This page is designed to provide for timely and official fire information about wildland fires across the Pacific Northwest. The information is posted by the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center in partnership with Public Information Officers that work for federal, state and local fire agencies and is drawn from official sources within the wildland fire community.
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Monday, May 31, 2021
5/31/2021 NWCC Morning Brief
Date/Time Stamp: Monday, May 31, 2021, 08:00
Report will post daily Mon – Fri at 0800, unless significant activity occurs.
Northwest Activity Summary
A gradual warm up and dry conditions occurred over most of the geographic area this weekend. Gusty conditions were widespread on Sunday. The Olympic Peninsula west slopes of the Washington Cascades hung onto cloud cover to moderate temperatures and humidities. Initial attack activity remained light over the busy holiday weekend. One new large fire emerged northeast of Klamath Falls along the Sycan River.
Northwest IMT Rotation (5/25 – 6/1) For additional IMT information refer to the IMT Status/Rotation page | |
NW Area Type 1 | NW Area Type 2 |
PNW Team 3 - Johnson | NW Team 10 - Lawson |
PNW Team 2 - Allen | NW Team 7 - Loomis |
| NW Team 6 - Sheldon |
Preparedness Levels
Northwest PL
Current | 3-Day | 10-Day | 30-Day |
1 (1/1) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
National PL |
2 (4/1) |
Northwest Incident Activity
New Fires and Acres (5/28-5/30)
33 fires for 733 acres
OR: 15 fires for 693 acres
WA: 18 fires for 40 acres
Large Fire Summary
New large incidents: 1
Reported incidents: 1 (OR: 1, WA: 0)
No growthon existing incidents
Northwest IMT Activity
NIMOs Committed: 0
Type 1 IMTs committed: 0
Type 2 IMTs committed: 0
Area Command committed: 0
National Fire Activity
IMSR posts daily M-F (5/28-5/30)
Initial attack activity: Light (388 new fires)
New large incidents: 6
Large fires contained: 5
Uncontained large fires: 13
National IMT Activity
Area Command Teams: 0
NIMOs committed: 0
Type 1 IMTs committed: 0
Type 2 IMTs committed: 2
Nationally, there are 10 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: 1
Sycan River. OR-FWF-210179. ICT3. 23 mi NW of Bly, OR. Start 5/30. Full Suppression. Cause: Unknown. 650 acres. 0% containment. Timber. Moderate fire behavior. Structures threatened. Evacuation notices.
Incidents Previously Reported: 0
Northwest Fire Weather Summary
Upper level high pressure continues to build over the region, continuing significant warming and drying today through mid-week. The weather will start to change as a trough of low pressure approaches the coast Wednesday, pushing the ridge to the east. Isolated thunderstorms are possible in central and eastern Oregon Wednesday afternoon and again Thursday. Winds will increase with the approaching trough, and a series of systems will keep breezy to windy conditions in the region through next weekend. Precipitation with these systems does not look too impressive at this time, with the Washington Cascades likely to see the most accumulation. Temperatures will cool to seasonal normal levels through the weekend. See your NWS forecasts for the latest local details.
Northwest Fire Potential Summary
The potential for development of significant fires remains at or below seasonal normal across the region for Memorial Day and Tuesday. After several days of hot, dry conditions the mid-week potential for windy conditions and lightning will elevate the risk of significant fires for central Oregon and central and eastern Washington into the weekend.
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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