Update: MassDCR Firefighters assigned to NFFPC's IMT2 Crew on the LAST INCH FIRE, Idaho Panhandle and on the TEPEE SPRINGS FIRE, Idaho
IMT2 / Last Inch Fire: The team is doing very well in a situation that is currently quite challenging for all fire managers here in the northwest. There are over 85 ongoing large fires in the northwest with new starts being detected every day. http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4571/
Resources are at a premium and competition for resources is aggressive. An impending cold front passage on Saturday will bring low humidities and winds up to 35mph and has all fire managers on edge.
The Last Inch Fire is currently 702 acres as of today. We currently have 111 total resources on the fire, including (2) Virginia Hand Crews, 1 helicopter, a Heli-Rappeller crew from Alberta Canada, several engines and 3 Dozers.
The Last Inch Fire is currently 702 acres as of today. We currently have 111 total resources on the fire, including (2) Virginia Hand Crews, 1 helicopter, a Heli-Rappeller crew from Alberta Canada, several engines and 3 Dozers.
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NFFPC's IMT2 team being briefed by outgoing
Yukon Team and Clearwater-Potlach Timber Association
with Idaho state Agency Administrators and US Forest Service.
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NATIONAL SYNOPSIS
The western fire season remains busy. 84 fires with nearly 1.9 million acres are currently burning. Fifty-eight fire line management personnel from Alberta and Ontario, Canada are assigned to support large fires in the Northern Rockies Area. Sixty-eight fire line management personnel from Australia and New Zealand are assigned to support large fires in the Northwest Area.
4 Massachusetts Firefighters on the
NE Compact Incident Management Team IMT2
Patty Correia, District 8 (Leominster SF) Fire Warden
Assignment: Situation Unit Leader
Trevor Augustino, District 11 (Chicopee SP) Fire Warden
Assignment: Public Info Officer
Dave Celino, Chief Fire Warden (Massachusetts)
Assignment: Liaison Officer
Karyn Cote, District 1 (Shawme-Crowell SF) Seasonal FF1
Assignment: Radio Operator
The Northeast Forest Fire Compact Incident Management Team (IMT2), Incident Commander Rich Schenk (CT), was requested by the State of Idaho for assistance to manage one of the over 20 large fires ongoing throughout central and northern Idaho. The Compact IMT officially took command of the fire on 8/25/15 at 0600 from a base camp located in a very remote logging camp. The team roster is 17 strong and made up of staff from Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, and New Brunswick, Canada. The team is providing critical management of all aspects of the fire, including suppression operations, logistics, information sharing, planning, and finance. To date the organization has held the fire in check, however slowly increasing fire activity is beginning to challenge holding resources in extremely steep and rugged slopes. The fire is one of many fires, some unstaffed, in north central Idaho where resources are critically scarce. The team will be on assignment for the standard 14 days, exclusive of travel.
Dave Celino, Chief Fire Warden
Bureau of Forest Fire Control and Forestry
Massachusetts DCR
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Tom Muise, District 14 (Hopkinton SF) Fire Warden
Assignment: Communications Unit Leader COML2
Incident: Tepee Springs Fire, Idaho
Cause: Lightning
Location: Located in the area of Tepee Springs and Hazard Creek. 20 miles south of Rigging Idaho on east side of Highway 95. 22 miles Northwest of McCall and
north of Goose Lake.
Origin Date: Wednesday August 12th, @ 07:30 AM
http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4506/
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