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• Morning Report - Wildland Fire News - NIFC - NICC

  Posted: 19 Jan 2007 01:25 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 19, 2007
  
  Light wildland fire activity continued the week of January 19 with 152 new fires reported. Four new large fires were reported: one each in Florida, California, Maryland, and Puerto Rico. Five large fires were contained: one each in Florida, California, Maryland, Texas, and Puerto Rico.
  
  Weather Discussion: Southern California is predicted to have cool temperatures, dry conditions, and northeast winds today followed by a break in windy conditions on Saturday. Fire potential will increase late Sunday and continue through mid next week with gusty winds, low humidity, and a warming trend.
  
  
  Weekly Statistics 1/19/07
  

  • Number of new large fires 4
  • 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 1/19/07 5
  • Year-to-date large fires contained 6

  
  Year-to-date Statistics
  

  • 2007(1/1/07 - 1/19/07) Fires: 305 Acres: 4,515
    
    
  • 2006 (1/1/06 - 1/19/06) Fires: 1,595 Acres: 519,655
    
    
  • 2005 (1/1/05 - 1/19/05) Fires: 505 Acres: 1,620
    
    
  • 2004 (1/1/04 - 1/19/04) Fires: 481 Acres: 1,775
    
    
  • 2003 (1/1/03 - 1/19/03) Fires: 77 Acres: 615
    
    
  • 2002 (1/1/02 - 1/19/02) Fires: 386 Acres: 3,023
    
    
  • 2001 (1/1/01 - 1/19/01) Fires: 1,231 Acres: 44,334
    
    
  • 2000 (1/1/00 - 1/19/00) Fires: 1,058 Acres: 15,074

  8-Year Average
  2000 - 2007 Fires: 1,123 Acres: 84,344
  
  Source: National Interagency Coordination Center Morning Report
  
  

  Current Wildland Fires
  

  
  

  • California Number of fires: 0 Acres: 0 New fires: 1 Fires contained: 1
    
    
  • NEW Diablo (San Luis Obispo Unit, Cal-Fire): The fire was contained at 323 acres.
    
    
  • Florida Number of fires: 0 Acres: 0 New fires: 1 Fires contained: 1
    
    
  • NEW Holder (Florida Division of Forestry): The fire was contained at 640 acres.
    
    
  • Maryland Number of fires: 0 Acres: 0 New fires: 1 Fires contained: 1
    
    
  • NEW Thorofare (Maryland State DNR): The fire was contained at 411 acres.
    
    
  • Puerto Rico Number of fires: 0 Acres: 0 New fires: 1 Fires contained: 1
    
    
  • NEW Pargera Community (Cabo Rojo Wildlife Refuge, FWS): The fire was contained at 525 acres.
    
    
  • Texas Number of fires: 0 Acres: 0 New fires: 0 Fires contained: 1
    
    
  • Celebrity Ranch (Texas Forest Service): The fire was contained at 300 acres.

  
  
  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:
  
  http://www.nifc.gov/fireinfo/nfn.html
  
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  National Interagency Coordination Center
  

  
  
  

  Incident Management Situation Report
  Friday, January 19, 2006 - 1000 MST
  National Preparedness Level 1
  

  
  
  National Fire Activity (Weekly Total)
  Initial attack activity: Light (152 new fires)
  New large fires: 4 (*)
  Large fires contained: 5
  Uncontained large fires: 0
  Area Command Teams:
  Type 1 IMTs committed:
  Type 2 IMTs committed:
  Fire Use Teams:
  
  ** Uncontained large fires do not include WFU or confine/contain
  incidents. **
  
  The U.S. is mobilizing 67 fire specialists and managers, and two crews to
  Australia.
  
  
  
  Southern Area (PL 1)
  New fires: 131
  New large fires: 2
  Uncontained large fires: 0
  
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  INCIDENT |ST|UNIT| SIZE | % | EST |TOTAL|CRW|ENG|HELI|STRC| $$$ |Org
  NAME | | | |CTN| CTN |PERS | | | |LOSS|C-T-D|Own
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Holder |FL| FLS| 640|100| ---| 9| 0| 0| 0| 0| NR| ST
  * Pargera Commu|PR| CBR| 525|100| ---| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| NR|FWS
  Celebrity Ranch|TX| TXS| 300|100| ---| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| NR| ST
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------
  FLS - Florida Division of Forestry
  CBR - Cabo Rojo Wildlife Refuge, FWS
  TXS - Texas Forest Service
  
  
  
  Eastern Area (PL 1)
  New fires: 5
  New large fires: 1
  Uncontained large fires: 0
  
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  INCIDENT |ST|UNIT| SIZE | % | EST |TOTAL|CRW|ENG|HELI|STRC| $$$ |Org
  NAME | | | |CTN| CTN |PERS | | | |LOSS|C-T-D|Own
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Thorofare |MD| MDS| 411|100| ---| 1| 0| 1| 0| 0|0.01K| ST
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------
  MDS - Maryland State DNR
  
