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With the approaching storm front, it is expected that smoke conditions will improve throughout the area over the next couple of days. The smoke within the Columbia Basin should clear and smoke in the area will be mainly from local fires. See full report under related information.

Current Information:Soldiers of Task Force Spearhead, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, completed their first day of training on the fireline Friday. The 200 active duty military personnel were requested to assist with wildfire suppression efforts because of the high level of fire activity across several western states. Organized into ten, twenty person hand crews, under the leadership of experienced firefighters, they spent the day in the Dry Creek, Illahee Flats areas and along the Highway 138 East corridor, learning fire suppression methods and procedures.On the Fall Creek Fire, crews are in their final days of suppression repair, which is fixing damage caused by firefighting efforts. This work entails pulling vegetation back onto control lines that was pushed aside by dozers. On slopes, “water bars” are being built to divert run-off in an effort to prevent erosion. This type of work has been started on Forest Road 38...

Fire Location: Approximately 7 miles northwest of Cle Elum, WA on lands owned or managed by Washington Department of Natural Resources, The Nature Conservancy, and the Cle Elum Ranger District of the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. Yesterday: Crews continued preparing containment line, removing hazard trees, and performing mop-up along the southern and western fire perimeters yesterday and during night operations. Firefighting efforts benefited from cooler temperatures and higher humidity. Helicopters were able to support firing and holding operations during the day due to increased visibility. On the southwest perimeter firefighters conducted a burnout to strengthen lines in the Morgan Creek drainage. On the east perimeter, firefighters continued burnout into Jungle Creek and holding operations along the southern fire line. Night operations held containment lines on the western and southern flanks, while conducting a successful burnout in the southwest...

SW Oregon—Ongoing firefighting efforts on the Blanket Creek Fire have resulted in the need to close the Sky Lakes Wilderness to public entry, both for the health and safety of the public, as well as for the safety of firefighters and fire personnel. This latest closure further extends closures already in place to include the entirety of the Wilderness, which is co-managed by both the Rogue River-Siskiyou and Fremont-Winema National Forests.The closure is effective immediately, and will remain in place through December 31, 2017, unless sooner rescinded.Areas already closed via earlier Forest Orders remain closed, including the OHV trail system near Prospect.The full text of the order, including a list of trails, and a map, can be viewed on the RRSNF’s website.People are encouraged to follow the Forest on both Twitter and Facebook for updates as they become available. Additionally, the High Cascades Complex posts daily fire updates to the incident’s Inciweb page, and the...

A flight over the Eagle Creek Fire area this morning found fire further east than previously observed. Based on this information, the Hood River County Sheriff's Office has changed the evacuation levels for parts of the county west of Hood River. Some areas were added to the Level 1 evacuation. The Level 2 evacuation east of Cascade Locks was extended to include Wyeth. Please see the Hood River County Sheriff's Office website at www.hoodriversheriff.com/news/ for more details. On Friday, the burnout operations near Cascade Locks were completed. This created large quantities of smoke, but greatly reduced the danger of the fire’s northern progression. Firefighters also successfully burned fuels around a communications tower south of Cascade Locks. Gusty winds from the west pushed much of the smoke out of the east end of the Columbia River Gorge. This gave residents of Cascade Locks, Stevenson, and North Bonneville clearer air, although smoke was still present in Hood River....

There will be a Community Meeting for fire information hosted by the Chetco Bar Fire – East Zone Incident Management Team. The meeting will be Sunday, September 10th at 6:00 PM at Illinois Valley High School in Cave Junction (625 E. River Street, Cave Junction, OR). The public is invited to attend to get an update on fire activity and talk to fire managers about their strategies and effort.

How You Can Help We greatly appreciate the support and generosity of the community! Our team’s focus is on the mission of fire suppression while keeping firefighter and public safety our number one priority. Our wildland fire crews are well equipped and cared for. After many donation inquiries, here’s a list of suggestions. Here are some ways you can show support for firefighters. • Help keep firefighters safe by creating defensible space around your home. Creating defensible space around your home is absolutely the BEST thing you can do to help firefighters. Learn how at http://firewise.org. • Post thank you banners / signs in the community and on social media. This is a great morale booster for firefighters after a long shift! • Write thank you notes to firefighters. Drop them off at the incident command post so they can be posted or shared. • Write thank you letters to firefighters families. Put them in blank, stamped envelopes. After briefings or after shifts,...

