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Current Information:Fire activity overnight included isolated tree torching on the Fall Creek Fire well within containment lines and no threat to the fire perimeter. Brokentooth Fire was active yesterday afternoon and evening on the north flank of the fire burning on both sides of forest road 28. Night crews conducted tactical firing operations along the ridgetop allowing fire to slowly back down towards the 28 road. Crews will continue firing operations today, moving north along the 28 road tying Brookentooth Fire into the southeast flank of the Happy Dog Fire. These containment lines are utilizing power line corridors, forest road 28, and dozer lines in order to prevent spread east towards values at risk and populated areas along the Highway 138 East road corridor. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office in conjunction with Umpqua North Complex Fire Managers lifted the Level 1 evacuation notice for the following locations impacted by the Fall Creek Fire effective as of 12:00 p.m....

North Pelican Fire Update Temperatures will remain hot (90-97 degrees) in the fire area with an increase in relative humidity of 15-20%. The atmosphere looks to be more stable with the Haines decreasing from a 6 (high) to a 5 (moderate). Eye level winds show northeast winds 2 to 5 mph becoming east southeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. The week ahead will bring slightly cooler temps with a chance of thunderstorms possible Wednesday evening. The fire is currently at 2,000 acres and containment is still holding at 18%. There has been decreased fire behavior due to smoke. The eastern and western flanks have experienced downslope backing and spotting. The fire received additional resources and crews built dozer lines across the western and northeast boundaries of the fire. The Fremont-Winema National Forest Area Closure remains in place. This Order closes portions of the forest around the incident to all vehicle and pedestrian entry. The perimeter of the Area Closure...

Miller Complex Fire Update Rocky Mountain Incident Management Team - Todd Pechota, Incident Commander Information Center: 541-899-5302 Hours of operation: 7 am – 9 pm Email: MillerComplex2017@gmail.com September 4, 2017 Current Situation: The Burnt Peak and Abney Fires have grown in some areas; the acreage will not show much change until an infrared flight can be completed. A Fuels and Fire Behavior Advisory is in place for Southwest Oregon, as there is potential for extreme fire behavior due to dry fuel conditions. Due to no visibility, air support was grounded yesterday. Evacuations: The following areas remain under a Level 2 (Be Set) Evacuation Notice: The Kinney Creek Road (1090 Road) and Palmer Creek Road. Both sides of Upper Applegate Road from Palmer Creek Road to the Applegate Dam Spillway (this includes Bolder City) Beaver Creek Road (Jackson County, Oregon) from its junction with Upper Applegate Road east for approximately a mile. The following areas remain...

Weather and Fire Behavior: Temperatures have risen above 100 degrees in the fire area over the past two days and the Excessive Heat Warning remains in effect through today. Exceptionally dry conditions were observed on the fire yesterday afternoon. This is the fourth day that temperatures, humidity levels, and fuel moisture have aligned to create critical burning conditions, with unstable air favoring active fire behavior. Increased winds predicted for today could result in an uptick in fire behavior and have the potential to carry embers up to four tenths of a mile. Smoke column development is possible especially on the east side of the fire in the brush fuels. Yesterday: Fire behavior was very active in several areas around the fire perimeter. On the eastern flank, a significant smoke column developed to a height of 23,000 feet in the early afternoon to the south. The fire spotted over Forest Road 1983 and became established in the Wheeler Creek drainage. High temperatures and...

High Cascades Complex 9/4/2017 9 a.m. Fire Information: (541) 316-8352 Fire danger remains extreme and smoke in much of the area has become hazardous and unhealthy for the public and firefighters, and at the Incident Command Post south of Diamond Lake. Yesterday’s Activity: The unstable atmosphere, coupled with unseasonably hot, dry conditions and a wind shift to the W-NW created convection columns and associated extreme fire behavior early afternoon on Sunday causing firefighters to pull back from containment lines on Paradise, Broken Lookout, Windy Gap and Blanket Creek Fires. As a result, spot fires to the south and west of Forest Road (FR) 68 and constructed dozer and hand line have fire managers re-assessing their primary containment line on the west perimeter of the Broken Lookout (5,080 ac), Windy Gap (817 ac) and Paradise (1,532 ac) Fires. Fire crews made good progress on strengthening the primary containment line along FR 6510 to help protect Union Creek from...

