National Incident Information Center (NIIC):

National Incident Information Center

• Home Page
• Morning Report
• Current Fire Map
• Acres Burned 07
• About Us

THE MORNING REPORT

Saturday May 19, 2007 – 12:00 pm EDT

The Morning Report is published daily during fire season and provides information on the current wildland fire situation, regional fire summaries, weather reports, burned area rehabilitation activities and closure orders for fires 500 acres and larger.

CURRENT SITUATION

Initial attack activity was light with 137 new fires reported burning 4,827 acres. Currently, there are 16 fires and complexes over 500 acres. There are 2 new fires over 500 acres, 1 each in Nevada and Florida. Three Type 2 and five Type 1 Incident Management Teams are assigned. The Southern Area Preparedness Level is 5.

An Area Command Team (Rounsaville) is helping create a strategic plan for suppression action in Florida.

The Boise-based NIMO Team (Gelobter) is assigned to Greensburg, KS running a base camp for tornado recovery emergency workers. The Atlanta-based NIMO team (Ferguson) is assigned to the Florida Bugaboo fire.

INCIDENT HEADLINES

• There are 4,966 personnel committed to wildfires nationally, a 1% decrease from yesterday.

SUMMARY OF FIRE ACTIVITY ACROSS THE UNITED STATES

Fire Activity	Yesterday	Year-to-Date	2000 Fire Season	10 Year Average
Number of Fires	137	32,212	39,243	29,671
Acres Burned	4,827	903,647	1,004,930	772,544

RESOURCES COMMITTED

Crews (20 persons)	Engines (5 persons)	Helicopters (7 persons)	Overhead (individuals)	Air Tankers Assigned	Total Personnel
79	324	47	1,437	12	4,966

MAPS OF CURRENT FIRE ACTIVITY

• National Interagency Fire Center Fire Danger (www.fs.fed.us/land/wfas/fd_cls_f.gif)
• National Incident Information Center Current Fires Over 500 Acres (www.fs.fed.us/news/fire/firemap.shtml)
• National Interagency Coordination Center Monthly Fire Outlook (www.nifc.gov/news/OutlookMap.pdf)

REGIONAL FIRES OVER 500 ACRES

SOUTHERN AREA (website: http://gacc.nifc.gov/sacc/ )

Incident Name	State	Lead Agency	Size (acres)	Percent Contained	Estimate of Containment	Personnel	Structures Lost
Florida Bugaboo	FL	FS	121,319	80	UNK	544	0
Bugaboo Scrub	GA	FWS	159,473	45	UNK	NR	2
Bugaboo Scrub 2	GA	ST	5,585	50	UNK	129	0
Sweat Farm Road/Big Turnaround Complex	GA	FWS	151,682	82/45	UNK	944	24
BICY Complex	FL	NPS	21,500	45	UNK	225	0
Dairy Road	FL	ST	14,626	80	5/22	79	0
*Paterson	FL	ST	15,000	80	5/22	11	0
Round About Swamp	GA	ST	5,827	95	6/1	157	0
Knee Knocker Swamp	GA	ST	1,367	95	UNK	42	10
Deland Complex	FL	ST	10,025	85	5/22	40	0

Florida Bugaboo is located 2 miles east of Taylor, FL. A Unified Command between Type 1 Incident Management Team (Quesinberry) and Florida DOF (Greene) is established along with the Atlanta NIMO team (Ferguson). Fire behavior has moderated. Numerous structures in several communities remain threatened.

Bugaboo Scrub is located 16 miles west of Folkston, GA burning in southern rough and timber. Creeping and smoldering is reported. Numerous structures and a state park remain threatened. A transfer of command between Type 1 Incident Management Teams is occurring.

Bugaboo Scrub 2 is located 5 miles east of Fargo, GA burning in southern rough and timber. Fire activity has moderated, though numerous structures remain threatened. A Type 2 Incident Management Team (Hannemann) is assigned.

