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Con el objetivo de reducir la dispersion del Incendio, los helicopteros derramaran el agua que sea necesaria para este fin. La mayor actividad en la Zona Este del Incendio de Chetco Bar se dio en la curva de la herradura del rio Illinois (Illinois river). En esta zona tambien se observaron quemas lentas de vegetacion (sin llamas), llamas con alta velocidad moviendose cuesta arriba asi como la quema de ciertos grupos de arboles. El Incendio continua dispersandose de una manera lenta hacia el Noreste. Actualmente, el Incendio de Chetco Bar alcanzo los 188,284 acres el cual ha sido contenido en un 38%. El dia de ayer, dos batallones completaron la construccion de lineas a mano que cruzan areas rocosas a lo largo del eje Oeste de la cabecera del riachuelo Parker (Parker Creek). El batallon regreso al campamento Central despues de haberse quedado dos noches en el campamento temporal. Cerca del area de Woodcock Peak, el batallon tambien ha completado lineas a mano. Lineas de contencion...

Miller Complex Fire Update Sept. 15, 2017 NW Incident Management Team (IMT) 9, Brian Goff, Incident Commander Current Situation: As of this morning, the Miller Complex is reporting 54% overall containment with no growth. Yesterday, additional smoke was visible over the Miller Complex due to increased fire activity coming from the within the interior, on the west side of the Abney Fire. Increased activity was a result of low fuel moistures and a dry, cool front over the complex. Firefighters continue to work hard to meet objectives using the resources available with safety as top priority. Today, crews are expecting warmer temperatures and drier conditions with the potential for increased fire activity within the perimeter that could result in increased smoke within the Abney Fire area. Fire behavior remains consistent with weather and environmental conditions and is expected to creep, burn and in some instances, torch within the interior of the fire. On the Abney Fire,...

Size: 9,462 acres Containment: 55% Cause: Lightning Resources: 283 Personnel The Gila Las Cruces Type 3 Team appreciates the public support for the firefighting efforts including the partnership with the Oregon Parks and Recreation and the surrounding communities. Please use caution around the entrance to Dexter State Park due to increased fire traffic and congestion in the area. Actions yesterday included numerous helicopter water drops on the active fire areas in the southeast corner. Firefighters worked to contain a slop-over on the dozer line near road 1835. No burnout operations were initiated yesterday. Today and tomorrow are forecasted to be warm and dry before a strong cold front arrives. Portions of the fire on the south and west side are in patrol and monitor status. Operations today will consist of monitoring, patrolling and removal of fire hoses and other equipment which are not needed on the fireline. Prep work will continue on Forest Road 18 for holding operations...

High Cascades Complex West Zone 9/15/2017 9:00 a.m. Fire Information: (541) 316‐8352 blanketcreekfireinfo@gmail.com Yesterday’s Activity On the north end of the Broken Lookout fire, crews continued line prep, chipping and brushing. Ground personnel on the south end continued mop up, while crews on the western portion of the fire prepped lines to prepare for burnout. Firefighters initiated burnout operations on the eastern flank of the Pup Fire to direct fire growth back into the wilderness. Today’s Planned Activity On the Broken Lookout Fire, regional Forest Service blasting specialists will be detonating snags in areas too dense hazardous to fall with chainsaws. Crews, alongside an Army Strike Team will continue road preparation for use as containment lines, while strengthening existing fire perimeters. Aviation resources will be used to monitor spread in all areas of the fire, while dropping water in key locations to support ground work, particularly in Squaw...

Location: High Cascades Ranger District, Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, Klamath Ranger District, Fremont-Winema National Forest, Crater Lake National Park Start Date: North Pelican August 10, 2017, Spruce Lake July 29, 2017, Blanket Creek July 26, 2017 Cause: Lightning Size: 51,010 Acres Percent Contained: 16% (% encompasses total of both East and West zone of the complex excluding Spruce Lake fire from the Complex) Vegetation: timber, brush, heavy logging slash Resources Assigned: 845 personnel (Personnel for the entire complex) Incident Commander: Steve Millert/Dave Gesser with the Southwest Area Type 2 Incident Management Team 3 Closure Information: As a result of the fires in the High Cascades Complex, a number of area road and trail closures are in place within Crater Lake National Park, Rogue River-Siskiyou, Umpqua, and Fremont-Winema National Forests. More road and trail closures may go into effect as the fires progress. For specific closure information,...

