Northwest Interagency Coordination Center: 10/14/2016 NWCC Brief

Date/Time Stamp: Friday, Oct 14, 2016, 07:04

Current posting frequency is Monday through Friday by 0800 but will likely change due to lack of fire activity.

DANGEROUS WEATHER WITH DAMAGING WINDS SATURDAY. CHECK YOUR LOCAL NWS FORECAST FOR HAZARDS AND ADVISORIES.

Northwest Activity Summary

Wet and very windy region wide yesterday. Over an inch of precipitation in almost every station west of the Cascades, moderate precipitation east of the Cascades although light in Southeast Oregon. No initial attack reported yesterday. Five prescribed fires reported 929 acres accomplished 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 0 fires for 0 acres0 acres growth on existing large fires
OR: 0 fires for 0 acres
WA: 0 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 10/14/16.

National Fire Activity (Oct. 7 – Oct. 13)
Initial attack activity: 1,005 new fires
New large incidents: 11
Large fires contained: 6
Uncontained large fires: 5

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

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

Wet and windy weather will continue today as a strong low pressure system tracks northeast across Vancouver Island. The remains of a pacific typhoon will arrive late Saturday and move through Saturday night with the potential for more widespread damaging winds and significant precipitation. Showery weather will continue next week. Significant fire potential remains very low.

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: