Northwest Interagency Coordination Center: 07/03/2017 NWCC Morning Brief

Date/Time Stamp: Monday, Jul 03, 2017, 06:44

Northwest Activity Summary

Mild temperatures on the west side of the Cascades with very widely scattered light precipitation. Seasonal conditions with no precipitation on the east side. No lightning in the Region. Light initial attack activity. Two new large fires in the Yakima area with the Silver Dollar fire threatening the Hanford Site and IMT1, PNW Team 2 (Schulte) ordered.

Preparedness Levels

Current:

Northwest	2 (6/25)
National	3 (6/28)

Northwest PL Forecast

2	2	3
3-day	10-day	30-day

Northwest Fire Activity
Large Fire Summary
New large fires: 2
Large fires contained: 2
Uncontained large fires: 3 (OR: 1, WA: 2)

New Fires and Acres 18 fires for 8,506 acres 0 acres growth on existing large fires
OR: 6 fires for 4 acres
WA: 12 fires for 8,502 acres

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

National Fire Activity
Initial attack activity: Light (150 new fires)
New large incidents: 6
Large fires contained: 4
Uncontained large fires: 20

National IMT Activity
Area Command Teams committed: 1
NIMOs committed: 0
Type 1 IMTs committed: 5
Type 2 IMTs committed: 3

Northwest Current Incident Details

Incidents not Previously Reported: 2

Silver Dollar WA-SPD-000166. ICT3. 30 mi E of Yakima, WA. Start 7/02. Full Suppression. Cause: Unknown. 8,000 acres. 0% containment. Brush and grass. Active fire behavior. Level 1 and 2 evacuations. Structures, power infrastructure, and Sage Grouse habitat threatened. The fire is on the Hanford Nuclear site. Road closures in effect. IMT1, PNW Team 2 (Schulte) ordered.

Hwy 12 Milepost 188 WA-WFS-000161. ICT4. City limits of Naches, WA. Start 7/01. Full Suppression. Cause: Unknown. 500 acres. 0% containment. Grass, timber and brush. Active fire behavior. Level 1 evacuations. Structures and power infrastructure threatened. State mob authorized 7/2. IMT3 Mobilizing.

Incidents Previously Reported: 3

Sheep Springs OR-DEF-000341. IMT3. 17 mi. NW of Sisters, OR. Start 6/26. Full Suppression. Cause: Lightning. 696 acres (+0). 50% containment. Timber, heavy dead and down. Minimal fire behavior. Continued mop up operations.

Sutherland Canyon WA-SPD-000121. Local unit control. 13 mi SE of Wenatchee, WA. Start 6/26. Full Suppression. Cause: Lightning. 29,258 acres (+0). 100% containment. Grass and brush. Minimal fire behavior. Evacuations lifted. Transfer of command to local unit occurred at 0600 today. Last report on morning briefing unless significant activity occurs.

Straight Hollow WA-SPD-000126. Local unit control. 12 mi. E of Wenatchee, WA. Start 6/26. Full Suppression. Cause: Lightning. 8,458 acres (+0). 100% containment. Grass and brush. Minimal fire behavior. Transfer of command to local unit occurred at 0600 today. Last report on morning briefing unless significant activity occurs.

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

New large fire potential remains at background levels, but increased ignitions are expected due to Independence Day. Temperatures will begin to increase, and RH will decrease this week as an upper level ridge builds into the region. Fire danger indices will continue to rise through this week, more rapidly east of the Cascades, with chances of lightning returning around mid-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): https://www.nifc.gov/nicc/sitreprt.pdf

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