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The Southwest Oregon Joint Information Center has released the update for August

Miles Fire Evacuation Area Update - August 7, 2018FlashAlert information provided by Jackson County Sheriff's OfficeTRAIL, Ore. – At the recommendation of fire officials managing the Miles (Sugar Pine) fire, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office is upgrading and expanding evacuation zones in the area of Elk Creek and Lost Creek Lake. The upgraded Level 3 “Go” zone includes two addresses in the area near the intersection of Elk Creek Road and West Branch Elk Creek Road that were previously advised of a Level 2 “Be Set” evacuation. Another upgraded Level 3 zone is located on the north side of Lost Creek Road and contains no structures.Expansion of the Level 2 “Be Set” extends the Elk Creek drainage zone south to Highway 62, and along the west side of Lost Creek Lake, including the dam. Search and rescue personnel will be in the area contacting residents today. Citizen Alert notifications will also be sent to the affected addresses.The following is an updated list of all...

Daily Fire Update - August 7, 2018 Summary: Continued progress is being made on the Miles, Columbus, Snow Shoe, Round Top Fires. Heavy smoke from area fires has stifled the fire behavior for a second day. This break in fire behavior has given firefighters a chance to continue strengthening control lines.Oregon State Fire Marshal’s task forces worked west of Prospect off of Hwy 62 to assess homes and conduct defensible space work where it was needed.... Community Meetings: The IMTs will be hosting three community meetings in the area this week.Wednesday, August 8: Tiller Rural Fire Protection District, 27598 Tiller Trail Highway, Tiller 6:30 p.m.Thursday, August 9: Upper Rogue Community Center 22465 Highway 62, Shady Cove 6:30 p.m. Friday, August 10: Prospect Community Center, 305 Red Blanket Road, Prospect 6:30 p.m. Miles Fire: Firefighters strengthened control lines and mopped up spot fires that started on Saturday. Additional crews will be joining the line to help conduct burning...

Red Cross to Open Information Center in Eagle Point, OR, Tuesday, August 7, 12 - 8 p.m. The Red Cross will open an information center from noon to 8 p.m. on Tuesday August 7th in Eagle Point, Oregon for those affected by the wildfire. Anyone living in a level 3 evacuation area that needs a place to stay should stop by and check in with us. The information center is located at: Eagle Point High School 203 N. Platt Avenue Eagle Point, OR 97524 About the American Red Cross: The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides emotional support to victims of disasters; supplies about 40 percent of the nation's blood; teaches skills that save lives; provides international humanitarian aid; and supports military members and their families. The Red Cross is a not-for-profit organization that depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to perform its mission. For more information, please visit redcross.org/Cascades Facebook.com/RedCrossCascades, Twitter at @RedCrossCasc...

Dufur, OR – Current Status: Last night the fire perimeter was patrolled by a strike team of engines. They utilized handheld infra-red cameras to scour the landscape along the perimeter of the fire for any threatening hot spots. Infra–red cameras are used to reveal heat sources buried deep in the ground. Upon discovery, the spots are flagged for the night crews to work on and the next day shift to double check and completely extinguish. This is the pick and shovel work that is necessary to keep the fire from rekindling later this summer. Today, crews will continue mopping-up all smokes within 150 feet of structures located within and adjacent to the fire. Fallers are working to fall all dangerous trees within 300 feet of the fire line for safety and to prevent spotting out-side the fire perimeter. Other crews will be tasked with bringing in excess equipment and hose from the fire line to be returned to the Redmond Fire Cache and made available to other incidents. A heat wave is...

