Northwest Interagency Coordination Center: 10/13/2016 NWCC Brief

Date/Time Stamp: Thursday, Oct 13, 2016, 07:26

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER TODAY AND SATURDAY. CHECK YOUR LOCAL NWS FORECAST FOR HAZARDS AND ADVISORIES.

Northwest Activity Summary

Sunny and mild yesterday with high clouds. Precipitation moved in from the northwest overnight with moderate to heavy precipitation on the west side that is moving to the east side this morning. Light initial attack. Nine prescribed fires reported 2,765 acres accomplished yesterday with four 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 5 fires for 1 acres0 acres growth on existing large fires
OR: 4 fires for 1 acres (1 fire in CA)
WA: 1 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 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

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

A wet warm front is moving across the region today that will be followed by a very strong cold front this afternoon and intotomorrow. Significant rains should impact the entire region along with strong and potentially dangerous winds. Friday will remain showery and windy. Another very strong system will impact the area Saturday bringing additional rain and strong, potentially dangerous winds. Conditions remain unsettled early next week until high pressure starts to build on Wednesday. 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

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

Other GACC Morning Reports: