No new incident reports have been received.

National Fire Activity – Preparedness Level 4

NIFC is at PL 4. Initial attack was moderate for the fourth day in a row. Just over 200 new starts were reported, with 14 becoming large fires.

Fire Weather Forecast

Scattered showers and thunderstorms will spread from the Southwest to the northern Rockies. Most thunderstorms will produce rainfall but over Nevada, southeast Oregon and southwest Idaho, storms will produce little or no precipitation. In the East and South, scattered thunderstorms, some with heavy rain, will spread from Texas to the Ohio Valley and New England. The center of the nation will remain warm and dry. In Alaska, showers will spread through most of the state except the Northwest where warm and dry conditions will continue.

To see a NOAA map of today's critical fire weather areas, click on this link: http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/fire_wx/fwdy1.html

Fire Summary (Five Day Trend)

National Resource Commitments (Five Day Trend)

NPS Fire Summaries

Park	State	Fire	Type	Acres	Percent Contain	Est. Full Contain
Noatak National Preserve	AK	Kungiakrok Creek Fire - ref#321	Wildfire	12,855 acres	100	October 30, 2012
	Latest Narrative: On 7/9/2012 this fire joined the Uvgoon Creek Fire #1. Information will now be available under Uvgoon Creek Fire #1.
Noatak National Preserve	AK	Kungiakrok Creek Fire - ref#321	Wildfire	12,855 acres	100	October 30, 2012
	Latest Narrative: On 7/9/2012 this fire joined the Uvgoon Creek Fire #1. Information will now be available under Uvgoon Creek Fire #1.
Noatak National Preserve	AK	Kungiakrok Creek Fire - ref#321	Wildfire	12,855 acres	100	October 30, 2012
	Latest Narrative: On 7/9/2012 this fire joined the Uvgoon Creek Fire #1. Information will now be available under Uvgoon Creek Fire #1.
Noatak National Preserve	AK	Kungiakrok Creek Fire - ref#321	Wildfire	12,855 acres	100	October 30, 2012
	Latest Narrative: On 7/9/2012 this fire joined the Uvgoon Creek Fire #1. Information will now be available under Uvgoon Creek Fire #1.
Noatak National Preserve	AK	Uvgoon Creek Fire #1 - ref#318	Wildfire	43780 acres		October 30, 2012
	Latest Narrative: On 7/9 the Kungiakrok Fire and the Uvgoon Creek Fire #1 merged they are now considered one fire under Uvgoon Creek Fire #1. Seven smokejumpers were demobed off of the fire today. Supplies and equipment were bumped from the northern cabin site to the southwestern edge of the fire.
Everglades National Park	FL	Deer Hammock Wildfire	Wildfire	2100	95	07/15/2012
	Latest Narrative: No fire behavior observced July 11 and rain received up to 2 inches of rain. Reconaissance flights will continue, weather permitting.

Further details have been submitted on these NPS fires:

• Neighbor Mountain Fire, Shenandoah NP –The size of the fire remains an estimated 2,138 acres and containment will remain at 90% until there is significant rainfall. Within the containment lines, the fire continues to creep and smolder in duff and small previously unburned islands of fuels. There are numerous large downed and standing trees that also continue to smolder within the fire's perimeter. There was an infrared overflight yesterday morning. Firefighters patrolled and will continue to patrol containment lines and mop-up hotspots that threaten those lines. As conditions permit, rehabilitation of some fire lines will continue. The Type 3 incident management team managing the fire plans to transition to a Type 4 organization today. For more information on the fire, see the related sites on InciWeb and Facebook. [Barb Stewart, IO]

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For additional information on all fires, check the following National Park Service and NIFC web sites:

NIFC

• Summary of current fires – http://www.nifc.gov/nicc/sitreprt.pdf
• Detailed reports on major fires – http://www.inciweb.org/
• Fire news and fire year in perspective – http://www.nifc.gov/fireInfo/nfn.htm
• Map of fire locations – http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/lg_fire2.php

NPS

• Details on current NPS fires – http://www.nps.gov/fire/wildland-fire/fires.cfm
• InsideNPS Fire and Aviation – http://inside.nps.gov/fire
• InsideNPS Structural Fire – http://inside.nps.gov/fire/structuralfire
• NPS Fire and Aviation - http://www.nps.gov/fire

The Washington Office has issued an announcement for the position of associate director for workforce management.

Click on the link below for a copy of the announcement with full details on duties and procedures for applying.

It closes on August 10th.
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Cultural Resources is seeking candidates for a position as the Service's Civil War to Civil Rights program coordinator.

Click on the link below for a copy of the announcement with full details on duties and procedures for applying.

It closes on July 26th.
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Rocky Mountain National Park is advertising for a chief of interpretation and education.

Click on the link below for a copy of the announcement with full details.

Rocky Mountain National Park is a premier high elevation national park with world-class resources and outstanding backcountry.  Located along the Continental Divide, this 266,000-acre park features mountains, alpine lakes and streams, alpine tundra, and meadows where wildlife abounds.  With nearly 150 lakes, 473 miles of streams, and over 350 miles of trails, Rocky Mountain is a park for the adventurer, with a variety of recreational opportunities available.

The duty station for this position is on the east side of the park. The nearest community is Estes Park, Colorado, which is approximately two miles from the park headquarters.  Estes Park includes a school (grades kindergarten through twelfth grade), a post office, restaurants, grocery stores, medical centers, shops, etc.  There are many outdoor activities, including hiking, fishing, rock climbing, biking, cross country skiing, and snowshoeing.  Denver, Colorado, which has a major airport, cultural events, and several professional sports teams, is an hour and a half drive away.

For more information regarding this position, please contact Kathy Edwards at 970-586-1313.
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Yosemite National Park has issued an announcement for a full time budget analyst.

The position may be filled at the G-9 or GS-11 grade levels; the latter is the full performance level. For a copy of the announcement with complete details on duties and applications procedures, click on the link below.

It closes on July 19th.
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NPS serious incident submission standards can be found at the following web site:

http://inside.nps.gov/waso/custompages.cfm?prg=45&id;=8728&lv;=2&pgid;=3504

All reports should now be submitted via this automated system.