Northwest Interagency Coordination Center: 7/14/2018 Morning Brief

Saturday, July 14, 2018

7/14/2018 Morning Brief

Date/Time Stamp: Saturday, Jul 14, 2018, 07:06

Northwest Activity Summary

Temperatures again continued upward yesterday in Southern and Southeast Oregon and Central and Northeast Washington. Other areas had a slight decline from the previous day. The windiest conditions were in the Columbia Basin and Okanogan Valley. Overnight, three lightning strikes were recorded just north of the California border in Southcentral Oregon with little to no associated precipitation. Initial attack was light with 31 fires for 1,636 acres. The largest of these fires is a 750 acre fire in Washington

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
31 fires for 1,626 acres
OR: 8 fires for 51 acres
WA: 23 fires for 1,575 acres

Large Fire Summary
New large incidents: 3
Reported incidents: (OR: 1 WA: 5)

No 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 (145) new fires

New large incidents: 5
Large fires contained: 3
Uncontained large fires: 30

National IMT Activity

Area Command Teams: 0

NIMOs committed: 0
Type 1 IMTs committed: 4
Type 2 IMTs committed: 7

*Nationally, there are 22 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: 3

Rocky Reach. WA-SES-000322. IMT3. 7 miles N of Wenatchee, WA. Start 7/13. Full Suppression. Cause: Unknown. 400 acres. 0% containment. Grass and Brush. Active fire behavior. Structures and power line infrastructure threatened. Road closures.

Rattlesnake. WA-COA-180090. IMT3. 19 miles NW of Davenport, WA. Start 7/12. Full Suppression. Cause: Unknown. 364 acres. 0% containment. Grass and Brush. Active fire behavior. Steep terrain. Structures threatened.

Weber Canyon. WA-SPD-000315. ICT3. 2 miles SE of Benton City, WA. Start 7/13. Confine/Full Suppression. Cause: Human. 750 acres. 50% containment. Grass. Minimal fire behavior. Mop-up progressing.

Incidents Previously Reported: 3

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 (+0). 75% containment. Brush and grass. Minimal fire behavior. Steep rugged canyon terrain. Structures threatened. The fire remains south of the John Day River. No growth expected.

Washington Flats. WA-SPD-000307. ICT4. 5 miles N of Grand Coulee, WA. Start 7/11. Full Suppression. Cause: Unknown. 385 acres (+0). 50% containment. Brush and Grass. Minimal fire behavior. Steep terrain. Mop-up progressing. No growth expected. No update received.

Northwest Fire Weather Summary

Continued sunny and dry over the geographic area this weekend. Isolated thunderstorms over Southern Oregon are likely to spread eastward today and Sunday. Winds are expected to be generally light Saturday and Sunday.

Northwest Fire Potential Summary

Fire danger indices are now high enough that fire starts from light or moderate amounts of lightning will challenge initial attack resources this weekend mainly over PSAs NW07 and NW12. Some fire starts are also possible in PSA NW04 and southern NW06. For other areas, expect a background number of human ignitions for the next several days.

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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