Miller
Complex Fire Update
Sept. 21, 2017
Northwest
Incident Management Team 9 (NW9), Brian Goff, Incident Commander
Information
Phone: 541-899-5302 Email: MillerComplex2017@gmail.com
Complex Size: 36,302 acres Containment:
65% Personnel: 225
Tomorrow (Friday, Sept. 22),
Northwest Incident Management Team 9 (NW9) turns over management of the Miller
Complex fires to a Type 3 command structure, signaling a reduction in the
incident’s complexity. Today, the Type 3
team will work with NW 9. The Type 3
team will continue operations at the current incident command post location. Some of the management and support staff from
NW9 will continue with the Type 3 team, along with approximately 200
firefighters. Personnel are expected to remain
on the complex until a season-ending event, such as sufficient rain/snow,
arrives to stop fire activity.
Current Situation: Firefighter and public safety are the top
priority.
The Miller Complex remains at 65%
completed overall. The complex includes the portion of the Abney Fire that is
north of the Pacific Crest Trail. The
east and west flanks of the Abney Fire make up about 35% of the complex
perimeter. Those east and west flanks
are not contained today, but they pose little threat to high values such as
infrastructure and private lands.
On the west flank, fire movement
is restricted to the Red Buttes Wilderness.
Fire is compatible with wilderness management, and numerous natural
barriers exist within the wilderness to limit fire spread.
On the east flank of Abney, firefighters
have constructed fireline to the north and east of the open fire
perimeter. The ridge that includes the
Pacific Crest Trail will be the containment feature to the south. Those lines will contain the fire and prevent
it from entering private lands.
Probabilities are high that
season-ending rain/snow will occur before the fire reaches the containment
boundary. However, if future weather
conditions allow the fire to spread toward those boundaries, a team will be in
place to implement timely suppression actions and hold the fire within the
identified containment area.
Today’s weather/fire behavior:
Cloudy, cool, damp weather prevailed over the incident yesterday. Measurable rainfall varied widely from wet to
dry, west to east, with 1.53 inches of rain northwest of the Creedence Fire, 0.36
inches at Carberry, and 0.2 inches at Squaw Peak to the east.
Today will be cool, yet warmer
than yesterday, damp and showery. With
the wet, cool and windy conditions, firefighters will adjust to changing
weather conditions by watching for snags, burnt debris, washouts and slippery
surfaces. Little fire activity is
anticipated due to the wetting rain. Fire behavior is anticipated to be low. Drier
and warmer weather starts Friday and will continue into next week.
Miller Complex Abney Fire, south
of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT): https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5511/.
Closures: The Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest closed
areas https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/rogue-siskiyou/alerts-notices. The Bureau of
Land Management has closed the Grayback Mountain Trailhead. Klamath National Forest closures see https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/klamath/alerts-notices.
Website: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5514/# Joint Information Center Blog: http://swojic.blogspot.com/
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