- Subject: NPS Morning Report - Monday, July 31, 1989
- Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1989
RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
MORNING REPORT
Attention: Directorate
Regional and Park Chief Rangers, USPP, BIFC, FLETC
CC: RAD Information Net
Day/date: Monday, July 31, 1989
INCIDENTS
No new incident reports received.
FIRE ACTIVITY
1) FIRE SITUATION
Planning Level IV. This is the highest mobilization level at the
National Interagency Fire Center. All regions should review their
mobilization plans and assure that all fires and all resources
available or committed are being reported at least daily.
2) FIRE SUMMARY
State Agency Area Fire Acres Contain
ID USFS Nez Perce NF Jnsn. Butte - T2 3,940 None
USFS Nez Perce NF Silver Dome - T1 325 Yes
USFS Boise NF Red Mountain - T2 160 Yes
USFS Boise NF Lowman - T1 10,000 None
USFS Boise NF Warm Lake - T1 9,000 None
USFS Boise NF *Idaho City - T2 1,876 None
USFS Payette NF *Partridge - T1 6,000 None
USFS Payette NF *Steamboat - T1 1,200 None
USFS Payette NF *Elk Meadows 800 None
USFS Payette NF *Game Creek 400 None
USFS Sawtooth NF *McPhearson 400 None
USFS Salmon NF *Powerline - T1 200+ None
BLM Boise Deer Creek 6,772 7/31
BLM Boise *Bush Creek 350 None
State - *Fleming - T2 2,500 7/31
State - *Eagle Nest 1,200 7/31
OR USFS Malheur NF Glacier - T1 7,809 None
USFS Wall.-Whit. NF Dooley Mt. - T1 17,000 None
USFS Wall.-Whit. NF Tanner G. - T1 1,385 None
USFS Wall.-Whit. NF *Enterprise - T1 14,000 None
USFS Wall.-Whit. NF *Emmet 780 None
USFS Wall.-Whit. NF *Pine - T2 104 None
USFS Wall.-Whit. NF *Monument R. - T2 1,100 None
State - *Bridgeport 350 None
CO NPS Dinosaur NM Pearl Park 218 Yes
CA CDF San Luis
Obispo RU *Chispa 10,500 Yes
USFS/ Sierra NF/Fresno
CDF Kings RU *Powerhouse - T1 7,220 None
USFS Cleveland NF *Vail - T1 5,700 None
USFS Sierra NF *Balch - T1 1,200 None
USFS Angeles NF *Pacy 1,000 Yes
WA USFS Okanogan NF Lodgepole - T2 853 8/1
NOTES:
- Agencies - All BLM areas are districts; CDF is California Department of
Forestry.
- Fires - Asterisk indicates new fire.
- Areas - T1 and T2 indicate assigned Type I and Type II Teams.
- Contain - Containment dates are estimates; "none" means no estimate;
"yes" means the fire has been contained.
3) FIRE NARRATIVES
a) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE:
* No significant fires.
b) OTHER AGENCIES:
* Boise NF:
Three of the Lowman Complex Fires burned together into a single firestorm
during Saturday night and burned at least 25 buildings in the town of
Lowman. The fires very active again yesterday afternoon, with long range
spotting and very low relative humidity readings. Structures in Lowman
continue to be threatened. Several new starts were discovered on the Warm
Lake Complex, many of which have grown to considerable size. Planning is
underway to evacuate and protect structures if necessary. Crews were
pulled off lines yesterday afternoon for safety reasons. Dry conditions
and erratic winds continue to hamper efforts on the Idaho City Complex
fires.
* Payette NF:
The Partridge Fire is growing rapidly and crossing the Salmon River.
Winds, torching, spotting and limited access are hampering control
efforts. The same problems are hindering firefighters on the Steamboat
Fire. The Game Creek Fire is a possible threat to improvements at
Chamberlain Meadows.
* Malheur NF:
Winds and extreme fire behavior continue to limit firefighting efforts
on the Glacier Complex. Two of the fires have burned together for a
total of just under 7,000 acres; a spot fire blew up yesterday and
ran across a line, forcing one crew to deploy shelters as a pre.
cautionary measure.
* Wallowa-Whitman NF:
There were numerous spot fires yesterday from the blow up of the Tanner
Gulch Complex on the 29th. Between 20 and 30 dwellings were evacuated
near the Dooley Mountain Fire, which has overrun and forced the closure
of the highway between Baker and Hereford. Evacuations have also occurred
near the Canal Fire in the Enterprise Complex.
4) FIRE ACTIVITY - 185 fires for 9,310 acres in last 24 hours.
