The National Multi-Agency Coordinating Group dropped the national preparedness level to four (PL 4) yesterday. While wildland fire activity continues across multiple geographic areas, there has been a notable decrease in initial attack and large fire growth over the last week. The National Interagency Coordination Center (NICC) has also seen a significant decrease in the ordering of all resource types and an increase in the availability of all nationally shared resources for several days.
Nationally, 27 large wildfires are currently active and have burned 1,160,725 acres. About 8,800 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to incidents, including 11 complex incident management teams, 143 crews, 406 engines, and 89 helicopters.
Wildland firefighters, complex incident management teams and support personnel continue to assist with hurricane relief efforts in Florida and North Carolina.
The National Interagency Coordination Center in cooperation with the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center have mobilized two Canadian crews to assist with suppression efforts in the Great Basin area. The crews attended an orientation session earlier this week and will be hosted by the Salmon-Challis National Forest on the Red Rock Fire. Visit our 2024 Canada Support Flickr album to see photos of the crews.
Emergency Stabilization-Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) is a rapid assessment of burned watersheds by a BAER team to identify imminent post-wildfire threats to human life and safety, property, and critical natural or cultural resources on public lands and take immediate actions to implement emergency stabilization measures before the first post-fire damaging events. BAER work may also replace safety related facilities; remove safety hazards; prevent permanent loss of habitat for threatened and endangered species; prevent the spread of noxious weeds and protect critical cultural resources. For more information on the work these scientists are doing, visit the Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) teams on InciWeb.
Weather
Low-pressure will remain over the Four Corners, with scattered showers over the Greater Four Corners as snow levels remain 7,000 to 9,000 feet. Widespread showers and scattered thunderstorms will develop farther east on the central and southern High Plains, with areas of heavy rain and localized flooding possible. Breezy north to northeasterly offshore winds are likely to continue in much of California through the morning, with the winds weakening in the afternoon and overnight. However, relative humidity will remain very low in the single digits and teens, with fair to poor overnight recovery. Rain will continue in western Washington as a storm moves into western Canada, with breezy and dry downslope westerly winds forecast across north-central Montana into western North Dakota. Breezy southwesterly winds of 12-20 mph will continue on the central Plains and Mid/Upper Mississippi Valley, but relative humidity is expected to increase to near to above 25%. Very dry air but light winds will persist across the Lower Mississippi Valley into the Ohio Valley, Appalachians, and Southeast.
Daily statistics
Number of new large fires or emergency response * New fires are identified with an asterisk
4
States currently reporting large fires:
Total number of active large fires Total does not include individual fires within complexes.
Approximately two (2) miles southwest of the confluence of Panther Creek and the Main Salmon River on the North Fork Ranger District in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness
The fire is centered around Edwardsburg, but has burned north, east, west and south of the community. It has moved into the Wilderness area. Krassel Ranger District, Payette National Forest