  
  
  Southern California Area (PL 3)
  New fires: 6
  New large fires: 1
  Uncontained large fires: 0
  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------
  INCIDENT |ST|UNIT| SIZE | % | EST |TOTAL|CRW|ENG|HELI|STRC| $$$ |Org
  NAME | | | |CTN| CTN |PERS | | | |LOSS|C-T-D|Own
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Diablo |CA| SLU| 323|100| ---| 334| 13| 21| 0| 1| 1.0M| ST
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------
  SLU - San Luis Obispo Unit, CDF
  
  
  
  Predictive Services Discussion
  
  Southern California will see continued cool temperatures, dry conditions
  and northeast winds today, followed by a break in windy conditions on
  Saturday. Fire potential will increase again late Sunday and continue
  through mid next week with gusty winds, continued low relative humidity
  and a warming trend.
  
  
  
  Fires and Acres Last Week
  
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  AREA | BIA | BLM | FWS | NPS | ST/OT | USFS | TOTAL
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Alaska |FIRES| | | | | | | 0
  |ACRES| | | | | | | 0
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Northwest |FIRES| | | | | | | 0
  |ACRES| | | | | | | 0
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Northern |FIRES| | | | | 1| 1| 2
  California|ACRES| | | | | 1| 3| 4
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Southern |FIRES| | 3| | | | 3| 6
  California|ACRES| | 800| | | | 0| 800
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Northern |FIRES| | | | | | | 0
  Rockies |ACRES| | | | | | | 0
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Eastern |FIRES| | 1| | | | | 1
  Great Basi|ACRES| | 0| | | | | 0
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Western |FIRES| | | | | | | 0
  Great Basi|ACRES| | | | | | | 0
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Southwest |FIRES| | | | | | | 0
  |ACRES| | | | | | | 0
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Rocky |FIRES| | | | | | 7| 7
  Mountain |ACRES| | | | | | 388| 388
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Eastern |FIRES| | | | | 5| | 5
  Area |ACRES| | | | | 303| | 303
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Southern |FIRES| | | 2| | 128| 1| 131
  Area |ACRES| | | 545| | 1214| 3| 1762
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  TOTAL |FIRES| 0| 4| 2| 0| 134| 12| 152
  |ACRES| 0| 800| 545| 0| 1518| 394| 3257
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  
  
  Fires and Acres Year to Date
  
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  AREA | BIA | BLM | FWS | NPS | ST/OT | USFS | TOTAL
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Alaska |FIRES| | | | | | | 0
  |ACRES| | | | | | | 0
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Northwest |FIRES| | | | | | | 0
  |ACRES| | | | | | | 0
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Northern |FIRES| | | | | 1| 1| 2
  California|ACRES| | | | | 1| 3| 4
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Southern |FIRES| | 3| | | 17| 11| 31
  California|ACRES| | 800| | | 239| 6| 1045
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Northern |FIRES| | | | | | | 0
  Rockies |ACRES| | | | | | | 0
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Eastern |FIRES| | 1| | | 1| | 2
  Great Basi|ACRES| | 0| | | 0| | 0
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Western |FIRES| | | | | | | 0
  Great Basi|ACRES| | | | | | | 0
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Southwest |FIRES| | | | | | | 0
  |ACRES| | | | | | | 0
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Rocky |FIRES| 1| | | | 2| | 3
  Mountain |ACRES| 2| | | | 16| | 18
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Eastern |FIRES| | | | | 10| | 10
  Area |ACRES| | | | | 307| | 307
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Southern |FIRES| 4| | 3| | 247| 3| 257
  Area |ACRES| 149| | 595| | 2393| 4| 3141
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  TOTAL |FIRES| 5| 4| 3| 0| 278| 15| 305
  |ACRES| 151| 800| 595| 0| 2956| 13| 4515
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Eight Year Average Fires 1123
  Eight Year Average Acres 84344
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  *** Changes in some agency YTD acres reflect more accurate mapping or
  reporting adjustments. ***
  
  
  
