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Smoke: Much of the smoke that was settled in the Columbia Basin and surrounding drainages has now dissipated. Smoke in the communities of concern will be impacted from smoke from fires in the same drainage as the community or in an adjacent drainage. Expect generally good air quality except for the possibility of nighttime

EQUIPO #10 DE DIRECCIÓN DE INCIDENTES DEL NOROESTE Al Lawson- Comandante de incidentes Un cielo despejado brinda a los bomberosmás oportunidades para combatir el incendioDomingo, 10 de septiembre de 2017 Incendio: Uno Peak Completado: 1% Acres: 7.236 Fecha de inicio: 30 de agosto de 2017 Causa: a ser determinada Ubicación: 15 millas al NO de Manson, WA Personal total: 273 Carburantes/topografía: madera, pasto, terreño escarpado Ayer: la actividad del incendio fue insignificante gracias a niveles más altos de humedad y a temperaturas más frías. Se reactivó el apoyo aéreo con cuatro helicópteros de Chelan County, de la Guardia Aérea Nacional de Washington y un S61 Sikorsky. Pudieron verter agua sobre el lado oriental del incendio.Los equipos instalaron buldóceres en la vía de Nelson Butte.El equipo de protección de estructuras que trabaja en el área de Canoe Creek completó su labor en un 75%.La zona de Canoe Creek al oeste, y el área de...

Video Update Transcript 9-10-17Good Morning, I'm Rick Miller, Operations Section Chief on the Eagle Creek Fire. And I'm going to give you an update of what we did yesterday and what the fire did yesterday and a little bit of what our plans are for today So I'm going to start on the west end over here along Highway 84 and the Columbia river in the Bridal Veil area. Yesterday we did some burnout. So as far as what the fire did out there yesterday it was a really good day, minimal fire activity. Operations in here were successful that we need to continue today so there will be smoke coming out in there today as we continue that. That was all looking good there yesterday. There are some spot fires that were around the main head of the fire that we have lined that we continue to monitor them and make sur they're not going to grow anymore. And then as we come along Highway 84 back to the east we identified some areas that the fire hasn't made it down to the highway, old Highway 30 or the...

Miller Complex Fire Update Rocky Mountain Incident Management Team - Todd Pechota, Incident Commander Information Center: 541-899-5302 Hours of operation: 7 am – 9 pm Email: MillerComplex2017@gmail.com September 10, 2017 Current Situation: After completing a full tour of duty, today is the last day the Rocky Mountain Type 1 Incident Management Team will provide leadership for the Miller Complex. Beginning tomorrow morning at 0600, the incident will be led by the Northwest Type 2 Incident Management Team 9 under the IC Brian Goff. Favorable weather conditions combined with good progress made on containment lines prompted officials to lift evacuation notices within the Miller Complex on 9/8/17. The Joe Bar area, located in California near the north edge of the Abney Fire, will remain under an evacuation warning. Containment lines continue to be created and held with great success throughout the complex. Higher humidity, lower temperatures and moisture reduced fire behavior...

Fire Information: (541) 316-7711 Containment: 60% Size: 24,025 Inciweb: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5517/ Milli Fire September 10, 2017 Daily Update REDMOND, Ore.— There was no new growth on the Milli Fire yesterday. Total acreage for the fire today remains at 24,025 acres with 60 percent containment. Resources on scene include 59 personnel from the US Forest Service, the BLM, the Oregon Department of Forestry and the Oregon Department of Transportation. Air quality information is calling for improved conditions today over parts of Central Oregon and firefighters on the ground report reduced smoke above the Milli Fire. The fire may intermittently put up columns of smoke as it moves into interior pockets of unburned fuel. Firefighters today will continue patrolling, mopping up and repairing all repairing all containment lines. Crews also continue monitoring the perimeter as it pushes into the lava flows along Highway 242 ensuring that all hot spots are monitored...

Smoke reports are calling for improved conditions today over parts of Central Oregon.Check http://oregonsmoke.blogspot.com/ for

Norse Peak Fire Press Release: September 10, 2017, 11:30 a.m. On Monday morning September 11, 2017 at 06:00, the Norse Peak Fire will be divided into two fire zones (North Zone and South Zone). Zoning of this fire will facilitate more effective management and coordination of the fire using the two management teams. The Sawmill fire is being managed by Southern California Incident Management Team (IMT) 3. The Norse Peak and American fires have been under management of the Central Coast Incident Management Team (IMT). A decision was made to divide the fire into two zones using the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) as the dividing line. The PCT provides for a natural division of the Norse Peak fire, it is a county line break (Pierce and Yakima) and is also a break between two national forests (Okanogan-Wenatchee and Mt Baker Snoqualmie). Southern California IMT 3 will now manage the Sawmill Fire and North Zone of the Norse Peak Fire. The Central Coast IMT will manage the American Fire...

