Out of State: Murphy Complex Wildland Fire: California Interagency Incident Management Team takes over huge Idaho fire

Sunday, July 22, 2007

Out of State: Murphy Complex Wildland Fire: California Interagency Incident Management Team takes over huge Idaho fire

Murphy Complex Wildland Fire
511,000 acres

INCIDENT UPDATED 3 HRS. AGO

Summary

The Rowland Fire and Elk Mountain Fire have now combined into one fire known as the Murphy Complex.A California Interagency Incident Management Teamhas taken control of the incident to relieve local resources to be madeavailable forthe potential of other fires in the area.Evacuation ordersare still in place for residents of Jarbidge, Murphy Hot Springs and the Mountain Home Air Force Training Range. Twelve hand crews, 28 engines, and 11 dozers with overhead staff and air support are working in fire supression. There are approximately 1,300 citizens in numerous small communities without power.

Basic Information

Incident Type	Wildland Fire
Cause	Lightning
Date of Origin	07/16/2007 at 1912 hrs.
Location	30 miles SW of Twin Falls
Incident Commander	Rich Hawkins

Current Situation

Total Personnel	488
Size	511,000 acres
Percent Contained	10%
Fuels Involved	Numerous brush, grass, and trees
Fire Behavior	Very active running fire with some torching within junipers.
Significant Events	Perimetere growth of over 57,000 acres yesterday. Evacuations and road closures remain in effect within the fire area.

Outlook

Planned Actions	Continue fire supression with direct and indirect actions using handcrews, engine crews and air support.
Projected Movement	Continued rapid spread to the north and north east is expected.
Growth Potential	Extreme
Terrain Difficulty	Extreme
Containment Target	Unknown
Remarks	Twin Falls Co., Elko Co. and Owyhee Co. Sheriffs are working along side with BLM, Forest Service, Idaho Department of Lands, and other agencies to provide public safety and fire supression.

Weather

Current Wind Conditions	6 mph NW
Current Temperature	84 degrees
Current Humidity	20 %

2 comments:

UnknownMonday, July 23, 2007 4:47:00 PM
Hawkins' IMT is NOT a CAL FIRE team. It's a Fed team.
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Bob BloggerMonday, July 23, 2007 5:08:00 PM
Thanks for the catch, Being a CAL FIRE NEWS site I was just going for the California angle does the new title work?
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