Northwest Interagency Coordination Center: 7/30/2015 NWCC Large Fire Brief

Thursday, July 30, 2015

7/30/2015 NWCC Large Fire Brief

Activity Summary

In the Northwest:

No lightning in the geographic area. Light initial attack. No new large fires. New incident management team mobilization (IMT1 ODF Team 3 Smith) to Cable Crossing. Additionally, increased fire behavior on existing fires being managed under strategies other-than full suppression.

Preparedness Levels

Current:

Northwest	2 (no change)
National	2 (no change)

Northwest PL Forecast:

3	4	3
3-day	10-day	30-day

Northwest Fire Activity

Large Fire Summary

New large fires: 0

Large fires contained: 0

Uncontained large fires: 4 (OR: 1, WA: 3)

New Fires and Acres: 15 fires for 161 acres
(368 acres growth on existing large fires)
OR: 10 fires for 5 acres
WA: 5 fires for 156 acres

Northwest IMT Activity

Area Command Teams committed: 0
NIMOs committed: 0
Type 1 IMTs committed: 1
Type 2 IMTs committed: 2

National Fire Activity

Initial attack activity: Light (105 new fires)
New large incidents: 4
Large fires contained: 2
Uncontained large fires: 15

National IMT Activity

Area Command Teams committed: 0
NIMOs committed: 0
Type 1 IMTs committed: 3
Type 2 IMTs committed: 5

Current Incident Details

Incidents not Previously-Reported: 0

Incidents Previously-Reported: 4

Cable Crossing OR-933S-000081. IMT1. ODF Team 3 (Smith) to assume command today. 6 miles E of Glide, OR. Start 7/28. Full Suppression. Timber, slash and brush. Cause: Unknown. 500 acres (+360). 4% containment. Very active fire behavior with short crown runs, short range spotting and uphill runs. Road closures in effect.

Blue Creek WA-SES-000653. IMT2. WA Team 1 (Ciraulo/Jennings). 10 miles E of Walla Walla, WA. Start 7/20. Full Suppression. Timber, grass. Cause: Unknown. 6,004 acres (+0). 85% containment. Moderate fire behavior with creeping, smoldering and torching. Structures lost and threatened. Evacuations and road closures in effect. City of Walla Walla Watershed and Blue Wood Ski area threatened. Tentative transfer of command to IMT3 on 7/31.

North Boulder 2 WA-COF-000867. IMT2. WA Team 2 (Rabe). 3 miles SW of Orient, WA. Start 7/20. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Lightning. 200 acres (+8). 32% containment. Steep terrain and heavy fuels. Mimimal fire behavior with creeping, flanking and torching. Timber resources threatened.

Wolverine WA-OWF-000287. ICT4. 3 miles NW of Lucerne, WA. Start 6/29. Monitor. Timber. Cause: Lightning. 800 acres. +444 acres since previous report on 7/23 (acres growth not tallied above). 0% containment. Additional resource commitments to address moderate increase in fire behavior. Previously reported on morning briefing. Not tallied as a new large fire.

NW Fires Utilizing Monitor, Confine, Point Zone Protection Suppression Strategies (YTD) (link)

Lists fires (of any size) that singly utilize Monitor, Confine, or Point Zone Protection suppression strategies, or use Multiple Suppression Strategies (which may also include a Full Suppression component).

Northwest Fire Potential Summary:

Hot, dry, and unstable conditions persist through the end of the week across much of the region. A thermal trough remains near the Oregon coast before moving further inland towards the end of the week and into the weekend. Lightning returns as early as Friday to southern Oregon with increasing chances of lightning over the weekend and into next week across southern, central, and eastern Oregon.

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