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Chetco East Zone Fire Update. Tuesday, September 12, 2017 9:00 a.m. The Chetco East Zone Fire management team has activated a new public fire information line (541-597-8525) dedicated to sharing information about activities on the Josephine County side of the fire. On Monday, the most significant fire activity on the Chetco Bar Fire was on the southern perimeter. Retardant drops slowed the fire’s spread. In the Chetco East Zone Fire area, a new fire was reported near West Fork Indigo Creek, approximately 10 miles north of the main fire. Fire 784, the “Indigo Fire,” is currently 100 acres and is burning in brush and light timber within the Biscuit Fire burn scar. Smoke jumpers, rappellers, and retardant were unable to be used due to steep terrain. Helicopters made water drops on this fire for approximately 4 hours until dark. Smoke: There was a significant increase in smoke settling in the Illinois River Valley on Monday afternoon. Observers noted...

NEW Phone Numbers! In order to provide more direct access to fire information and answer fire-related questions, the Chetco Bar Fire Information staffs have updated our telephone lines. The East Zone (Josephine County) is now using an East Zone Information phone: (541) 597-8525. It rings at the Lake Selmac fire camp. The West Zone (Curry County) is now using a West Zone Information phone: (619)-894-9111. It rings in Brookings. The original Fire Information Call Center phone number (541) 469-1177 is being forwarded to the West Zone Incident Command Post in Brookings (619) 894-9111. People who have older hand outs or other documents will still reach a PIO when they call the original Fire Information Call Center phone number. Please contact us if you have questions or information needs.

Two community meetings are being held tonight, Monday, September 11: 6 p.m. at the Edgefield Amphitheater, 2126 Halsey Street, in Troutdale and 7:00 p.m. at the Marine Park Pavilion in Cascade Locks Summary: Very little heat has been observed in the spot fires on the west end of the fire. Firefighters concentrated their efforts on the I-84 corridor today, burning out small pockets of fuel east toward Cascade Locks. These controlled burns sent up visible smoke, but the fire is not creating any new threats. South of Cascade Locks, crews secured and mopped-up around structures and other infrastructure. Containment line has been cleared along the powerline corridor to Shell Rock Mountain. Contingency lines have been established from Mitchell Point southwest to Wahtam Lake using a series of roads, trails, and dozer line. Along the southern portion of the fire, fire activity has been subdued over the last 48 hours due to moisture in those areas. Weather today has been warmer and drier...

The Milli Fire acreage remains the same with 60% containment. Fire activity remains minimal with the majority of the activity from interior pockets of heat that will continue to produce smoke until a season ending event completely extinguishes this fire. Because of this, we will not produce another fire update until Friday, September 15. Firefighters will continue to rehabilitate fire line along the northwestern edge of the fire area. Work continues in conjunction with Oregon Department of Transportation and the Sisters Ranger District to identify and remove hazard trees along Highway 242 and continue repairing and rehabilitating culverts, fire lines and burned areas along the highway. Acreage on this fire could grow slowly in the coming week while containment remains at 60%. The west side of the fire continues to burn down slope with occasional torching in pockets of timber in the Three Sisters Wilderness and will continue to extinguish naturally when it runs out of fuel in...

Area closure modified on 9-11-17 for Umpqua North Complex on Umpqua National

Esta manana, miembros de la Guardia Nacional honrraron el 16 Aniversario de Septiembre 11, 2001 en el Campamento para el Incendio de Lake Selma. Los miembros elevaron completamente la Bandera Americana y de una manera solemne la bajaron hasta la mitad. El 162avo Regimen de Infanteria que tenia su base en Springfield, Oregon fue movilizado por la Governadora Kate Brown, a fin de apoyar con el Incendio de Chetco Bar.El dia de ayer, 170 personas atendieron a la reunion informativa de la comunidad en Cave Junction. Representantes a cargo del Incendio de Chetco East Zone, el Jefe de Incendios en Illinois Valley, Dennis Hoke y el Comisario del Condado, Lily Morgan, presentaron informacion referente a el estado de la actividad del Incendio, futuras estrategias para el manejo del mismo y contestaron las preguntas de la comunidad. El dia Domingo, la actividad del Incendio de Chetco East Zone, fue mas que todo latente, creciente y respaldado. Solamente hubo un aumento de 60 acres quemando en...

Northwest Interagency Incident Management Team 9, Brian Goff, incident commander, took over management of the Miller Complex fires at 6 am, Sept. 11, 2017, following the Rocky Mountain Type 1 Incident Management Team. The team will host two community meetings this week to brief the public on the progress of the Miller Complex. The west side community meeting will be held Tuesday, September 12 at 6:00 p.m. at the Williams Elementary School located at 20691 Williams Hwy, Williams, OR 97544. The eastside community meeting will be held Wednesday, September 13 at 6:00 p.m. at the Applegate Valley Fire Station #9 1095 Upper Applegate Road Jacksonville, OR 97530.

