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Norse Peak Fire Update: Monday, September 11, 2017- 1 pm Date Started: Aug. 11, 2017 Cause: Lightning Total acres: 49,997 Containment: 12% Structures Damaged/Destroyed: None Injuries to date: 1 (minor)Total Personnel: 603 Fire Resources: 13 crews, 36 engines, 4 helicopters, 3 bulldozers, 10 water tenders NORSE PEAK FIRE (49,997 acres):As of 06:00 today, the Norse Peak Fire has been divided into two zones, the north zone and the south zone to provide for more effective management, safety and close coordination of fires using two management teams. The division line will be the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). The PCT will provide a natural division for the Norse Peak Fire; and it is also the division between the Okanogan-Wenatchee and the Mt. Baker- Snoqualmie National Forests. The Sawmill Creek and Norse Peak Fire: North Zone are being managed by Southern California Incident Management Team (IMT) 3 from the basecamp in Enumclaw, WA. The Norse Peak South Zone and American Fires are being...

Communities of concern will be impacted from smoke from fires in the same drainage as the community or in an adjacent drainage. Expect generally good to moderate air quality during the daytime hours and nighttime incursions due to

FIRE UPDATE: Monday morning, September 11, 2017 at 11:00 am East Crater Fire (Indian Heaven Wilderness) and Bear Creek Fire (Bear Creek Watershed), Mount Adams Ranger District, Gifford Pinchot National Forest FIRE CLOSURES: An area closure remains in effect prohibiting entry to the Indian Heaven Wilderness and adjacent area (see map). Hikers are advised that a portion of the Pacific Crest Trail within the Indian Heaven Wilderness remains closed. Nearby campgrounds are also closed. Fire and Smoking Restrictions (Burn Ban): All open fires and smoking outside of enclosed vehicles or buildings are banned on all National Forest System Lands within the Gifford Pinchot National Forest (pressurized gas stoves and pressurized gas fire rings are OK). For details please visit: https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/giffordpinchot/alerts-notices East Crater Fire: A 20-person fire crew and heavy equipment will continue prepping roads along the east side of the...

Jolly Mountain Fire - Six Day Operations Summary The Pacific Northwest Team 2 (PNW2), a National Type 1 Incident Management Team, assumed command of the Jolly Mountain Fire on Tuesday, September 5 at 0600. Type 1 teams are used when incidents become larger, more complex, and have values at risk. Tuesday, September 5 Summary: A smoke inversion moderated fire activity allowing firefighters to conduct burnout operations and prep containment lines on the southern and western fire perimeters. Helicopters dropped water to slow fire growth. Night operations worked on securing the southern perimeter. They detected and contained a spot fire. Structure protection crews assessed structures and prepped/brushed dozer lines. Video of the Tuesday morning operations update: http://bit.ly/2vOwOAD Wednesday, September 6 Summary: Persistent, heavy smoke tempered fire behavior and allowed firefighters to continue burnout operations, preparing containment lines, cutting down hazard trees, and...

Jolly Mountain Fire UpdateFire Information: 509-596-2423 Email: JollyMountainFireInfo@gmail.comFire Update – Monday, September 11, 2017 – 9:00 a.m.Quick Facts:Acres - 30,720 Containment - 15% Crews - 18 Engines - 69 Helicopters - 5 Total Personnel - 821 Inciweb: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5496/http://www.co.kittitas.wa.us/sheriffEvacuations: Kittitas County, at the recommendation of the Incident Management Team, anticipates lowering evacuation levels early this week in portions of the Lower Teanaway and Cle Elum Valley. Full details can be found at tinyurl.com/KittitasEvacs20170911. Yesterday: Crews continued preparing containment line, reducing fuels, and performing mop-up along the eastern, southern, and western fire perimeters. Helicopters continued to support firing and holding operations. On the southern perimeter, firefighters extended containment line westerly towards Morgan Creek. In the west, crews continued mop-up along containment lines in the Morgan Creek...

Jolly Mountain FireEvacuation Area Repopulation Process The Pacific Northwest National Incident Team 2 fire operations staff determines whether safety factors are met. These include: How long since active fire has been adjacent to the containment line and the amount of mop-up that has occurred along fire line Most of fire area is deemed safe with limited possibility of escape or chance of fire spotting over containment line The amount of fuel that has been consumed in fire area and the reburn potential — i.e was the burn dirty or clean? The presence of hazard trees — green live trees and snags — that can fall across fire line or roads Hazard of rolling debris (logs and rocks) and potential landslides Safety of road systems — road damage, debris on road, washouts, etc Traffic safety regarding fire suppression equipment and local traffic Most importantly, the possibility of another evacuation — We don’t want to bring people back in and then evacuate again The Incident Team...

