Northwest Interagency Coordination Center: 2/23/2018 NWCC Morning Brief

Date/Time Stamp: Friday, Feb 23, 2018, 09:00

Morning Brief will posted on Fridays unless significant activity occurs.

Northwest Activity Summary

Cold temperatures and snow returned to much of Oregon, including the valleys. No new prescribed burning reported.

Preparedness Levels

Current:

Northwest	1 (10/21)
National	1 (12/20)

Northwest PL Forecast

1	1	1
3-day	10-day	30-day

Northwest Fire Activity
New Fires and Acres (2/16– 2/22)2 fires for 0 acresNo growth on existing large fires
OR: 1 fires for 0 acres
WA: 1 fire for 0 acres

Large Fire Summary
New large fires: 0
Large fires contained: 0
Uncontained large fires: 0 (OR: 0 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 (471) new fires

New large incidents: 7
Large fires contained: 9
Uncontained large fires: 1

National IMT Activity
Area Command Teams: 0

NIMOs committed: 0
Type 1 IMTs committed: 0
Type 2 IMTs committed: 0

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.
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

Currently a large, cold and snowy upper level low pressure area is positioned over the northwestern states, adding to the much needed snowpack across the southern Cascades. A second faster moving, yet weaker system is expected to move into the northwestern quarter of the country Saturday, briefly bringing more snow. A stronger third system will move into the Pacific Northwest Saturday evening from the Gulf of Alaska, taking a southerly track through Oregon. By Tuesday a fourth system will arrive in the NW, followed by a fifth system on Thursday. Mountains along these system tracks should do well for snowfall.

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