Miller Complex Fire Update Sept. 11, 2017 10 am NW Incident Management Team (IMT) 9, Brian Goff, Incident Commander Fire Statistics: Start Date: August 14, 2017 Cause: Lightning Complex Size: 34,266 acres Personnel: 596 Containment: 40% Northwest Interagency Incident Management Team 9, Brian Goff, incident commander, took over management of the Miller Complex fires at 6 am, Sept. 11, 2017, following the Rocky Mountain Type 1 Incident Management Team. Community Meetings: The team will host two community meetings this week to brief the public on the progress of the Miller Complex. The west side community meeting will be held Tuesday, September 12 at 6:00 p.m. at the Williams Elementary School located at 20691 Williams Hwy, Williams, OR 97544. The eastside community meeting will be held Wednesday, September 13 at 6:00 p.m. at the Applegate Valley Fire Station #9 1095 Upper Applegate Road Jacksonville, OR 97530. Current Situation: Containment lines held with great success throughout...

A public meeting has been scheduled for September 13, 2017 beginning at 6 p.m. at the Lowell Rural Fire District Fire Station located at 389 North Pioneer St., Lowell, OR 97452. This will be an opportunity for the public to hear the latest fire information and ask questions about the Jones Fire. The existing Jones Fire Base Camp, located in the Lowell Sate Park, will be moving beginning today. The new Base Camp location will be Dexter State Recreation Site, including the South Bank Fishing Area. The staffed closure point will be at the existing entrance to the Dexter State Recreation Site off of State Highway 58. Actions yesterday included utilizing water drops from a helicopter to cool hot spots. Jones Fire did provide assistance to the local unit with their initial response to new fire starts resulting from lightning. Drier, warmer weather is forecasted for the next 2 days. Fireline preparations including standing dead hazard tree removal and brushing will continue today on...

PRINEVILLE, Ore. – Smoke may be visible over the Ochocos from Prineville and Highway 26 due to the Desolation fire, a new start within Mill Creek Wilderness about 20 miles northeast of town. First reported just before noon on Saturday, September 9, the fire is estimated at 25 acres and burning near the intersection of the East Fork of Mill Creek and Desolation Canyon. The fire is burning in patches of dead and live timber on steep slopes just below Whistler Point. Aircraft dumped water on the fire yesterday to check its growth and today crews are flying the fire to get a better size estimate. No firefighters have been sent in on the ground yet due to safety concerns over the abundance of snags, but the Forest is suppressing the fire when and where it’s possible to do so safely. Fire managers plan to use containment lines prepared during the Belknap fire in August along the southeast boundary of the wilderness to protect nearby private property and infrastructure...

La proxima reunion de la Comunidad esta planeada para el Martes en Agness Habra una session informative para la comunidad en Agnes, este Martes, 12 de Septiembre, 2017. La reunion dara inicio a las 6:30 pm en el Edificio Comunitario en Agness, 3927 cougar Ln, Agness, Oregon 97406. El Campamento Chetco Bar dio la bienvenida a distinguidos visitantes el domingo por la manana, incluyendo a la Governadora Kate Brown, al Jefe del Servicio Forestal en Los Estados Unidos, Tony Tooke, al Senador Ron Wyden, al Comandante-General Michael Stencel y al Representante de la Casa Peter DeFazio. La seguridad del public y de los bomberos, es una prioridad para el Equipo No. 1 de los encargados de Incidentes de Great Basin. El dia de ayer, a pesar de un alto potencial de crecimiento en el incendio, se observe un increment bajo en el mismo. Currientemente, el area del incendio, esta experimentando una ola seca y de calor, lo cual se espera que dure hasta el dia de manana. El dia de hoy se esperan...

Location: High Cascades Ranger District, Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, Klamath Ranger District, Fremont-Winema National Forest, Crater Lake National Park Start Date: North Pelican August 10, 2017, Spruce Lake July 29, 2017, Blanket Creek July 26, 2017 Cause: Lightning Size: 72,309 Acres Percent Contained: 26% (% encompasses total of both East and West zone of the complex) Vegetation: timber, brush, heavy logging slash Resources Assigned: 638 personnel (Personnel for the entire complex) Incident Commander: Steve Millert/Dave Gesser with the Southwest Area Type 2 Incident Management Team 3 Closure Information: As a result of the fires in the High Cascades Complex, a number of area road and trail closures are in place within Crater Lake National Park, Rogue-River Siskiyou, Umpqua, and Fremont-Winema National Forests. More road and trail closures may go into effect as the fires progress. For specific closure information, visit...

