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Rough Patch Complex/Jack Fire  Jack Fire  20 miles east of Glide, Ore.  Size: 25,753 acres, 51% containment  Personnel: 339  Rough Patch  10 miles north of the Jack Fire  Size: 19,369 acres, 3% containment  Personnel: 335    Fire Update for Friday, August 20, 2021 Fire Information:  503-867-7924·  ·Please Note Change in Telephone Number  Overall Objective:  The Rough Patch Complex and Jack Fire are being managed under a full suppression strategy using containment and confinement tactics to minimize fire spread to prevent loss of valuable resource.  Leaders’ intent is to not allow the fire to progress to the west and to protect private structures by using the PACE model – Primary, Alternate, Contingency and Emergency control Lines and to keep the fires as small as possible while working toward full containment.  Closures:  The Umpqua and Willamette National Forests have area closure orders to encompass the Rough...

Rough Patch Complex/Jack Fire    Jack Fire  20 miles east of Glide, Ore.  Size: 25,753 acres, 51% containment  Personnel: 339  Rough Patch  10 miles north of the Jack Fire  Size: 19,369 acres, 3% containment  Personnel: 335    Fire Update for Friday, August 20, 2021 Fire Information:  503-867-7924·  ·Please Note Change in Telephone Number    Overall Objective:  The Rough Patch Complex and Jack Fire are being managed under a full suppression strategy using containment and confinement tactics to minimize fire spread to prevent loss of valuable resource.  Leaders’ intent is to not allow the fire to progress to the west and to protect private structures by using the PACE model – Primary, Alternate, Contingency and Emergency control Lines and to keep the fires as small as possible while working toward full containment.    Closures:  The Umpqua and Willamette National Forests have area closure orders to...

Note: We will be moving to one update per day unless increased fire activity calls for additional releases.#FoxComplexFire Evening Update for Thursday, August 19th, 2021Lakeview, OR- Following three consecutive days of zero growth, ODF Team 3 will officially hand the Willow Valley Fire over to the local BLM district tomorrow.Burnout operations on the Patton Meadow Fire were complicated by smoke blowing into the region from the Schneider Springs Fire, 20 miles northwest of Naches, WA. The increased smoke is leading to cooler temperatures and higher relative humidity, making it difficult for fuels to consume. Burnout operations will continue, in small chunks, over the next several days as conditions allow.Night Operations Section Chief Mike White commended ground crews on their flexibility in adapting to changing conditions thus far, but emphasized that “thoroughness and a methodical approach will be key in this stage of firefighting operations.” As burnout operations progress,...

 LEVEL 1 "BE READY" EVACUATION ADVISORY LIFTED ON UPPER COW CREEK ROAD News Release from Douglas Co. Sheriff's Office Posted on FlashAlert: August 19th, 2021 2:26 PM Azalea, Ore. - The Douglas County Sheriff's Office, working in conjunction with Devil's Knob Complex Fire Managers, is lifting the Level 1 "BE READY" evacuation advisory on Upper Cow Creek Road. Effective Thursday, August 19, 2021, at 2:30 pm, the following residents are no longer under an official evacuation advisory: All homes on Upper Cow Creek Road with addresses starting at 20039 through 20700. Residents are reminded to opt in to receive emergency alerts based on their address by registering at www.dcso.com/alerts. An interactive evacuation map at www.dcso.com/evacuations allows residents to enter a specific address to determine what level they may be in. Fire activity information can be found at the following: Devils Knob Complex Fires: Facebook...

As of 2:00PM, 8/19/2021, a Level 2 Be Ready evacuation notice has been issued for all residents along Highway 12 from the intersection of SR410 to the top end of Tieton Reservoir Road. Residents are advised to have your family, pets, and important documents ready to go at a moments notice. Personnel will be out doing door-to-door notifications shortly. A Red Cross shelter will been opened at Summit View Church of Christ, 100 N 72nd Ave, Yakima, WA 98908 if evacuated community members need shelter. Call 509-929-4230 if you need

Date:  Thursday, August 19, 2021 – 9:00 a.m.Contact:  Fire Information:

Schneider Springs Fire Update - 12:30PM - 8/19/2021   Level 3 GO NOW! evacuation notices have been issued for all residents along SR410 from the Intersection of Highway 12 to Little Naches and Bumping Lake Road. Residents are advised to grab your family, pets, and important documents and evacuate the area immediately.Personnel will be out doing door-to-door notifications shortly.A Red Cross shelter will been opened at Summit View Church of Christ, 100 N 72nd Ave, Yakima, WA 98908 if evacuated community members need shelter. Call 509-929-4230 if you need

The Bull Complex will be holding a virtual Community Meeting via Facebook Live tomorrow, Friday August 20th at 7:30 pm.  To access the virtual meeting please go directly to the Mt Hood National Forest Facebook Page here tomorrow at 7:30pm:  Mt. Hood National Forest- US Forest Service - Home | Facebook People with a Facebook account will be able to ask written questions directly into the comment section of the live stream.  If you do not have a Facebook account, you can still access the live stream and ask question directly to PIO unit using this email address:  2021.bull@firenet.gov Closed captioning will be provided during this meeting.  The live steam will also be recorded an can be viewed after the meeting is complete.  We will be monitoring the comments via Facebook and the email account during the meeting and will answer questions at the end.  If we do not answer all of your questions, we will be sure to follow up via email.  Please see the attached agenda for this...