El Comando Unificado de Chetco estara organizando una reunion de la Comunidad para los residentes de el area de Winchuck, esta noche a las 6:00 pm. La reunion estara auspiciada por el Departamento de Bomberos de Winchuck, en la Estacion de Bomberos en 363 Winchuck River Rd. Los Oficiales a cargo estaran dando informacion referente a la situacion del Incendio seguido por un periodo de preguntas y respuestas de parte de los interesados. El perimetro del Incendio ha sido contenido, al Sur moviendose hacia el Este, dentro de el Distrito Bosquero de Gold Beach, en las tierras virgenes de Kalmiopsis y desde el Oeste del riachuelo Hawk (Hawk Creek) hasta el Lago Chetco (Chetco Lake). Operaciones de quema fueron utilizadas para construir lineas en el perimetro Sur-Este a lo largo de la carretera forestal 1205, al suroeste del area de Wheeler Creek. La tripulacion esta recuperando las lineas de mangueras y el equipo a lo largo del perimetro suroeste y mas alla hacia el perimetro Oeste desde...

Enumclaw Washington, September 15, 2017 - The Sawmill Creek Fire is currently 996 acres with 0% containment. The fire is anticipated to grow less than 50 acres today. No structures have been damaged or destroyed. Firefighters continue their efforts to improve roads, remove fuel in and around the fire, and build indirect line. Today’s objectives are to work their way towards the fires edge and build direct containment lines. Firefighters working near The Dalles, Crystal Mountain Communities and Alta Crystal Resort area have completed control lines and have placed sprinkler systems to assist in structure defense. The fire continues to threaten the watershed for the City of Tacoma, industrial timberland, DNR protected lands, and the United States Forest Service lands. State Highway 410 remains closed at SR 123, east of Cayuse Pass; the closure includes Bumping River Road and its associated trails. Weak northerly flow will be over the area today bringing another day of cool and...

FIRE UPDATE: Friday, September 15, 2017 at 10:00 am EAST CRATER FIRE INFORMATION: 509 395-3360 East Crater Fire (Indian Heaven Wilderness), Mount Adams Ranger District, Gifford Pinchot National Forest Inciweb: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5589/ EAST CRATER FIRE: Yesterday helicopters, on loan from the Eagle Creek Fire, dropped water on the south eastern flank of the fire cooling hot spots and checking the easterly movement of the fire. To minimize the spread of fire outside of the wilderness area fallers continued to cut down snags and heavy equipment removed brush and small trees along Forest Road 6035. This work is being done to prepare Forest Road 6035 as a fire line. In addition, a 20 person hand crew constructed a narrow containment line around the more active south eastern portion of the fire. An infrared flight overnight showed the current size of the fire to be 483 acres. A shift to an easterly wind pattern predicted today is expected to push the fire back into...

Smoke Forecast Outlook issued September 15, 2017 at 09:55 AM EDTOutlook for MainSmoke: Smoke settled into valleys overnight. Inversions generally have been lifting mid-late morning allowing some clearing. Light terrain driven winds will carry the smoke upslope once the inversion lifts. Saturday should be similar to today.Fire: Fire activity Tue. and Wed. evenings increased due to higher winds out of the west after the passage of the thermal trough. Yesterday, fire activity was reduced, although burn out operation on the east flank produced a good amount of smoke. Today will be drier and warmer than yesterday, winds again will be light so expect fire activity only slightly greater than yesterday.Other: We are currently assessing additional monitoring

Whitewater Fire - including Little Devil, Scorpion, Clagett Lake, Slideout, French, Fire #196 and Potato Hill FiresSeptember 15, 2017 Daily Update Fire Information Line: 541-719-8371, willamettewildfires2017@gmail.com Location: Willamette National Forest Willamette National Forest Closures: 541-225-6350, https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/willamette/alerts-notices Inciweb Websites: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5420, https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5565 Size: 13,865 acres (total for reported fires) Containment: 35% Resources Assigned: 334 personnel (total for reported fires) Northwest Interagency Incident Management Team 11 (NWIMT11), Nathan Rabe, Incident Commander, assumed command of the Whitewater Fires on September 15, 2017 at 7 a.m.General Information: Firefighters continue direct and indirect suppression activities on the Little Devil, Whitewater, and Scorpion Fires utilizing handline crews, hose lays and heavy equipment to maintain containment lines. Evacuation levels were...

