September 4, 2014 8:00 a.m.
Fire Information Phone: 541-421-3039
This will be the last news release for this incident.
Current Situation: Last
night was the final night shift for this incident. The resources
assigned to today’s day shift will continue working after the team
leaves.
The in-coming Type 3 team will shadow the Team 2 members today
for a smooth transition. Team
2 will transfer the command of the ODF Lost Hubcap Fire to an ODF Type 3
Team (IC Flock) working out of the Oregon Department of Forestry John
Day Unit Office.
At briefing this morning, ODF John Day Unit Forester
Rob Pentzer, expressed “Thanks for making my job easy and doing a great
job for the landowners”. Official
transition will occur on Thursday Sept. 4 at 7:00 p.m. The Transition
Team will work to extinguish any remaining smokes and recover equipment.
The local ODF fire staff will patrol the fire and monitor for smokes
frequently throughout the remainder of fire season. 100% containment is
expected at 7:00 p.m. today. This
is the final news release from the Incident Command Post.
After today,
all media and public inquiries should contact John Day Interagency
Dispatch Center at 541-575-3107.
Size: 2,712 acres (reduced acreage due to updated mapping)
Fire-At-A-Glance Cause: under investigation
Containment: 87%
Expected Containment Date: 9-4-14
Crews and Equipment: Crews: 7
Air Tankers: 0
Helicopters: 4
Engines: 7
Dozers: 1
Water Tenders: 2
Total personnel: 275
Estimated Costs to Date: $2.87 M
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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