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Vantage Highway Fire Incident Commanders: Jeff Dimke and Bobby Shindelar August 9, 2022SIZE: 30,659 acresCONTAINMENT: 90%CAUSE: Under InvestigationPERSONNEL: 155RESOURCES:Hand Crews: 2Engines: 5Dozer: 1 FIRE INFORMATION:509-557-00632022.vantagehighway@firenet.gov FACEBOOK:https://www.facebook.com/cwafireinfo      The Vantage Highway Fire is located approximately 5 miles west of Vantage, WA. The Incident Command Post at the Kittitas Fairgrounds in Ellensburg is closed to all but essential personnel to help ensure the health and safety of community members and firefighters. Weather Hot and dry conditions will continue today, with temperatures in the mid-90s in the Vantage Highway Fire area. The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory through 11 PM tonight. There is a chance for showers and thunderstorms tonight and tomorrow. Operations Dedicated work by firefighters has increased containment on the Vantage Highway Fire to 90% today. Firefighters began the fire...

COW CANYON FIREIncident Commanders: Jeff Dimke and Bobby Shindelar   August 9, 2022  SIZE: 5,832 acres CONTAINMENT: 40% CAUSE: Under Investigation PERSONNEL: 388 RESOURCES: Hand Crews: 14 Engines: 14 Dozers: 5 Water Tenders: 8 Helicopter: 1   FIRE INFORMATION: 509-557-0063 2022.cowcanyon@firenet.gov Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cwafireinfo     The fire is currently burning approximately 11 miles north of Naches, WA through the Manastash border of Yakima and Kittitas Counties. The Incident Command Post at the Kittitas Fairgrounds in Ellensburg is closed to all but essential personnel to help ensure the health and safety of community members and firefighters. Weather Hot and dry conditions will continue today, with temperatures in the low 90s in the Cow Canyon Fire area. The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory through 11 PM tonight. There is a chance for showers and thunderstorms tonight and tomorrow. Operations Hotter weather today combined with the...

Vantage Highway Fire Update Incident Commanders: Jeff Dimke and Bobby Shindelar August 8, 2022  SIZE: 30,635 acres (updated acreage due to more accurate mapping) CONTAINMENT: 75%PERSONNEL: 117 RESOURCES: Hand Crews: 2   FIRE INFORMATION: 509-557-0063 2022.vantagehighway@firenet.gov   FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/cwafireinfo     The Vantage Highway Fire is located approximately 5 miles west of Vantage, WA. The Incident Command Post at the Kittitas Fairgrounds in Ellensburg is closed to all but essential personnel to help ensure the health and safety of community members and firefighters. Weather Today will be hot and dry, with temperatures in the mid-90s in the Cow Canyon Fire area. The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for noon today through Tuesday night. There is a chance for showers and thunderstorms Tuesday night and Wednesday. Operations Firefighters have made excellent progress suppressing the Vantage Highway Fire, with containment climbing to...

COW CANYON FIRE Incident Commanders: Jeff Dimke and Bobby Shindelar August 8, 2022 SIZE: 5,832 acres CONTAINMENT: 30% CAUSE: Under Investigation PERSONNEL: 460 RESOURCES: Hand Crews: 18 Engines: 14 Dozers: 8 Water Tenders: 6 Helicopter: 1   FIRE INFORMATION: 509-557-0063 2022.cowcanyon@firenet.gov Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cwafireinfo   The fire is currently burning approximately 11 miles north of Naches, WA through the Manastash border of Yakima and Kittitas Counties. The Incident Command Post at the Kittitas Fairgrounds in Ellensburg is closed to all but essential personnel to help ensure the health and safety of community members and firefighters. Weather Today will be hot and dry, with temperatures in the mid-90s in the Cow Canyon Fire area. The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for noon today through Tuesday night. There is a chance for showers and thunderstorms Tuesday night and Wednesday. Operations Yesterday in the northwest portion of the...

Kittitas and Yakima Counties have reduced all evacuation levels on the Cow Canyon Fire to a level 1 (be ready). Kittitas County Evacuation Levels: https://kitcogis.maps.arcgis.com/.../minima.../index.html...Yakima County Evacuation Levels:

August 7, 2022 PERSONNEL: 259 RESOURCES: Hand Crews: 8 Engines: 5 Dozers: 3 Water Tender: 1   FIRE INFORMATION: 509-557-0063 2022.vantagehighway@firenet.gov FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/cwafireinfo     The Vantage Highway Fire is located approximately 5 miles west of Vantage, WA. The Incident Command Post at the Kittitas Fairgrounds in Ellensburg is closed to all but essential personnel to help ensure the health and safety of community members and firefighters. Weather Temperatures will increase today, reaching the upper 80s and lower 90s across the Vantage Highway Fire. This warming and drying trend will continue tomorrow, with an increasing chance for showers and thunderstorms Tuesday night and Wednesday. Operations Yesterday, firefighters patrolled for flare-ups and continued to mop-up to fully extinguish any remaining hot spots smoldering or creeping near the fire perimeter. Containment on the fire increased to 60% today, with the fire fully secured along the...