How You Can Help We greatly appreciate the support and generosity of the community! Our team’s focus is on the mission of fire suppression while keeping firefighter and public safety our number one priority. Our wildland fire crews are well equipped and cared for. After many donation inquiries, here’s a list of suggestions. Here are some ways you can show support for firefighters. • Help keep firefighters safe by creating defensible space around your home. Creating defensible space around your home is absolutely the BEST thing you can do to help firefighters. Learn how at http://firewise.org. • Post thank you banners / signs in the community and on social media. This is a great morale booster for firefighters after a long shift! • Write thank you notes to firefighters. Drop them off at the incident command post so they can be posted or shared. • Write thank you letters to firefighters families. Put them in blank, stamped envelopes. After briefings or after shifts,...

How You Can Help We greatly appreciate the support and generosity of the community! Our team’s focus is on the mission of fire suppression while keeping firefighter and public safety our number one priority. Our wildland fire crews are well equipped and cared for. After many donation inquiries, here’s a list of suggestions. Here are some ways you can show support for firefighters. • Help keep firefighters safe by creating defensible space around your home. Creating defensible space around your home is absolutely the BEST thing you can do to help firefighters. Learn how at http://firewise.org. • Post thank you banners / signs in the community and on social media. This is a great morale booster for firefighters after a long shift! • Write thank you notes to firefighters. Drop them off at the incident command post so they can be posted or shared. • Write thank you letters to firefighters families. Put them in blank, stamped envelopes. After briefings or after shifts,...

How You Can Help We greatly appreciate the support and generosity of the community! Our team’s focus is on the mission of fire suppression while keeping firefighter and public safety our number one priority. Our wildland fire crews are well equipped and cared for. After many donation inquiries, here’s a list of suggestions. Here are some ways you can show support for firefighters. • Help keep firefighters safe by creating defensible space around your home. Creating defensible space around your home is absolutely the BEST thing you can do to help firefighters. Learn how at http://firewise.org. • Post thank you banners / signs in the community and on social media. This is a great morale booster for firefighters after a long shift! • Write thank you notes to firefighters. Drop them off at the incident command post so they can be posted or shared. • Write thank you letters to firefighters families. Put them in blank, stamped envelopes. After briefings or after shifts,...

How You Can Help We greatly appreciate the support and generosity of the community! Our team’s focus is on the mission of fire suppression while keeping firefighter and public safety our number one priority. Our wildland fire crews are well equipped and cared for. After many donation inquiries, here’s a list of suggestions. Here are some ways you can show support for firefighters. • Help keep firefighters safe by creating defensible space around your home. Creating defensible space around your home is absolutely the BEST thing you can do to help firefighters. Learn how at http://firewise.org. • Post thank you banners / signs in the community and on social media. This is a great morale booster for firefighters after a long shift! • Write thank you notes to firefighters. Drop them off at the incident command post so they can be posted or shared. • Write thank you letters to firefighters families. Put them in blank, stamped envelopes. After briefings or after shifts,...

Press Release Sheriff FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE EOC UPDATE FOR JOLLY MOUNTAIN FIRE Kittitas County, WA - 09/08/2017 - The Kittitas County Emergency Operations Center is continually working with the Pacific Northwest 2 Type 1 Incident Management Team to evaluate evacuation levels and road closures with regards to the Jolly Mountain Fire. Going into the weekend, the EOC does not anticipate lowering any current evacuation levels. Current evacuation levels and affected areas are listed below: Level 3 – everything north of Double O Ranch Road all the way north to the Boulder Creek area; West Fork Teanaway; Middle Fork Teanaway area; North Fork Teanaway; and Teanaway Meadows. Level 2 – everything between Double O Ranch Road and Ronald; the entire town of Ronald; the entire City of Roslyn to the Bullfrog Road roundabout; Cle Elum Ridge area north of the city. Level 1 – Suncadia Resort; all residences/homes south of SR 903 and north of I-90 from Bullfrog Road to Cle Elum...

The USCG has established a temporary safety zone on the Columbia River from river mile 126 (Corbet, OR) to river mile 185 (just below the Dalles). All vessels are prohibited from operating within 500 yards of all aircraft engage in fire fighting operations while in this zone.Additionally, all vessels are prohibited from entering a subsection of this zone, from river mile 154 (Anderson Point Oregon) to River mile 158 (Collins Point Washington), without express permission from the Captain of the Port.For more information and to read this safety zone in its entirety go to: http://www.regulations.gov,http://www.regulations.gov, type USCG-2017-0684 in the "SEARCH" box and click "SEARCH". Click on Open Docket Folder on the line associated with this rule. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LCDR Laura Springer, 503-240-9319,

Jayson Coil, Operations with the Southwest Area Incident Management Team, provides updates on fire activity and firefighter efforts on the #NashFire.

