BMIDC MORNING BRIEFING
Wednesday, October 7th, 2016
BMIDC's Website
10/5  (NEW) INITITAL 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 Agency	0	0
Total	0	0
INCIDENT SUMMARY
10/6 Wild Fires No Activity To Report RX Burns Cornet Hazard Piles:  BPFZ.  Dooley Mountain, 14 miles S of Baker City, OR.  Start 10/6. 25 Acres Completed.  Pile burning of roadside hazard trees.

BMIDC MORNING BRIEFING
Wednesday, October 6th, 2016
BMIDC's Website
10/5  (NEW) INITITAL 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 Agency	0	0
Total	0	0
INCIDENT SUMMARY
10/5 Wild Fires No Activity To Report RX Burns Cabbage 9 Piles Rx, OR-BIA-001076.  BIA Umatilla Agency.  11 Miles ESE of Pendleton, OR.  Start 10/4.  Pile Burn.  40 Acres Completed.  Slash and hand piles.  Pho 62, OR-WWF-001111.  WVRD.  Near Spout Springs Ski Area.  Start 10/5.  16 Acres Completed. Long Medow Piles, OR-WWF-001112.  WWRD.  Multiple Locations.  Start 10/4.  Pile Burn.  30 Acres Completed.

Wednesday, October 5Th, BMIDC Morning Briefing

BMIDC MORNING BRIEFING
Wednesday, October 5th, 2016
BMIDC's Website
10/4 (NEW) INITITAL 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 Agency	0	0
Total	0	0
INCIDENT SUMMARY
10/4 Wild Fires No Activity To Report Incidents Previously Reported: Minam OR-WWF-001084. 15 miles west of Joseph, OR. Start 10/1. Monitor and Full Suppression. Cause: Human. 750 acres (+0). 0% completed. Timber. Minimal fire behavior with creeping and smoldering. Transfer of command to ICT4 took place 10/4. No threats reported. All resources pulled off of the fire line continue to monitor on an as needed basis.  Last report unless significant activity occurs.  RX Burns Cabbage 9 Piles Rx, OR-BIA-001076.  BIA Umatilla Agency.  11 Miles ESE of Pendleton, OR.  Start 10/4.  Pile Burn.  40 Acres Completed.  Slash and hand piles.  North End Piles, OR-WWF-001108.  WFZ.  Multiple Locations.  Start 10/4.  Pile Burn.  140 Acres Completed.  Slash and hand piles.

Tuesday, October 4Th, BMIDC Morning Briefing

BMIDC MORNING BRIEFING
Tuesday, October 4th, 2016
BMIDC's Website
10/3 (NEW) INITITAL 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	1	.1
WA DNR Snake River Unit	0	0
BIA Umatilla Agency	0	0
Total	1	.1
INCIDENT SUMMARY
10/3 Wild Fires McNeal, OR-971S-001102.  LGD ODF.  3 Miles SE of Cove, OR.  10/3.  Human Caused Campfire.  .1 Acres.  Slash.  Incidents Previously Reported: Minam OR-WWF-001084. 15 miles west of Joseph, OR. Start 10/1. Monitor and Full Suppression. Cause: Human. 750 acres (+0). 0% completed. Timber. Minimal fire behavior with interior torching. Transfer of command to ICT4 planned for today. Limited threats reported. Continue confinement on the east flank, mop-up and monitor. RX Burns Rooster 601 Rx, OR-WWF-001101.  GRFZ.  23 Miles SW of La Grande, OR.  10/3.  Under burn.  65 Acres Completed.  Grass and Timber.

