INCIDENT 2008-01 INTERNATIONAL BORAX MINE COLLAPSE

2008-07-07T1000

ROUTINE

FROM:  NATIONAL WILDLAND FIRE CENTER//AIR ATTACK BASE//PLANK ROAD JUNCTION//

TO: INLAND RESCUE COORDINATION CENTER//DOUHET AIR BASE//GLENCOE//

NATIONAL EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER/OPERATIONS//GLENCOE//

PROVINCE OF THE NORTH EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER//ASTORIA//

PROVINCE OF THE NORTHWEST EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER//HOGBEN//

PROVINCE OF THE SOUTHWEST EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER//GEORGETOWN//

PROVINCE OF THE EAST EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER//PORTSMOUTH//

SUBJ:  DAILY FIRE SUMMARY

UNCLASS

1.  CUURENT WILDLAND AND WILDLAND-INTERFACE FIRES BEING FOUGHT OR MONITORED BY NATIONAL RESOURCES ARE:

A.  HAYES FIRE (08-157) – A SMOLDERING FIRE INVOLVING APPROXIMATELY 65 ACRES 7 KILOMETERS NORTH NORTHEAST OF LAKESIDE BORDERING ON THE HAYES LOGGING COMPANY GRANT BORDERING ON TRACK 4.  THIS FIRE WAS IGNITED BY A LIGHTNING STRIKE ON 2008-07-03 AND WAS CONTROLLED ON 2008-07-04 BUT SOME EMBERS CONTINUE TO SMOLDER.

B.   BISHOPS POST FIRE (08-160) – THIS IS AN ACTIVE FIRE BURING 2000 ACRES 25 MILES EAST OF CLARKSBURG WITH ITS SOUTHERN BOUNDARY ON THE BLUE RIVER.  STRIKE TEAM NORTHWEST, TASK FORCE 3 AND LOCAL AND PROVINCIAL FIRE FIGHTERS ARE ENGAGED WITH THE FIRE 85% CONTROLLED.  A NATIONAL OVERHEAD TEAM IS MANAGING THE FIRE.  NATIONAL CACHE ASSETS WERE DEPLOYED BY C-130 TO CLARKSBURG AIRPORT.  BOTH CL-415 AERIAL TANKERS HAVE BEEN COMMITTED TO THIS FIRE, FLYING 8 SORTIES EACH YESTERDAY.  THE FIRE WAS IGNITED BY UNKNOWN CAUSES ON 2008-07-06.  CONTROL IS EXPECTED LATE TODAY.

2.  ALL FIRE TOWERS IN THE FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM ARE STAFFED AND OPERATIONAL.

3.  BECAUSE OF ELEVATED FIRE HAZARD, THREE OF THE FOUR SMOKE JUMPER TEAMS ARE ON STATUS, ONE ON 1 HOUR, AND THE OTHER TWO ON 6 HOUR.          

4.  DRY CONDITIONS OVER THE PIEDMONT AND GREAT FOREST CONTINUE TO BE A SOURCE OF CONCERN.  WILDLAND FIRE CONDITIONS ARE YELLOW IN THE PIEDMONT AND ORANGE IN THE GREAT FOREST. 

MOSS SENDS