Sunday, August 28th BMIDC Morning Briefing

BMIDC MORNING BRIEFING
Sunday, August 28th, 2016
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8/27 (NEW) INITITAL ATTACK	Fires	Acres
Umatilla National Forest	0	0
Wallowa Whitman National Forest	1	53
Vale District BLM Baker Area	0	0
NEO Oregon Department of Forestry	1	3.3
WA DNR Snake River Unit	0	0
BIA Umatilla Agency	0	0
Total	2	56.3
INCIDENT SUMMARY
8/27 Inc. 809: (Indian Creek Crossing): Unknown Cause. Rappellers, Engines, and misc. overhead. 0% Contained. Moderate Fire Behavior with some torching and spotting. Current size up is 85 acres. Type 3 IC Rova, In brief 1400 @ Joseph. Ariel resources order for the incident this morning are AA, T1H, 2 T2 Helicopters. Inc. 810: Human Caused. Fire turned over to landowner. 3 acres Incidents Previously Reported IMT2. NW Team 6 (Sheldon). 5 miles W of Unity, OR. Start 7/31. Full Suppression. Cause: Unknown. 34,369 acres (+629). 58% containment. Timber. Moderate fire behavior. Road, trail and area closures in effect. Some spread south toward containment lines. Continued burn out as conditions allow. Mop-up and suppression repair ongoing on other divisions. Evacuation notices in effect. Planned transfer of command from IMT2 NW Team 6 (Sheldon) to IMT2 NW Team 13 (Gales) 8/29.