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ANY MEMBERS IN FOREST FIRE DANGER TODAY
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No fire here but its pretty hazy from the big fires to the east - the river almost looked like it was about to get fogged in but it was the fire.
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We made it through the 4th weekend without a disaster SRG!
Had/has me damned nervous though. National forest on three sides and timber conservancy on the other and every bit of it as dry as a popcorn fart. Lord do we need some rain, this is as tinder dry as I've seen it in 25 years here.
Had/has me damned nervous though. National forest on three sides and timber conservancy on the other and every bit of it as dry as a popcorn fart. Lord do we need some rain, this is as tinder dry as I've seen it in 25 years here.
Not at the moment. About a month ago, there was a wildfire that started about 2 miles from our house. We're not in a forest area, but we are surrounded by a lot of very dry fields, farmland and have plenty of trees for fuel, so it was a wake-up call that even closer in to town it's a potential that could happen.
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Not today anyway - Pouring rain in LaPine this morning - and we have been getting a lot of non-thunderstorm rain lately - glad to see it.
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4 fires this month but none closer than 2 miles, seems like there might be some needed rain today
I work for the Forest Service in Ukiah, last week we had over 25 new fires on the Umatilla National Forest, mostly small <1ac. Wednesday night and Thursday we had lightning and rain, so there are bound to be more popping up over the next few days. Fire season is in full swing in eastern Oregon and Washington.
http://inciweb.nwcg.gov
http://inciweb.nwcg.gov
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the storms in SWO brought a ton of rain, so far only picked up 6 fires in 800+ down strikes......thats a lot of rain.
Gave us a reprieve and a chance to take a breather .
Central OR has got rain thankfully.
I spent 12 days in Dayville where my team started with the 6000+ acre Sugarloaf fire. Two days later Blue Basin went 650 in and hour. A mile from Sugarloaf we stopped with heavy helo's.
Got the School House fire in the mix and jumped it with helo, retardant and handcrews stopped at 140something.
Then the beast, Corner Cr.
We assumed command on 7/1 where it proceed to have three 6000 acre burn periods.
We hit back on the 4th and got mostly contained , other than the Black Canyon Wilderness portion....where the US Forest Service wants something else to happen so an interagency team transitioned with us (state team) and took the fire.
My team contained 27,000 acres.
While we were demobing when another one started across the South fork of the John Day River .....appeared to be in the Murderers Cr area and boiling up decently.
Back home now and picked up a few from the very wet storms....thankfully or we would be on fire worse than last season
Gave us a reprieve and a chance to take a breather .
Central OR has got rain thankfully.
I spent 12 days in Dayville where my team started with the 6000+ acre Sugarloaf fire. Two days later Blue Basin went 650 in and hour. A mile from Sugarloaf we stopped with heavy helo's.
Got the School House fire in the mix and jumped it with helo, retardant and handcrews stopped at 140something.
Then the beast, Corner Cr.
We assumed command on 7/1 where it proceed to have three 6000 acre burn periods.
We hit back on the 4th and got mostly contained , other than the Black Canyon Wilderness portion....where the US Forest Service wants something else to happen so an interagency team transitioned with us (state team) and took the fire.
My team contained 27,000 acres.
While we were demobing when another one started across the South fork of the John Day River .....appeared to be in the Murderers Cr area and boiling up decently.
Back home now and picked up a few from the very wet storms....thankfully or we would be on fire worse than last season
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We received a real good steady all day light rain yesterday and last night out here on the coast range, was it ever appreciated!
Oli700, THANK YOU for what you do brother, shoot me a PM if you ever head down hwy 18 way, the beers on me
Oli700, THANK YOU for what you do brother, shoot me a PM if you ever head down hwy 18 way, the beers on me
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hope to take you up on that some day SRJ
I just want to say thank you to everyone .
I really am grateful and thankful to everyone on this site who is working hard to prevent fires, it really means a lot to us to know that you guys are so aware, proactive about fires in the PNW
I have been doing this for 27 years and never seen so much awareness in a group.
On a tangent , we have had 5 tracer fires in the White City Range in the Rogue Valley, two while I was gone.
It is only one bad wind day from being a terrible urban interface fire. Since Jackson County has control over the range they are talking about closing the range during the heat of the day hours and closing it entirely on Red Flag days.
I have never seen so many range fire in my career
I just want to say thank you to everyone .
I really am grateful and thankful to everyone on this site who is working hard to prevent fires, it really means a lot to us to know that you guys are so aware, proactive about fires in the PNW
I have been doing this for 27 years and never seen so much awareness in a group.
On a tangent , we have had 5 tracer fires in the White City Range in the Rogue Valley, two while I was gone.
It is only one bad wind day from being a terrible urban interface fire. Since Jackson County has control over the range they are talking about closing the range during the heat of the day hours and closing it entirely on Red Flag days.
I have never seen so many range fire in my career
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Some folks are born stupid oli, a shame that rules need implemented to cover the few that just don't either get it or care, stay safe.
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I.F.P.L. is climbing; know the level before you head out onto private timber lands...
http://www.oregon.gov/odf/fire/precautionlevel.aspx
http://www.oregon.gov/odf/fire/precautionlevel.aspx
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ALL private timber holdings EXCEPT Miami are now closed down here in the coast range from Tillamook south that I know of.
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good to know what fire closures are on where you are or where you plan activities, they are different in all parts of the state.
Just for clarification :
IFPL affects industry only. So loggers mostly and Non-logging industrial activities like building house pads, drilling wells, tree services and other industrial activities that can take place on forest land.
IFPL (Industrial Fire Precaution Level) can and will fluctuate independent of Public Regulated Use Closures to accommodate industry .....they have to provide a lot of equipment and firefighting apparatus, fire watches, waivers and things that the public doesn't . This allows them to effectively attack a fire if it starts and limits their liability if they do everything right.
Public Regulated Use Closure concerns the general public.
This is campfires, off road vehicle use, saws, mowing and shooting. It usually goes up and down with fire danger, Mod,High,Extreme.
However it isn't always consistent and can be affected by just having a bunch of big fires sucking up resources, DF's know if one more fire starts on their district there wont be the resources for an effective initial attack so they can and will tighten restriction hours in an effort to prevent more fires
Just for clarification :
IFPL affects industry only. So loggers mostly and Non-logging industrial activities like building house pads, drilling wells, tree services and other industrial activities that can take place on forest land.
IFPL (Industrial Fire Precaution Level) can and will fluctuate independent of Public Regulated Use Closures to accommodate industry .....they have to provide a lot of equipment and firefighting apparatus, fire watches, waivers and things that the public doesn't . This allows them to effectively attack a fire if it starts and limits their liability if they do everything right.
Public Regulated Use Closure concerns the general public.
This is campfires, off road vehicle use, saws, mowing and shooting. It usually goes up and down with fire danger, Mod,High,Extreme.
However it isn't always consistent and can be affected by just having a bunch of big fires sucking up resources, DF's know if one more fire starts on their district there wont be the resources for an effective initial attack so they can and will tighten restriction hours in an effort to prevent more fires
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We are closer to the cable crossing fire, too close for my comfort, we sat outside watching it crown out in fir trees, from about 2 miles away last night, a little unnerving, so far the wind is carrying it away from us, but we have the boat and camp trailer ready to load and haul out of here at any time.
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Good luck on that! Hope all turns out best!
PS: Keep us informed if you have a free minute! Again, good luck!
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