When you or I visit any forest after a wildfire, we are clued in to what we see, which can look pretty dramatic from what we’re accustomed to. Oregon has an average of 347 trees per forested acre, which provides the lush, green view we love. After the Bootleg Fire, that lush, green view has been replaced by brown trees with scorched trunks and needles, or entire hillslopes that are now blackened sticks.So why do the Forest Service’s severity maps show so little high severity? There are a few things to consider. Forest Service Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) teams come in and the first thing they do is map the soil burn severity. Over the years, scientists have learned that what happened to the soil – not the above ground vegetation – is a critical indicator of recovery. From the soil burn severity map, geologists can predict debris flow hazards, hydrologists can predict changes to stream flows, and soil scientists can predict erosion potential.Clearly, above ground...

 Inchelium, WA – The Summit Trail Fire was started by lightning on July 12, and is burning on the Colville Reservation approximately 17 miles west of Inchelium in terrain that is steep, rough and often difficult to access.  Favorable weather conditions and firefighters’ intensive work have made it possible to maximize resources for good progress on the fire’s containment. Officials at the Colville Tribes have reduced evacuation levels across the areas affected by the Summit Trail Fire.Yesterday, cooler temperatures and increased humidity continued to moderate fire behavior, making it safer for crews to make additional progress on both direct (situated directly on the fire’s edge) and indirect (positioned beyond the fire’s edge) containment. Without the smoke or rain to impair visibility, aircraft could support firefighters’ efforts with water bucket drops as well as aerial reconnaissance. Crews assisted Mount Tolman Fire Center personnel with containing a new fire start...

   Twentyfive Mile Fire Update August 19, 2021 10:00a.m. Fire Information Line: 206-659-6472 (Daily from 8a.m. to 8p.m.) Size: 9,800 acres Total Personnel: 300+                                                                  Containment: 0% Cause: Under investigation Structures Threatened: 772 Structures Lost: 1 The Twentyfive Mile Fire was first reported at 3:45 p.m. on August 15, 2021. The fire was initially burning on the south shore of Lake Chelan near Twentyfive Mile Creek and has expanded south and west of the area. The fire is under joint jurisdiction of the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Washington Department of Natural Resources, Bureau of Land Management and Chelan County Fire District 7. A Type 3 Incident Management Team led by Incident Commander Escobar took command of the firefighting response at 6:00 a.m. August 16. Additional resources are continuing to arrive. The Southwest Type 1 (IC...

  Bull Complex Fire Update August 19, 2021 Fire Information Line: 503-668-1437 For Immediate Release   Announcement: Virtual community meeting scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday August 20, 2021 via Zoom.   Overview: Crews will utilize an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) or drone, to perform reconnaissance and gather information on the location of the fire and potential anchor points for burn operations. A spike camp will be setup for firefighters near the City of Detroit. A spike camp is a temporary camp that is set up closer to the fire to decrease travel time to and from the fire. This increases productivity and decreases risk of accidents as firefighters travel along mountain roads early in the morning or late in the evening.   Yesterday’s Activities: Clear skies and decreased humidity resulted in moderate fire activity which provided firefighters a great opportunity to gain ground in preparing fire lines. Crews monitored for additional spot fires and continued mop up...

The Middle Fork Complex virtual community fire briefing is tonight at 6:30 pm, Thursday August 19. This virtual briefing is available to everyone through Facebook livestream services with or without a Facebook account.  When logging in, choose "not now" or "cancel" if you don't have a Facebook account.   Email your questions in advance to 2021.middlefork@firenet.gov or in the comments section of the livestream.   Event Link https://fb.me/e/Rxy6XQcF

Middle Fork Complex Fire Update – Thursday, August 19, 2021 – 9:00 am The limited resources available to the Middle Fork Complex are being utilized where they will be most effective in providing for life-safety and protection of communities; shifting to priority areas as needed. Kwis Fire: The remaining crews and equipment on Kwis continue to mop-up and complete alternate fire lines. Hazard trees that could fall and compromise fire lines by carrying fire into unburned areas are being removed. Crews are expecting similar fire behavior to what occurred yesterday with unburned islands of vegetation naturally consuming well within the fire perimeter and producing smoke, but with no increase to the size of the fire perimeter. Please continue to respect the closure area as there are still hazards in the area, as well as fire personnel and equipment. Gales and Ninemile Fires: The strategy for the Gales and Ninemile fires involves connecting roads and ridgetops to serve as...

