Northwest Interagency Coordination Center: 6/19/2017 NWCC Morning Brief

Date/Time Stamp: Monday, Jun 19, 2017, 07:20

Northwest Activity Summary

Sunday continued a warming and drying trend for most of the region. Light rain in Western Washington and no lightning throughout the region. 5 fires reported for 1 acre. No prescribed burning reported.

Preparedness Levels

Current:

Northwest	1 (1/17)
National	2 (5/16)

Northwest PL Forecast

1	1	2
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 acre 0 acres growth on existing large fires
OR: 2 fires for 0 acres
WA: 3 fires for 1 acre

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

National Fire Activity
Initial attack activity: 87 new fires
New large incidents: 3
Large fires contained: 1
Uncontained large fires: 15

National IMT Activity
Area Command Teams committed: 0
NIMOs committed: 0
Type 1 IMTs committed: 2
Type 2 IMTs committed: 4

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

Large fire potential remains low as the region continues to recover from last week’s cool and wet weather. Fire danger indices are at or below average for mid-June. Above normal temperatures today and a chance for isolated thunderstorms mainly in Oregon. A dry cold front will sweep through the area Tuesday and Wednesday delivering breezy winds and cooler temperatures. Another warming and drying trend is expected to build back into the region for the end of the week and into the weekend.

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

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

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