Fire Info: 509-996-4040 (NEW) Facebook: diamondcreekfire2017 Website: https://inciweb/nwcg.gov/incident/5409/ Email: diamondcreekfire@gmail.com Automated updates: diamondcreekfire.blogpost.com Fire Info: 509-996-4040 Facebook: diamondcreekfire2017 Website: https://inciweb/nwcg.gov/incident/5409/ Email: diamondcreekfire@gmail.com Automated updates: diamondcreekfire.blogpost.com Canada: http://bcfireinfo.for.gov.bc.ca/hprScripts/WildfireNews/OneFire.asp?ID=673 Location: 11 miles NNW of Mazama, WA Total Personnel: 160 Acres: 98,390 U.S; 23,610 (9,555 hectares) Canada Cause: Believed to be Human Containment: 30% Start Date: July 23, 2017 Houseman’s NIMO Team assumes command of Diamond Creek Fire Update: The strong north winds forecasted for Thursday did not occur to push the Diamond Creek Fire substantially to the south. The fire continued to throw up smoke in the Monument Creek...

This will be the last update for the weekend unless conditions change Central Oregon – The Desolation Fire experienced moderate growth yesterday evening, all within Mill Creek Wilderness and within planned containment lines, for an updated total acreage of 1,916 acres. The fire is still 0 percent contained. Crews completed line construction and burnout operations along Highway 26 yesterday, between mileposts 45 and 50 and up to Forest Road 27, protecting private property east of the fire. Crook County lowered the evacuation notice for about 30 private homes in the Mark’s Creek area to a Level 1 (Get Ready) as of this morning. Unless the fire moves toward the east, there are no more burnouts planned along Highway 26. Firefighters continue prepping the northern containment line along Forest Road 27 with feller bunchers and other heavy equipment to form a "catcher’s mitt" with containment lines along the highway, should the fire grow toward the northeast. Crews also...

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Whitewater Fire - including Little Devil, Scorpion, Clagett Lake, Slideout, French and Potato Hill Fires September 15, 2017 Daily Update Fire Information Line: 541-719-8371, willamettewildfires2017@gmail.com Location: Willamette National Forest Willamette National Forest Closures: 541-225-6350, https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/willamette/alerts-notices Inciweb Websites: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5420, https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5565 Size: 13,865 acres (total for reported fires) Containment: 35% Resources Assigned: 334 personnel (total for reported fires) Northwest Interagency Incident Management Team 11 (NWIMT11), Nathan Rabe, Incident Commander, assumed command of the Whitewater Fires on September 15, 2017 at 7 a.m. General Information: Firefighters continue direct and indirect suppression activities on the Little Devil, Whitewater, and Scorpion Fires utilizing handline crews, hose lays and heavy equipment to maintain containment lines. Evacuation levels were updated...

Date Started: August 11, 2017Cause: LightningSize: 41,441 acresTotal Personnel: 773Structures Destroyed: 0Firefighter injuries to date: 1Total Complex Containment: 38%Fire Resources: 14 crews, 39 engines, 5 helicopters, 4 bulldozers, and 1 water tenders Current Information: After the predicted cold front passed through the complex on Thursday, fire activity increased in the afternoon with single tree torching, active backing and short runs through the surface fuels. The most active areas were the east side of the Happy Dog Fire, the northwest area of the Brokentooth Fire, and the northern most tip of the Ragged Ridge Fire. All five helicopters assigned to the incident supported the firefighters on the ground with water drops. The fires were active last night as well, despite the high relative humidities. Flames could be seen in the area around Eagle Rock from the Highway 138 East corridor. Crews are working day and night shifts to keep the fire within the existing perimeter....

