National Interagency Coordination Center
National Interagency Coordination Center
Incident Management Situation Report
Friday, February 5, 2010 – 0800 MT
National Preparedness Level 1
National Fire Activity (Weekly Total)
Initial attack activity:
Light (157 new fires)
New large fires:
0 (*)
Large fires contained:
0
Uncontained large fires : **
0
Area Command Teams committed:
0
NIMOs committed:
0
Type 1 IMTs committed:
0
Type 2 IMTs committed:
0
Nationally, there are 0 large fires being managed with minimal or no resource commitment.
** Uncontained large fires do not include confine/contain and resource
benefit incidents.
Link to Geographic Area daily reports.
Thirteen American and two Canadian incident management specialists are assisting the State of Victoria,
Australia. The specialists are stationed at Orbost, Traralgon, Woori Yallock, Otways, Bendigo, Ballarat and
Alexandra to supplement Victoria’s Incident Management Team capacity and assist local offices in aviation
management, community risk assessment, fuels management, and community bushfire protection planning.
Southwest Area (PL 1)
New fires:
0
New large fires:
0
Uncontained large fires:
0
Operation Winter Storm, Flagstaff District, Arizona State Forestry. Transfer of command occurred 2/2 from IMT
2 (Sciacca) back to the local unit. Northeast Arizona. No new information
Size
Pers
%
Est
Totl
Strc
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Origin
Incident Name
St
Unit
Size
Chge
Chge
Crw Eng Heli
Ctn
Ctn
Pers
Lost
CTD
Own
24 Hrs
24 Hrs
Operation Winter
AZ
A2S
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NR
UNK
189
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4
0
4
0
1.4M
ST
Storm
Predictive Services Discussion: A storm system will move across the Southeast today with cooler and drier
weather on the weekend. Another storm is on tap for Monday and Tuesday. Rain and mountain snow in California
today will spread into the Southwest this weekend. Drier weather is expected Monday and Tuesday in southern
California and the Southwest but light snow will persist over the mountains of Arizona and New Mexico.
Link to Predictive Services Outlook products.
Today's discussion is from the
Weather / Fire Behavior Category.
Scenario
EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR 1
Mild, moderate and EXTREME fire behavior has always been present in cases of
shelter deployment. It is critical for firefighters to maintain situational awareness of
live and dead fuel moisture conditions as well as predicted and current weather
conditions. As fire behavior changes, it is critical to act decisively to the changing
situation.
Discuss the following indicators of extreme fire behavior:
Relative humidity less than 15%
1-hour fuel moisture less than 5%
Transition from surface to crown fire
Smoldering fires that exist in the early part of the day are beginning to burn
very actively as the day progresses.
Approaching thunderheads with dark clouds beneath
Presence of dust devils indicating an unstable atmosphere
Increased spotting
Sudden calm
High clouds moving fast in direction different from surface wind
Predicted Haines Index of 5 and 6 in those areas where this level is a good
indicator of atmospheric instability
Fire whirls
References:
Fireline Handbook
Incident Response Pocket Guide
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Fires and Acres Last Week
AREA
BIA
BLM
FWS
NPS
ST/OT
USFS
TOTAL
FIRES
0
Alaska
ACRES
0
FIRES
0
Northwest
ACRES
0
FIRES
11
11
Northern California
ACRES
0
0
FIRES
2
2
Southern California
ACRES
1
1
FIRES
2
2
Northern Rockies
ACRES
0
0
FIRES
1
1
2
Eastern Great Basin
ACRES
0
0
0
FIRES
0
Western Great Basin
ACRES
0
FIRES
0
Southwest
ACRES
0
FIRES
0
Rocky Mountain
ACRES
0
FIRES
0
Eastern Area
ACRES
0
FIRES
135
5
140
Southern Area
ACRES
2,236
137
2,373
FIRES
0
1
0
0
147
9
157
TOTAL
ACRES
0
0
0
0
2,236
138
2,374
Fires and Acres Year-to-Date
AREA
BIA
BLM
FWS
NPS
ST/OT
USFS
TOTAL
FIRES
0
Alaska
ACRES
0
FIRES
1
1
2
4
Northwest
ACRES
0
0
0
0
FIRES
50
2
52
Northern California
ACRES
1
1
2
FIRES
39
11
50
Southern California
ACRES
22
109
131
FIRES
2
2
Northern Rockies
ACRES
0
0
FIRES
1
1
2
Eastern Great Basin
ACRES
0
0
0
FIRES
1
1
Western Great Basin
ACRES
0
0
FIRES
6
6
5
8
25
Southwest
ACRES
1
448
6,773
1,288
8,510
FIRES
1
1
2
Rocky Mountain
ACRES
0
0
0
FIRES
28
28
Eastern Area
ACRES
245
245
FIRES
35
8
1,022
28
1,093
Southern Area
ACRES
409
323
7,971
3,870
12,573
FIRES
42
9
8
0
1,146
54
1,259
TOTAL
ACRES
410
448
323
0
15,012
5,268
21,461
Seven Year Average Fires
2,138
Seven Year Average Acres
85,757
*** Changes in some agency YTD acres reflect more accurate mapping or reporting adjustments. ***
Prescribed Fires and Acres Last Week
AREA
BIA
BLM
FWS
NPS
ST/OT
USFS
TOTAL
FIRES
0
Alaska
ACRES
0
FIRES
4
1
5
Northwest
ACRES
251
50
301
FIRES
0
2
2
Northern California
ACRES
2
20
22
FIRES
19
19
Southern California
ACRES
119
119
FIRES
0
Northern Rockies
ACRES
0
FIRES
0
Eastern Great Basin
ACRES
0
FIRES
1
1
Western Great Basin
ACRES
31
31
FIRES
2
2
Southwest
ACRES
319
319
FIRES
4
1
9
14
Rocky Mountain
ACRES
72
1
666
739
FIRES
0
Eastern Area
ACRES
0
FIRES
2
1
17
22
42
Southern Area
ACRES
1,800
1,000
14,739
25,357
42,896
FIRES
0
9
2
1
18
55
85
TOTAL
ACRES
0
354
1,800
1,002
14,740
26,531
44,427
Prescribed Fires and Acres Year-to-Date
AREA
BIA
BLM
FWS
NPS
ST/OT
USFS
TOTAL
FIRES
0
Alaska
ACRES
0
FIRES
12
1
24
37
Northwest
ACRES
619
80
896
1,595
FIRES
1
1
6
78
86
Northern California
ACRES
1
2
13
1,229
1,245
FIRES
2
2
50
54
Southern California
ACRES
537
17
546
1,100
FIRES
12
2
14
Northern Rockies
ACRES
133
67
200
FIRES
10
3
3
16
Eastern Great Basin
ACRES
121
18
110
249
FIRES
1
1
2
Western Great Basin
ACRES
31
6
37
FIRES
3
4
27
34
Southwest
ACRES
5,210
838
4,474
10,522
FIRES
21
2
2
13
73
111
Rocky Mountain
ACRES
165
47
77
157
3,300
3,746
FIRES
20
20
Eastern Area
ACRES
556
556
FIRES
1
30
17
130
184
362
Southern Area
ACRES
375
13,894
15,539
51,604
165,491
246,903
FIRES
13
52
36
29
166
440
736
TOTAL
ACRES
508
6,751
14,040
16,467
52,335
176,052
266,153
*** Changes in some agency YTD acres reflect more accurate mapping or reporting adjustments. ***
Additional wildfire information is available through the Geographic Areas at http://gacc.nifc.gov/.
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