Northwest Interagency Coordination Center: 10/1/2016 NWCC Large Fire Update

Sunday, October 2, 2016

10/1/2016 NWCC Large Fire Update

Date/Time Stamp: Saturday, Oct 01, 2016, 07:37

Starting 9/2/16, posting frequency will be Monday through Friday by 0800.

Northwest Activity Summary

Seasonal temperatures with gusty winds on the east side. Moderate precipitation on the west side and in NE Washington. Some lightning in NE Washington, SW Oregon and the John Day Highlands. Light initial attack. Increased containment on the East Maury fire. Five prescribed fires reported 135 acres completed. Multiple units with planned prescribed fires. The Northwest dropped to Preparedness Level 1.

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: 1 (OR: 1, WA: 0)

New Fires and Acres7 fires for 3 acres1,150 acres growth on existing large fires
OR: 5 fires for 2 acres
WA: 2 fire for 1 acres

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

No updates to the IMSR today. The following information is from 9/30/16

National Fire Activity
Initial attack activity: 130 new fires
New large incidents: 1
Large fires contained: 1
Uncontained large fires: 11

National IMT Activity
Area Command Teams committed: 0
NIMOs committed: 0
Type 1 IMTs committed: 1
Type 2 IMTs committed: 3

Northwest Current Incident Details

Incidents not Previously Reported: 0

Incidents Previously Reported: 1

0624 RS East Maury, OR-OCF-000624. ICT4. 11 miles SE of Post, OR. Start 9/29. Full Suppression. Cause: Human. 1,400 acres (+1,150). 25% containment. Timber and slash. Active fire behavior with torching. Private lands, campgrounds and Sage-grouse habitat threatened. Road closures.

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

Cooler and wetter conditions are moving in with a corresponding decline in fire danger. Some isolated wet thunderstorms are possible over the next several days. Precipitation chances increase later in the weekend and into next week.

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

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

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