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John Day, Prairie City and Hines, Ore. – The Malheur National Forest Fire Staff realize that prescribed burning is an essential part of fuels management in the Pacific Northwest. The region is moving forward with lifting the regional prescribed burning pause with some increased coordination requirements. For prescribed burning, the Regional Fire Team is authorizing Forest Supervisors to approve prescribed burns within their respective Forest Service units.   Locally, the District Fuels Specialists will be completing risk assessments for broadcast, understory, or jackpot burns and having conversations with District Rangers (Agency Administrators) to ensure that all understand the risks and rewards and are all operating under the same vision. We’ll have increased coordination with the Regional Fuels group, our state partners, and local health officials to address any COVID concerns.  Forest Fire leadership will also be working with our forest neighbors to be as efficient and...

EMERGENCY CLOSURE OF PUBLIC LANDS: AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Northwest Oregon District, Oregon. ACTION: Temporary Closure of Public Lands SUMMARY: Pursuant to 43 CFR 9268.3(d) and 43 CFR 8364.1, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) hereby provides notice that effective immediately, the public lands described below are closed to all forms of public access. This action is in response to large fires currently active in the area. The BLM is closing public lands in order to reduce conflicts with emergency crews and allow for fire suppression and burned area site recovery. AFFECTED AREA: All BLM-managed public lands, roads, sites, and trails east of Interstate 5 in the following counties: Marion County, Clackamas County and Multnomah County. Also, BLM lands inside the Holiday Farm Fire Closure Area (see attached map) and land north of Hwy 20 in Linn County are impacted by this temporary closure notice. DATES: This closure is effective immediately and will remain in effect until such...

RiversideFire Video Update 9/23: Over the last several days, crews worked hard to decrease the fire threat; however, hazards still remain and work to be done. We are preparing for the shift in weather as well as coordinating with the incoming Type One Incident Management Team - Ralph Lucas, Planning Operations, Southwest Area Incident Management Team.View video

Riverside Fire – September 23, 2020 Update   Acres: 138, 027                                                                                               Riverside Fire Info: 509-228-7805 Containment: 31%                                                                                                                           inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7174/   Start Date: September 8, 2020                                                                                                     fb.com/RiversideFireInfo    Cause: Human...

News Release September 23, 2020 Inchelium, WA NEWIMT Type 3 Team 1 has taken command of the Inchelium Complex (Inchelium Highway, the Fry, and the Kewa Fields fires). Activities:  The Inchelium Highway and Fry fires will be placed into patrol status and crews will continue to monitor the perimeter and around structures for any additional hotspots.  On the Kewa Fields Fire (Kewa – Meteor area), crews continue to work on the northern section to strengthen the fire line and increase containment.  Wildland fire engines and hand crews are gridding along containment lines and around structures for hotspots.  Heavy equipment, such as excavators, feller-buncher, graders and skidgens are working on smoothing roads and re-naturalize berms of dirt that dozers created when building fire line. On steep slopes excavator operator’s built water bars to inhibit erosion. Today’s Operations: Inchelium Highway Fire (7,120 acres): Has been placed into patrol status and crews will continue...

Lionshead Fire Update – Wednesday, September 23, 2020 - 10 a.m.  Special Notice: There will be a virtual community fire information meeting on Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at 6:00 p.m., PDT. An update on the status of the fire may be provided by fire managers and cooperating agencies. The meeting can be viewed via Fecebook Live at https://www.facebook.com/LionsheadFire/ or Zoom at https://usfs.zoomgov.com/j/1606494587Current Situation:  Approximately 400 additional firefighters and support personnel arrived at the incident yesterday. The fire gained some acreage, but containment increased to 15%. Low fire behavior is expected today even with stronger winds leading up to a predicted rain event. Southwest winds will build over the ridges prior to rain in early evening.Increasing winds are posing a hazard along road corridors and the fireline due to the possibility of falling snags and fire damaged trees. Hazardous tree removal work along roads and constructed fireline will also be...

Springfield, Ore. –  The Holiday Farm Fire stayed put over the last 24 hours with no additional growth. The fire stands at 173,094 acres and is now 27 percent contained.Elevated winds that are expected to arrive in the area early this afternoon will be the first test of containment lines since last week’s thunderstorms. Ridgetops throughout the fire have already undergone significant drying and will be exposed to sustained winds out of the south-southwest up to 20 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. Firefighters have been spending the majority of their time preparing for today’s weather event by strengthening hand and dozer lines and mopping up at least 25 feet into the interior. Because there are several pockets of unburned vegetation within the perimeter of the fire, residents can expect to see smoke and some torching of trees within the footprint of the fire. Please refrain from calling 911 on these smokes. Up to seven helicopters will be available again to support firefighters on...

