Current National Wildland fire Situation Friday report

Friday, February 6, 2009

Current National Wildland fire Situation Friday report

National Preparedness Level: 1 (On a scale from 1 to 5)

Edited for California
Information updated Friday, February 6, 2009 – 0800 MST
This report will be updated every Friday unless significant activity occurs.

Current National Situation: Initial attack was light with 477 new fires this week. Wildland fires continue to start and be contained in the southern and eastern states.

National Interagency Coordination Center
Incident Management Situation Report
National Preparedness Level 1
National Fire Activity (Weekly Total)
Initial attack activity: Light (477 new fires)
New large fires: 13 (*)
Large fires contained: 9
Uncontained large fires: 4
Area Command Teams committed: 0
NIMOs committed: 0
Type 1 IMTs committed: 0
Type 2 IMTs committed: 1
Fire Use Teams committed: 0
** Uncontained large fires do not include WFU or confine/contain incidents. **
Link to Geographic Area daily reports.
Southern California Area (PL 1)
New fires: 1
New large fires: 1
Uncontained large fires: 1
Fort, San Bernardino Unit, Cal Fire. Six miles northeast of Independence, CA. Chaparral. Wind driven fire with
rapid rates of spread.

Fire Activity	This week	Year to date	2008 Fire Season	7-Year Average
Number of Fires	477	3,140	1,380	2,311
Acres Burned	8,301	80,617	40,804	81,932

Incident Name	State	Lead Agency	Size (acres)	Percent Contained	Estimate of Containment	Personnel	Structures Lost
Fort Fire	CA	CAL FIRE	2,000	70	02/06	255	0
Fort, San Bernardino Unit, Cal Fire. Six miles northeast of Independence, CA. Chaparral. Wind driven fire with rapid rates of spread. Full containment expected tonight (Friday) at 6 p.m.

Current Large Fires

Fire locations are based on data provided by the National Interagency Fire Center and are subject to change.

current large fires map

Large Incident - A wildfire of 100 acres or more occuring in timber, or a wildfire of 500 acres or more occuring in grass/sage.
Wildland Fire - Any nonstructure fire, other than prescribed fire, that occurs in the wildland.
Wildland Fire Use (WFU) Fire - A naturally ignited wildland fire that is managed to accomplish specific prestated resource management objectives in predefined geographic areas outlined in Fire Management Plans.
Map information provided courtesy of the UDSA Remote Sensing Application Center using data provided by the National Interagency Fire Center. The data is subject to change.

Weather Outlook:
Northeast New Mexico, north Texas, southeast Colorado and western Kansas will be windy today with low humidity. Conditions will moderate Saturday with windy and dry weather over southeast New Mexico and west Texas Monday and Tuesday. Northern Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas will see low humidity through Saturday, with increasing humidity beginning on Sunday.

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How fires get their names

Every year in California thousands of wildfires start throughout the state. In most cases, the dispatch center sending the initial resources to a wildland fire will designate a name for the fire, but the first on scene engine or fire official can also name the incident. Fires are usually named for the area in which they start – a geographical location, local landmark, street, lake, mountain, peak, etc. Quickly naming the fire provides responding fire resources with an additional locater, and allows fire officials to track and prioritize incidents by name. For example during the Southern California Fire Siege of 2003, the largest wildland fire in California history, the Cedar Fire in San Diego County, was named after the Cedar Creek Falls area where it started. The destructive Old Fire, which burned during the same time period in San Bernardino County, was named after the road along which it started - Old Waterman Canyon Road.

CAL FIRE is the largest fire department in California and the second largest fire department in the United States. CDF - CAL FIRE Firefighters answer the call more than 300,000 times a year. CAL FIRE Firefighters make up the fire department for 30 of our 58 counties in California and more than 100 local communities. We serve as the incident command during many of California’s most serious disasters. CAL FIRE Firefighters respond to many various types and forms of calls ranging from structural fires, to auto accidents, to earthquakes, to floods, to the spilling of hazardous materials, to every conceivable disaster; CAL FIRE answer's the calls. CAL FIRE is the largest fire department in California and the second largest fire department in the United States . CAL FIRE firefighters protect 33 million acres of State Responsibility Area (SRA). We have over 4,000 members within CAL FIRE and CAL FIRE is associated with the California Professional Firefighters (CPF) and the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF).

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Friday, February 6, 2009