FIRE UPDATE: Sunday morning, September 10, 2017 at 9:30 am East Crater Fire (Indian Heaven Wilderness) and Bear Creek Fire (Bear Creek Watershed), Mount Adams Ranger District, Gifford Pinchot National Forest East Crater Fire: Saturday’s lower temperatures and light rain kept fire activity low. Fire spread was minimal and fire size remains at 467-acres. Work continues on removing trees and brush to prepare roads on the east side as fire line to minimize fire spread outside the wilderness. As road preparation is completed, crews will be working to install hose lays to secure the line. The fire has been burning in the Indian Heaven Wilderness since September 3rd. FIRE CLOSURES: Hikers are advised that the Indian Heaven Wilderness and a portion of the Pacific Crest Trail are closed due to the fire. Campsites around the Indian Heaven Wilderness are also closed. Additionally there is a Fire and Smoking Restriction in place on all National Forest System Lands...

FIRE SUMMARY The California Central Coast Incident Management Team is in command of the Norse Peak and American fires. Fire activity continued to be minimal to moderate due to the current weather conditions. This weather trend is expected to change Monday and into Tuesday as high pressure builds into the area. This could bring increased fire behavior due to temperature increases and lower relative humidity. Wednesday into Thursday will bring another low pressure system resulting in lower temperatures and increased humidity. At this point however, it appears that the fire will not receive any wetting rain. We continue to see additional resources arriving and the Washington National Guard is continuing to aid the firefighting efforts. NORSE PEAK FIRE (49,997 acres): Crews continued to work in the State Highway 410 area and we noted an increase in smoke production and moderate fire movement mostly contained to the under story. The fire is still contained to the north side of State...

We are seeing a warmer and drier trend over the next couple of days with light winds in the afternoon. Exposed areas and ridges will see the most drying whereas shaded areas will see less drying. Fire behavior should be minimal in shaded areas moving to moderate during the afternoon in the more exposed areas. Throughout the last few weeks, it has been difficult because of either cloud cover, dense smoke or limited availability of night infrared flights to know exactly where the fire perimeters were and where they were burning the hottest. To help resolve this problem the Incident Management Team is working with the Oregon Army National Guard to use one of their specialized aircraft, a Lakota helicopter. This Lakota helicopter is equipped with sophisticated daytime infrared capabilities and will increase the real-time information about the fires available to the team. Wildfires are a No Drone Zone. If you fly, we can’t. Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) areas remain in effect....

We are seeing a warmer and drier trend over the next couple of days with light winds in the afternoon. Exposed areas and ridges will see the most drying whereas shaded areas will see less drying. Fire behavior should be minimal in shaded areas moving to moderate during the afternoon in the more exposed areas. Throughout the last few weeks, it has been difficult because of either cloud cover, dense smoke or limited availability of night infrared flights to know exactly where the fire perimeters were and where they were burning the hottest. To help resolve this problem the Incident Management Team is working with the Oregon Army National Guard to use one of their specialized aircraft, a Lakota helicopter. This Lakota helicopter is equipped with sophisticated daytime infrared capabilities and will increase the real-time information about the fires available to the team. Wildfires are a No Drone Zone. If you fly, we can’t. Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) areas remain in effect....

Smoke impacts today will be generally moderate in communities surrounding the Chetco Bar fire. Light northeasterly winds will drift smoke generally southwest and down drainages into communities such as Brookings-Harbor and Gold Beach. Little smoke is likely in these coastal communities south of the fire this morning, then increasing later in the afternoon. Inland communities, including Cave Junction, will see a slow rise in smoke impacts through the day and tonight. Areas north and west of the fire, such as Gold Beach and Agness, are expected to see good conditions worsening to moderate later in the day. With warmer and drier weather, smoke impacts are likely to slowly increase with a forecast increase in fire activity. Fire: Low/Moderate fire behavior is expected today with an increasing trend over the next days, due to warmer, drier predicted weather. The fire is 182, 844 acres burned and is 5% contained.Other: The Brookings monitor is currently online. We are still working to...

We are seeing a warmer and drier trend over the next couple of days with light winds in the afternoon. Exposed areas and ridges will see the most drying whereas shaded areas will see less drying. Fire behavior should be minimal in shaded areas moving to moderate during the afternoon in the more exposed areas. Throughout the last few weeks, it has been difficult because of either cloud cover, dense smoke or limited availability of night infrared flights to know exactly where the fire perimeters were and where they were burning the hottest. To help resolve this problem the Incident Management Team is working with the Oregon Army National Guard to use one of their specialized aircraft, a Lakota helicopter. This Lakota helicopter is equipped with sophisticated daytime infrared capabilities and will increase the real-time information about the fires available to the team. Wildfires are a No Drone Zone. If you fly, we can’t. Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) areas remain in effect....

Two community meetings will be held on Monday, September 11, to share information about the Eagle Creek Fire:6 p.m. at the Edgefield Amphitheater, 2126 Halsey Street, in Troutdale and7:00 p.m. at the Marine Park Pavilion in Cascade LocksSummary: Conditions were calm over the Eagle Creek Fire for most of the day, yesterday. As early smoke and clouds cleared later in the day, fire managers took the opportunity to make aerial observations of the fire. Their flight showed many reasons to be positive about progress being made toward containing the fire. Firefighters continued to close off the western end of the fire near Bridal Veil by strengthening line with burnouts. That burn didn’t really take hold until the afternoon hours when it finally got some sun and lower humidity. Much of the southwest side, difficult to reach because of steep, rugged conditions actually burned back on itself throughout the day. The aerial reconnaissance detected very little smoke in the critical area...