Fire Minimal fire behavior is expected. Internal pockets of unburnt fuels and dense understory will continue to smolder until incoming weather brings rain starting this afternoon. Rainfall will prevent any additional smoldering and will keep fire activity at a minium. Smoke Smoke levels will remain elevated within the interior of the fires and around active fire parameters for the remainder of Wednesday. Areas deep within fire parameters, such as Detroit Lake, will remain the most impacted by smoke due to proximity. Rain showers are expected to arrive mid-day and will dampen any remaining smoke. The entire Willamette Valley will see Good air quality. Winds ahead of the incoming low-pressure system will increase mixing and rainfall will scour out any remaining smoke. Low smoke impacts are expected. Rainfall over the next three days will prevent any additional build-up of smoke across the region. This will keep things clean through the remainder of the week. Health As property owners...

BEACHIE CREEK FIRE UPDATE – September 23, 2020 Acres: 192,828 acres Percent Containment: 46% Start Date: August 16, 2020 Cause: Under Investigation Origin Location: Opal Creek Wilderness: Fuels: Timber and logging slash two miles south of Jawbone Flats, Resources: 800 six miles north of Detroit, Oregon. Flights: Temporary Flight Restriction Very little growth on Beachie Creek fire Firefighters and public to watch for falling trees Wednesday Salem, Ore. – A strong cold front pushes over the Willamette Valley Wednesday bringing sustained winds of 20 miles per hour and gusts as high as 45. The fire has had minimal growth, and little is expected. The bigger concern today is wind that could blow down weakened and burned trees or cause large limbs to drop. The Incident Management Team encourages residents to look up and around and be aware of these hazards. Heavy rain arrives late Wednesday and into Thursday. It will assist in the firefighting effort; however, additional...

Sept. 23, 2020   Location               Diamond Lake Ranger District, 5 miles north of Crater Lake National Park and within 1 mile of Diamond Lake Resort   Size/Containment           9,916 acres and 26% contained. Fire was discovered on Sept. 8 at 0830 PDT. Cause is unknown.   Evacuations (change)     Evacuation level was changed to Level 2 “SET” yesterday for the Diamond Lake area. Authorized residents and permit holders are allowed to enter the Diamond Lake area. Road guards are placed at checkpoints around Diamond Lake to restrict access to unauthorized users. Visit the Douglas County Sheriff’s website for the most current information.   Resources           Personnel: 441                  Type 2 Crews: 4             Type 2IA Crews: 4         Helicopters: 4              Type 3 Engines: 1          Type 4 Engines: 4              Type 6 Engines: 12       ...

 Archie Creek Fire Update September 23, 2020 Unified Incident Commanders Mike Dueitt and Tim Keith Email: 2020.archiecreek@firenet.gov Phone: 971-334-7674 Hours: 8am-8pm InciWeb:  https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7176/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ArchieCreekFireInfo/    Special Note: Today will be windy, with predicted gusts of up to 40 miles per hour on ridgetops. The wind could topple live and dead trees in the fire area as their root systems and the ground around them have been burned away. “Be careful for what’s around you out there today because it might come down,” said incident meteorologist Brett Lutz to firefighters at today’s morning briefing.  Please note that the fire area is closed to the public and only residents, firefighters and repair personnel are allowed to enter. Staying out of the fire area is especially important today!   Fire Update: The Archie Creek Fire has burned 131,598 acres and is 52 percent contained. There are currently 1,097...

 The Southern Area Red Team, who has been managing the Archie Creek Fire on behalf of the Bureau of Land Management, Douglas Forest Protective Association and Umpqua National Forest, regrets to report the death of Walter (Wally) Samuel Elsbury, Jr., a firefighter assigned to the Archie Creek Fire. Fire personnel found Mr. Elsbury unresponsive in his vehicle at a fire staging area Friday morning, September 18, 2020, before he began his shift as a heavy equipment operator. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office responded and notified Mr. Elsbury’s family. No foul play is suspected. Mr. Elsbury, of Elsbury Logging Company in Burns/Hines, Oregon, had been working on the Archie Creek Fire for about a week as skidgeon operator. He was helping to protect structures along Little River Road south of Glide on the west flank of the fire. “The Bureau of Land Management, Umpqua National Forest and Douglas Forest Protective Association are deeply saddened over Mr. Elsbury’s death,” said...

