NICC Incident Management Report 13-Oct-97


INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT

MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1997 - 0900 MDT
NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL I

CURRENT SITUATION: Minimal initial attack activity was reported in California. Fire dangers in California are climbing with more units reporting very high and extreme indices.

OUTLOOK:

A RED FLAG WARNING IS POSTED IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING THE BAY AREA AND EAST OF THE SIERRA FOOTHILLS FOR STRONG WINDS, LOW HUMIDITIES AND LOW FUEL MOISTURE.

A RED FLAG WARNING IS POSTED FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR SANTA ANA WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES IN AREAS BELOW COASTAL BASIN CANYONS AND PASSES.

California will be sunny, warmer and drier as high pressure continues to build into the state. There will be gusty north to northeast winds to 35 mph in central and southern California. Temperatures will be mid 50's to the lower 70's in the mountains and 70's to near 90 in the valleys and southern deserts.

A strong cold front will move into the southern Mississippi valley. Louisiana, Mississippi and Kentucky will have showers and thunderstorms. Temperatures will be in the 70's. Northern Florida will be partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Temperatures will be in the upper 80's.

FIRES: Yesterday |AREA | BIA | BLM | FWS | NPS | STATES | USFS |TOTAL | |ALASKA | | | | | | | NR | |NORTHWEST | | | | | | | NR | |CA-NORTH | | | | | | | 0 | |CA-SOUTH | | | | | 6 | 1 | 7 | |NORTHERN | | | | | | | NR | |GB-EAST | | | | | | | NR | |GB-WEST | | | | | | | NR | |SOUTHWEST | | | | | | | NR | |ROCKY MTN | | | | | | | NR | |EASTERN | | | | | | | NR | |SOUTHERN | | | | | | | 0 | |USA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 |

ACRES BURNED: Yesterday |AREA | BIA | BLM | FWS | NPS | STATES | USFS | TOTAL | |ALASKA | | | | | | | NR | |NORTHWEST | | | | | | | NR | |CA-NORTH | | | | | | | 0 | |CA-SOUTH | | | | | 58 | 0 | 58 | |NORTHERN | | | | | | | NR | |GB-EAST | | | | | | | NR | |GB-WEST | | | | | | | NR | |SOUTHWEST | | | | | | | NR | |ROCKY MTN | | | | | | | NR | |EASTERN | | | | | | | NR | |SOUTHERN | | | | | | | NR | |USA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 58 |

RESOURCE STATUS: Committed Resources |AREA | CREWS | ENGINES | HELICOP.| AIRTNK. | OVERHEAD | | |FED |ST/O|FED |ST/0|FED |ST/O|FED |ST/O| FED |ST/0| |ALASKA | | | | | | | | | | | |NORTHWEST | | | | | | | | | | | |CA-NORTH | | | | | | | | | | 3 | |CA-SOUTH | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | |NORTHERN | | | | | | | | | | | |GB-EAST | | | | | | | | | | | |GB-WEST | | | | | | | | | | | |SOUTHWEST | | | | | | | | | | | |ROCKY MTN | | | | | | | | | | | |EASTERN | | | | | | | | | | | |SOUTHERN | | | | | | | | | | | |USA | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | FED = FEDERAL AND FEDERAL CONTRACT RESOURCES ST/O = STATE OR OTHER RESOURCES NR = NO REPORT

FIRES: Year to date |AREA | BIA | BLM | FWS | NPS |STATES | USFS | TOTAL | |ALASKA | 6 | 86 | 52 | 14 | 530 | 11 | 699 | |NORTHWEST | 195 | 329 | 20 | 93 | 1,181 | 1,088 | 2,906 | |CA-NORTH | 81 | 63 | 2 | 19 | 2,535 | 827 | 3,527 | |CA-SOUTH | 49 | 382 | 3 | 53 | 3,593 | 859 | 4,939 | |NORTHERN | 528 | 31 | 29 | 27 | 355 | 602 | 1,572 | |GB-EAST | 26 | 496 | | 14 | 291 | 564 | 1,391 | |GB-WEST | | 395 | | 17 | 71 | 194 | 677 | |SOUTHWEST | 796 | 172 | 18 | 83 | 827 | 1,663 | 3,559 | |ROCKY MTN | 576 | 398 | 17 | 41 | 1,667 | 368 | 3,067 | |EASTERN | 550 | | | 34 |12,820 | 403 | 13,807 | |SOUTHERN | 4 | | 101 | 65 |23,371 | 696 | 24,237 | |USA | 2,811 | 2,352 | 242 | 460 |47,241 | 7,275 | 60,381 |

ACRES BURNED: Year to date |AREA | BIA | BLM | FWS | NPS | STATES | USFS | TOTAL | |ALASKA | 28| 833,991 | 761,110 | 19,670| 295,526| 32| 1,910,357| |NORTHWEST| 976| 20,168 | 6,573 | 375| 5,755| 5,343| 39,190| |CA-NORTH | 107| 671 | 230 | 2,440| 14,117| 1,426| 18,991| |CA-SOUTH | 585| 15,839 | 2,419 | 327| 36,996| 93,784| 149,950| |NORTHERN | 5,431| 570 | 2,107 | 6| 5,423| 747| 14,284| |GB-EAST | 24| 52,911 | | 42| 10,865| 4,340| 68,182| |GB-WEST | | 37,202 | | 2| 418| 4,771| 42,393| |SOUTHWEST| 4,448| 4,589 | 1,778 | 1,918| 123,596| 14,017| 150,346| |ROCKY MTN| 5,223| 8,264 | 443 | 1,394| 31,751| 1,952| 49,027| |EASTERN | 3,191| | | 120| 50,458| 5,233| 59,002| |SOUTHERN | 12| | 11,443 | 3,626| 260,957| 17,702| 293,740| |USA | 20,025| 974,205 | 786,103 | 29,920| 835,862| 149,347| 2,795,462|

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