Whitewater FireIncluding Little Devil, Scorpion, French and Potato Hill Fires September 10, 2017 Daily Update Fire Information Line: 541-719-8371 Location: Willamette National Forest willamettewildfires2017@gmail.com Willamette National Forest Closures: 541-225-6350, https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/willamette/alerts-noticesSize: 13,339 acres (total for reported fires) Containment: 33% Resources Assigned: 299 personnel (total for reported fires) Inciweb Websites: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5420 https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5565/ Helicopters assigned to the Whitewater Fire were again loaned to assist with initial attack on new starts in Central Oregon and on the Detroit Ranger District yesterday afternoon. The public is reminded that not all areas received rainfall over the past few days and the fire danger remains very high. Please use caution when enjoying the outdoors. Evacuation Levels: The evacuation levels remain unchanged. For additional information of the...

Whitewater Fire Including Little Devil, Scorpion, French and Potato Hill Fires September 10, 2017 Daily Update Fire Information Line: 541-719-8371 Location: Willamette National Forest willamettewildfires2017@gmail.com Willamette National Forest Closures: 541-225-6350, Inciweb Websites: https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/willamette/alerts-notices https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5420 Size: 13,339 acres (total for reported fires) Containment: 33% https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5565/ Resources Assigned: 299 personnel (total for reported fires) Helicopters assigned to the Whitewater Fire were again loaned to assist with initial attack on new starts in Central Oregon and on the Detroit Ranger District yesterday afternoon. The public is reminded that not all areas received rainfall over the past few days and the fire danger remains very high. Please use caution when enjoying the outdoors. Evacuation Levels: The evacuation levels remain unchanged. For additional information of the...

Hand-line and brushing continues; Cooler weather slows spread Location: 11 miles NNW of Mazama, WA Total Personnel: 87Acres: 91,500 U.S; 14,000 Canada Cause: Believed to be HumanContainment: 30% Start Date: July 23, 2017 Yesterday: Cooler weather continued to moderate fire spread on Saturday. Incident Commander Rob Kephart viewed the fire from a helicopter on Saturday afternoon and was pleased with the burning pattern in the upper reaches of the Monument Creek drainage. The fire in that area is slowly backing down the slope with only occasional individual and group tree torching. He also observed some scattered smokes at higher elevations in the Pat Creek drainage. It was determined to focus helicopter bucket drops in this area where they will be most effective. Crews continued to strengthen the primary and contingency fire lines south of the fire’s edge. In the Mazama area firefighters constructed hand-line and prepared and improved roads. The fire continues to burn into steep,...

SmokeThe west wind from yesterday has pushed most ofthe smoke to the east. With a returning east wind todayexpect smoke to return in the evening. Smoke from theWhitewater Fire will continue to impact the forecast area.The communities of Mill City and Detroit will see improvedconditions to the west, while Brietenbush may see slightlyimproved smoke conditions. Sisters, Madras and Bend willsee improved smoke conditions while Black Butte Ranchand Redmond will see slightly improved smoke conditions.Smoke is expected to persist in canyons throughout theday.FireFire activity is expected to be minimal to moderatetoday due to the lower temperatures, higher relativehumidity and decreased stability.OtherLimited visibility along Highway 126 and Highway22 can be expected. Separate smoke forecast will beissued for communities east of the Cascade Crest.Whitewater Fire Information - https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5420/

SmokeThe west wind from yesterday has pushed most of the smoke to the east. With a returning east wind today expect smoke to return in the evening. Smoke from the Whitewater Fire will continue to impact the forecast area. The communities of Mill City and Detroit will see improved conditions to the west, while Brietenbush may see slightly improved smoke conditions. Sisters, Madras and Bend will see improved smoke conditions while Black Butte Ranch and Redmond will see slightly improved smoke conditions. Smoke is expected to persist in canyons throughout the day. FireFire activity is expected to be minimal to moderate today due to the lower temperatures, higher relative humidity and decreased stability. OtherLimited visibility along Highway 126 and Highway 22 can be expected. Separate smoke forecast will be issued for communities east of the Cascade Crest. Whitewater Fire Information - https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5420/

SmokeThe west wind from yesterday has pushed most of the smoke to the east. With a returning east wind tonight expect smoke to return in the overnight hours. Smoke from the Horse Creek Complex, Nash, Rebel, Milli and Whitewater fires continue to produce smoke that will continue to impact Black Butte Ranch, Sisters, Redmond, Bend, Madras, Cascade Lakes and La Pine. In addition, other fires in the Willamette National Forest area will continue to impact communities east of the Cascade Crest. FireFire activity is expected to be minimal to moderate today from the lower temperatures, higher relative humidity and increased stability. OtherExpect areas of low visibility on Highway 20, Highway 126 and Highway 97. Whitewater Fire Information - https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5420/ Milli Fire Information - https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5517/ Horse Creek Complex - https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5523/ Separate smoke forecast will be issued for communities west of the Cascade Crest for...