August 7, 2022  RESOURCES: Hand Crews: 13 Engines: 11 Dozers: 10 Water Tenders: 3 Helicopter: 1   FIRE INFORMATION: 509-557-0063 2022.cowcanyon@firenet.gov Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cwafireinfo     The fire is currently burning approximately 11 miles north of Naches, WA through the Manastash border of Yakima and Kittitas Counties. The Incident Command Post at the Kittitas Fairgrounds in Ellensburg is closed to all but essential personnel to help ensure the health and safety of community members and firefighters. Weather The warming and drying trend will continue today and into Monday with temperatures in the upper 80s across the Cow Canyon Fire. Very dry air will move over the region, leading to low relative humidity. There will be an increasing chance for showers and thunderstorms Tuesday night and Wednesday. Operations Fire activity decreased yesterday around the northwestern perimeter. Smoldering and creeping fire moved into remaining areas of unburned fuel inside...

Vantage Highway Fire Update 8/6Fire Information 509-557-00632022.vantagehighway@firenet.govFACEBOOK:https://www.facebook.com/cwafireinfoRESOURCES:Hand Crews: 10Engines: 10Dozers: 4Water Tenders: 1  There will be a virtual community meeting today at 5 PM on the Central Washington Fire Information Facebook page.   The Vantage Highway Fire is currently burning approximately 5 miles west of Vantage, WA. The Incident Command Post at the Kittitas Fairgrounds in Ellensburg is closed to all but essential personnel to help ensure the health and safety of community members and firefighters.   Weather A warming trend with lower relative humidity is expected into the weekend and early next week with temperatures today in the mid-80s. Winds will be terrain driven and mainly upslope under 10 mph.   Operations Yesterday firefighters continued to mop-up, patrol, and reinforce the northern and eastern perimeters of the fire, increasing containment in both areas. The fire was most active on the...

NORTHWEST INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM 12Incident Commanders: Jeff Dimke and Bobby Shindelar August 6, 2022FIRE INFORMATION:509-557-00632022.cowcanyon@firenet.govFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/cwafireinfoINCIWEB:https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8305/SIZE: 4,633 acres (Fire acreage updated due to more accurate mapping)CONTAINMENT: 15%CAUSE: Under InvestigationRESOURCES:Hand Crews: 6Engines: 6Dozers: 6Water Tenders: 2Helicopter: 1There will be a virtual community meeting today a 5PM on the Central Washington Fire Information page.The fire is currently burning approximately 11 miles north of Naches, WA through the Manastash border of Yakima and Kittitas Counties. The Incident Command Post at the Kittitas Fairgrounds in Ellensburg is closed to all but essential personnel to help ensure the health and safety of community members and firefighters.Weather A warming and drying trend is moving through the area with temperatures in the lower 80s today. Operations There was increased fire...

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 Virtual Community Meeting Vantage Highway and Cow Canyon Fires Saturday, August 6 at 5 PM Live on the Central Washington Fire Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/cwafireinfo Firefighters will have fire updates and answer questions from the public on the Central Washington Fire Information Facebook page. We will monitor for questions live but encourage questions to be asked ahead of time to ensure the information is readily available. Please submit your questions to the Central Washington Fire Information Facebook page or the respective incident email: Vantage Highway fire 2022.vantagehighway@firenet.gov or Cow Canyon

Cow Canyon Fire UpdateNORTHWEST INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM 12Incident Commanders: Jeff Dimke and Bobby Shindelar August 5, 2022FIRE INFORMATION:509-557-00632022.cowcanyon@firenet.govFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/cwafireinfoINCIWEB:https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8305/   COW CANYON FIRESIZE: 5,600 acresCONTAINMENT: 0%CAUSE: Under InvestigationPERSONNEL: Approx. 300RESOURCES: Hand Crews: 6 Engines: 6Dozers: 5Water Tenders: 6Helicopter: 1TEMPORARY FLIGHT RESTRICTIONA Temporary Flight Restriction is in place over the Cow Canyon Fire. Please consult the Notice to Airman for specifics. Wildfires are a No Drone Zone.  Northwest Incident Team 12 took command of the Cow Canyon Fire at 6 AM today. The fire is currently burning approximately 11 miles north of Naches, WA through the Manastash border of Yakima and Kittitas Counties. The Incident Command Post at the Kittitas Fairgrounds in Ellensburg is closed to all but essential personnel to help ensure the health and safety of...

