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Fuego El fuego de Klondike tiene un tamaño de 140,232 acres y está contenido en un 64%. El fuego creció ayer más de 2,020 acres, debido en combinación a operativos de contención, crecimiento atural y los combustibles ocultos que continúan ardiendo. Hoy se esperan condiciones más secas, las cuales pueden aumentar moderadamente el crecimiento natural en el interior del fuego. Humo Hoy Esta mañana el humo está afectando el área de Medford y Ashland con condiciones de moderadas a insalubres que pueden persistirhasta mitad de la tarde cuando los vientos cambien de dirección desde el suroeste. Las comunidades costeras deberán continuar experimentando buenas condiciones mayormente. Los vientos del suroeste pueden traer aire más secos hacia el fuego, creando así condiciones que permiten que aumente la actividad en su interior. Humo Mañana Se esperan condiciones más húmedas para mañana, incluyendo 60%de probabilidad de lluvia ligera. Esta lluvia debe moderar el impacto del...

RESUMEN: Incendio: Klondike. Zona Oeste En la reunion de esta manana, el Comandante del Incendio, Diputado Charlie Patterson,resumio diciendo que “Por varios dias hemos estado trabajando en el area del lado Oeste del incendio cercano a Agnes. El dia de ayer tuvimos un dia exitoso”. Igniciones aereas ayudo a los bomberos a exterminar espacios aun no quemados y reforzar las lineas de control situadas entre la parte superior del riachuelo Fish Hook y la carretera forestall 150 hacia arriba del riachuelo Indigo. Basados en las predicciones climaticas para el dia de hoy, con el viento proveniente del Suroeste, se espera que el incendiiosiga quemandose en su misma area hasta consumir los materiales de combustion residuals reduciendo enormemente la amenaza de incendio en el area. Un frente frio que se esta moviendo a travez de la zona Suroeste de Oregon esta produciendo para el incendio vientos altos y aire seco La Humedad baja con vientos altos incrementara el comportamiento del...

NEW NUMBER:503-867-7959 Email: 2018.NatchezFire@firenet.gov Management of the Natchez Fire will transition to a local Type 3 incident management team on Monday, September 17th at 6:00 am. Happy Camp, CA – A warming and drying trend begins today and tomorrow with partly cloudy skies and ridge top winds coming out of the southwest. Yesterday’s Activities: Fire behavior was moderate with uncontained fire edge moving slowly within the South Fork Indian Creek and Ten Mile Creek drainages. Crews monitored the fire along the peaks, ridges and containment lines on the southwest flank. Firefighters continued repairing the contingency fireline located west of the fire near Crazy Peak and continued suppression repair on the east side. Repair work on 115 miles of roads used for fire suppression activities is now 75% complete. Today’s Activities: Three Wildland Fire Modules (crews of 7-10 firefighters specializing in back-country fire suppression) are camped out near the western...

Smoke Outlook for NW California for 9/14 and

Fire The Klondike Fire is 140,232 acres and is 64% contained. The fire added about 2,020 acres of growth yesterday from a combination of tactical firing towards containment, natural growth, and smoldering fuels. Drier conditions are expected today which may moderately increase natural growth in the interior. Smoke Today Smoke is impacting Medford and Ashland this morning with moderate to unhealthy conditions that may persist into the mid-to-late afternoon when winds shift to a southwesterly flow. Coastal communities should continue to experience mostly good conditions. Winds from the SW may bring drier winds to the fire creating conditions that allow burning in the interior to pick up. Smoke Tomorrow Wetter conditions are expected tomorrow, including a 60% chance of light wetting rains. This should moderate smoke

Firefighters continue to patrol and secure the fire’s perimeter as well as repair lines to a more natural condition. Crews are being reallocated to other areas of the fire as work is completed. Personnel are identifying equipment no longer in use for suppression or repair work and will release it to other incidents if needed. Activities also included removing the aluminized fire building wrap which was used to protect structures from radiant heat and burning embers. Appropriate hazard reduction for employees, contractors, and the public may be needed. This work includes the identification and mitigation of danger trees next to roads, trails, and firelines which pose a significant threat to firefighters and the public when the area is reopened. An incoming front will bring some precipitation to the area Saturday night into Sunday, but will not produce season-ending rains. It will be dry from Sunday night through next Friday. Temperatures will warm to near seasonable values...

Overview Klondike Fire West Zone During this morning’s briefing, Deputy Incident Commander Charlie Patterson summed it up as, "For several days we’ve been working to button up the west side of the fire closest to Agness, and yesterday was a great day." Aerial ignition helped firefighters blacken unburned pockets and reinforce control lines within the upper reaches of Fish Hook Creek and off Forest Road 150 above Indigo Creek. With forecast winds today from the southwest, the expectation is for the fire to burn into itself to consume remaining fuels and greatly reduce the threat in that area. A cold front moving through Southwest Oregon is bringing higher winds and drier air to the fire. Lower humidity and higher winds will increase fire behavior on the highest ridge tops today. Southwest winds will result in increased fire spread in the Silver Creek drainage. Today’s plan is to mop up and hold all sides of the fire. Overall, equipment, aircraft, and personnel are being...