Sweat Farm Road/Big Turnaround Complex is located 10 miles west of Waycross, GA burning in southern rough and timber. Fire activity has moderated on Sweat Farm Road, while Big Turnaround Complex reports increased fire activity with short surface runs. A community, refuge facilities, railroad infrastructure and microwave installation are threatened.

BICY Complex is located in Big Cypress National Preserve 51 miles west of Ft. Lauderdale, FL. The complex includes 5 fires. A Type 1 Incident Management Team (Stanich) is assigned. Increased fire activity is reported. A community and petroleum equipment are still threatened.

Dairy Road is burning 7 miles northwest of Keystone Heights, FL in timber. Smoldering fire activity is reported. Numerous residences remain threatened.

Round About Swamp is burning 4 miles west of Pearson, GA. Low fire activity is reported.

Knee Knocker Swamp is one mile northwest of Nahunta, GA. There is minimal fire activity.

Deland Complex includes 3 previously reported fires. A Type 2 Incident Management Team (Utley) is assigned. Smoldering is reported.

EASTERN AREA (website: http://gacc.nifc.gov/eacc/)

Incident Name	State	Lead Agency	Size (acres)	Percent Contained	Estimate of Containment	Personnel	Structures Lost
Ham Lake	MN	FS	36,443	85	5/20	527	133
Warren Grove	NJ	ST	17,270	70	NR	20	3

Ham Lake is located 49 miles northeast of Grand Marais, MN burning in timber and dead and down fuels. A transfer of command to IMT 2 (Mannelin) will occur today for the U.S. part of the fire. A larger portion of the fire is burning in Canada. Minimal fire activity is reported. Structures, power and telephone infrastructure remain threatened.

Warren Grove is located 25 miles north of Atlantic City, NJ burning in hardwood litter and timber. No new information has been received.

SOUTHWEST AREA (website: gacc.nifc.gov/swcc)

Incident Name	State	Lead Agency	Size (acres)	Percent Contained	Estimate of Containment	Personnel	Structures Lost
Promontory	AZ	FS	2,667	40	5/22	667	0

Promontory is located 18 miles east of Payson, AZ burning in timber on the Tonto National Forest. No new information has been received.

WESTERN GREAT BASIN AREA (website: gacc.nifc.gov/wgbc/)

Incident Name	State	Lead Agency	Size (acres)	Percent Contained	Estimate of Containment	Personnel	Structures Lost
*Mustang	NV	BLM	1,200	50	5/19	138	0

*Indicates new fire(s)

WEATHER OUTLOOK

RED FLAG WARNINGS: FOR PORTIONS OF FLORIDA, GEORGIA, ALABAMA, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA AND MISSISSIPPI.

Dry, conditions will continue today over the Southeast, with increased winds over central and southern Florida. Arizona and the southern Great Basin will see one more day of scattered mixed wet and dry thunderstorms.

INTERNATIONAL LARGE FIRES

• For further information on fires in Canada, please refer to: www.ciffc.ca/links.htm
• For further information, go to the Global Fire Monitoring Center at: www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/current/globalfiree.htm

CURRENT FIRE MAP

The geographic location of fires (>500 acres) in the USA may be seen on a fire map. Map information provided courtesy of the USDA Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Center. Data provided by the National Interagency Fire Center.

FIRE SEASON OVERVIEW

States most affected today	GA, FL
Number of fires to date	32,212
Number of fires >500 acres today	16
Acres burned to date	903,647
Resources committed today	4966
Structures destroyed to date	411

PREPAREDNESS LEVEL

National Preparedness Level is 2 several Geographic Areas are experiencing high to extreme fire danger. Wildland fire activity is increasing and large fires are occurring in one or more Geographic Areas. Minimal mobilization of firefighting resources from other Geographic Areas is occurring. The potential exists for mobilizing additional firefighting resources from other Geographic Areas.