Acerage: 41,103 Containment: 38%Pacific Northwest Team 2 and Oregon State Fire Marshal Red Team have assumed command of the Klondike Fire. Combining resources from Taylor Creek and Klondike will streamline fire managers’ efforts to fight both fires and provide structure protection. This will improve efficiencies and enhance firefighter and public safety. The continued inversion provided crews with favorable firefighting conditions. As a result, fire continues to slowly back toward Galice Creek Road and Bear Camp Road. The established line between the Galice Community Center and Galice Creek is being held and reinforced. Crews from the Oregon State Fire Marshal’s office continue to monitor and provide structure protection in these areas. Construction of the contingency line along Peavine Road is progressing. Heavy equipment and crews steadily remove vegetation and are reinforcing this line. Firing operations conducted by Taylor Creek and Klondike firefighters have nearly...

Fire Information: 541-474-5305, 7:00 am – 10:00 pm Inciweb: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5998/ Pacific Northwest Team 2 and Oregon State Fire Marshal are managing Taylor Creek Fire and Klondike Fire, effective 0600 today. Northern Rockies Incident Management Team 1 is managing the Natchez Fire. Yesterday’s Activities: On the fire’s eastern flank, weather conditions hampered aerial firing operations, though ground crews continued to make progress. Their firing operations progressed northward toward the Taylor Creek Fire. Crews continued to patrol, mop-up and monitor firing operations on the primary containment line on the southeast side of the fire. Structure protection continued in the Briggs and Illinois Valleys, and Oak Flat in Josephine County. Today’s Activities: Firing operations will continue along the east side of the fire, using aerial ignitions when conditions allow. This action provides a buffer by reducing fire intensity and fuels ahead of the main...

Weather: Continued sunny weather with areas of smoke. Winds will be west-northwest 4 – 8 mph with up to 15 mph on ridgetops. A warming and drying trend is expected through Thursday as high pressure builds over the area. A low pressure system will increase winds on Friday and provide cooler temperatures. Yesterday’s Activities: Firefighters continued to hold, mop up and patrol firelines on the entire north half of the fire. This portion of the fire becomes more secure each day. On the southeastern side of the fire, east of Cole Creek, crews used low intensity hand ignition to widen the blackened buffer zone that is securing the fire from moving east. Aerial ignition was not used due to smoke and limited visibility preventing helicopters from flying most of the day. However, for a portion of the afternoon, helicopters were able to make water drops on the southwestern fire flank as supervisors continued to develop strategies for initiating direct fireline construction. Brush...

Summary: Continued progress is being made on the Miles, Columbus, Snow Shoe, Round Top Fires. Heavy smoke from area fires has stifled the fire behavior for a second day. This break in fire behavior has given firefighters a chance to continue strengthening control lines. Oregon State Fire Marshal’s task forces worked west of Prospect off of Hwy 62 to assess homes and conduct defensible space work where it was needed. Community Meetings: The IMTs will be hosting three community meetings in the area this week. Wednesday, August 8: Tiller Rural Fire Protection District, 27598 Tiller Trail Highway, Tiller 6:30 p.m. Thursday, August 9: Upper Rogue Community Center 22465 Highway 62, Shady Cove 6:30 p.m. Friday, August 10: Prospect Community Center, 305 Red Blanket Road, Prospect 6:30 p.m. Miles Fire: Firefighters strengthened control lines and mopped up spot fires that started on Saturday. Additional crews will be joining the line to help conduct burning operations where direct...

COMMUNITY MEETINGS: There will be two Hendrix Fire Community Meetings this week. The first one will be held at 7 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2018, at The Commons, Ashland Middle School, 100 Walker Avenue, Ashland, Oregon. The second meeting will start at 7 pm on Friday, August, 10, 2018, at the Hendrix Fire Incident Command Post located at the intersection of Highway 238 and Hamilton Road in Ruch, Oregon. This meeting will be followed by a short tour of the fire camp. Both meeting will be streamed on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/HendrixFire2018/.Hotter and dryer conditions will return to southwest Oregon and continue through Thursday. Maximum temperatures near the fire will be in the upper-70s to low-80s while temperatures at lower elevations will be in the triple digits starting today. Winds will be calm in the morning and then becoming northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. The National Weather Service has issued an Excessive Heat Watch for Wednesday and Thursday for...