Special Announcements: The evacuation level for the Crossroads subdivision, Edgington Road, Remuda Road, Peterson Burn Road, Wildwing and Three Creeks Road residences has been reduced by the Deschutes Sheriff’s Office to Level 1. Tollgate, Black Butte and the area between OR 242 and Highway 20, west of Cold Springs Cutoff remain at Level 1. A public meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 5th, at 5:00 pm at Sisters High School. A panel of fire managers and local agency leaders will be present to answer questions. Campfires are prohibited on all public and private lands. Violators will be cited. General Information: Winds out of the southwest carried smoke from several fires into the Sisters area creating poor air quality yet moderating fire behavior. As a result, the poor air quality and visibility has restricted the use of helicopters to assist firefighters. The wind is predicted to shift this afternoon and come from the east/northeast which could potentially reduce...

Central Oregon is experiencing extreme dry conditions, residents and visitors need to be extremely cautious when outdoors. Campfires are banned on both private and public lands, violators will be ticketed.The Nash Fire is under a fire Red Flag Warning for high temperatures, strong winds, very low relative humidity, and unstable atmospheric conditions. Any combination of these factors will cause any ignition source on the dry fuels to start a wildfire. Forest visitors are reminded to “know before you go”.Fire Information: The fire is a result of a lightning storm in early August which generated numerous fires throughout the Cascades Range in Oregon and Washington. The Nash Fire is in the Three Sisters Wilderness Area along the crest of the Cascades on the Willamette and Deschutes National Forests. Smokejumpers initially worked to suppress the fire however due to safety concerns of very active fire behavior and steep terrain, the smokejumpers were removed. Infra-red detection...

Smoke: The Nash fire has increased in size over the lastfew days, with smoke impacting Redmond, Bend, andCascade Lakes. The Milli fire continues to produce smokeand haze impacting Sisters and Black Butte Ranch. Inaddition, fires in the Willamette National Forest willcontinue to impact communities east of the Cascade Crest.Other fires in Oregon and Northern California will alsocontinue to greatly impact these areas as well. An eastwind may moderate smoke impacts in the forecast area. Fire: Fire activity is expected to be active to very activetoday from the higher temperatures and low relativehumidity. A Red Flag Warning is in place for today throughTuesday afternoon for unstable conditions. The Milli fire willcontinue to burn towards the wilderness and produce smoke. Other: Highway 20 – Poor visibility west of Sisters to BlackButte Ranch. Highway 126 – Smoke impacts east of Sistersto Cline Buttes area. Milli Fire Information -https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5517/ Separate...

Forest Road 4697 is closed at the intersection with Forest Road 4696. This includes recreation facilities accessed by road 4697 including Gold Butte Lookout, Elk Lake Campground, Elk Lake Trail (#559) and Battle Axe Trail (#544) from Elk Lake Trailhead to the Mt. Hood National Forest administrative boundary, and the Beachie Trail (#3341) from Elk Lake to Beachie Saddle.This closure also includes Forest Service Road 46 (Breitenbush Road) beginning at the intersection with Forest Road 4697 and continuing slightly beyond the intersection with Forest Road 6350 as marked on the ground.This closure has been implemented due to the Scorpion Fire burning in Scorpion Creek about 2 miles to the east of Forest Road 4697. Because of the possibility of rapid fire spread due to the extreme burning conditions in the area, the above referenced area must be closed. Besides the areas mentioned above, this closure area includes the following campgrounds:Humbug CampgroundFox Creek Group Site...

