Northwest Interagency Coordination Center: 5/15/2020 NWCC Morning Brief

Date/Time Stamp: Friday, May 15, 2020, 08:09

Report will post daily during the week (Monday – Friday), unless significant activity occurs.

Northwest Activity Summary

Continued precipitation over the week provided heavy to moderate coverage along the coastal ranges and moderate to light coverage east of the Cascades. Cloudy conditions with average temperatures set the trend for the week. Initial attack activities were light.

Northwest IMT Rotation (5/12 - 5/19) For additional IMT information refer to the IMT Status/Rotation page
NW Area Type 1	NW Area Type 2
PNW Team 2 - Allen	NW Team 12 - Dimke
PNW Team 3 - Livingston	NW Team 13 - Gales
	NW Team 10 - Lawson

Preparedness Levels Northwest PL

Current	3-Day	10-Day	30-Day
2 (3/25)	1	1	1

National PL

1 (1/1)

Northwest Incident Activity
New Fires and Acres3 fires for 0 acres
OR: 1 fire for 0 acres

WA: 2 fires for 0 acres

Large Fire Summary
New large incidents: 0
Reported incidents: 0 (OR: 0 WA: 0)
No growth on existing incidents

Northwest IMT Activity

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

National Fire Activity

IMSR posts daily Monday - Friday

Initial attack activity: Light (183 new fires)
New large incidents: 1

Large fires contained: 2

Uncontained large fires: 10

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

Nationally, there are 3 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: 0

Northwest Fire Weather Summary

Showers will diminish through the day today with showers ending for most of the region by this afternoon. The dry spell will be short lived, as another Pacific system will start bringing more precipitation from west to east starting mid-day Saturday. Periodic precipitation with embedded wet thunderstorms will be with us into next week. No critical combinations of low humidity and strong wind are anticipated.

Northwest Fire Potential Summary

Significant fire potential will will drop this week due to the onset of moisture and cooler conditions. Possibly a few starts from lightning but limited growth potential due to lowering indices.

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

Other GACC Morning Reports