Dry Tortugas National Park (FL)
Cleanup and Repair Operations Continue
A delegation of authority from the park's superintendent to the Eastern IMT was signed last Thursday and an incident action plan was developed that focuses on tasks necessary to reopen the park as soon as safely possible. At Garden Key, priority tasks include clearing debris, completing electronic and mechanical checks of boats, assessing long-term damage and mitigating hazards (particularly the moat wall), and emptying, raising and re-leveling vault toilets. At Loggerhead Key, 40 custom boards on the government pier need replacement, the kitchen building needs structural stabilization, and the boathouse's rolled roofing needs replacement.
On Friday, a self-contained squad of five firefighters, a squad boss and three tradesmen, all from Everglades NP, joined Dry Tortugas staff in recovery work. Debris cleanup within the fort should be completed this morning. Carpenters have been dismantling damaged docks. Since the wood is treated, it will have to be transported off the island for proper disposal. An electrician began assessing the damage to the power grid yesterday and will be taking a closer look at the site's electrical system throughout Garden Key.
Logistics and communications are a challenge due to the site's remote
location — 70 miles west of Key West. The team is supplying the
work crew and tradesmen with drinking water and food. Florida Keys
National Marine Sanctuary has loaned the park a tower, thereby making it
possible to maintain communications among the IMT, Dry Tortugas NP and
Everglades NP.
[Submitted by Barb Stewart, PIO, Eastern IMT]
Glacier National Park
Going-to-the-Sun Road Closed Due to Slides
A large rockslide in the Haystack Creek area closed the Going-to-the-Sun (Sun) Road from the Loop to Jackson Glacier Overlook around 2:30 a.m. early Saturday morning. The rockslide, reported by a visitor who was driving through the area when it occurred, was about 150 feet wide and 10 to 12 feet deep in places. The slide intercepted Haystack Creek, causing the creek to flow over the road. The visitor sustained some vehicle damage, but no injuries were reported. Road crews began clean-up efforts early this morning. Park rangers have since opened the east side to Logan Pass, but the Sun Road will remain closed on the west side from the Loop to Logan Pass for most of the day. Since the Sun Road closure, there have been two additional smaller rockslides at Triple Arches and Crystal Point, just above the Loop. For current road conditions, weather and other park information, please visit the park's web site at www.nps.gov/glac/ whatsnew/gttsroad.htm or call park headquarters at 406-888-7800. More information will be provided when the road is reopened in its entirety. Additional photographs of the slide are available in the website photo gallery.[Submitted by Lindy Allen]
FIRE MANAGEMENT
NIFC/NPS Fire and Aviation Management
National Fire Situation Highlights — Monday, August 23, 2004
Preparedness Level 3
Initial attack was light over the weekend. There were 150 new fires on Friday, 254 on Saturday and 127 yesterday. Only five became large fires; another nine large fires were contained.
Very high to extreme fire indices were reported yesterday in Alaska, California, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington and Wyoming.
Weather Forecast
A low pressure trough will bring cool weather and scattered showers and thunderstorms to the Pacific Northwest and Northern Rockies. Meanwhile, a drier southwest flow should prevail across the southern Sierra and the southern Great Basin. In Alaska, a slow cooling trend continues as high pressure weakens and begins to move out of the state. A dry cold front is expected to usher in gusty winds and cooler temperatures to the northern interior.
Warnings and Watches
FIRE WEATHER WATCHES have been issued today for strong northeast winds in northern interior Alaska, and for strong winds and low relative humidity in southwest Utah.
NPS Fires
For a brief supplemental narrative on each fire, click on the bar with the arrow. Internal NPS readers can link directly to full reports on each fire by clicking on the notepad icon; public readers of the Morning Report can obtain similar information by going to http://www.nps.gov/fire/news
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National/State Team Commitments
Newly listed fires (on this report) appear below in boldface. Changes in the status of a fire (type of team, change from a fire to a complex, etc.) are also noted in boldface.
