Friday, October 13, 2017

10/13/2017 NWCC Morning Brief

Date/Time Stamp:  Friday, Oct 13, 2017, 07:54
Next Morning Brief will be posted Monday, October 16, 2017


Northwest Activity Summary
Mild and showery yesterday with widespread precipitation on the west side and moderate to light precipitation on the east side. No precipitation fell in Southeast Oregon or Northcentral Washington. One new fire reported yesterday. Around 700 acres of prescribed burning was reported yesterday and 8 prescribed burns are planned. Continued mobilization of Northwest resources to California yesterday.


Preparedness Levels
Current:
Northwest
2 (10/02)
National
3 (10/11)
Northwest PL Forecast
1
1
1
3-day
10-day
30-day


Northwest Fire Activity 
New Fires and Acres 1 fires for 0 acres
191 acres growth on existing large fires
OR: 1 fires for 0 acres
WA: 0 fires for 0 acres
Large Fire Summary
New large fires: 0
Large fires contained: 1
Uncontained large fires: 4 (OR: 4 WA: 0)
Northwest IMT Activity
NIMOs Committed: 0
Type 1 IMTs committed: 0
Type 2 IMTs committed: 0

National Fire Activity 
Initial attack activity: Light (73) new fires
New large incidents: 0
Large fires contained: 3
Uncontained large fires: 19

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



Northwest Current Incident Details
Incidents not Previously Reported: 0
Incidents Previously Reported: 5
Chetco Bar OR-RSF-000326. IMT3. 16 miles W of Selma, OR. Start 7/12. Full Suppression. Cause: Lightning. 191,121 acres (+0). 97% containment. Timber. Minimal fire behavior. Road, trail, and area closures in place.
Eagle Creek OR-CGF-000493. IMT3. 2 miles S of Cascade Locks, OR. Start 9/2. Full Suppression. Cause: Human. 48,831 acres (+0). 50% containment. Timber. Minimal fire behavior. Watershed, timberlands, powerline infrastructure, and major transportation corridor threatened. Road, trail, and area closures in place. Transfer of command back to local unit occurred this morning at 0600.
Miller Complex OR-RSF-000647. IMT3. 20 miles west of Ashland, OR. Start 8/14. Monitor/Full Suppression. Cause: Unknown. 39,253 acres (+191) 86% containment. Timber. Active fire behavior. Road, trail and area closures. Includes the Abney (32,401 acres). Remaining fires within complex are contained and/or in monitor status.
High Cascades Complex OR-RSF-000636. ICT4. 16 miles N of Prospect, OR. Start 8/13. Full Suppression. Cause: Lightning. 27,476 acres (+0). 35% containment. Timber. Minimal fire behavior. Road, trail, and area closures in place. Includes: Broken Lookout (19,194 acres) and Pup (8,282 acres). Last report unless significant activity occurs.
Wolf Creek OR-OCF-001277. ICT4. 45 miles E of Prineville, OR. Start 10/10. Full Suppression. Cause: Human. 540 acres. 100% containment.

Northwest Prescribed Fire Information:

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
Cool and showery weather over the region today will be followed by clearing and drying over the weekend and the first part of the new week. More rain following later next week. Fire danger indices appear too low for much threat of large fires.

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