Vantage Highway Fire UpdateNORTHWEST INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM 12Incident Commanders: Jeff Dimke and Bobby Shindelar August 5, 2022509-557-00632022.vantagehighway@firenet.govFACEBOOK:https://www.facebook.com/cwafireinfoINCIWEB:https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8303/ SIZE: 26,490 acresCONTAINMENT: 35%CAUSE: Under InvestigationPERSONNEL: 269RESOURCES: Hand Crews: 6Engines: 31Dozers: 3Water Tenders: 6Northwest Incident Team 12 took command of the Vantage Highway Fire at 6 AM today.The is fire currently burning approximately 5 miles west of Vantage, WA. The Incident Command Post at the Kittitas Fairgrounds in Ellensburg is closed to all but essential personnel to help ensure the health and safety of community members and firefighters.Weather The next several days will be warmer, with temperatures in the upper 70s and lower 80s today, increasing to the mid-80s tomorrow. Winds will be on the decrease after the passing of the cold front yesterday with relative humidity in the 20% percent...

 #VantageHighwayFire Update:Email: publicfireinformation@gmail.comFacebook: facebook.com/sewaimtPhone number: ‪(509) 557-0063‬Incident website: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8303/Incident Commander: Leonard JohnsonPublic Information: Grace DeBusschere9:00 a.m., August 4, 2022Estimated size: 17,000 acresContainment: 25%Start Date/Time: August 1, 12:05 p.m.Area of Origin: Vantage HighwayCause: Under investigationStructures Lost: 1 Cabin, 3 outbuildingsResources: 6 Hand crews31 Engines3 Dozers6 Water TendersAir ResourcesYesterday: Fireline resources established anchor points that allow firefighters to start working through several drainages. Aircraft and ground resources worked hard throughout the day to establish a north border on the fire near Box Canyon. Several aircraft from the Vantage Highway fire were redirected to nearby new fire starts in critical need of aerial resources. Today: Firefighters continue to improve and install control lines along the west perimeter of the...

   Cow Canyon Fire Update August 4, 2021 4:00 a.m.   Fire Information Line: 360-706-3121 (Daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.)   Size: 1,500 acresTotal Personnel: 100Containment: 0%Cause: Under investigationStructures Threatened: Apx. 50 single residencesStructures Lost: 0  The Cow Canyon Fire was first reported on August 3 at approximately 2:45 p.m. The fire is burning in grass, brush and timber in moderately difficult terrain. A high level of resources were ordered and multiple crews and aircraft responded.    The fire is burning in brush, grass and timber. It was first assessed at 5 acres and grew to approximately 1500 acres. Multiple engine crews, air resources and heavy equipment are on scene. Evacuation orders are currently impacting approximately 50 homes or structures. No major injuries have been reported to residents or firefighting personnel. Air resources provided heavy attack on the fire throughout August 3. Aircraft are using local bodies of water,...

   Stayman Flats Fire Update July 22, 2022 12:00 p.m.   Fire Information Line: 360-706-3121 (Daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.) Size: 1,200 acres Total Personnel: (Patrol Status)                                                                  Containment: 100% Cause: Lightning Structures Threatened: 0 Structures Lost: 0   The Stayman Flats Fire is 100% contained as of 12:00 p.m. on July 22, 2022. Local crews will continue to monitor the fire area and evaluate for any hotspots. ·This will be the final written update unless conditions change.   Evacuations and Closures: All evacuation orders have been lifted. Weather: Sunny with temperatures in the high 80’s. Westerly winds 5-10 mph Smoke Information: Visit https://wasmoke.blogspot.com/ for local air quality information. Fire Restrictions: An outdoor burn ban is in place for most of Central and Eastern Washington....

   Stayman Flats Fire Update July 20, 2021 9:00 a.m.   Fire Information Line: 360-706-3121 (Daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.) Size: 1,200 acres Total Personnel: 125                                                                  Containment: 30% Cause: Lightning/Under investigation Structures Threatened: 37 single residences Structures Lost: 0   The Stayman Flats Fire was first reported on July 18 at approximately 2:35 p.m. The fire is burning in grass and brush in difficult terrain. High resources were ordered and multiple crews and aircraft responded. A Type 3 Incident Management Team led by Incident Commander Escobar took command of the firefighting response at 7:00 a.m. on July 19. Additional resources were ordered and received. The fire is burning in brush and grass. It was first assessed at 35 acres and grew to approximately 1200 acres. Multiple engine crews, air resources and heavy...

Cub Creek 2 Fire Updated Closure Order on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest

Fire closure order page on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest

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