Due to fire traffic along the Grayback Road, expect delays of up to 30 minutes. The road is open.

The finish line for the Garner Complex is in sight. Today, fire managers placed two additional sections of the fire into patrol status. Currently, well over half of the fire has no active operations, only daily monitoring and patrol. Fire managers expect that they will place the remaining portions of the fire in patrol status at the end today’s shift. The Suppression Repair group continues to make excellent progress and expects to complete repair operations within two to three days. The incident management team’s goal has been to get the fire to a point where it could be safely and confidently handed back to the local ODF district. “History will judge us by what we leave behind,” said Rick Dolan Incident Commander for the Florida Red Team. “There’s a lot of fire season ahead of us. We want to make sure ODF can use their resources to suppress the next fire, not come back to this one.” Crews continue to find a few isolated hot spots within 100’ of the line in the...

There will be a Hendrix Fire Community Meetings at 7 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2018, at Ashland Middle School, 100 Walker Avenue, Ashland, Oregon. Officials will provide the public with an update on fire operations.

Daily Update August 6, 2018Summary: The Miles, Columbus, Snowshoe and Round Top Fires are being managed under unified command amongst the Northern Rockies Team 2 (Turman), the Oregon Department of Forestry Team 1 (Hessel) and Oregon State Fire Marshal’s Red Team (Yocum). These incidents are formally known as the South Umpqua Complex and Sugar Pine Fires. Smoky conditions across the area on Sunday helped to temper winds and moderate fire behavior. Firefighters used this break to make good progress on lining spot fires and strengthening control lines around the incident. The smoky conditions did limit air operations on fires yesterday, due to low visibility. Community Meetings: The IMTs will be hosting a community meeting in Tiller on Wednesday, August 8 at 6:30 p.m. at the Tiller Rural Fire Protection District, 27598 Tiller Trail Hwy. There will also be a community meeting in Shady Cove on Thursday, August 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the Upper Rogue Community Center, 22465 Hwy 62. Miles Fire:...

The Southwest Oregon Joint Information Center has released the update for August

Smoke Outlook attached as pdf

The Smoke Outlook for southwest Oregon has been released for August

Current Status: Dufur, OR – As the fire cooled in the southeast portion of the fire, crews were reassigned to work through the night on mopping up hot spots and burning stumps, especially around structures in the north end of the fire. Fire fighters are focused on mopping up 75-150 feet inward from the perimeter of fire. It is estimated that there is approximately 50 miles of fire perimeter. Much of the line is cool, with the heat concentrated north of the Hix and Friend Rd. areas. The fire meteorologist is predicting hotter and windy conditions later this week. The more heat that fire fighters can extinguish now lessens the threat of the fire rekindling in the future. Fire fighters are seeing “dust or ash devils”. This occurs when solar heating hits the ground and the unstable atmosphere creates a whirlwind. This is a concern to fire fighters as the whirlwind can pick up hot burning embers and carry it over the fire line where a new fire could start outside the perimeter....

Size: 39,804 Acres Containment: 38%Yesterday a strong inversion and heavy layer of smoke brought shade and calm winds that moderated fire activity. Taking advantage of these conditions, crews continued firing operations into the night east of Chrome Ridge Road on the western side of the fire. Firing will strengthen lines and help achieve more containment. Low intensity fire slowly backed downhill towards established lines east of Chrome Ridge Road, south of Bear Camp Road, and south of Galice Creek. Galice Road is closed at mile 13. With assistance from Oregon National Guardsmen, crews mopped up, patrolled, and strengthened contained areas. They will continue this work today. This containment extends from the north side of the fire near Taylor Creek, around the entire east side, and to the southern end past Limpy Creek to the Onion Mountain Road. Crews from the Oregon State Fire Marshal will continue structure protection work near Galice. Some of these crews are being reassigned to...