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Last Update: Tue, February 9, 2010 at 12:10:43 PM

National Preparedness Level: 1 (On a scale from 1 to 5)

Northern California Preparedness Level: 1 (On a scale from 1 to 5)

Southern California Preparedness Level: 2 (On a scale from 1 to 5)

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Current National Situation: Initial attack was light with 157 new fires reported. No new large fire reported and no large fire contained.

Nationally, there are no large fires being managed with minimal or no resource commitment that are not shown on this week’s report.

Thirteen American and two Canadian incident management specialists are assisting the State of Victoria, Australia. The specialists are stationed at Orbost, Traralgon, Woori Yallock, Otways, Bendigo, Ballarat and Alexandra to supplement Victoria’s Incident Management Team capacity and assist local offices in aviation management, community risk assessment, fuels management, and community bushfire protection planning.

This report will be updated every Friday unless significant activity occurs.

Local Fires Archive - California Fires Archive

Prescribed Fires and Acres Last Week:

Northern California: 2 control burns for 22 acres
Southern California: 19 control burns for 119 acres

 

Fire Activity
This week
Year to date

2009 Fire Season

7-Year Average
Number of Fires
157
1,259
2,481
2,138
Acres Burned
2,374
21,461
57,150
85,757

 

Incident Name
State
Lead
Agency
Size
(acres)
Percent
Contained
Estimate of Containment
Personnel
Structures Lost
Operation Winter Storm
AZ
A2S
0
189
0

Operation Winter Storm, Flagstaff District, Arizona State Forestry. IMT 2 (Sciacca). Northeast Arizona. Transfer of command occurred 2/2 from IMT 2 (Sciacca) back to the local unit. Northeast Arizona. No new information.  

Current Large Fires

Fire locations are based on data provided by the National Interagency Fire Center and are subject to change.

Fire map is updated weekly, each Friday, unless activity warrants additional reporting

current large fires map

Large Incident - A wildfire of 100 acres or more occuring in timber, or a wildfire of 500 acres or more occuring in grass/sage.
Wildland Fire - Any nonstructure fire, other than prescribed fire, that occurs in the wildland.
Wildland Fire Use (WFU) Fire - A naturally ignited wildland fire that is managed to accomplish specific prestated resource management objectives in predefined geographic areas outlined in Fire Management Plans.
Map information provided courtesy of the UDSA Remote Sensing Application Center using data provided by the National Interagency Fire Center. The data is subject to change.

Weather Outlook:

 

Special Northern California Forecast (if warranted):

 

Many thanks to the Fire Information Services for the updates!

 
 
 

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