Monday, October 3rd, BMIDC Morning Briefing

BMIDC MORNING BRIEFING
Monday, October 3rd, 2016
BMIDC's Website
10/3 (NEW) INITITAL ATTACK	Fires	Acres
Umatilla National Forest	1	.25
Wallowa Whitman National Forest	1	.3
Vale District BLM Baker Area	0	0
NEO Oregon Department of Forestry	0	0
WA DNR Snake River Unit	0	0
BIA Umatilla Agency	0	0
Total	2	.55
INCIDENT SUMMARY
10/2 Elk Creek OR-WWF-001095.  BPFZ.  5 Miles West of Baker City, OR.  Start 10/2.  Full Suppression.  .3 Acres.  Human caused.  Grass and Timber.  Inc. 1094 OR-UMF-001094.  NFJD.  24 Miles SE of Ukiah, OR.  Start 10/2.  .25 Acres.  Unknown cause.  Grass and Timber. Incidents Previously Reported: Minam, OR-WWF-001084. 15 miles west of Joseph, OR. Start 10/1. Monitor and Full Suppression. Cause: Human. 750 acres (+750). 0% completed. Timber. Moderate fire behavior with torching and flanking. Limited threats reported. Confining the east flank.

Minam Fire Update

Minam Fire Update – Sunday, October 2^nd

Katy Gray – 

(541)519-4623                                                                                             

http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5050/

JOSEPH, OR – On Saturday, October 1^st, Fire Managers declared the Minam Prescribe Burn as a Wildfire following a thunderstorm that moved across Northeast Oregon the evening prior. The fire, 17 miles West of Joseph, Oregon is currently 750 acres in size and is being managed by a small Type 3 Incident Management Team lead by Nathan Goodrich. Resources include two Interagency Hot Shot Crews and one Type 1 Helicopter and one Type 3 Helicopter.

Firefighters initiated the Minam 4 Prescribe Burn on Thursday, September 29^th using Helicopter ignition due to challenges access the planned prescribe burn area. This prescribed burn unit was approximately 2,000 acres in size, located on the east side of Big Sheep Ridge, and Southeast 6 miles along the Minam River and was a continuation of previous prescribe burning activities in the Minam drainage within the Eagle Cap Wilderness Area.

The prescribe burn was planned as an early fall ignition to take advantage dry fuel conditions and anticipated cooler weather with precipitation in the forecast. The conditions were ideal to help managers meet their objectives of reducing heavy down and decadent fuels.

A crew from the Wallowa Mountain Zone hiked into the prescribe fire area on Friday, September 30^th to check the status of the fire and observed the burn to be meeting management objects and staying within prescription area. During a helicopter flight to check the status of the fire from the air late Friday afternoon, fire managers identified a spot fire east of the burn area across Trout Creek. Due to the time of day, it was determined to firefighters could not safely access the spot fire until the following day.

Early Saturday morning brought a strong thunderstorm across Northeast Oregon, producing higher than expected winds in the planned burn area with very little moisture. As planned, firefighters hiked into the spot fire on Saturday, October 1^st and found that these winds allowed the spot fire to spread to the east, upslope onto Cougar Ridge, South of Division Gulch and ultimately outside of the prescribed burn area.

The Minam Fire was declared late on Saturday, October 1^st, when fire managers identified that they would not be able to contain the fire spread outside of the planned perimeter within the next 24 hours, which is a criteria of prescribe burning.

Cooler weather kept the spread of the fire minimal into Sunday as additional crews and aircraft arrived on scene to support suppression efforts. Weather forecasts indicate an increased chance of precipitation over the next 3-4 days which will assist firefighters in containment efforts and help slow the spread.

Smoke from the Minam Fire will have moderate impacts to air quality in the Wallowa and Grande Ronde Valleys over the next couple of days.

Updated information on the Minam Fire will be available on the Forest Website, Social Media accounts and InciWeb.

InciWeb: http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5050/ 

WWNF Facebook: www.facebook.com/WallowaWhitmanNF              

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Minam 4 Wildfire Update Sunday 10/2/16

The Minam 4 Prescribe Burn experienced heavy winds that came in late Friday night and early Saturday morning causing the fire to go outside of the planned prescription area.

The fire is burning near Cougar Ridge in the Wallowa Fire Zone and is approximately 750 acres with the majority inside the wilderness boundary.

The Minam 4 incident is now a Type 3 incident. 2 Type 1 Interagency Hot Shot crews and 1 Type 1 Helicopter have been assigned to the fire and will begin work Sunday Morning.

PIO Contact Info : kathrynlgray@fs.fed.us or (541)519-4623