  Prescribed Fires and Acres Last Week
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  AREA | BIA | BLM | FWS | NPS | ST/OT | USFS | TOTAL
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Alaska |FIRES| | | | | | | 0
  |ACRES| | | | | | | 0
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Northwest |FIRES| | 3| 1| | | | 4
  |ACRES| | 150| 700| | | | 850
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Northern |FIRES| | 1| | 0| | 9| 10
  California|ACRES| | 67| | 1| | 202| 270
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Southern |FIRES| | | | | | 3| 3
  California|ACRES| | | | | | 210| 210
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Northern |FIRES| | | | | | | 0
  Rockies |ACRES| | | | | | | 0
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Eastern |FIRES| | 0| | | | | 0
  Great Basi|ACRES| | 20| | | | | 20
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Western |FIRES| | 0| | | | | 0
  Great Basi|ACRES| | 5| | | | | 5
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Southwest |FIRES| | | | | | 4| 4
  |ACRES| | | | | | 7| 7
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Rocky |FIRES| 1| 5| | | | 2| 8
  Mountain |ACRES| 45| 28| | | | 1633| 1706
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Eastern |FIRES| | | | | | | 0
  Area |ACRES| | | | | | | 0
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Southern |FIRES| | | 2| 2| 12| 20| 36
  Area |ACRES| | | 196| 2525| 4374| 18346| 25441
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  TOTAL |FIRES| 1| 9| 3| 2| 12| 38| 65
  |ACRES| 45| 270| 896| 2526| 4374| 20398| 28509
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  
  
  Prescribed Fires and Acres Year to Date
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  AREA | BIA | BLM | FWS | NPS | ST/OT | USFS | TOTAL
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Alaska |FIRES| | | | | | | 0
  |ACRES| | | | | | | 0
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Northwest |FIRES| | 6| 1| | | | 7
  |ACRES| | 241| 700| | | | 941
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Northern |FIRES| | 2| | 1| | 15| 18
  California|ACRES| | 69| | 5| | 747| 821
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Southern |FIRES| | | | | | 11| 11
  California|ACRES| | | | | | 228| 228
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Northern |FIRES| | | | | | | 0
  Rockies |ACRES| | | | | | | 0
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Eastern |FIRES| | 4| | | 3| 3| 10
  Great Basi|ACRES| | 49| | | 16| 23| 88
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Western |FIRES| | 1| | | | | 1
  Great Basi|ACRES| | 25| | | | | 25
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Southwest |FIRES| 1| | | | | 8| 9
  |ACRES| 30| | | | | 84| 114
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Rocky |FIRES| 1| 10| 3| 2| 4| 37| 57
  Mountain |ACRES| 45| 97| 13| 24| 15| 4064| 4258
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Eastern |FIRES| | | 3| | | 2| 5
  Area |ACRES| | | 6| | | 109| 115
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Southern |FIRES| | | 17| 6| 31| 40| 94
  Area |ACRES| | | 12247| 4672| 12468| 28848| 58235
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  TOTAL |FIRES| 2| 23| 24| 9| 38| 116| 212
  |ACRES| 75| 481| 12966| 4701| 12499| 34103| 64825
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  *** Changes in some agency YTD acres reflect more accurate mapping or
  reporting adjustments. ***
  
  
  
  WFU Fires and Acres Year to Date
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  AREA | BIA | BLM | FWS | NPS | ST/OT | USFS | TOTAL
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Alaska |FIRES| | | | | | | 0
  |ACRES| | | | | | | 0
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Northwest |FIRES| | | | | | | 0
  |ACRES| | | | | | | 0
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Northern |FIRES| | | | | | | 0
  California|ACRES| | | | | | | 0
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Southern |FIRES| | | | | | | 0
  California|ACRES| | | | | | | 0
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Northern |FIRES| | | | | | | 0
  Rockies |ACRES| | | | | | | 0
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Eastern |FIRES| | | | | | | 0
  Great Basi|ACRES| | | | | | | 0
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Western |FIRES| | | | | | | 0
  Great Basi|ACRES| | | | | | | 0
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Southwest |FIRES| | | | | | | 0
  |ACRES| | | | | | | 0
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Rocky |FIRES| | | | | | | 0
  Mountain |ACRES| | | | | | | 0
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Eastern |FIRES| | | | | | | 0
  Area |ACRES| | | | | | | 0
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Southern |FIRES| | | | | | | 0
  Area |ACRES| | | | | | | 0
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  TOTAL |FIRES| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0
  |ACRES| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  *** Changes in some agency YTD acres reflect more accurate mapping or
  reporting adjustments. ***
  
  
  
  Resources Status: Committed Resources
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  |Area |Crews|Crews|Engs |Engs |Heli |Heli |Airt |Airt |Ovrhd|Ovrhd|
  | |Fed |ST/OT|Fed |ST/OT|Fed |ST/OT|Fed |ST/OT|Fed |ST/OT|
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  |Alaska | | | | | | | | | | |
  |Northwest| | | 2| 2| | 1| | | 1| |
  |Northern | | | | | | | | | | |
  |Southern | | 9| | 28| | | | | | 38|
  |Northern | | | | | | | | | | |
  |Eastern G| | | | | | | | | | |
  |Western G| | | | | | | | | | |
  |Southwest| | | | | | | | | | |
  |Rocky Mou| | | | | | | | | | |
  |Eastern A| | | | 5| | | | | | |
  |Southern | | | | | | | | | | 8|
  |Total | 0| 9| 2| 35| 0| 1| 0| 0| 1| 46|
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  *** National Interagency Coordination Center ***

  

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