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National Preparedness Level 1-National Fire News

Posted: 05 Jan 2007 09:10 PM CST

National Preparedness Level 1
(On a scale from 1 to 5)

Current hours for the National Fire Information Center are
(MST) 7:30 am - 4:30 pm, Monday - Friday
208-387-5050

January 5, 2007

Light fire activity was reported for the week of January 5, 2007. A total of 34 new fires were reported throughout the country. No new large fires were reported or contained.

Weather Discussion: Fire potential is expected to increase in southern California today through Monday due to Santa Ana winds along with warmer and drier weather. These winds should diminish late Monday. Tuesday is expected to be cooler with rain predicted for Thursday.

Weekly Statistics 1/5/07
Number of new large fires	0			States currently reporting large fires:
Number of active large fires	0
Acres from active fires	0
Number of Wildland Fire Use (WFU) fires	0
Number of Wildland Fire Use (WFU) acres	0
Fires contained the week of 1/5/07	0
Year-to-date large fires contained	0
Year-to-date Statistics
2006 (1/1/07 - 1/5/07)		Fires: 34		Acres: 44
2006 (1/1/06 - 1/5/06)		Fires: N/A		Acres: N/A
2005 (1/1/05 - 1/5/05)		Fires: N/A		Acres: N/A
2004 (1/1/04 - 1/5/04)		Fires: N/A		Acres: N/A
2003 (1/1/03 - 1/5/03)		Fires: N/A		Acres: N/A
2002 (1/1/02 - 1/5/02)		Fires: N/A		Acres: N/A
2001 (1/1/01 - 1/5/01)		Fires: N/A		Acres: N/A
2000 (1/1/00 - 1/5/00)		Fires: N/A		Acres: N/A
6-Year Average
2002 - 2007			Fires: 182	Acres: 60,133

Source: National Interagency Coordination Center

Current Wildland Fires
	Number of fires: 0	Acres: 0	New fires: 0	Fires contained: 0
No current wildland fires at this time
Colorado	Number of incidents: 1	Acres: 10,240,000
SE Colorado Blizard Response (Colorado Division of Emergency Management): Mullenix's Type 2 Incident Management Team is assisting with blizzard recovery in eight Colorado counties. Infrastructure, buildings, and livestock are threatened. Evacuations are currently in progress.

This report will be updated on Fridays while fire activity continues.
For another source of daily national wildland fire information see the National Interagency Coordination Center.

Additional wildland fire-related information is available from the following sites:

Wildland Fire Maps (NIFC)
Wildland Fire Statistics (NIFC)
Fire Weather from the National Weather Service
The Geographic Area Coordination Center (GACC) map provides links to all GACCS for regional fire information.
National Incident Management Situation Report provides daily updates on large fires reported to the National Interagency Coordination Center.
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection website
Florida Department of Forestry website

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Posted: 05 Jan 2007 08:06 PM CST

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Posted: 05 Jan 2007 10:16 AM CST
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  Posted: 04 Jan 2007 11:06 PM CST
  
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