RIDDLE, Ore. – Mop up continues on the Horse Prairie Fire about 15 miles west of Canyonville in Douglas County. The fire is now reported as 50 percent contained and remains at 16,436 acres. The fire started on August 26th, on lands protected by the Douglas Forest Protective Association. A community meeting about the Horse Prairie Fire has been scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 12 at 6 p.m. The meeting will be in the Riddle Community Hall, 123 Parkside Street in Riddle. Today, hand crews continue to put out hot spots in the areas that burned last on the fire’s southern and southeast perimeter. Hoselays were installed around 100 percent of the Horse Prairie Fire. Where water is no longer needed, those hoses are being removed, cleaned and shipped out for use on other fires. On the areas of the fire where perimeter hot spots have been put out, crews are already working to erase the impacts of fire control. They are taking measures to control erosion on fire lines, making shallow...

With the warmer, drier weather combined with light winds, we can expect more fire activity today, with the possibility of smoke columns developing in the afternoon. With the increased fire activity, smoke will also increase and is expected to settle in the valleys overnight. Open Fires are Prohibited – fire restrictions include building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire, campfire, or stove fire, including a charcoal fire or pellet fire within the Willamette and Deschutes National Forests. Wildfires are a No Drone Zone. If you fly, we can’t. Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) areas remain in effect. knowbeforeyoufly.org An Alaska Type 1 Incident Management Team will be shadowing the Southwest Type 1 Incident Management Team today. The Alaska team will assume command of the Horse Creek Complex, Rebel, and Box Canyon Fires at 7:00 p.m. this evening. Approximately 390 personnel are assigned to these fires. Resources include hand crews, helicopters, engines, dozers,...

Whitewater Fire Including Little Devil, Scorpion, French and Potato Hill Fires September 11, 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) Evacuation Levels: The evacuation levels remain unchanged. The levels will be re-evaluated mid-week after the predicted warming and drying period ends. For additional information of the evacuation levels, please contact the Marion County Sheriff’s Office (503) 588-5108. Current evacuation levels: Level 2 – Breitenbush Hot Springs area General Information: Air resources from the Whitewater Fire responded to two new starts yesterday....

Smoke: Smoke production is expected to increase today with moderate fire behavior. Winds from the north and northeast will push smoke toward coastal areas including Gold Beach, Brookings and further south into northern California. Highway 101 may see reduced visibility in some areas. Periods of Unhealthy air may be experienced in coastal towns by this afternoon /evening. Inland, in the Cave Junction, Grants Pass, Medford and other Rogue Valley communities, moderate conditions this morning are expected to worsen through the day, possibly reaching periods of unhealthy. This is due to smoke from several regional fires impacting this zone. Fire: A generally increasing fire behavior trend is expected today across southwest Oregon. Chetco Fire Information: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5385/ Miller Complex: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5514/ Other: A smoke monitor has been installed in Agness and is now reporting. Awaiting the arrival of a new monitor for Gold

Current Information:The public is invited to an Open House tonight, Monday, Sept. 11 in Roseburg from 5-7 p.m. at the Umpqua National Forest office, 2900 NW Stewart Parkway. There will be stations covering the Umpqua North Complex, Falcon Complex, and Horse Prairie Fires. Representatives from these fires, Douglas County Commissioners' office, Douglas County Sheriff's Office, Pacific Power, Douglas Public Health Network, DFPA, and the Forest Service will be on hand. The soldiers of US Army Task Force Spearhead, from Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington, completed their training on Saturday and went to work on the fire line Sunday. They were assigned to the Devil, Brokentooth and Ragged Ridge Fires, improving containment lies and creating hose lays to put water directly on the fire. On the east side of the complex, the primary containment line is complete utilizing power line corridors, existing Forest Service roads and dozer lines. The Ragged Ridge Fire is burning on both sides of...

Whitewater Fire Including Little Devil, Scorpion, French and Potato Hill Fires September 11, 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-notices Inciweb Websites: 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) Evacuation Levels: The evacuation levels remain unchanged. The levels will be re-evaluated mid-week after the predicted warming and drying period ends. For additional information of the evacuation levels, please contact the Marion County Sheriff’s Office (503) 588-5108. Current evacuation levels: Level 2 – Breitenbush Hot Springs area General Information: Air resources from the Whitewater Fire responded to two new starts yesterday....

SmokeThe east wind today will continue to push smokefrom the Horse Creek Complex, Nash, Rebel, Milli andWhitewater fires to the west. This will decrease air qualityin Mill City, Detroit, Brietenbush, Oakridge and McKenzieBridge.FireFire activity is expected to be moderate to activetoday due to the higher temperatures, lower relativehumidity and slightly decreased stability.OtherExpect low visibility on Highway 20, Highway 22and Highway 126. Fire Information - https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/unit/3860/ Whitewater Fire Information - https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5420/ Rebel Fire Information- https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5473/MilliFire Information - https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5517/ Whitewater Fire Information - https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5420/ Rebel Fire Information - https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5473/NashFire Information - https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/article/5580/40621/Horse Creek Complex Fire Information - https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5523/ Separate...