Anticipated Reopening of West Fork and Middle Fork Teanaway and Lower Lake Cle Elum areas (9-11-17)The Kittitas County Emergency Operations Center, at the recommendation of the Fire Team, anticipates lowering the evacuation levels early this week in specific areas affected by the Jolly Mountain Fire.West Fork and Middle Fork Teanaway areas - Teanaway Meadows, all county roads in Middle Fork, Wagon Wheel area, and West Fork to include Dingbat.On Monday, Risk Assessment Teams will be dispatched to inspect the utilities, soil stability and any sanitation and public health issues to ensure the areas are safe to open to the public.Assuming all inspections go well, the Teanaway areas listed above will be reopened on Tuesday (9/12) at 9:00am with a Level 2 advisory still in place. Residents will be allowed back into their homes at this time.West Fork Road and Middle Fork Road will have road closure signs but will be open to residents and local traffic only. The North Fork of the...

NORTHWEST INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM #10 Al Lawson-Incident Commander Air operations take advantage of clear skies Monday, September 11, 2017 Fire: Uno Peak Completion: 1% Acres: 7,336 Start Date: August 30, 2017 Cause: Under Investigation Location: 15 miles NW of Manson, WATotal Personnel: 273 Fuels/Topography: Timber, grass, rugged terrain Yesterday: Low relative humidity in the higher elevations caused the fire to be more active and burn interior pockets of fuels. The fire remains within the containment lines. Two Black Hawk helicopters from the Washington Air National Guard and a Type 3 helicopter provided air support throughout the day. The helicopters conducted water drops along the eastern edge and interior pockets of the fire. Work continued on the dozer line down Nelson Butte Ridge and the hand line down to the lake was completed. The structure group continued work within the Canoe Creek area. The Canoe Creek area to the west and the Llama Ranch area...

Enumclaw Washington, September 11, 2017 - The Sawmill Creek Fire is currently 848 acres with 0 percent containment. As of Monday morning, the fire remained within the Sawmill Ridge area northeast of the town of Greenwater. Overnight fire activity was minimal due to recent light rain, lower temperatures and higher humidity. Today firefighters continue to improve roads, remove fuel around the fire and build indirect containment line. Firefighters continue to work their way into the fire to build direct containment lines. Firefighters working in Division’s “E”,“G” and “I” near the Dalles and Crystal Mountain Communities are conducting assessments and fuel reduction to prepare for structure defense should the need arise. The fire continues to threaten the watershed for the City of Tacoma, industrial timberland, DNR protected lands, and the United States Forest Service lands. Today, the Norse Peak Fire will be divided into two zones, the north zone and the south...

Air operations continue to hold fire in Pat CreekLocation: 11 miles NNW of Mazama, WA Total Personnel: 94Acres: 91,750 U.S; 19,845 (8,031 hectares) Canada Cause: Believed to be HumanContainment: 30% Start Date: July 23, 2017Update: Fire behavior continued to be moderate on Sunday due to cooler temperatures and higher humidity. The fire is still backing down the upper portion of the Monument Creek drainage and showing activity at the top end of Pat Creek. On Monday and Tuesday the forecasted weather calls for warmer temperatures and drier humidity before an upper level trough moving through on Tuesday night brings colder air with elevated chances for moisture. There will likely be increased fire behavior and smoke production on Monday and Tuesday accompanying the warmer air. Fire managers want to keep the fire near its present perimeter until the projected favorable weather later in the week. Firefighters working north of the Yellowjacket Sno-park continued to construct hand-line up...

Smoke: Expect generally good to moderate air quality during the daytime hours and nighttime incursions due to

FIRE UPDATE: Sunday evening, September 10, 2017 at 6:30 pm East Crater Fire (Indian Heaven Wilderness) and Bear Creek Fire (Bear Creek Watershed), Mount Adams Ranger District, Gifford Pinchot National Forest Bear Creek Fire Declared Contained: On Sunday, the fire was declared contained at 36 acres, after crews completed mop-up within the fire interior. The hose lays will be left in place and the fire will be checked daily by fire personnel. Siouxon Fire Declared Contained: Fire line was completed on Sunday and the 2-acre fire was declared contained. Mop-up of the fire interior will continue in the days ahead to extinguish burning duff (thick accumulations of leaves and branches). The fire is located a quarter mile off the Siouxon Trail approximately one mile up from the 5701 Road trailhead. Currently there are no trail closures. East Crater Fire: On Sunday, a 20-person fire crew arrived to help clear brush and to install hose lays along...

About the fire: Where is the Jolly Mountain Fire and how big is it? The Jolly Mountain Fire is actively burning 7 miles northwest of Cle Elum, WA. As of September 10, the fire has burned approximately 29,432 acres. It is burning primarily within the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. It is also burning on land managed by Washington State Department of Natural Resources and land owned by The Nature Conservancy. When and how did the fire start? The Jolly Mountain Fire was detected on August 11. The fire was started by multiple strikes from a lightning storm. Why wasn’t the fire put out when it was first reported? The fire quickly grew to 100 acres the first day and 300 acres by the next day. Steep slopes, rugged terrain and the distance from road systems limited access to the fire. Given the terrain and dense dry forest conditions, to attempt a direct attack would have been extremely dangerous. Helicopter water drops and retardant drops from planes would not have been...