Due to mechanical difficulties there was no infrared flight available to collect perimeter or heat areas in the Nash Fire. When a new map is available it will be provided on this

Northwest Interagency Incident Management Team 8, Doug Johnson, Incident Commander, will host a community meeting at Sister High School on Tuesday September 5, 2017 at 5 pm.Fire officials will fly (via Google Earth) the current northwest fire situation ending with a milli Fire update. A question and answer period will follow with a local panel of experts including fire officials and health services.

The Indian Creek Fire is located approximately 20 miles west-southwest of Hood River, Oregon in the Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness on the Hood River Ranger District of the Mt. Hood National Forest. The fire started on July 4th. A second fire, the Eagle Creek Fire, started September 2, 2017 approximately 4 miles north of the Indian Creek Fire on the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. At 6 a.m. on Monday, September 4, 2017, Pacific Northwest Team 6 lead by Shawn Sheldon will take command of Indian Creek Fire and Eagle Creek Fire. Oregon Department of Forestry and Oregon State Fire Marshall will join with the Forest Service to form a unified command over the fires. Support the Eagle Creek Fire: When the Eagle Creek Fire started Saturday afternoon, Indian Creek Fire aircraft and firefighters were diverted to support the initial attack efforts and hiker rescue. The fire caused 153 Eagle Creek hikers to shelter in place on the Eagle Creek Trail as the Eagle Creek Fire...

ODF IMT 3 LINK SMITH, INCIDENT COMMANDER MORE INFORMATION: FACEBOOK.COM/HORSEPRAIRIEFIRE https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5540/# HORSE PRAIRIE FIRE September 3, 2017 9:00 p.m. Riddle, Oregon – The Horse Prairie Fire is now estimated at 12,813 acres and remains 20 percent contained. The second consecutive day of stagnant weather blanketed the area with smoke and grounded aircraft. However, the absence of significant winds calmed fire behavior for the most part and allowed crews to tighten their hold. Heavy smoke will continue to be present over southwest Oregon, and the central and southern Cascades tomorrow. To learn more about smoke in the area, log on to http://oregonsmoke.blogspot.com/. Firefighters did heed caution during burn operations when it became clear that the warmer temperatures and dry forest fuels were increasing fire intensity in old growth timber areas. Unable to keep the fire on the ground, where it is more manageable, crews shut burning off early in the...

Firefighters and local officials working the Miller Complex are lifting the Level 3 (Go) Evacuation Order for Kinney Creek Road (1090 Road) and Palmer Creek Road effective at 6 p.m. today. That area will return to a Level 2 (Be Set) as a continued precaution. The firefighting effort in this area unfolded as planned yesterday, as firefighters kept the slow moving fire on the ground and stopped its progression at established control lines. No homes or structures were lost or damaged. The public will continue to see firefighting traffic in the Upper Applegate Road area as mop-up work continues. No other evacuation levels are changing on the Burnt Peak Fire on the Miller Complex at this time.

Per Marion County Emergency Management Level 2 Evacuation Notice for Breitenbush Hot Springs resort area and a portion of the Willamette National Forest North of Highway 46 in the Breitenbush Drainage Salem, OR – Today Marion County Emergency Management released a Level 2 evacuation notice for the Breitenbush Hot Springs resort area and a portion of the Willamette National Forest as described in the attached map. The area includes the Humbug and Breitenbush Campgrounds, the Fox Creek and Cleator Bend Group Sites, and the Short Mountain and Bald Butte Trailheads. The notice is in response to wildfires currently burning within approximately two miles of the Breitenbush Hot Springs resort area. A Level 2 evacuation notice alerts those within the evacuation area that there is significant danger in the area, and that residents and visitors should either voluntarily relocate outside the affected area, or if choosing to remain, to be ready to evacuate at a moment’s notice. There are...