Northwest Incident Management Team 8, Incident Commander, Doug Johnson September 15, 2018 - 9:00 A.M. Special Announcements: Forest Service Road (FR) 19 is closed to the public due to unsafe conditions from falling rocks, debris and fire weakened trees. The closure begins at the junction of FR 408 south to Box Canyon. Firefighters are allowed on portions of FR 19 where mitigations to reduce risks have been taken. No fire traffic, except for emergency vehicles, are allowed on FR 19 adjacent to the Cougar Reservoir; beginning from the junction of FR 415 south the FR 1985. The Terwilliger (Cougar) Hot Springs remain closed. The public is asked to respect the road and area closures for the protection to themselves and firefighters. Acreage: 10,986 Containment: 66% Public Information Phone: (541) 719-8135 Available 7:00 am to 9:00 pm. Information Websites: Inciweb – https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6160 Email: terwilligerfireinfo@gmail.coFacebook:...

Northwest Incident Management Team 8, Incident Commander, Doug Johnson September 13, 2018 - 9:00 A.M. Special Announcements: After careful analysis and further review, fire managers in concert with local Willamette National Forest officials have decided to close Forest Service Road (FR) 19 to all traffic, including to firefighters, due to unsafe conditions. From its intersection with FR 1900-408 south to, and including, Box Canyon hazardous debris, such as car-sized boulders and very large trees, continue to create very high risk situations and near-miss incidents. The number one objective of any incident managers is to keep all firefighters and the public safe by limiting exposure. Only emergency vehicles, in case there is a need for rapid evacuation of injured personnel, will be allowed. An inquiry to the availability of an incident specific drone with camera/recording capabilities has been made. If available, the authorized drone will be used to seek out hot areas of the fire and...

U.S. Forest Service Fremont-Winema National Forest 1301 S. G St. Lakeview, OR 97630 News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 13, 2018 Media Contact: Tamara Schmidt Desk: 541-947-6243 Cell: 541-891-6758 tamaraschmidt@fs.fed.us Watson Creek Fire closure reduced, additional recreation sites reopened PAISLEY, Ore. – Tonight the Watson Creek Fire emergency closure area on the Paisley Ranger District of the Fremont-Winema National Forest was modified, shrinking closer to the fire perimeter and allowing several popular recreation sites to reopen in time for the weekend. The majority of the roads making up the new closure order boundary are open, with the exception of Forest Roads 28 and 3380 in the northwest corner and Forest Road 33-012 on the eastern side of the closure area. All roads within the closure order boundary are closed, including Forest Road 28 from the intersection with Forest Road 29, south to the intersection with Forest Road 3411 just north of...

Fire The Klondike Fire is at 138,212 acres and is 58% contained. The fire added about 2,656 acres of growth yesterday from a combination of tactical firing towards containment, natural growth, and smoldering fuels. Similar weather conditions are expected today. Smoke Today Winds today will be predominantly from the west. Smoke may increase in the afternoon as fuels dry out and burning picks up for a short period. Coastal communities should stay clear. Agness will likely experience degraded air quality in the early afternoon as the inversion breaks. Illinois Valley communities will likely experience good to moderate conditions most of the day with some heavier smoke in the late afternoon. Merlin, Grants Pass, Medford, Ashland, and Provolt should experience mostly Moderate conditions most of the day with potential peaks of USG in the afternoon and evening as burning picks up with drier afternoon conditions and as smoke from the Natchez Fire in Northern CA heads northeast. Smoke Tomorrow...

Overview Klondike Fire West Zone Helicopter crews performed tactical firing along 150 road to reinforce containment lines. Today, cool and damp weather conditions are expected to result in smoldering and creeping fire spread with limited perimeter growth. Today’s burning period will shorten while winds out of the west-northwest will assist with tactical firing operations. Crews will continue mop-up between Game Lake and Saddle Mtn. On the north side of the fire, crews will hold the fire along the 150 Road down toward Indigo Creek and East along the 2308 Road toward Bear Camp Road. At Silver Mine, hose lays and structure protection are in place should the fire advance onto private land. Klondike Fire East Zone and Taylor Creek Fire Firefighters will continue to patrol the fire perimeter and mop-up hotspots. Pockets of unburned fuel in the interior will continue to produce smoke until substantial rainfall is received. Crews are focusing on suppression repair and restoration...

Firefighters continue to patrol and secure the fire’s perimeter as well as repair lines to a more natural. Crews are being reallocated to other areas of the fire as work is completed. Personnel are locating and evaluating equipment no longer in use for suppression or repair work and will release it to other incidents if needed. The Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) team that arrived earlier this week continues to assess the area and will make recommendations on how best to mitigate unstable landscapes in order to prevent the loss of critical resources. BAER teams are staffed by specially trained professionals such as hydrologists, soil scientists, engineers, biologists, vegetation specialists, archeologists, and others who rapidly evaluate the burned area and prescribe emergency stabilization treatments. Appropriate hazard reduction for employees, contractors, and the public may be needed. This work includes the identification and mitigation of danger trees next to roads,...

