires: 1 (OR: 1, WA: 0)
New Fires and Acres6 fires for 3 acres0 acres growth on existing large fires
OR: 5 fires for 3 acres
WA: 1 fire for 0 acres
Northwest IMT Activity
NIMOs committed: 0
Type 1 IMTs committed: 0
Type 2 IMTs committed: 0

National Fire Activity
Initial attack activity: 70 new fires
New large incidents: 0
Large fires contained: 1
Uncontained large fires: 13
National IMT Activity
Area Command Teams committed: 0
NIMOs committed: 2
Type 1 IMTs committed: 2
Type 2 IMTs committed: 5



Northwest Current Incident Details
Incidents not Previously Reported: 0
Incidents Previously Reported: 1
Rail OR-WWF-000582. ICT4. 5 miles W of Unity, OR. Start 7/31. Full Suppression. Cause: Unknown. 41,706 acres (+0). 95% containment. Timber. Minimal fire behavior. Mop-up and suppression repair ongoing. Road, trail and area closures. Transfer of command from IMT2 NW Team 13 (Gales) back to the local units occurred today at 0600. Last report on Morning Brief unless significant activity occurs.

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
Gradual warming and drying trend today through Saturday. Despite dryer conditions and some gusty winds, fire potential should remain low for most of Central and Northeast Oregon and Washington. Fire potential will increase in Southwest Oregon as a thermal trough begins to build over the area leading to hot, dry, and windy conditions with poor relative humidity recovery through Saturday.





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