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FIRE ACTIVITY

NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL - Level III

The preparedness level has gone up one step.  Preparedness Level III goes
into effect when the following conditions are met: Two or more geographic
areas experiencing incidents requiring a major  commitment of national
resources.  High number of fires becoming Class D and larger.  Additional
resources are being ordered and mobilized through NICC.  Type 1 teams are
committed in two or more areas, or 300 crews are committed nationally.

LARGE FIRE/INCIDENT SUMMARY 

                                                      Wed      Thu   %   Est
State      Unit              Fire/Incident   IMT      8/4      8/5  Con  Con

NV    Ely FO                 Taft Creek       --      300      500  100  CND
      Winnemucca FO          Dun Glenn Cx     T2   20,000  167,000   20  UNK
                             Jungo Cx         T2   20,000   87,000  UNK  UNK
                           * Cosgrave         --        -   15,000  UNK  UNK
                           * Eden Valley      --        -    1,000  UNK  UNK
                           * Eugene           --        -    3,000  UNK  UNK
                           * First Creek      --        -    5,000  UNK  UNK
                           * Grass Valley 1   --        -    2,000  UNK  UNK
                           * Grass Valley 2   --        -    8,000  UNK  UNK
                           * Ozgood           --        -    1,000  UNK  UNK
                           * Poker Brown      --        -  125,000  UNK  UNK
                           * Rodchester 1     --        -      300  UNK  UNK
                           * Rodchester 2     --        -      300  UNK  UNK
                           * Unionville       --        -   22,000  UNK  UNK
      Battle Mtn. FO         Battle Mtn. Cx   T2   30,000   70,000  UNK  UNK
                           * Eureka Cx        --        -   20,000    0  UNK
                           * Izzenhood        --        -   30,000  100  CND
      Elko FO                Bispo            --    2,800    2,800   95  UNK
                             Bacchus          --      425      425  100  CND
                             Ajax             --    1,300    1,300  100  CND
                             Jiggs            --    3,840    3,840   20  UNK
                           * Frenchie         --        -   10,000   10  8/8
                           * Division         --        -      300  100  CND
                           * Buckhorn         --        -      250  100  CND
      Carson City FO         Wilcox           --    5,000    7,505   25  8/7
                           * New Pass         --        -   50,000  UNK  8/8
                           * Poco             --        -    3,000  UNK  UNK
                           * Shoshone         --        -    2,000  UNK  UNK
                           * Shirt Tail       --        -    2,000  UNK  UNK
      Humboldt NF          * Baxter           --        -    1,750  UNK  UNK
   
OR    Prineville District    North Pole       --      350      350  100  CND
                             Muddy Ranch      --      400      400  100  CND
      Burns District         Potato Hills     --      200      300   20  8/6
                             Long Hollow      --    2,500    3,500   50  8/5
                             Wilder Creek     --    1,500    1,500  100  CND
      Lakeview District      Crump            --    2,000    2,000  100  CND
                             Lynch            --    1,000    1,200  100  CND 
      State                * Seven Mile       --        -      100  100  CND
      Colville Agency      * Stubblefield Pt. --        -      450  100  CND
      Colville NF          * Grassland Cx     --        -      228  100  CND

WA    Okanagan NF            Balky            --      160      225   75  8/5
      Spokane District       Francis Canyon   --      200      300  100  CND
      Wenatchee NF         * Lk. Wenatchee Cx T2        -       70   10  8/6
      State                * Lk. Chelan Cx    --        -      240  100  CND

MT    Beaverhead/
       Deerlodge NF          Balsam           T2      130      130  100  CND

ID    Salmon/Challis NF      Soldier         FUM    2,089    2,394    0  UNK
      Lower Snake District   Buck 'N Doe      --    5,500    5,500   60  8/5
      Upper Snake District   Mule Butte       --   92,540  144,000   80  8/6

CA    N. Cal. District     * Buckhorn Cx      T2        -    5,300    5  UNK

FL    Florida NF's           Bill Branch      --      227      227   95  UNK

AK    Yukon-Charley NP       B242             --   46,956   46,956   NR  NR
                             B248             --   18,521   18,821   NR  NR
                             B260             --   48,442   48,442   NR  NR
                             B264             --   46,360   46,360   NR  NR
      Gates of Arctic NP     B380             --      714      714   NR  NR
                             B430             --       69       69   NR  NR
                             B474             --       20       20   NR  NR
      Noatak NP              B333             --   88,430   88,430   NR  NR

                                  Heading Notes

Unit        Agency or Area Office = BIA area; NF = national forest; RU = CA
            state resource or ranger unit; RD = state ranger district; FO =
            BLM field office; District = BLM district; NWR = USFWS wildlife
            refuge
Fire        * = newly reported fire (on this report); Cx = complex; LSS =
            limited suppression strategy; CSS = containment suppression
            strategy
IMT         T1 = Type I Team; T2 = Type II Team; T3 = Type III Team; ST =
            State Team; FUM = Fire Use Management Team
% Con       Percent of fire contained; UNK = unknown; NR = no report
Est Con     Estimated containment date; NEC = no estimated date of
            containment; CND = fully contained; NR = no report

NUMBER OF NEW FIRES (FOUR DAY TREND)

                    NPS    BIA      BLM     FWS    States   USFS     Total

Monday, 8/2          1     23        12       4      333    151       524
Tuesday, 8/3         5      9        43       0      227    175       459
Wednesday, 8/4       4     12        91       2      175    187       471
Thursday, 8/5       16      8        77       1      208    212       522

TOTAL COMMITTED RESOURCES (FOUR DAY TREND) 

                  Crews     Engines    Helicopters    Airtankers   Overhead

Monday, 8/2        111        214          67             7           626
Tuesday, 8/3       170        365          85             5           801
Wednesday, 8/4     162        422          82            10           770
Thursday, 8/5      266        429          96            10         1,284

CURRENT SITUATION

Fire activity continues to escalate in the western Great Basin.  Initial
attack remains steady in the Northwest.  New large fires were reported in the
Northwest and northern California.  Resource mobilization remains high.  An
area command under a Type 1 IMT has been established in Winnemucca, Nevada.

High to extreme fire indices were reported in Oregon, Washington, California,
Montana, Idaho, North Dakota, Utah, Nevada, South Dakota, Wyoming, Delaware,
New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Maine, Maryland, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New
Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Oklahoma.

[NICC Incident Management Situation Report, 8/6; Karen La May, ARO; Mike
Warren, NPS FMPC]