Northwest Interagency Coordination Center: 10/11/2016 NWCC Large Fire Brief

Date/Time Stamp: Tuesday, Oct 11, 2016, 07:11

Current posting frequency is Monday through Friday by 0800.

Northwest Activity Summary

Mild weather yesterday with warm conditions in Southern Oregon. Light scattered precipitation through most of the geographic area with moderate precipitation across Central Oregon. Light initial attack over the holiday weekend with two fires in Eastern Oregon reported near 50 acres. One prescribed fire reported 200 acres of accomplishment yesterday with two units reporting planned prescribed burning.

Preparedness Levels

Current:

Northwest	1 (10/1)
National	1 (9/30)

Northwest PL Forecast

1	1	1
3-day	10-day	30-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 Acres (Oct. 7 – Oct. 10)
18 fires for 95 acres0 acres growth on existing large fires
OR: 16 fires for 95 acres
WA: 2 fires for 0 acres

Northwest IMT Activity
NIMOs committed: 0
Type 1 IMTs committed: 0
Type 2 IMTs committed: 0

IMSR published Friday only. The following information is from 10/07/16

National Fire Activity (Oct. 1 – Oct. 6)
Initial attack activity: 748 new fires
New large incidents: 7
Large fires contained: 10
Uncontained large fires: 4

National IMT Activity
Area Command Teams committed: 0
NIMOs committed: 0
Type 1 IMTs committed: 0
Type 2 IMTs committed: 2

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)

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

Weak high pressure will keep conditions mild and cool through Wednesday. On Thursday, the first of two strong weather systems will bring widespread rain and very high winds. A second strong system is currently forecast for the late Saturday,Sunday time period. Significant fire potential remains low through the forecast period.

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

Northwest Prescribed Fire Information:

Oregon Department of Forestry Burning & Smoke Management: http://www.oregon.gov/ODF/Fire/Pages/Burn.aspx.Snapshot Viewer (for MS Access) is required.
Washington DNR Daily Smoke Management Approvals for Large Burn Silvicultural Prescribed Fires:https://fortress.wa.gov/dnr/protection/BurnRequests