Deschutes Co.Sheriff just lifted LEVEL 2 for Crossroads and surrounding areas. The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office announced that the Crossroads subdivision and surrounding areas have been reduced from LEVEL 2 pre-evacuation alert to a less urgent LEVEL 1 evacuation notice. Lowered from LEVEL 2 to LEVEL 1 - The subdivisions of Crossroads, Edgington/Remunda, Wildwing, Peterson Burn Road Area, and along both sides of Three Creeks Lake Road (FS 16) south of the Brooks Scanlon Logging Rd (FS 4606) Remain at LEVEL 1 - All areas between Hwy 20 and Hwy 242 west of the City of Sisters, which includes the subdivision of Tollgate and Black Butte Ranch. This area does not include the City of

Estan invitados a participar en nuestra reunion Informativa hoy a las 7:00 pm en Cave Jucntion, en la escuela de secundaria Illinois Valley (Illinois Valley High School). Comportamiento climatico y del Incendio: Nuevamente, se espera un comportamiento bien activo del incendio. Cenizas encendidas seran acarreadas hasta 0.3 millas, Existe la posibilidad de un crecimiento significante en el perimetro del Incendio. La advertencia de un calentamiento excesivo sigue en pie y continuara hasta el dia Lunes al medio dia. Devido a las rafagas de viento, la baja humedad relativa y el alto peligro del fuego, se pondra en efecto una bandera de advertencia roja (Red Flag Warning) hoy en la noche hasta el dia Lunes por la manana. La combinacion de todo esto, contribuira a difundir significativamente nuevos incendios y los ya existentes. Desde el eje Noroeste del fuego,en la tarde de ayer, los bomberos han observado temperaturas mas alla de los 100 grados por mas de 6 horas. El dia de Ayer: Con...

North Pelican Fire Update A thermal trough has passed over the fire area. Temperatures will remain hot (93-97 degrees) in the fire area and humidity will be as low as 12 percent. Breezy east to northeast winds are possible at the ridges tonight, but not strong enough to warrant any concerns at this time. Humidity recovery will continue to today to be poor with a Haines of 5 (moderate). Current fire size remains at 1,900 acres and containment holding at 18%. Firefighters continue strengthening containment lines on the western perimeter near the fire’s edge. Crews working in the north continue to extend containment lines toward the west and in the south, they continue to utilize Lake Francis to assist in mop up efforts. The Fremont-Winema National Forest Area Closure remains in place. This Order closes portions of the forest around the incident to all vehicle and pedestrian entry. The perimeter of the Area Closure includes all Forest Lands west of Westside Road, east of...

The Douglas County Sheriff's Office and Umpqua North Fire Managers have lifted the Level 1 Evacuation Notice for the following locations impacted by the Fall Creek Fire effective on Sunday, September 03, 2017, at 12:00 pm. Residents living between milepost 28 and the Forest Service/BLM Boundary (MP 30) on Highway 138 East and residents living on Moore Hill Lane. With the official lifting of this notice, the Sheriff's Office and our firefighting partners would like to take a moment to encourage all Douglas County residents to remain an at appropriate level of preparedness. Take the following tips: EVACUATION PLANNING · Make a plan, and be sure everyone in your family understands it. · Assign tasks to each family member for what to do during a Level 1 (Ready), Level 2 (Set) and Level 3 (GO!) evacuations. · Have an evacuation plan for your pets and livestock. If it isn't safe for you, its not safe for them. · Designate a meeting place - this could be...

Location: Bly, Oregon Fremont-Winema National Forest, 16 miles east of Bly, Oregon Start Date: August 29, 2017 Cause: Lightning Size: 1,200 Acres Percent Contained: 0% Vegetation: Timber and Logging Slash Resources Assigned: 202 personnel Incident Commander: Steve Millert with the Southwest Area Type 2 Incident Management Team 3 Summary: Southwest Area Incident Management Team 3 assumed command of the Jade Creek fire at 6:00 a.m. this morning. Active fire behavior with spread to the south and east was observed yesterday. Crews are continuing to strengthen direct and indirect containment lines as well as scouting contingency lines to protect the values at risk. High temperature and low relative humidity are contributing to the Red Flag watch that is in effect for tomorrow. The South Central Oregon Fire Management Partnership is an interagency fire management program that provides comprehensive wildland fire service to south central Oregon and northwest Nevada....