Este Jueves fue humedo dentro del area dell Incendio Chetco East Zone. Despues de numerosas y algunas veces, lluvias intensas, algunos lugares han recibido de ¼ a ½ pulgada de precipitacion. Agunos sitios recibieron una pulgada de lluvia. Una pregunta frequente y llena de esperanza en la comunidad fue: “Esto ayudara al Incendio?”. “Cada porcion de lluvia es una ayuda”, dijo Pat Halford, jefe de la Seccion de Operaciones. “de una manera temporal aumenta los niveles de humedad, humedece materiales de combustion, reduce la actividad del fuego y disminuye la velocidad del incendio”. Sin embargo, la lluvia no se distribuyo de una manera pareja y especialmente en areas con maleza gruesa, bajo las ramas de los arboles, y en troncos muertos y de gran tamano. La lluvia no fue sufciente para penetrar y hacer una diferencia significativa. El material de combustion se secara rapidamente tan pronto como el teimpo empiece a calentarse nuevamente. Los bomberos tomaran ventaja ahorita...

Comportamiento Climatico y del Incendio: Las mismas condiciones climaticas del dia de ayer, continuan presentandose toda la manana del dia de hoy. En las areas donde estas condiciones climaticos han sucedido, la lluvia y los niveles altos de humedad, han ayudado a reducir grandemente la actividad del incendio Continuan quemas latentes, pero lentas debajo de la copa de los arboles. Sin embargo, todavia permanence seca la vegetacion grande y en las proximas 72 horas, tan pronto como las temperaturas aumenten y los niveles de humedad bajen nuevamente, la actividad del incendio se va a incrementar. El dia de ayer y en las areas donde la actividad del fuego fue minima, se podrian encontrar raices ocultas que estan encendidas. Cuando los vientos aumenten y los niveles de humedad bajen, se extendera el fuego se extendera cerca de material fino de combustion tales como el cesped, hojas, y pequenos pedazos de lena. El dia de Ayer: La poca visibilidad aunada a las codiciones climaticas,...

Jayson Coil, Operations with the Southwest Area Incident Management Team, provides updates on fire activity and firefighter efforts on the #NashFire.

FIRE UPDATE: Friday afternoon, September 8, 2017 at 3:00 pm East Crater Fire (Indian Heaven Wilderness) and Bear Creek Fire (Bear Creek Watershed), Mount Adams Ranger District, Gifford Pinchot National Forest East Crater Fire: The fire continues to burn actively in some areas and with little to no intensity in others. Current fire size remains at 467-acres. Work has begun to prepare nearby roads to serve as fireline to minimize fire spread outside the wilderness. 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. For details visit: https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/giffordpinchot/alerts-notices Bear Creek Fire: Crews are working to strengthen the initial fire line established yesterday and are using established hose lays to...

Effective Friday, Sept. 8, 2017, at 1:00 PM, the Douglas County Sheriff's Office and Umpqua North Complex Fire Managers are lowering the evacuation levels for the following areas: The Dry Creek Community and residents living in the Slide Creek area (residents living between mileposts 53-56 on Highway 138E) are now on a Level 1 pre-evacuation notice. Level 1 or "Get Ready": 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 movement of persons with special needs, mobile property, pets and livestock. If conditions worsen, emergency services personnel may contact you via an emergency notification

Informe para Incendio Eagle Creek y Incendio Indian Creek Información 541-392-1632 o 971-220-6146 - eaglecreekfire2017@gmail.comActualización – jueves 8 de septiembre, 2017 – 10:30 a.m. Clima favorable ayudo minimizar la actividad del incendio Eagle Creek durante la noche. La humedad climática llego hasta el 100% en muchas áreas por las nubes que ocurrieron ayer, incluyendo en las áreas el sendero Pacific Crest Trail y Benson Plateau cerca de Cascade Locks. Los equipos trabajando en la noche reportaron crecimiento en la cresta cuesta arriba de Cascade Locks. No hay imágenes infrarrojo actualizada de ese crecimiento. Hoy, los equipos continuaran protegiendo estructuras con un enfoque en el flanco este, oeste, y sur del incendio. Como permita el clima, se tomaran acabo operaciones de quema para asegurar la línea de contención cerca de el puente Bridge of the Gods. Esto aumentara el humo en esa área pero ayudara asegurar la línea de largo plazo. Equipos de bomberos...