5) ANALYSIS - The Northwest received 30,000 lightning strikes in the
24-hour period ending at 6 a.m. yesterday morning. Over 500 fires
were burning in Idaho alone. Extreme fire behavior is being
experienced on fires due to windy conditions and low humidities.
A major mobilization of resources is underway to the Northwest, Great
Basin and California. RED FLAG WARNINGS have been issued for gusty
winds in the Cascades in north Oregon and the mountains of west
central Idaho; RED FLAG WATCHES have been issued for lightning
throughout much of Idaho.
6) PROGNOSIS - Mobilization of resources is expected to continue as
unfavorable weather conditions continue to delay containment of
project-sized fires.
7) NOTES - As of last night, 13 of 18 national Type I Teams had been
deployed on fires. There were 686 crews and 1,186 overhead personnel
in the field and another 41 crews and 525 overhead personnel on order.
Preparations are underway to activate troops from the 6th Army. The
NPS has two fire situation coordinators on duty at the Branch of Fire
Management in Boise; they have begun calling regions for resource
commitments and availability and will be forwarding daily updates to this
office. Situation reports will be prepared by BLM and delivered to the
Secretariat daily.
(NIFCC Intelligence Section, 0530 MDT, 7/31/89; some supplemental
information from AP reports on Idaho fires).
OFFICE NOTES
1) Only five areas have responded to the OAS request for training
assessments - Joshua Tree, Gates of the Arctic, Lake Mead, Mount Rainier and
Big Cypress. OAS would like to hear from the other areas who were contacted
for this assessment. For further information, call Butch Farabee at 343-
4188 or 343-7566.
CALENDAR
Asterisks indicate new or revised entries:
September 11 - 17 - "Managing America's Enduring Wilderness Resource",
conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sponsored in part by the National Park
Service. Contact David W. Lime, College of Forestry, 110 Green Hall,
University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108 (612-624-2250).
September 12 - 14* - Interpretive Survey Committee Meeting, Lowell NHP,
Lowell, Massachusetts. Meeting to analyze the results of the survey of
field interpreters and make recommendations to the Director.
September 17 - 22 - Annual conference, American Water Resources Association,
Tampa, Florida. The themes will be water laws and management and wetlands
concerns and successes. Contact AWRA, 5410 Grosvenor Lane, Bethesda, MD
20814 (301-493-8600).
September 25 - 29* - Interpretive Skills II, Tower Mountain Lodge, Hancock,
Massachusetts. Sponsored and taught by NARO Interpretive Skills Team. This
course meets the second half of the 80-hour interpretive skills training
recommended for permanent interpreters. Contact David Day, NARO, Division
of Interpretation (617-223-5073).
October 16 - 20 - Southwest Regional Chief Rangers' Workshop, Hot Springs,
Arkansas.
October 22 - 27 - Rendezvous XIII, joint meeting, Association of National
Park Rangers and Employee and Alumni Association, Arlington Resort Hotel and
Spa, Hot Springs, Arkansas.
October 24 - 27 - "The Scientific Challenges of NEPA: Future Directions
Based on 20 Years of Experience", symposium, Knoxville, Tennessee.
Sponsored by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Address inquiries to Dr.
Stephen Hildebrand, Environmental Sciences Division, Oark Ridge National
Laboratory, Post Office Box 2008, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6036 (615-574.
7329).
November 5 - 10 - "Homespun to High Tech: Interpreting for Urban Audiences",
workshop, National Association of Interpretation, St. Paul/Minneapolis,
Minnesota. Contact NAI, PO Box 1892, Fort Collins, CO 80522 (303-491-6434)
November 7 - 9* - "Symposium on the Interpretation of Literary and Visual
Arts Sites", Concord, Massachusetts. Sponsored by NARO Interpretive Skills
Team. The symposium will examine the relationship between the creative
process, writers and artists and their works, and the physical resources
through which they are interpreted. Contact David Day, NARO, Division of
Interpretation (617-223-5073).
November 28 - 30* - "Interpretation of Critical Resource Issues", Sheraton
Ocean Park Inn, Eastham, Massachusetts. Sponsored by the NARO Interpretive
Skills Team. The workshop will focus on the issues and techniques involved
in the interpretation of critical cultural and natural resource management
issues. Contact David Day, NARO, Division of Interpretation (617-223-5073).
December 11 - 15 - Fire Management for Managers, 36-hour course, Branch of
Fire Management, Boise, Idaho. First offering of this new course.
(Calendar appears in each Monday's morning report. If you know of a
conference, meeting or training session with Servicewide interest and
implications, please provide the specifics to Bill Halainen in Ranger
Activities).
STAFF STATUS
All hands on board.
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