South Obenchain Fire Update   Northwest Incident Management Team 8, Incident Commander, Doug Johnson September 23, 2020 Fire updates will be provided once daily The life and safety of the public and all wildland fire responders is always the number one priority for all fire agencies. To keep firefighters and communities healthy and safe, all firefighters are asked to follow recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to reduce the spread of illness. This also includes limited entry into the incident command post and base camp. EXTREME fire danger still exists in the Rogue Valley. All fuels remain at critically dry levels. An innocent spark could escalate out of control.  Please do your part to prevent wildfires. One less spark, one less wildfire. Fire Information: Wildfire Information Center: (458) 206-3043 Jackson County Emergency Management: (541) 776-7338 E-mail:  SouthObenchainFire@gmail.com Wildfire...

Below is the link to the Riverside Fire virtual Community Meeting on Sept. 23Video Link: https://www.facebook.com/RiversideFireInfo/videos/377308753276147 You can always visit the Riverside Fire incident page on YouTube as well for all our videos at:

Acres: 564                                                                                Personnel: 210 Percent Containment: 75%                          Start Date: September 14, 2020 Residences Threatened: 0                                                             Injuries: 0 NEW INFORMATION LINE PHONE NUMBER: 509-653-1468 Current Situation: Today: Work continued stabilizing the hillside above Highway 12 and containing the fire toward the northwest in the William O. Douglas Wilderness. On other divisions, containment line building continues into the black and cleaning up hot spots. Rehab began in areas to mitigate some of the fire suppression efforts. Crews and other resources continue to be released from the incident as appropriate as the fire activity becomes more reduced. Road Information: Highway 12 has...

FireMinimal fire behavior is expected. Internal pockets of unburnt fuels and dense understory will continue to smolder until incoming weather brings rain starting this afternoon. Rainfall will prevent any additional smoldering and will keep fire activity at a minimum.SmokeSmoke levels will remain elevated within the interior of the fires and around active fire parameters for the remainder of Wednesday. Areas deep within fire parameters, such as Detroit Lake, will remain the most impacted by smoke due to proximity. Rain showers are expected to arrive mid-day and will dampen any remaining smoke. The entire Willamette Valley will see Good air quality. Winds ahead of the incoming low-pressure system will increase mixing and rainfall will scour out any remaining smoke. Low smoke impacts are expected. Rainfall over the next three days will prevent any additional build-up of smoke across the region. This will keep things clean through the remainder of the week.HealthAs property owners return...

Comunicado de prensa   Actualización del incendio Big Hollow 23 de septiembre de 2020 Línea de información sobre el incendio: 971-333-8602 Para publicación inmediata   Resumen: el Equipo Gray de Gestión de Incidentes del Área Sur realizó con éxito una reunión virtual con la comunidad el 22 de septiembre, a las 5:00 PM, con Keith Fields, (Comandante del incidente - aprendiz) y Brock Campbell (Operaciones de planificación). La grabación de la reunión está disponible en la página de Facebook del Bosque Nacional Gifford Pinchot. Situación actual: Se realizó un vuelo para tener un estimado de alta calidad sobre la extensión de acres actual que abarca el incendio, y se evidenció que hubo poca expansión del perímetro. Sin embargo, la quema de áreas verdes internas refleja el aumento de la extensión de acres. Todavía siguen ardiendo restos de árboles grandes y de combustibles pesados. Las 42 cabañas en Government Mineral Springs están bajo...

Comunicado de prensa   Пожары в штате Вашингтон ОБНОВЛЕНИЕ  ПОЖАР BIG HOLLOW   23 сентября 2020 года  Информационная линия: 971-333-8602 Для немедленного релиза   Обзор: Группа по управлению инцидентами Grey Team в Южном регионе 22 сентября 2020 г. в 17:00 провела виртуальную встречу с Кейт Филдс (руководитель работ на пожаре (стажер) и Броком Кэмпбеллом (оперативное планирование). С записью эфира можно ознакомиться на странице Gifford Pinchot National Forest в сети Facebook.   Текущая ситуация: Был осуществлен полет для проведения точной оценки площади пожара. Рост периметра был...

Press Release   Big Hollow Fire Update September 23, 2020 Fire Information Line: 971-333-8602 For Immediate Release   Overview: The Southern Area Incident Management Gray Team conducted a successful Virtual Community Meeting on September 22, 2020, at 5:00 PM with Keith Fields, Incident Commander (trainee), and Brock Campbell, Planning Operations. The recorded meetings are available to view on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest Facebook page. Current Situation: An inferred flight was conducted to provide an accurate high-quality assessment on current acreage. There was minimal perimeter growth. Burning of green interior fingers and pockets reflects the increase in acreage. Larger stumps and heavier fuels continue to smolder. The 42 cabins at Government Mineral Springs are being watched and monitored for any fire threat. Today’s Plan: Anticipated rain will moderate fire behavior. Cooler temperatures and wet conditions will allow for further cleanup and removal of...