Incident Management Situation Report Thursday July 17, 2003 - 0530 Mdt National Preparedness Level 3
INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT THURSDAY JULY 17, 2003 - 0530 MDT NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL 3 CURRENT SITUATION: Initial attack activity was moderate in the Northern Rockies, the Northwest, Rocky Mountain, the Southwest and the Southern California Areas, and light elsewhere. Nationally, 225 new fires were reported. Six new large fires were reported, three in the Rocky Mountain Area, and one each in the Northern Rockies, the Southwest, and Southern California Areas. Five large fires were contained, one each in the Western Great Basin, the Eastern Great Basin, the Southwest, the Southern California and the Northwest. Very high to extreme fire indices were reported in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. SOUTHWEST AREA LARGE FIRES: KINISHBA, Fort Apache Agency, Bureau of Indian Affairs. Type 1 Incident Management Team (Humphrey) is assigned. This fire is in ponderosa pine, woodlands and chaparral, two miles west of Whiteriver, AZ. Due to high winds active fire behavior with torching and spotting was observed. Crews are constructing indirect containment lines and conducting burn out operations. The communities of Cradlebroad, Over the Rainbow, Jurassic Park and Whiteriver have been evacuated. Structure protection is in place for 700 threatened residences. SPRUCE COMPLEX, Gila National Forest. A Type 2 Incident Management Team (Bateman) is assigned. This complex is composed of the Spruce, Silver, Nabours, and Parallel fires and is in brush, ponderosa pine and mixed conifer, nine miles east of Glenwood, NM. All fires remain active within the complex. MOLINA COMPLEX, Santa Fe National Forest. A Type 2 Incident Management Team (Philbin) has been ordered.
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