The Pomeroy Ranger District has completed ignition on the Dark Canyon Prescribed burn, located 24 miles SE of Pomeroy, Washington. Forest visitors may see some fire activity in the Dark Canyon area over the next couple of days as the fire continues to smolder and creep in the timbered areas. Forest Service and Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) personnel will patrol the area over the next few days and/or weeks. Hunters and forest visitors should still be cautious when entering the area for snags, burning stumps and ash pits. With cooler and wetter conditions predicted, the Forest Service will transition to burning residual slash and fuels in recent timber sale units on the Pomeroy Ranger District. These units are located off Hogback (4302) road and Cloverland (4400) road. Additional information about prescribed burning is available by visiting the Umatilla National Forest’s new prescribed fire interactive map. This map displays burning activities and is available...

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Northwest Incident Management Team 8, Incident Commander, Doug Johnson September 13, 2018 - 9:00 A.M. Special Announcements: After careful analysis and further review, fire managers in concert with local Willamette National Forest officials have decided to close Forest Service Road (FR) 19 to all traffic, including to firefighters, due to unsafe conditions. From its intersection with FR 1900-408 south to, and including, Box Canyon hazardous debris, such as car-sized boulders and very large trees, continue to create very high risk situations and near-miss incidents. The number one objective of any incident managers is to keep all firefighters and the public safe by limiting exposure. Only emergency vehicles, in case there is a need for rapid evacuation of injured personnel, will be allowed. An inquiry to the availability of an incident specific drone with camera/recording capabilities has been made. If available, the authorized drone will be used to seek out hot areas of the fire and...

Overview Klondike Fire West Zone Yesterday, moderate fire activity continued. Because of drier high-level winds, the fire activity was more active on the highest ridge tops. In the Indigo Creek drainage near Silver Peak, helicopter bucket drops will be used today to help control fire spread. Crews will continue mop up between Game Lake and Saddle Mountain. When conditions allow, crews will begin tactical firing operations along the 150 Road down toward Indigo Creek and East along the 2308 Road toward Bear Camp Road. At the mine in the Little Silver Creek, hose lays and structure protection are in place should the fire advance onto private land. Klondike Fire East Zone and Taylor Creek Fire Fire-weakened trees continue to send debris onto roads. Crews are working to mitigate this hazard to provide safe entry when the roads are again open to the public. Recovery of timber removed during the suppression effort is also ongoing. Suppression repair continues on containment lines on...

FireThe Klondike Fire added about 861 acres of growth yesterday for a total of 135,556 acres. Cool moist air with slight chance of scattered showers expected again today. Fuels will continue to smolder in the interior portions of the fire footprint. If conditions allow there may be some firing operations on the North side of the fire to improve containment. Smoke Today Winds today will be from the southwest in the morning shifting to the west in the late afternoon. Smoke may increase in the afternoon as fuels dry out for a short period. Coastal communities should stay clear. Agness will likely experience degraded air quality in the early afternoon. Illinois Valley communities will likely see moderate conditions most of the day with some heavier smoke in the late afternoon. Rogue River Valley communities, Medford, and Ashland will likely see more smoke today than yesterday. Smoke TomorrowConditions tomorrow should be similar to

Happy Camp, CA – The forecast calls for seasonally cool temperatures today and tomorrow with excellent relative humidity recovery. This cooler period should last into the weekend. Warm and dry weather is expected to return next week. Yesterday’s Activities: Fire behavior was smoldering and creeping with uncontained fire edge moving slowly to the south. Crews monitored the fire along the peaks, ridges and containment lines on the west flank. Firefighters continued repairing the contingency fireline located west of the fire from Crazy Peak to the south and continued suppression repair on the east side. Repair work on 115 miles of roads used for fire suppression activities is about 25% complete. The helibase moved from the Illinois Valley airport to the Happy Camp airport. Today’s Activities: Two Wildland Fire Modules (crews of 7-10 firefighters specializing in back-country fire suppression) will camp out near the western edge of the fire to monitor fire behavior and assess...

Malheur National Forest fire officials are monitoring conditions on the Forest and preparing to implement the fall prescribed fire program. Prescribed fires, also known as controlled burns, refer to the planned and controlled use of fire by a team of highly skilled fire managers under specific conditions. During the fall months, the Forest has a number of planning units, ranging in size from 150 acres up to 4000 acres, scheduled for prescribed fire operations. Prescribed fires are conducted within specific parameters including temperature, relative humidity, fuel moisture, and wind speed. Implementation is dependent upon these and other necessary conditions. Should conditions allow, crews may start operations on some smaller units as early as Friday, September 14, 2018. Fall burning will build upon efforts in the spring and early summer of 2018 when the Forest safely and successfully accomplished prescribed fire operations on approximately 4,500 acres. Spring operations reduced...