Fires are sorted by type of team; teams are listed in alphabetical order within each type by the IC's last name.
|
State |
Agency |
Team |
IC |
Fire/Incident and Location |
8/20 |
8/23 |
% Con |
Est Con |
|
WA |
USFS |
1 |
Anderson |
Fischer Fire, Okanogan-Wenatchee NF |
15,855 |
16,422 |
85 |
UNK |
|
AK |
BLM |
1 |
Frye |
Central Complex, Upper Yukon Zone |
400,000 |
427,000 |
20 |
UNK |
|
FL |
FEMA |
1 |
Ferguson |
Hurricane Charley recovery |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
WA |
USFS |
1 |
Lohrey |
Williams Butte Complex, Okanogan-Wenatchee NF |
800 |
1,250 |
60 |
UNK |
|
FL |
State |
2 |
Beauchamp |
Hurricane Charley, Charlotte County |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
ID |
USFS |
2 |
Broyles |
Bear Spring Fire, Salmon-Challis NF |
1,005 |
1,005 |
100 |
CND |
|
FL |
State |
2 |
Crow |
Hurricane Charley, DeSoto County |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
WA |
USFS |
2 |
Furlong/ |
Pot Peak Complex, Okanogan-Wenatchee NF |
47,470 |
47,470 |
85 |
UNK |
|
WA |
State |
2 |
Holloway/ |
Highlands Complex, Northeast Washington # |
545 |
444 |
100 |
CND |
|
FL |
State |
2 |
Koehler |
Hurricane Charley, City of Lakeland |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
AK |
State |
2 |
Jandt |
Taylor Highway Complex, Tok Area Forestry |
1,167,833 |
1,203,427 |
2 |
UNK |
|
FL |
State |
2 |
Jones |
Hurricane Charley, Hardee County |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
OR |
State |
2 |
Mair * |
Bland Mountain #2, state lands. |
----- |
3,666 |
60 |
UNK |
|
OR |
NPS |
2 |
West |
Bybee Complex, Crater Lake NP |
82 |
82 |
100 |
CND |
|
WA |
USFS |
FU |
Cook |
Freezeout Complex, Okanogan-Wenatchee NF # |
838 |
818 |
17 |
UNK |
|
OR |
USFS |
FU |
Hall |
Eagle Cap Complex, Wallowa-Whitman NF @ |
521 |
872 |
N/A |
N/A |
* State incident management team
# Reduction in acreage is due to more accurate mapping
@ Combined the previously reported Jim White Ridge and Hazel Mountain 2 Fires and the Goat Mountain Fire
National Resource Commitments
| Day |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
Sun |
Mon |
|
Date |
8/17 |
8/18 |
8/19 |
8/20 |
8/21 |
8/22 |
8/23 |
|
|
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|
Crews |
438 |
325 |
295 |
316 |
229 |
225 |
237 |
|
Engines |
741 |
711 |
573 |
639 |
451 |
461 |
340 |
|
Helicopters |
174 |
160 |
139 |
135 |
94 |
116 |
90 |
|
Air Tankers |
1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Overhead |
2,360 |
2,529 |
2,509 |
2,806 |
1,914 |
2,479 |
2,350 |
Further Information
This report is meant to present just highlights of the current fire situation. Two other NIFC sites provide much greater detail:
Full NIFC Situation Report (PDF file) — http://www.nifc.gov/news/sitreprt.pdf
National Fire News — http://www.nifc.gov/fireinfo/nfn.html
Information on NPS Fire and Aviation Management (FAM) and on park fires can be found at:
FAM — http://www.nps.gov/fire
Park fires — http://www.nps.gov/fire/news
Submission standards for the Morning Report can be found on the left side of the front page of InsideNPS. All reports should be submitted via email to Bill Halainen at Delaware Water Gap NRA, with a copy to your regional office and a copy to Dennis Burnett in Division of Law Enforcement and Emergency Services, WASO.
Prepared by the Division of Law Enforcement and Emergency Services, WASO, with the cooperation and support of Delaware Water Gap NRA.