WHITMORE FIRE UPDATENORTHWEST INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM 12Incident Commander: Bobby Shindelar August 19, 2021Northwest Incident Management Team 12 would like to thank the Colville Confederated Tribes for hosting and housing the Team at the Nespelem Community Center twice this summer! Today is the final day for NW IMT 12 on the Whitmore Fire, and management of the fire will be turned over to the Mount Tolman Fire Center at 6 PM tonight. This is the final Daily Fire Update for the Whitmore Fire.The Whitmore Fire is located on the Colville Reservation south of Omak Lake and west of Nespelem, WA. The Incident Command Post is closed to all but essential personnel to help ensure the health and safety of community members and firefighters.It will be slightly warmer today, with temperatures of 78 to 85 degrees and northerly winds at 8 to 10 miles per hour.Operations Yesterday, firefighters patrolling the northeastern fire perimeter located and extinguished a few isolated heat sources near...

Green Ridge and Lick Creek Fire UpdateThursday, August 19, 2021, 10:00 a.m.  Rocky Mountain Incident Management Team BlackTroy Hagan, Incident Commander Green Ridge Fire Statistics:Size: 38,787 acres Containment:  29% Total Personnel: 504Location: 30 miles east of Walla Walla Reported: July 7, 2021 Cause: LightningLick Creek Fire Statistics:Size:  80,421 acres Containment: 97% Total Personnel: 22Location: 20 miles southwest of Asotin, WA Reported: July 7, 2021 Cause: Lightning  Containment Continues to Increase on the Green Ridge FireCurrent Situation: Green Ridge Fire: On Wednesday, containment on the Green Ridge Fire increased to 29%. The fire is currently 38,787 acres. The additional containment line was added in Division M on Skyline Dr continuing up to the Panjab Campground, where it ties into previously contained line. The increased acreage was gained on the uncontained fire line on the southern perimeter the fire in Branch II. Fire activity was minimal...

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   Email:  2021.blackbutte@firenet.gov Phone: 425-324-1267 (8am - 6pm) InciWeb: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7770 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/2021-Black-Butte-Fire-112941407659373 Twitter: https://twitter.com/MalheurNF   Acres: 21,516                                                                                                  Number of Personnel: 516 Percent Containment: 39%                                                Cause: Lightning Date/Time Detected: August 3, 2021, 10:00 a.m.         Origin/Location: South of Unity, Oregon   John Day, OR – Firefighting operations on the Black Butte Fire are maintaining a steady pace.  Yesterday and last night, fire crews monitored smoldering areas, keeping creeping flames under control.  While cooler temperatures and higher humidity assisted the...

All Evacuations Lifted on Skyline Ridge ComplexCANYONVILLE, Ore. – Due to reduced fire activity, the Douglas County Sheriff's Office has lifted the Level 1 (Be Ready) evacuation notice for Ferguson Lane and Moore Ranch Road, north of the Poole Creek Fire. There are no evacuations associated with the Skyline Ridge Complex at this time, but evacuations on the Devil's Knob Complex are still in effect. Check the Douglas County website at https://www.dcso.com/EVACUATIONS for more information. Firefighters have made significant progress on the Skyline Ridge Complex. All of the smaller fires are fully contained and containment for the Complex has risen to 93%. The number of personnel on the fire is dropping rapidly as crews are reassigned to other fires or sent home to rest. The northern part of the Poole Creek Fire and some areas near Stouts Creek did not burn clean. Known as “dirty burns”, these areas have enough vegetation remaining after a fire passes through them to continue to...

Green Ridge and Lick Creek Fire UpdateThursday, August 19, 2021, 10:00 a.m.  Rocky Mountain Incident Management Team BlackTroy Hagan, Incident Commander Green Ridge Fire Statistics:Size: 38,787 acres Containment:  29% Total Personnel: 504Location: 30 miles east of Walla Walla Reported: July 7, 2021 Cause: Lightning Lick Creek Fire Statistics:Size:  80,421 acres Containment: 97% Total Personnel: 22Location: 20 miles southwest of Asotin, WA Reported: July 7, 2021 Cause: Lightning  Containment Continues to Increase on the Green Ridge FireCurrent Situation: Green Ridge Fire: On Wednesday, containment on the Green Ridge Fire increased to 29%. The fire is currently 38,787 acres. The additional containment line was added in Division M on Skyline Dr continuing up to the Panjab Campground, where it ties into previously contained line. The increased acreage was gained on the uncontained fire line on the southern perimeter the fire in Branch II. Fire activity was minimal...