BMIDC Morning Briefing

BMIDC BRIEFING
Thursday, July 23, 2015
7/22 (NEW) INTITAL ATTACK	Fires	Acres
Umatilla National Forest	0	0
Wallowa Whitman National Forest	0	0
Vale District BLM Baker Area	0	0
NEO Oregon Department of Forestry	0	0
WA DNR Snake River Unit	0	0
BIA Umatilla	1	10
Total	1	10
INCIDENT SUMMARY
July 22th * Inc. 670 BIA protection, Cause Undetermined, 10 acre, and incident is controlled 7/22 @ 1932. *Inc. 653 (Blue Creek), IMT3. 10 miles E of Walla Walla, WA. Start 7/20. Full Suppression. Timber/Grass. Cause: Unknown. 5,580 acres (+1,780). 0% containment. Active fire behavior with uphill runs, torching and flanking. Structures lost and more threatened. Evacuation and road closures in effect. City of Walla Walla Watershed and Blue Wood Ski area threatened. IMT2, WA Team 1 (Ciraulo/Jennings) ordered. WA Team 1 assumed command of the fire 7/21 @ 1800.