The Crook County Sheriff’s office has continued to coordinate with fire managers on the Desolation Fire as well as the Ochoco National Forest. Due to current and expected conditions on the Desolation Fire, we are lowering the evacuation levels as follows: Level 2 (Set) to Level 1 (Ready) Level 1: Means "BE READY" for potential evacuation. Residents should be aware of the danger that exists in their area, monitor emergency services websites and local media outlets for information. This is the time for preparation and precautionary movements of persons with special needs, mobile property and (under certain circumstances) pets and livestock. If conditions worsen, emergency services personnel may contact you via an emergency notification system. The Desolation fire stayed within planned containment lines through yesterday evening as firefighters worked through the day and into the night to keep the fire north of Highway 26 and protect adjacent private residences. An overnight...

Date Started: Aug. 11, 2017, Cause: Lightning; Acreage: 52,502 (Norse Peak), 3,739 (American), 56,241 (Total); Containment: 12%, Structures Damaged or Destroyed: None; Injuries: 3 (Minor); Total Personnel: 635; Fire Resources: 16 Crews, 34 Engines, 4 Helicopters, 2 Bulldozers, 10 water tenders.Fire Summary: Today marks five weeks since the Norse Peak and American Fires started. They have grown in starts and stops and now Norse Peak is over 50,000 acres and the American is close to 4,000 acres.In those five weeks:The suppression progress has been steady; brush has been removed and chipped around structures and roadways; downed and dead trees have been removed as part of our fuel reduction effort.In preparation for the fire’s approach, over 87 miles of water hose has been laid; the fire has over 100 water pumps connected to these hoses; line has been dug. This is all part of the indirect attack on the fire.The north side of State Route 410 is in mop up stage along the roadway. The...

Smoke: The majority of smoke is emitted from the Indigo Fire at about 400 acres, just NE of Chetco Bar, which is burning in drier, more active brush fuels east of Agness. Chetco Bar smoke impacts are expected to be low to moderate today with low fire behavior. Winds from the north/northeast will again push smoke into Agness and lesser amounts into coastal areas including Gold Beach, Brookings and south into northern California. Periods of unhealthy air may affect Agness this morning, clearing as inversions lift. Inland, the Miller Complex, Indigo and Chetco Bar fires' smoke will moderately influence Cave Junction, Grants Pass, Medford and other Rogue Valley communities this morning. This is expected to lessen through the day, as heating breaks inversions and northeast transport winds have more influence later in the day. Fire: A generally low to moderate fire behavior trend is expected today on Chetco Bar with more active fire behavior on the Miller Complex and Indigo fire,...

NORTHWEST INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM #10 Al Lawson-Incident Commander Firefighters make good progress as weather conditions cool Friday, September 15, 2017 Fire: Uno Peak Completion: 10% Acres: 8455 Start Date: August 30, 2017 Cause: Under Investigation Location: 15 miles NW of Manson, WA Total Personnel: 317 Fuels/Topography: Timber, grass, rugged terrain Yesterday: Most of the active fire continued to be in the Lone Fir Creek drainage on the northwest side of the fire, where it backed down the hill. However, with cooler conditions fire growth overall was minimal. Other portions of the fire had moderate fire behavior. Burn operations continued near South Navarre campground along Forest Service 8200 road to help secure the containment line. Because of this, a night shift was established to help patrol and monitor the fire. The structure protection group assisted in developing a fire adapted preparedness...

Chetco Unified Command will be conducting a community meeting for the residents of the Winchuck area tonight at 6:00 pm. The meeting will be hosted by the Winchuck Fire Department and will be held at the fire station at 363 Winchuck River Road. Officials will report on the fire, followed by a brief question and answer period. The southeastern perimeter within the Gold Beach Ranger District of the Kalmiopsis Wilderness from Hawk Creek west to Chetco Lake has been contained. Burning operations were utilized to construct lines on the southern perimeter along the 1205 Road, southwest to the Wheeler Creek area. Crews are retrieving hose lines and equipment along the southwest and western perimeter from Miller Bar to north of Palmer Butte and north, just south of Bosley Butte. The fire is still active in the northwest perimeter near Snow Camp Mountain, and crews continue to construct and strengthen control lines along this perimeter. Dozers have been deployed in the southernmost portion...