Northwest Interagency Coordination Center: 7/13/2018 Morning Brief

Friday, July 13, 2018

7/13/2018 Morning Brief

Date/Time Stamp: Friday, Jul 13, 2018, 06:57

Northwest Activity Summary

The temperatures continued an upward trend across the region yesterday. No precipitation or lightning occurred in the region. Initial attack was light with 15 fires for 469 acres. Two Washington fires accounted for 200 acres each. No significant growth on any existing large fires.

Preparedness Levels

Northwest PL

Current	3-Day	10-Day	30-Day
2 (6/22)	3	4	3

National PL

3 (6/29)

Northwest Incident Activity

New Fires and Acres
15 fires for 469 acres
OR: 9 fires for 62 acres
WA: 6 fires for 407 acres

Large Fire Summary
New large incidents: 0
Reported incidents: (OR: 1 WA: 3)

35 acres growth on existing incidents.

Northwest IMT Activity

NIMOs Committed: 0

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

National Fire Activity
Initial attack activity: Light (168) new fires

New large incidents: 4
Large fires contained: 5
Uncontained large fires: 29

National IMT Activity
Area Command Teams: 0

NIMOs committed: 0
Type 1 IMTs committed: 4
Type 2 IMTs committed: 8

*Nationally, there are 21 large fires being managed under a strategy other than Full Suppression

Northwest Current Incident Details

Incidents listed below meet large fire criteria and/or incidents with a Type 1 or 2 IMT assigned. Large incidents are defined as fires which are 100+ acres in timber or 300+ acres in grass/brush. For additional information on incidents no longer listed below please refer to the NW Large Incident Summary or Northwest Fires Utilizing Monitor, Confine, Point Zone Protection Suppression Strategies (YTD)

Incidents not Previously Reported: 0

Incidents Previously Reported: 4

Little Camas. WA-SES-000268. IMT3. 6 miles SW of Cashmere, WA. Start 7/05. Full Suppression. Cause: Unknown. 317 acres (+0). 95% containment. Timber and slash. Minimal fire behavior. Mop-up progressing. Steep terrain. T & E species and commercial timber threatened. Road and trail closures.

Solitude. OR-PRD-000610. IMT3. 5 miles W of Spray, OR. Start 7/8. Full Suppression. Cause: Unknown. 708 acres (-42). 74% containment. Brush and grass. Minimal fire behavior. Steep rugged canyon terrain. Structures threatened. The fire remains south of the John Day River. Acreage decrease due to better mapping.

Washington Flats. WA-SPD-000307. ICT4. 5 miles N of Grand Coulee, WA. Start 7/11. Full Suppression. Cause: Unknown. 385 acres (+35). 50% containment. Brush and Grass. Minimal fire behavior. Steep terrain. Mop-up progressing. No growth expected. Acreage increase due to better mapping.

Ryegrass Coulee. WA-SES-000298. IMT3. 17 miles E of Ellensburg, WA. Start 7/9. Full Suppression. Cause: Unknown. 1,612 acres (+0). 100% containment. Grass and Brush. Minimal fire behavior. Patrol status. Last report on morning briefing unless significant activity occurs.

Northwest Fire Weather Summary

Sunny and dry over the geographic area through the weekend. Some increasing westerly winds in the Columbia River Gorge and Columbia Basin region on Friday. Isolated thunderstorms will creep north from California into Southern Oregon and drift eastward through Sunday.

Northwest Fire Potential Summary

Fire danger indices are now high enough that even moderate amounts of lightning will cause enough fire activity from new starts to challenge initial attack Friday evening and Saturday. These appears to be most likely in PSAs NW07 and NW12 but also possible in NW04 as well. Westerly general winds will increase fire potential in the Columbia River Gorge and east slopes of the Cascades on Friday then drop off over the weekend.

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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