Northwest Interagency Coordination Center: 7/5/2020 NWCC Morning Brief

Date/Time Stamp: Sunday, Jul 05, 2020, 07:58

Northwest Activity Summary

Despite a lack of lightning and critical fire weather yesterday, initial attack increased substantially. Central Oregon and the Columbia Basin hosted the most activity. Several fires in the Columbia Basin reached moderate size.

Northwest IMT Rotation (6/30 – 7/7) For additional IMT information refer to the IMT Status/Rotation page
NW Area Type 1	NW Area Type 2
PNW Team 3 - Livingston	NW Team 12 - Dimke
PNW Team 2 - Allen	NW Team 13 - Gales
	NW Team 10 - Lawson

Preparedness Levels
Northwest PL

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

National PL

3 (6/15)

Northwest Incident Activity
New Fires and Acres
48 fires for 285 acres
OR: 25 fires for 97 acres

WA: 23 fires for 188 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

Initial attack activity: Light (196 new fires)
New large incidents: 5

Large fires contained: 4

Uncontained large fires: 23

National IMT Activity
Area Command Teams: 0
NIMOs committed: 1
Type 1 IMTs committed: 1
Type 2 IMTs committed: 4

Nationally, there are 11 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

Little change is expected in the fire weather pattern over the geographic area on Sunday. Morning clouds are expected west of the Cascades then clearing. Sunny and dry east of the Cascades. Temperatures will run below normal, especially west of the Cascades. Humidity near normal east side. No unusual wind patterns expected. Much of the coming week looks cooler than typical with some rain possible. Check local NWS forecasts for details in your area.

Northwest Fire Potential Summary

The main fire threat remains in light fuels in central Washington, central Oregon and east through the Columbia Basin. Although an increase in the number of ignitions is expected, weather and fuels conditions will continue to moderate fire spread.

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

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

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