Wherever and whenever possible, firefighters are fully engaged in "mop up" along established containment lines. It's hard, dusty, hot, and hazardous work. However, spirits are high amongst the 814 fire personnel assigned to the 29,432 acre #JollyMountainFire. Containment has increased to 10% and the 17 crews and 75 engines are feeling motivated by both a sense of duty to protect lives and property, and the feelings of gratitude that the communities of #Roslyn and #Ronald have been showing fire crews every morning and every evening.Using high tech heat detection devices, fire personnel "search and destroy" all of the remaining hot pockets above the private homes and along the containment lines. Using water and hand tools, fire fighters dig, mix and touch every piece of dirt to ensure that the heat has been removed.Watch the video at this link:

Smoke: Much of the smoke that was settled in the Columbia Basin and surrounding drainages has now dissipated. Smoke in the communities of concern will be impacted from smoke from fires in the same drainage as the community or in an adjacent drainage. Expect generally good air quality except for the possibility of nighttime

EQUIPO #10 DE DIRECCIÓN DE INCIDENTES DEL NOROESTE Al Lawson- Comandante de incidentes Un cielo despejado brinda a los bomberosmás oportunidades para combatir el incendioDomingo, 10 de septiembre de 2017 Incendio: Uno Peak Completado: 1% Acres: 7.236 Fecha de inicio: 30 de agosto de 2017 Causa: a ser determinada Ubicación: 15 millas al NO de Manson, WA Personal total: 273 Carburantes/topografía: madera, pasto, terreño escarpado Ayer: la actividad del incendio fue insignificante gracias a niveles más altos de humedad y a temperaturas más frías. Se reactivó el apoyo aéreo con cuatro helicópteros de Chelan County, de la Guardia Aérea Nacional de Washington y un S61 Sikorsky. Pudieron verter agua sobre el lado oriental del incendio.Los equipos instalaron buldóceres en la vía de Nelson Butte.El equipo de protección de estructuras que trabaja en el área de Canoe Creek completó su labor en un 75%.La zona de Canoe Creek al oeste, y el área de...

Norse Peak Fire Press Release: September 10, 2017, 11:30 a.m. On Monday morning September 11, 2017 at 06:00, the Norse Peak Fire will be divided into two fire zones (North Zone and South Zone). Zoning of this fire will facilitate more effective management and coordination of the fire using the two management teams. The Sawmill fire is being managed by Southern California Incident Management Team (IMT) 3. The Norse Peak and American fires have been under management of the Central Coast Incident Management Team (IMT). A decision was made to divide the fire into two zones using the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) as the dividing line. The PCT provides for a natural division of the Norse Peak fire, it is a county line break (Pierce and Yakima) and is also a break between two national forests (Okanogan-Wenatchee and Mt Baker Snoqualmie). Southern California IMT 3 will now manage the Sawmill Fire and North Zone of the Norse Peak Fire. The Central Coast IMT will manage the American Fire...

FIRE UPDATE: Sunday morning, September 10, 2017 at 9:30 am East Crater Fire (Indian Heaven Wilderness) and Bear Creek Fire (Bear Creek Watershed), Mount Adams Ranger District, Gifford Pinchot National Forest East Crater Fire: Saturday’s lower temperatures and light rain kept fire activity low. Fire spread was minimal and fire size remains at 467-acres. Work continues on removing trees and brush to prepare roads on the east side as fire line to minimize fire spread outside the wilderness. As road preparation is completed, crews will be working to install hose lays to secure the line. 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. Additionally there is a Fire and Smoking Restriction in place on all National Forest System Lands...

FIRE SUMMARY The California Central Coast Incident Management Team is in command of the Norse Peak and American fires. Fire activity continued to be minimal to moderate due to the current weather conditions. This weather trend is expected to change Monday and into Tuesday as high pressure builds into the area. This could bring increased fire behavior due to temperature increases and lower relative humidity. Wednesday into Thursday will bring another low pressure system resulting in lower temperatures and increased humidity. At this point however, it appears that the fire will not receive any wetting rain. We continue to see additional resources arriving and the Washington National Guard is continuing to aid the firefighting efforts. NORSE PEAK FIRE (49,997 acres): Crews continued to work in the State Highway 410 area and we noted an increase in smoke production and moderate fire movement mostly contained to the under story. The fire is still contained to the north side of State...

Hand-line and brushing continues; Cooler weather slows spread Location: 11 miles NNW of Mazama, WA Total Personnel: 87Acres: 91,500 U.S; 14,000 Canada Cause: Believed to be HumanContainment: 30% Start Date: July 23, 2017 Yesterday: Cooler weather continued to moderate fire spread on Saturday. Incident Commander Rob Kephart viewed the fire from a helicopter on Saturday afternoon and was pleased with the burning pattern in the upper reaches of the Monument Creek drainage. The fire in that area is slowly backing down the slope with only occasional individual and group tree torching. He also observed some scattered smokes at higher elevations in the Pat Creek drainage. It was determined to focus helicopter bucket drops in this area where they will be most effective. Crews continued to strengthen the primary and contingency fire lines south of the fire’s edge. In the Mazama area firefighters constructed hand-line and prepared and improved roads. The fire continues to burn into steep,...