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Subject: NPS Morning Report (2) - Friday, August 6, 1999
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Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 11:59:07 -0400
Morning Report Readers
An updated national fire report follows, current through today's NIFC
situation report.
Editor
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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]