Northwest Interagency Coordination Center: 6/23/2017 NWCC Morning Brief

Date/Time Stamp: Friday, Jun 23, 2017, 06:51

Northwest Activity Summary

Warm and dry conditions continued yesterday with poor overnight RH recoveries. No precipitation or lightning in the region. 14 new fires reported for 14 acres. The Rhoades Canyon fire increased by 4,000 acres. 1,977 RX burn acres completed yesterday with an additional 400 acres planned on the Malheur N.F. today.

Preparedness Levels

Current:

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

Northwest PL Forecast

2 up one	2	2
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 Acres 14 fires for 14 acres 4,000 acres growth on existing large fires
OR: 8 fires for 13 acres
WA: 6 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: 83 new fires
New large incidents: 4
Large fires contained: 6
Uncontained large fires: 16

National IMT Activity
Area Command Teams committed: 0
NIMOs committed: 0
Type 1 IMTs committed: 1
Type 2 IMTs committed: 5

Northwest Current Incident Details

Incidents not Previously Reported: 0

Incidents Previously Reported: 1

Rhoades Canyon 0301 RN OR-PRD-000301. ICT3. 3 mi E of Clarno, OR. Start 6/20. Full Suppression. Cause: Human. 14,000 acres (+4,000). 50% containment. Brush, grass, and juniper. Moderate fire behavior. Burnout operations planned. Structures threatened.

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

Fire danger is rising across the region as a warming and drying trend sets in. Temperatures are poised to rise well above normal over the weekend. General winds will gradually decrease for the majority of the area, although some dry and gusty northeasterly winds are possible over the passes of the Cascades and Oregon Coast Range. By Sunday afternoon some lightning fires are possible over sections of Southern and Central Oregon spreading northeast on Monday. The combination of rising fire danger and lightning means the risk of new large fires in PSAs NW06 and NW07 will rise into the “High Risk’ category for Sunday and Monday. On Tuesday a cooling trend with winds will set in. Initial attack activity for the region will likely increase into the moderate category as a result of the lightning. Regional Preparedness Level will probably rise above 1 by Monday or Tuesday.

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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